Radio Playlist for 8/30/2011

Aspera Ad Astra, Billy Preston, Dreamlike and distant, Four Corners, Fred Buscaglione, Freezepop, Gal Costa, Huah!, Ida, Is that French for “we don’t have any money for these pizzas”?, Jacob’s Mouse, Japonize Elephants, Joe “King” Carrasco, Los Latigos, Mitch & Mickey, Mosquitos, Nevada Bachelors, Nick Lowe, Owsley, Persons, Redneck Greece Deluxe, Rezillos, Sarah Vaughan, Señor Coconut, Split Enz, Stereo Total, The Cure, The Elected, The Forty Fives, The Misfits, The Moore Brothers, The Postal Service, Thee Goblins, Ween

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Song

Artist
Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)

Sarah Vaughan

Dig the bandoneon!

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Bike Thief

Freezepop

Frantic bopping

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Losing True

Ida

Nice cat outro

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Jimmy’s Off

Nevada Bachelors

I miss them still

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Monkey’s Got My Frisbee

Joe “King” Carrasco

Crazy Texans

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Chiclete com Banana

Gal Costa

An impressive voice
Ohne Titel

Huah!

From the Sturm und Twang indie German pop compilation

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Juke Box

Fred Buscaglione

Classy arrangement

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Besos Y Caricias

Los Latigos

From Argentina

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Pollo Asado

Ween

I would like two pollo asado tacos

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Mosquito (Reprise)

Mosquitos

More Brazil! More!

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Sonny Boy

Owsley

Pop perfection from Alabama

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Ragin’ Eyes

Nick Lowe

A classic from a master

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Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight

Rezillos

Originally by Fleetwood Mac

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Hybrid Moments

The Misfits

Wisdom tooth music going out to Cory

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Shark Attack

Split Enz

New Zealand’s answer to a misunderstood question

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Close To Me

The Cure

I’m not sure why…

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Moleslica

The Moore Brothers

Obviously from San Francisco

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Get Out

The Forty Fives

Grease rock revivalists

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My Baby’s A Dick

The Elected

Where are they now?

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The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

Four Corners

Spy music for the times

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Deep Canvas Lake

Jacob’s Mouse

Never got what they deserved

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Luigee Trademarq

Is that French for “we don’t have any money for these pizzas”?

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When You’re Next To Me

Mitch & Mickey

Check out “A Mighty Wind”

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Log Cabin Blues

Japonize Elephants

Yeah, have some WTF

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The Time Merely Over

Persons

So frantic!
We Will Become Silhouettes

The Postal Service

The loveliest song about Hiroshima ever written

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Just As Soon As I Begin To Win

Redneck Greece Deluxe

Hilbilly Revival
Outta-Space

Billy Preston

A dosage of spacefunk from the fifth Beatle

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La Vida Es Llena De Cables

Señor Coconut

From Nacional Records — thank you Manny!

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Dactylo Rock

Stereo Total

Shreddin’ typewriter playing

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Good Jacket Theme

Thee Goblins

I don’t know where this came from…
Typewriter

Dreamlike and distant

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Bring Back The Walls

Aspera Ad Astra

From their split with the Lilys

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