:: Office ::

Hey, it’s the nigh-unGoogleable Office! Dig them up by looking for “Office Mecca” — it’s their new album, and they give it away online.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Bellatrix, Belle And Sebastian, Bishop Allen, Capitol K, Coyle & Sharpe, Cub, Keren Ann, Mahala Rai Banda, Mason Jennings, My Robot Friend, OFFICE, Plaster, Schneider TM, Self, The Wrens

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Sticky Dew

   OFFICE

   From the entirely free download, Mecca

3. Chelsea Burns

   Keren Ann

   Slow like Low

   [asa]B0007LXP5O[/asa]

4. The State That I Am In

   Belle And Sebastian

   Dozing off, so pleasant

   [asa]B001FZ0AAO[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Would you… ?

   Plaster

   Spazzy and skankin’

7. Secret Door

   Arctic Monkeys

   Veddy British

   [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

8. Crush The Pill

   Mason Jennings

   Short and sweet and bitter

   [asa]B000A7QYPI[/asa]

9. I Guess We’re Done

   The Wrens

   Chiming us off into the sunset

   [asa]B000005Z78[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. Walt Whitman

    My Robot Friend

    Because poets kick ass

    [asa]B0006IGGR2[/asa]

12. Borateen

    Self

    What started it all for me

    [asa]B0000009AN[/asa]

13. Ó, Ég Er Svo Svöng!

    Bellatrix

    Members of the Sugarcubes?

    [asa]B0000021VV[/asa]

14. Printer-Painter

    Coyle & Sharpe

    Which is it!

    [asa]B00001QEFN[/asa]

15. BREAK

16. Cue The Elephants

    Bishop Allen

    More of that Bishop Allen kick

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

17. Masters

    Schneider TM

    Were you nodding off?

    [asa]B00000JCD0[/asa]

18. Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)

    Mahala Rai Banda

    The Balkan is of nonstop!

19. City

    Capitol K

    Bring on the sonic bricolage

    [asa]B00005UNIF[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. She’s Like A Rainbow

    Cub

    The spookiest Rolling Stones song there is

    [asa]B000002RFW[/asa]

:: The English Beat ::

Long before Hammertime, there was “Ranking Full Stop.” Still the superior product, in my opinion. And Brak always cracks me up, but your mileage may vary.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Brak, Christian Zimmerman, Combustible Edison, Dan Hicks, English Beat, Los Lobos, Metal Molly, Mexican Institute of Sound, Os Mutantes, Simian Mobile Disco, The Wrens, Vells, Ween

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

   [asa]B00005NOZD[/asa]

3. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

   [asa]B000PSJCLK[/asa]

4. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

   [asa]B00000344C[/asa]

5. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

6. BREAK

7. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

   [asa]B000002LRZ[/asa]

8. Napiers

   The Wrens

   Shards of sonic glass

   [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

9. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

   Dan Hicks

   Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

   [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

10. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

    [asa]B002E0S5X8[/asa]

11. BREAK

12. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

    [asa]B00015BIXW[/asa]

13. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

    [asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]

14. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

    [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

15. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

16. BREAK

17. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

    [asa]B00000053V[/asa]

18. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

    [asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]

19. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

    [asa]B000CQQHQI[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. Cadillac

    Combustible Edison

    From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

    [asa]B0000035G8[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. She’s Like A Rainbow

   Cub

   The spookiest Rolling Stones song there is

   [asa]B000002RFW[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Sticky Dew

   OFFICE

   From the entirely free download, Mecca

5. Chelsea Burns

   Keren Ann

   Slow like Low

   [asa]B0007LXP5O[/asa]

6. The State That I Am In

   Belle And Sebastian

   Dozing off, so pleasant

   [asa]B001FZ0AAO[/asa]

7. BREAK

8. Would you… ?

   Plaster

   Spazzy and skankin’

9. Secret Door

   Arctic Monkeys

   Veddy British

   [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

10. Crush The Pill

    Mason Jennings

    Short and sweet and bitter

    [asa]B000A7QYPI[/asa]

11. I Guess We’re Done

    The Wrens

    Chiming us off into the sunset

    [asa]B000005Z78[/asa]

12. BREAK

13. Walt Whitman

    My Robot Friend

    Because poets kick ass

    [asa]B0006IGGR2[/asa]

14. Borateen

    Self

    What started it all for me

    [asa]B0000009AN[/asa]

15. Ó, Ég Er Svo Svöng!

    Bellatrix

    Members of the Sugarcubes?

    [asa]B0000021VV[/asa]

16. Printer-Painter

    Coyle & Sharpe

    Which is it!

