Au, Bongwater, Brut Boogaloo, Dept of Energy, Fire on Fire, Hot Hot Heat, Ida Maria, Jason Lytle, Klément Julienne, M.I.A., MC Honky, NOMO, Natalia Clavier, Project Wirehead, Railroad Jerk, Shibboleth, Shonen Knife, Shrimp Boat, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Abe Lincoln Story, The Cannanes and Steward, The Dismemberment Plan, The Pinker Tones, The Re-Ups, The Valentine Six, Three Mile Pilot, Tracker, White Hassle, Young Fresh Fellows

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   Artist

2. Everybody’s Talking

   Bongwater

   Strung-out freakout

   

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3. BREAK

4. Yours Truly, The Commuter

   Jason Lytle

   Extra large sounds!

   

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5. Hangman

   Fire on Fire

   Unholy ululations

   

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6. Keep Me Warm

   Ida Maria

   A voice like a chocolate loofah

   

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7. Pull Up the People

   M.I.A.

   Snaky stuff for Nate

   

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8. BREAK

9. Taco Wagon

   Young Fresh Fellows

   I’m looking for one.

   

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10. Faster

    Dept of Energy

    Robb Benson’s unmistakable yowl

    

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11. Twin Peaks

    Surfer Blood

    Like the Pixies and Vampire Weekend

    

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12. BREAK

13. I Used To Call You Home

    The Re-Ups

    From an album about Ypsilanti, MI

14. Ghost Face

    The Valentine Six

    Very Zorny

15. Way Of The Ocean

    Three Mile Pilot

    Quite oceanic

    

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16. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    Some stranger will break your heart, inspiring a work of art

    

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17. BREAK

18. The Swimmer

    Tracker

    Loose and sprawling, like Giant Sand

    

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19. Come Home

    The Abe Lincoln Story

    Featuring Carla Bozulich

    

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20. Ida Walked Away

    Au

    From the relatively recent Versions album

    

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21. BREAK

22. The Ballad of Railroad Jerk

    Railroad Jerk

    Almost like the ballad of John and Yoko

    

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23. Clean Forgot

    The Cannanes and Steward

    Mmm, noisy

24. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Jerk

    Shibboleth

    Intrumentality

    

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25. Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner’s Theme

    Shonen Knife

    All too brief, almost too cute

26. Jerko

    Klément Julienne

    Reminding me of the islands

    

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27. BREAK

28. Strike One

    Brut Boogaloo

    It’s the Scandinavian Power Rock sound

29. You Are Invited

    The Dismemberment Plan

    Sorely missed

    

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30. Oh, Goddamnit

    Hot Hot Heat

    Too good for the fancy stereo

    

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31. BREAK

32. Dormida

    Natalia Clavier

    Argentina via Barcelona

    

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33. L’Heros

    The Pinker Tones

    From Barcelona

    

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34. Creme Brulee

    Shrimp Boat

    Deep Chicago roots

    

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35. BREAK

36. The Unwanted Things

    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

    Not what’s expected, is it?

    

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37. This Is My Boomstick

    Project Wirehead

    Attention, fans of Bruce Campbell

38. Soft Velvety ‘Fer

    MC Honky

    I love answering machines

    

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39. BREAK

40. Three Shades

    NOMO

    Ever-expanding

    

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