:: Sun City Girls ::

Purveyors of high weirdness for longer than anyone expected, the Sun City Girls continue to produce challenging music that avoids being difficult. I also hear Sir Richard Bishop does weddings.

In this episode: Analogik, Camper Van Beethoven, Crash and the Boys, Devo, Goldfrapp, Goodnight Loving, Guster, Just Jack, Rachid Taha, Ravi Harris, SSM, Soulico, Squarepusher, Sun City Girls, Supergrass, The Boneless Children Foundation, The Velvet Teen, Thee Hydrogen Terrors

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Strict Machine

   Goldfrapp

   Slightly unnerving video

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3. Joe Stalin’s Cadillac

   Camper Van Beethoven

   My favorite Camper Van Beethoven song

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4. Ravi’s Thing

   Ravi Harris

   Get your buzz on

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5. Jerkin’ Back ‘N’ Forth

   Devo

   Live in 1988!

6. BREAK

7. Caspian Can Wait

   The Velvet Teen

   Ye olde sailing song

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8. Za

   Supergrass

   Majestic, isn’t it?

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9. This Could Be All Yours

   Guster

   The new album is growing on me

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10. Writer’s Block

    Just Jack

    Are they British?

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11. Shimmy Sonic ‘Robot’

    Soulico

    Short and to the point

12. BREAK

13. Carl Sagan

    The Boneless Children Foundation

    Billions of stars. Billions.

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14. Don’t Go Plastic

    Squarepusher

    The bells! The bells!!!

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15. Deja Vu

    SSM

    All over the place

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16. The Imam

    Sun City Girls

    Astral journeymaking

17. BREAK

18. Gypsie Doodle

    Analogik

    Is it really how it works?

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19. I’m So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad

    Crash and the Boys

    That was tedious

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20. The Latin King

    Thee Hydrogen Terrors

    Cowlike intensity

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21. My Important Heart

    Goodnight Loving

    Break it up boys, time to get home

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22. BREAK

23. Foqt Foqt

    Rachid Taha

    Not pronounced how you think

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mendocino

   The Essex Green

   originally by Doug Sahm

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3. BREAK

4. Make Them Like It

   Brooklyn Funk Essentials

   Jump start things a bit

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5. Badder Than Bullets

   Tommy Guerrero

   Keeping up the funk

6. Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back

   Deerhoof

   Endearing japanesey

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7. Shy Kind Of Guy

   Gogol Bordello

   Sound like William Shatner?

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8. BREAK

9. 2012

   Gossip

   In your face!

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10. Chocochip

    Money Mark

    He’s the smoothest

11. Captain Sensible Calling

    Nanuchka

    Hmmm, need to play more Damned

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12. Bang On

    The Breeders

    From their latest, Mountain Battles

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13. BREAK

14. Dips + Peaks

    Sensualists

    Beeps and boops

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15. We Are Sex Bob-omb

    Sex Bob-omb

    Redline!

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16. Reality Check

    Schneider TM

    Secret vocoder clinking

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17. When I Drink

    The Avett Brothers

    Have fistfights with the air

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18. Realistic Source

    Bostich

    From Nortec Collective and the Moog soundtrack

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19. BREAK

20. Shane’s Dentist

    Mojo Nixon

    Tell me all about it, Mojo

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21. Midnight ’69

    Zoo Bombs

    Did you know they were Japanese?

22. Surfing Tuba

    Boom Pam

    Did you know they were Israeli?

23. Slinky Spring Milt

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Check out the new album

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24. BREAK

25. Strict Machine

    Goldfrapp

    Slightly unnerving video

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26. Joe Stalin’s Cadillac

    Camper Van Beethoven

    My favorite Camper Van Beethoven song

    [asa]B000ZMQ5ES[/asa]

    

27. Ravi’s Thing

    Ravi Harris

    Get your buzz on

    [asa]B0013EWS02[/asa]

28. Jerkin’ Back ‘N’ Forth

    Devo

    Live in 1988!

29. BREAK

30. Caspian Can Wait

    The Velvet Teen

    Ye olde sailing song

    [asa]B000TEVF0Q[/asa]

    

31. Za

    Supergrass

    Majestic, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000VX556A[/asa]

    

32. This Could Be All Yours

    Guster

    The new album is growing on me

    [asa]B0045GF3XO[/asa]

    

33. Writer’s Block

    Just Jack

    Are they British?