    [asa]B00001QEFN[/asa]

17. BREAK

18. Cue The Elephants

    Bishop Allen

    More of that Bishop Allen kick

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

19. Masters

    Schneider TM

    Were you nodding off?

    [asa]B00000JCD0[/asa]

20. Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)

    Mahala Rai Banda

    The Balkan is of nonstop!

21. City

    Capitol K

    Bring on the sonic bricolage

    [asa]B00005UNIF[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. Growin’ A Beard

    Ben Vaughn

    Quite the activity

    [asa]B000003BJO[/asa]

24. Good Morning Boyfriend

    Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears

    WTF is this about? Is that a theremin?

25. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

    Bob Dylan

    Goin’ out to Broadhurst, I think

    [asa]B000050HTO[/asa]

26. BREAK

27. Assassination Polka

    Zzzz

    Can you dance to this?

    [asa]B0007NMJJA[/asa]

28. Middle-Case Keyboards

    Sir Millard Mulch

    This woman loathes the listener

29. Riri

    Dim Dim

    Dutch and very detailed

    [asa]B00006RY65[/asa]

30. Party Started

    The Cat Empire

    From our sister city of Melbourne, AUS

    [asa]B000LPS4F2[/asa]

31. BREAK

32. My Cello

    Dan Hicks

    So suave, that Hicks boy

    [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

33. We Will Walk

    Matisyahu

    Rhymes of the chosen

    [asa]B001TPJW8Q[/asa]

34. Ride It On

    Mazzy Star

    Dedicated to the Librarian

    [asa]B000002V07[/asa]

35. BREAK

36. Have A Heart

    Bettie Serveert

    Belgian, Canadian, what have you

    [asa]B00008DKDF[/asa]

37. Immigrant Child

    Shantel

    Romania-mania

    [asa]B000AP8VNI[/asa]

38. My Love

    The Bronx

    That should do it for Mariachi El Bronx, for now

    [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

39. Angst In My Pants

    Sparks

    From the mythical Valley Girl soundtrack

    [asa]B00004Y58H[/asa]

40. BREAK

41. Blue Monday

    New Order

    Bigtime oldschool, by request

    [asa]B000002LCK[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Cadillac

   Combustible Edison

   From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

   [asa]B0000035G8[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

   [asa]B00005NOZD[/asa]

5. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

   [asa]B000PSJCLK[/asa]

6. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

   [asa]B00000344C[/asa]

7. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

8. BREAK

9. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

   [asa]B000002LRZ[/asa]

10. Napiers

    The Wrens

    Shards of sonic glass

    [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

11. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

    Dan Hicks

    Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

    [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

12. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

    [asa]B002E0S5X8[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

    [asa]B00015BIXW[/asa]

15. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

    [asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]

16. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

    [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

17. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

    [asa]B00000053V[/asa]

20. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

    [asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]

21. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

    [asa]B000CQQHQI[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. The Rabbit

    Bishop Allen

    My current favorite band

    [asa]B000RGSOCS[/asa]

24. Ingrata

    Café Tacuba

    Happy fun music… if you don’t speak Spanish

    [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

25. Fly Away Little Butterfly

    The Red Elvises

    Six String Samurai — watch and wonder

    [asa]B00000AEQ2[/asa]

26. Two Beats Off

    Fugazi

    Hard to get harder than Fugazi

    [asa]B000000JO7[/asa]

27. BREAK

28. Zombie Part 2

    Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

    The Fela classic, reheated

    [asa]B00006LWSB[/asa]

29. Variation One

    Stereolab

    Unmistakably boopy

    [asa]B0002XEDYE[/asa]

30. Sun Gone Down

    House of Freaks

    A band tragically interrupted

    [asa]B0002LQUNS[/asa]

31. Shake Yer Mop

    Nevada Bachelors

    !(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

    [asa]B00004S7MG[/asa]

32. BREAK

33. Victoria

    The Kinks

    Kinks and queens.

    [asa]B000002KON[/asa]

34. Edward II

    Julia P. Hersheimer

    Haunting music from the Low Countries

35. Come Back To Me

    Chang Siao Ying

    From the Asian Takeaway compilation

    [asa]B00005Y8RA[/asa]

36. BREAK

37. Lust For Life

    Iggy Pop

    A classic. Indubitably.

    [asa]B0009275M0[/asa]

38. Everything Oscillates

    The Negatones

    Oopsy!

    [asa]B000CA990A[/asa]

39. Peaches

    The Presidents of The United States of America

    It’s peaches’ last gasp

    [asa]B0018PJESU[/asa]

40. Tonight

    Koop

    Swinging in 5/4

    [asa]B000069B0U[/asa]

41. BREAK

42. Sidi Mansour

    Sir Richard Bishop

    I hear he plays weddings, too.

    [asa]B0024O9LM8[/asa]