Aquabats, Arling + Cameron, Beach House, Bim Skala Bim, Broken Bells, Cage the Elephant, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Holly Golightly, Jesca Hoop, Joanna Newsom, Junior Varisty, Last WIsh of the Bride, Lower 48, Luigee Trademarq, Madness, Mouse on Mars, Natty Bo, Nevada Bachelors, Noonday Underground, OK Go, Say Hi, Seks Bomba, Sleepyhead, Source, The Coctails, The Evolution Control Committee, The Mooney Suzuki, The Pilgrims, The Quiet Ones, The Subjects, Tom Tom Club

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Better Times

   Beach House

   Wistful Scandinavia

   

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3. Dust Devil

   Madness

   Don’t call it a comeback

   

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4. Miles From Minnesota

   Lower 48

   About 1300, to be exact

   

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5. BREAK

6. Sadie

   Joanna Newsom

   Spooky voice and a harp

   

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7. Big Fat Cigar

   Sleepyhead

   Juxtapop

8. My Own Sake

   Holly Golightly

   Like Marcellus Hall but not

   

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9. BREAK

10. Working Holiday

    The Coctails

    Lovely vibrations

    

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11. Winter Vacation

    The Subjects

    A lovely winter sweater of a song

    

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12. Meyrin Fields

    Broken Bells

    Mindtrippery, I tell you

    

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13. J.U.F.

    Last WIsh of the Bride

    Hit it, Hutz

    

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14. BREAK

15. Bam B-B-Bam Bam Bam

    Junior Varisty

    There was a dancing bear

    

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16. Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

    Say Hi

    So redundant

    

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17. Radio Down! (featuring Biz Markie)

    Aquabats

    Nice Billy Idol reference

    

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18. Hush Pup

    Luigee Trademarq

    Some French adult film music to heat up the evening

19. Thou Shalt Always Kill

    Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

    Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry

    

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20. BREAK

21. 99%

    The Mooney Suzuki

    No need for the other 1%

    

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22. This Will Be Our Year

    OK Go

    Dig the key modulation, guys

    

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23. Food in the House

    The Pilgrims

    Eating it every day!

24. Breakfast

    The Evolution Control Committee

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

    

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25. BREAK

26. Malanga

    Natty Bo

    Ska cubano!

27. Go It Alone

    Noonday Underground

    Sounding more like Portishead than usual

    

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28. Penguin / Powerhouse

    The Coctails

    All hail Raymond Scott!

    

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29. Wise Up

    Bim Skala Bim

    From before ska was cool again

    

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30. BREAK

31. The Right Track

    Seks Bomba

    Dirty dirty jazz

    

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32. Four Dreams

    Jesca Hoop

    Babysitting for Tom Waits

    

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33. Framed Profile

    Source

    Not Everything But The Girl, but close

    

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34. Right Before My Eyes

    Cage the Elephant

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

    

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35. BREAK

36. Genius Of Love

    Tom Tom Club

    A classic return

    

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37. Girls and Uniforms

    The Quiet Ones

    Mounting frenzy chorus

    

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38. New Amazing Buzz

    Nevada Bachelors

    How can there be only two NB albums?

    

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39. Yippie

    Mouse on Mars

    Spazzy and teutonic

    

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40. BREAK

41. Gershwin

    Arling + Cameron

    Only 10 seconds! Gasp!

    

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