:: Shibboleth ::

Shibboleth’s music reminds me of the best qualities of Sesame Street’s soundtrack. It’s eerie.

In this episode: Ben Folds Five, Bloque, Carl Henry Brueggen, Chester & Lester, Drink Me, Fun Boy Three With Bananarama, Hasidic New Wave, Ill Ease, Japancakes, Shibboleth, Squarepusher, Susanna And The Magical Orchestra, The Double Six Of Paris, Ween, Westbound Train, XTC

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Old Fashioned Speed

   Shibboleth

   Dallas instrumental strangeness

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3. Fiesta

   Ween

   ¡Si, fiesta!

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4. My Red Hot Car

   Squarepusher

   With that trademark Squarepusher stutter

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5. BREAK

6. Huffin’ The Muggles

   Carl Henry Brueggen

   Genuine Bossa Nova feel from the Mt. Shasta guitarist

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7. Majaná

   Bloque

   A Colombian octet, featuring David Byrne’s adoration

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8. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)

   Chester & Lester

   Chet Atkins and Les Paul

9. BREAK

10. French Rat Race

    The Double Six Of Paris

    aka Les Double Six — featuring the production of Quincy Jones

11. Jackson Cannery

    Ben Folds Five

    The first Ben Folds Five song ever recorded… BFF!

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12. When You Sleep

    Japancakes

    From their cover album Loveless

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13. BREAK

14. Tain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That Cha Do It)

    Fun Boy Three With Bananarama

    Yeah, that’s right FB3 — tain’t

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15. Seven Ways To Sunday

    Westbound Train

    Jamaica via Boston, new record out last week

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16. Ok Dear, Who?

    Hasidic New Wave

    NYC jazz freaks getting it on with Jewish music

17. BREAK

18. Fruit Nut

    XTC

    For Boy Wonder and Locals Only

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19. Little Green Men

    Drink Me

    Inspired by Carl King’s spiritual orthogonalism

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20. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

    Susanna And The Magical Orchestra

    Deadly version of one of my favorite Dylan songs

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21. BREAK

22. Jackie On Acid

    Ill Ease

    Haunting noodly organ line