Arling + Cameron, Asylum Street Spankers, Baby Gramps, Bim Skala Bim, Bran Flakes, Buscemi, Cage the Elephant, Chinese Man, Cookie, Dan Deacon, Flop, Jesca Hoop, Jesse Rose, Mark Mothersbaugh, Meat Purveyors, Mister Heavenly, Mouse on Mars, Natty Bo, Nevada Bachelors, Noonday Underground, OK Go, Seks Bomba, Source, The Black Keys, The Bobs, The Coctails, The Evolution Control Committee, The Fastbacks, The Mooney Suzuki, The Pilgrims, The Puppini Sisters, The Quiet Ones, Tom Tom Club, Tune-Yards

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   Artist

2. Wuthering Heights

   The Puppini Sisters

   Kate Bush retro-futurism

   

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3. BREAK

4. Mister Heavenly

   Mister Heavenly

   Somewhat TMBG-y

   

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5. Black ‘n Blue 4 U

   Cookie

   Sabrina Rockarena, where are you?

   

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6. Touch My Horn

   Jesse Rose

   Balkan batucada

   

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7. Okie Dokie

   Dan Deacon

   He’s got a rattlesnake gun!

   

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8. BREAK

9. Hardest Geometry Problem In The World

   Mark Mothersbaugh

   It’s the opening theme to a daydream

   

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10. Big Noise From Winnetka

    Asylum Street Spankers

    The one and ever-only Spankers

    

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11. In The Summer

    The Fastbacks

    Seattle crunchpop

12. Jumpin in Havana

    Chinese Man

    Blabbering is the key

    

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13. BREAK

14. Sahib Balkan

    Buscemi

    Goin’ out to John’s neighbors!

    

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15. Howlin’ For You

    The Black Keys

    Sawampalicious

    

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16. Bird on a Wire

    The Bobs

    Leonard Cohen is spinngin. Good.

    

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17. Eat

    Flop

    More Seattle pop!

18. BREAK

19. Stumble Out of Bed

    Bran Flakes

    Can you hear the ELO?

    

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20. Museum Of Love

    Meat Purveyors

    From the mind of Daniel Johnston

    

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21. Sunlight

    Tune-Yards

    Angular yet hypnotic

    

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22. Sunny Afternoon

    Baby Gramps

    Reso-kinks

23. BREAK

24. 99%

    The Mooney Suzuki

    No need for the other 1%

    

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25. This Will Be Our Year

    OK Go

    Dig the key modulation, guys

    

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26. Food in the House

    The Pilgrims

    Eating it every day!

27. Breakfast

    The Evolution Control Committee

    Don’t you hate it when your amphetamine omelette is all rubbery?

    

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28. BREAK

29. Malanga

    Natty Bo

    Ska cubano!

30. Go It Alone

    Noonday Underground

    Sounding more like Portishead than usual

    

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31. Penguin / Powerhouse

    The Coctails

    All hail Raymond Scott!

    

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32. Wise Up

    Bim Skala Bim

    From before ska was cool again

    

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33. BREAK

34. The Right Track

    Seks Bomba

    Dirty dirty jazz

    

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35. Four Dreams

    Jesca Hoop

    Babysitting for Tom Waits

    

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36. Framed Profile

    Source

    Not Everything But The Girl, but close

    

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37. Right Before My Eyes

    Cage the Elephant

    Not the same as the other “Right Before My Eyes”

    

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38. BREAK

39. Genius Of Love

    Tom Tom Club

    A classic return

    

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40. Girls and Uniforms

    The Quiet Ones

    Mounting frenzy chorus

    

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41. New Amazing Buzz

    Nevada Bachelors

    How can there be only two NB albums?

    

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42. Yippie

    Mouse on Mars

    Spazzy and teutonic

    

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43. BREAK

44. Gershwin

    Arling + Cameron

    Only 10 seconds! Gasp!

    

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