Radio Playlist for 9/11/2012

Alabama Shakes, Ben Kweller, Brainiac, Camper Van Beethoven, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Fatboy Slim, Graham Coxon, Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido, JD McPherson, Jon and Roy, Little Gang, Lonely Trailer, Love Is All, MC Frontalot, MC Paul Barman, Marcellus Hall, Metric, Mose Allison, Mother Mother, Nick Lowe, Oranj Symphonette, Parov Stelar, Persuasions, Reverend Horton Heat, Sanjay Mishra, Solipsistics, Soulstance, The Bootleggers + Mark Lanegan, The Futureheads, The Halo Benders, The Strange Boys, The Toadies, Toro Y Moi, We Were Pirates

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Song

Artist
White Light / White Heat

The Bootleggers + Mark Lanegan

The Velvet Underground never sounded so dusty

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Don’t Touch My Bikini

The Halo Benders

Yes, that’s Calvin Johnson

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For Julia

Sanjay Mishra

Not easy to pigeonhole

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Magnificent 7

Oranj Symphonette

Movie music from Holland

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You Are What You Is

Persuasions

Frank would have approved
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Acapella

The Futureheads

Downright inspirational

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We Almost Lost Detroit (Stepdad Remix)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

That was quite close

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Take the L to Leave

Toro Y Moi

What manner of AM radio insanity is this?

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Excuse You

MC Paul Barman

Iller than the Illiad

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Clone

Metric

Dig that voice

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The Sticks

Mother Mother

Downright dramatic, for being Canadian

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Hang Loose

Alabama Shakes

It’s friendly

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Mechanical Chance Institute

Lonely Trailer

Jazz clockwork

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Movie Romance

Love Is All

High energy

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Dimes for Nickels

JD McPherson

The real deal from Okie-homie

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Homewrecker

Nick Lowe

Going slow

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Wonderful Night (feat. Lateef)

Fatboy Slim

Upbeating the evening

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Tania

Camper Van Beethoven

All about Patty Hearst

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Kickin’ Samba

Soulstance

Truth in labeling

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I’m Not Talking

Mose Allison

Love the boogaloo beat

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Don’t Go

Marcellus Hall

For librarians everywhere

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Probation Blues

The Strange Boys

Almost over, mang

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Colonel, Panic!

MC Frontalot

It’s about the blue screen

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Let It Go

Jon and Roy

More from Western Canada

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Kill Me (Part Two)

We Were Pirates

The other half, at last

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Hell Below / Stars Above

The Toadies

Very Queen-like, I must say

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Full Circle

Ben Kweller

Klassik Kweller

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V1NC3NT C0M3 0N D0WN

Brainiac

Missing that Brainiac bashing beat

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Ooh, Yeh Yeh

Graham Coxon

He’s saying it…

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Let It Breathe

Little Gang

I’d call it a drawl

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Guacarrocker

Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido

Sardonically sarcastic

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Bad Reputation

Reverend Horton Heat

Not the songs made famous by Joan Jett

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Employee Of The Year

Solipsistics

Parking space!
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Jimmy’s Gang

Parov Stelar

Shuffling the electroswing

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