808 State, Battles, Blondie, Bracket, Brainiac, Cats On Fire, Congratulations Fruit, Hoosier Hot Shots, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Lo-Lite, Los De Abajo, M. Ward, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Michael Franti, No-Fi Soul Rebellion, Nortec Collective, Pepe Deluxe, Rocket Juice & The Moon, Snitches, Sonny Smith, Stereo Total, The Bamboos, The Delgados, The Flaming Lips, The Frank Znort Quartet, The Scofflaws, The Secret Machines, The Spinto Band, The Wicked Farleys, Three Blue Teardrops, Uptown Sinclair, Whiskey And The Wilsons

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Subterranean Homesick Blues

   Michael Franti

   The direct approach

   

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3. BREAK

4. Cookie Falls

   The Spinto Band

   Woozy with chord changes

   

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5. The Feel

   Congratulations Fruit

   A journey of sorts

   

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6. Oh, You

   Whiskey And The Wilsons

   via the Twitters

7. BREAK

8. William Shatner

   The Scofflaws

   Not the William Shatner you were expecting!

   

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9. If I Only Had a Brain

   MC 900 Foot Jesus

   Infectable, most

   

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10. What I Know (feat. Kylie Auldist)

    The Bamboos

    Some old-fashioned pong

    

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11. That’s Fine

    The Wicked Farleys

    Wicked complicated

12. BREAK

    2012.06.19.numbers

13. I’m So Happy

    Sonny Smith

    A true sprawl

14. Fan Fatal

    Los De Abajo

    Mexican music for Manny

    

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15. Sunday Girl

    Blondie

    Vintage NYC

    

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16. Perfect Gentleman

    Snitches

    Oh canadia!

    

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17. BREAK

18. Dam(n) [feat. Erykah Badu & M.anifest]

    Rocket Juice & The Moon

    Gotta be Tony Allen

    

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19. The Arcane Model

    The Delgados

    Scottish masterminds

    

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20. Wild Goose

    M. Ward

    M’s feeling pensive

    

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21. Damage Control

    Three Blue Teardrops

    Old-fashioned howling

    

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22. BREAK

23. Beautiful + Hard

    No-Fi Soul Rebellion

    Nice + sloppy

    

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24. Funky Tamazula

    Nortec Collective

    Gimme that Tijuana sound

    

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25. Forgotten Knights

    Pepe Deluxe

    Oooo, Finland!

    

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26. BREAK

27. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton

    The Flaming Lips

    An archetype for symphonic pop

    

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28. Sideshow

    Lo-Lite

    Rough and more than ready

    

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29. Smash It To Pieces

    Cats On Fire

    What exactly is it?

    

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30. Futura (The Alchemist Remix)

    Battles

    The arena is electronic

    

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31. BREAK

32. Buggin’ Blues

    Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

    Lo-fi and honest

    

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33. Miss Rebellion Des Hormones

    Stereo Total

    It’s unmistakable

    

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34. Pills

    The Frank Znort Quartet

    It’s about health care

    

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35. PU55YF00T1N’

    Brainiac

    I pronounce it like you’d expect

    

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36. BREAK

37. Yoko Oh-No

    Bracket

    Sweet sweet bracket

    

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38. Superman

    Uptown Sinclair

    Hello Dave Hill!

    

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39. The Girl Friend Of The Whirling Dervish

    Hoosier Hot Shots

    Poor dervish

40. Flow Coma – AFX remix by Aphex Twin

    808 State

    Chopped and sliced by the master

41. BREAK

42. Marconi’s Radio

    The Secret Machines

    Building up to some Pink Floyd

    

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