Illinois

Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Brave Combo, Brother Bean, DJ Dolores, Discovery, Fort Lauderdale, Frente!, Ghostbeat, Illinois, Mastretta, Micachu & The Shapes, Nick Lowe, P. Hux, Robyn Hitchcock, Seaweed, Sheila Nicholls, Super Furry Animals, Switches, The Capes, The Forty-Fives, The Z Kamp Express, Tony Allen, Ween

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Go Your Own Way

   Seaweed

   Hey, more Fleetwood Mac!

3. BREAK

4. King Of Mexico

   The Forty-Fives

   To short for comfort

5. Gabrielle

   Ween

   At their Thin Lizziest

6. Ghostiez

   The Z Kamp Express

   Thank you, Pizza T!

7. BREAK

8. Are You Coming With Me?

   Illinois

   New album on the way, if not here already

9. Drama Queen

   Switches

   Nice emphasis on the Queen

10. Calculator

    Micachu & The Shapes

    Edgy but not quite Tequila

11. BREAK

12. Von Boyage

    Brother Bean

    Recorded at Studio Wolfenstein

13. Sight Unseen

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

14. Yo Mama

    Brother Bean

    Recorded at Studio Wolfenstein

15. BREAK

16. One’s Too Many (And A Hundred Ain’t Enough)

    Nick Lowe

    Stuck in my head since this morning

17. Regional Heats

    The Capes

    Very energetic

18. Sleeping With Your Devil Mask

    Robyn Hitchcock

    The next time out, I’ll be a trout

19. Inaugural Trams

    Super Furry Animals

    Welsh to the extreme

20. BREAK

21. Another Satellite

    P. Hux

    He has an ELO cover album… hmmmm.

22. Y

    Ghostbeat

    Angular and hypnotic

23. Orange Shirt

    Discovery

    The dude from Vampire Weekend and the guy from Ra Ra Riot

24. Bizarre Love Triangle

    Frente!

    It’s all about the song.

25. BREAK

26. Monica No Samba

    DJ Dolores

    Minimalist batucada

27. Here Comes the Rain

    Blue Skies For Black Hearts

    Not the Eurythmics song

28. The Chilling Place

    Fort Lauderdale

    British Big Idea music

29. BREAK

30. Forozinho Aperreado

    Brave Combo

    North Brazil via Denton, Texas

31. Fallen For You

    Sheila Nicholls

    From the High Fidelity soundtrack

32. Luna De Miel (Featuring Julieta Venegas)

    Mastretta

    An anthem for passive aggressives

33. BREAK

34. Eparapo

    Tony Allen

    Master of afrobeat

In this episode: Boogie Balagan, Brother Bean, Brother Big Bad, Fishbone, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Metal Molly, Noonday Underground, Nortec Collective, The Rants

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Quiver Of Grain

   The Rants

   Amazing album from this band… more to come

3. Orange

   Metal Molly

   After the acoustic version last week, Electric Orange

4. Slow Bus A-Movin’ (Howard’s Beach Party)

   Fishbone

   From the Tapeheads soundtrack

5. Shake It Up

   Nortec Collective

   Tijuana DJ ninjas

6. BREAK

7. C’mon Do The Laika

   Laika & The Cosmonauts

   Finest surf band in Finland

8. London

   Noonday Underground

   Swinging stringbeat

9. Hings Of The Hill

   Boogie Balagan

   A band of confusing provenance

10. This Is Home

    Brother Big Bad

    Thumpa thumpa

11. BREAK

12. The Wait

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

13. Tomorrow Song

    Brother Bean

    Live at Skipper’s Smokehouse

14. Yo Mama

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

15. All Good

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long

   Late BP Helium

   One of the Elephant Six dudes, with a George Harrison song

3. BREAK

4. Quiver Of Grain

   The Rants

   Amazing album from this band… more to come

5. Orange

   Metal Molly

   After the acoustic version last week, Electric Orange

6. Slow Bus A-Movin’ (Howard’s Beach Party)

   Fishbone

   From the Tapeheads soundtrack

7. Shake It Up

   Nortec Collective

   Tijuana DJ ninjas

8. BREAK

9. C’mon Do The Laika

   Laika & The Cosmonauts

   Finest surf band in Finland

10. London

    Noonday Underground

    Swinging stringbeat

11. Hings Of The Hill

    Boogie Balagan

    A band of confusing provenance

12. This Is Home

    Brother Big Bad

    Thumpa thumpa

13. BREAK

14. The Wait

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

15. Tomorrow Song

    Brother Bean

    Live at Skipper’s Smokehouse

16. Yo Mama

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

17. All Good

    Brother Bean

    Live in the studio

18. BREAK

19. Qué Onda Guero (Remix by Islands)

    Beck

    Is that the Islands with the guy from the Unicorns?

