Alan Copeland, Bark Bark Disco, Bettie Serveert, Bongwater, Boom Pam, Erin McKeown, Feist, Gil Scott-Heron, Guv’ner, Hefner, Ida Maria, Jamaicans, Jon Rauhouse, La Musica De La Mafia, Los Straitjackets, Money Mark, Motor, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Nevada Bachelors, Rocket From The Crypt, Rube Waddell, Sally Timms, Self, Stereo Total, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The English Beat, The Like Young, The Mattoid, The Unicorns, The Velvet Underground, They Might Be Giants, Thomas Function, Ursula 1000, Z-Rock Hawaii

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   Artist

2. Four Sticks

   Bongwater

3. BREAK

4. Oh My God

   Ida Maria

   Strangely Norwegian

   

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5. Song for the Lovers

   Bark Bark Disco

   Look up the groovy video + free download

6. Happy Life

   Money Mark

   Like a Sesame Street outro

7. Sherry Monocle

   Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

   Shout out to Mr. G

8. BREAK

9. Les Os

   The Unicorns

   One of my favorite from the Oughties

   

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10. Tennessee Waltz

    Sally Timms

    Subtle steel drums

    

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11. Buddy

    Nevada Bachelors

    Hey, Buddy’s got the Yoda mask again

    

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12. Giggle Water

    Los Straitjackets

    Nobody swaggers like Los Straitjackets

    

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13. Get Down

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Hang on tight

    

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14. BREAK

15. U Mastru Di Lu Sonu

    La Musica De La Mafia

    You got a problem with this?

16. Gatekeeper (Do Right Remix)

    Feist

    Dedicated to fellow Canadian Ian Porter

    

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17. Biomusicology

    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

    Sounding huge and epic

    

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18. Mission: Impossible Theme/Norwegian Wood

    Alan Copeland

    Keeping it unreal, folks

19. BREAK

20. Conspiracy Of Praise

    Thomas Function

    Unstoppable

    

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21. Voy A Ser Mama

    Stereo Total

    A song about the joys of motherhood

    

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22. Deny All

    Bettie Serveert

    Out next week

    

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23. Floating Vibes

    Surfer Blood

    Up and comers from Florida

    

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24. BREAK

25. Mirror in the Bathroom

    The English Beat

    Dig the Andy Summers guitar noodling

    

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26. The Hymn For The Cigarettes

    Hefner

    She smoked in my bed ‘cause she thought it would annoy me

    

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27. Smoke Rings

    Jon Rauhouse

    A classic from Les Paul and Mary Ford

    

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28. Smokebomb

    Ursula 1000

    Music for your spy disco

    

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29. I’ll Be Your Mirror (Stereo Version)

    The Velvet Underground

    Breaks my heart every time

    

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30. BREAK

31. Little Surfer

    The Mattoid

    Why so serious, Mattoid?

    

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32. Break a Promise

    Guv’ner

    Beyond the reach of auto-tune

    

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33. I’m New Here

    Gil Scott-Heron

    Gil is serious.

    

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34. Paper Moon

    Erin McKeown

    Is there anything Erin can’t sing?

    

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35. BREAK

36. Uno Song

    Self

    Rockin’ it Murfreesboro style

37. Kiss Me, Son Of God

    They Might Be Giants

    From Lincoln, probably still my favorite

    

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38. Chuggin’

    Z-Rock Hawaii

    What you get when you mix Ween and Boredoms

    

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39. Baba Boom

    Jamaicans

    Hello Broadhurst

    

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40. BREAK

41. Weijl

    Boom Pam

    Hey, tuba!

    

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42. Tighten My Tie

    The Like Young

    Almost too short

    

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43. Hobo Luv

    Rube Waddell

    Downright nasty — but check out the tuba

    

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44. BREAK

45. Glu

    Motor

    Dance robots dance

    

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