Ben Folds Five, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Brazilian Girls, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Cats + Jammers, David Vandervelde, Discovery, Esquivel, Gogol Bordello, Grandaddy, Illinois, Jean Jacques Perrey, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Lisa Germano, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Nina Simone, Nortec Collective, Owsley, Papas Fritas, Petty Booka, Shantel, Still Flyin, The Bronx, The Lothars, The M’s, The Red Elvises, The Starlight Mints, Tracy Spuehler, Truby Trio, Twang Bang

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mercedez Benz

   Petty Booka

   A bluegrass rendition, from Japan. With ukuleles

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3. BREAK

4. Siberia

   The Red Elvises

   From the Six String Samurai soundtrack

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5. Popsickle

   The Starlight Mints

   A rare single — track it down

6. On No the Radio

   Owsley

   Pop perfection from Alabama

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7. The Elephant Never Forgets

   Jean Jacques Perrey

   You may remember it as the theme from El Chavo del Ocho

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8. BREAK

9. Zodiac Girl

   Cats + Jammers

   Chicago rock boogie

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10. The Group Who Couldn’t Say

    Grandaddy

    Her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect as a dragonfly.

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11. Big Sound

    The M’s

    Not to be confused with M and “Pop Muzik”

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12. BREAK

13. Alcohol

    Cansei de Ser Sexy

    Braziliant.

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14. Puppet

    Lisa Germano

    Maybe you can’t tell, but it’s also about alcohol

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15. Sports & Wine

    Ben Folds Five

    Finishing the booze triumvirate

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16. BREAK

17. Nothin’ No

    David Vandervelde

    Sounds an awful lot like David Garza

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18. When I See You I Feel Weird

    Twang Bang

    Chicago two-man racket

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19. Mucha Muchacha

    Esquivel

    Dig the stereo panning!

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20. A Go Go

    Truby Trio

    Fruitstands beware!

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21. BREAK

22. Disko Partizani

    Shantel

    Opa Romania!

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23. Pleasure Theme Song

    Boy Eats Drum Machine

    Like John Bonham digging through the toybox

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24. Cell Mates

    The Bronx

    From the upcoming Mariachi El Bronx album… couldn’t wait

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25. BREAK

26. Mission Impossible

    Laika & The Cosmonauts

    Five four and implacable

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27. Tijuana Sound Machine

    Nortec Collective

    One of my favorite discoveries this year.

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28. Slang Tang

    Discovery

    Quite noisy

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29. It’s The Sound

    Tracy Spuehler

    Delightfully sweet

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30. BREAK

31. Karate Kid 2

    Mexican Institute Of Sound

    Can’t get enough MIS

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32. Sacred Darling

    Gogol Bordello

    An oldie and quite goody

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33. Old Saloon

    Illinois

    From the fantastic “The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe”

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34. The Call Up

    The Lothars

    It is an all-theremin Clash cover.

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35. BREAK

36. Save Me

    Nina Simone

    Smoky voice, that one

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37. Way You Walk

    Papas Fritas

    Music for pacing

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38. Dead Memory Man

    Still Flyin

    Reggae freakout

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39. BREAK

40. Internacional

    Brazilian Girls

    Not actually from Brazil…

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