20. Kenny Rogers Tune

    The Nerd Parade

    Weird pop, and you know I like weird pop

21. I Feel It All

    Feist

    Dulcet tones, what else can I say

22. Decision At Midnight

    The Toasters

    Classic Toasters

23. BREAK

24. 115

    Muchachito Bombo Infierno

    From Barcelona

25. 3′s & 7′s

    Queens Of The Stone Age

    From the deserts of California

26. 43

    The Monolith

    Drowning in honey

27. BREAK

28. Helium

    Einstürzende Neubauten

    Pioneers of mental assault

29. Diamonds On My Belly

    Hafdis Huld

    From Iceland and Gus Gus

30. Mark Price P.I.

    Archers Of Loaf

    An obscure cut from the Lounge Ax compilation

31. Watch Your Girl

    Mood Elevator

    Detroit suergroup!

32. BREAK

33. Ona Stacka Bibles

    Charlie Chesterman

    Exploding out of Central Iowa!

34. Shampoo

    Elvis Perkins In Dearland

    Featuring the mysterious Elvis Perkins

35. Happiness

    Lisa Germano

    From the former violinist for John Mellencam

36. BREAK

37. La Guitaristic House Organisation

    Rinôçerôse

    French minimalism to close things out

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mother and Child Reunion

   The Bedroom Covers

   Going out to those who play Simon and Garfunkel in the bedroom

3. BREAK

4. I Like My Pulse

   HollAnd

   Music for lovesick oscilloscopes

5. Call Me Lightning

   The Who

6. Westside Angst

   that dog.

   Famous people! In this band!

7. BREAK

8. In The Dark

   Robinella + CCString Band

   Smoky classic

9. Mambo 8

   Perez Prado

10. Home is where the Hatred Is

    Gil Scott-Heron

11. Banana Meltdown

    Dub Narcotic

    Calvin Johnson is da voice

12. BREAK

13. Better Days

    Brother Bean

14. BREAK

15. Sunshine Superman

    Sugarman 3

16. Patterns

    Brother Bean

17. BREAK

18. Limousine

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    Long and stretchy

19. Disko

    Shantel

    WTF is that? Balkan dub? Reggae hora?

20. BREAK

21. Pumpkin

    The Starlight Mints

    Insiduous chordistry

22. Crazy Girl

    Los Femurs

    Here comes that crazy girl.

23. That’s Not My Name

    The Ting Tings

    Oh, this crazy girl.

24. Shiva’s R+B Dub

    Arling + Cameron

    From music for imaginary soundtracks

25. BREAK

26. Dark Dark Leaves

    Sugar Oaks

    Entrancing music from Clearwater

27. Sleeping Sleepers Sleep

    Portugal. The man

    Enter it thus on the Google!

28. Let’s Talk About Hi Fi

    Carl Henry Brueggen

    I feel like I’m flying first class.

29. BREAK

    Rabbi Shankle

30. The Citizen’s Show

    The Texas Instruments

    Assignment: Investigate this band

31. Still Rock ‘n Roll To Me

    Brother Bean

    Out on a limb, and swinging!

32. Why Don’t You Do It

    Derby

    Majestic and unexpected

33. BREAK

34. Dark Night

    Flat Duo Jets

    The real deal.

35. Lefty

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Mushy, fuzzy, sticky

36. Glue

    These Modern Socks

    Winner, band name of the night

37. BREAK

    Port St. John! Outside antenna!

38. Squeals of Enjoyment

    Dirty Poodle

    About Fee Avenue pool

39. Young Folks

    Peter Bjorn + John

    So very Swedish

40. BREAK

41. The Sleeping Knights of Jesus

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Bon soir!