    [asa]B002U95YUU[/asa]

    

34. Shimmy Sonic ‘Robot’

    Soulico

    Short and to the point

35. BREAK

36. Carl Sagan

    The Boneless Children Foundation

    Billions of stars. Billions.

    [asa]B001AI8IRI[/asa]

    

37. Don’t Go Plastic

    Squarepusher

    The bells! The bells!!!

    [asa]B001E42FQ8[/asa]

    

38. Deja Vu

    SSM

    All over the place

    [asa]B001CCKS66[/asa]

    

39. The Imam

    Sun City Girls

    Astral journeymaking

40. BREAK

41. Gypsie Doodle

    Analogik

    Is it really how it works?

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42. I’m So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad

    Crash and the Boys

    That was tedious

    [asa]B003YEOH76[/asa]

    

43. The Latin King

    Thee Hydrogen Terrors

    Cowlike intensity

    [asa]B001C37FYS[/asa]

    

44. My Important Heart

    Goodnight Loving

    Break it up boys, time to get home

    [asa]B001BVSV7G[/asa]

    

45. BREAK

46. Foqt Foqt

    Rachid Taha

    Not pronounced how you think

    [asa]B002E87NJC[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Why Bother?

   I Fight Dragons

   Very crunchy!

3. BREAK

4. The Pan

   The Goodnight Loving

   We’re all in the pan

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5. Tin Spam (Bokkle Mix)

   Stubborn Allstars

   The bokkle makes it hokk

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6. In The Sun

   She & Him

   Let’s not forget M. Ward

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7. Hark, An Open Channel

   Lilys

   The start of a perfect EP

8. BREAK

9. A Skit About Vocations

   MC Frontalot

   Featuring Will Wheaton!

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10. Dashboard Issues

    Franklin Bruno

    So deliciously bitter

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11. Buddy Holly Convention

    Smugglers

    Where you going with those glasses?

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12. Shin Triad (Wagonchrist Mix)

    Squarepusher

    Shattered and all over the place

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13. BREAK

14. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

    Talking Heads

    My favorite Talking Heads groove

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15. Life on Mars

    Seu Jorge

    From The Life Aquatic

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16. Jet Girl

    The Wedding Present

    There’s also an acoustic version

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17. Going With Him

    Kim Stevenson

    More classy ska

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18. BREAK

19. Joe Loco

    Old schooly loungey

    [asa]Moderna Muchacha[/asa]

    

20. Funny Steps

    Skaguitar

    I think they’re … Dutch?

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21. Anxious

    The Housemartins

    Not the Barenaked Ladies

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22. Train

    Goldfrapp

    What is this train she speaks of?

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23. BREAK

24. On Your Radio

    Joe Jackson

    Again with the Joe Jackson

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25. I’m Gonna Put It On

    Bob Marley

    Old, old Bob Marley

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26. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head

    They Might Be Giants

    To Jack from Crazy Nate

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27. Sing! Harpy

    The Fall

    No mistaking Mark E. Smith’s nasal whine

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28. BREAK

29. Juicy (On a Cadillac)

    Brainiac

    Eep! Oop! Ork!

30. Baise Ça

    Listing Ship

    Go ahead and ask Google to translate

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31. End Of The Week

    Photon Band

    Race you there

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32. BREAK

33. Camel Walk

    Southern Culture On The Skids

    Naw, can’ts beats it

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34. Upbeat

    The Bruces

    Not very upbeat, is it?

35. Complicated

    Poi Dog Pondering

    Thanks a lot, Frank!

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36. Junior Pyromaniacs

    Hypnolovewheel

    Long Island rawk

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37. BREAK

38. Good Guys + Bad Guys

    Camper Van Beethoven

    My favorite CVB song, of course

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39. Daddy’s Little World

    Atomic 7

    Don’t mess with it

40. Tura Satana

    Flat Duo Jets

    Short and deadly

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41. What I Always Wanted

    Swell

    Ummm…. mellow.

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42. BREAK

43. We Just Won’t Stop

    James Curd

    Like Blue Monday, isn’t it?

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Novocaine For The Soul

   Moog Cookbook

   Can’t beat the Moog Cookbook on Eels

3. BREAK

4. Come To My Rescue

   Dunia & Django

   King Django, that is

5. Como Se Goza

   Marc Ribot

   Con los Cubanos Postizos

6. Drivin’ Like A Maniac

   Twang Bang

   Dedicated to all the people driving out there. You know who you are.

7. BREAK

8. Mystery Girl

   Yeah Yeah Yeahs

   From their first EP

9. Shadow Boy

   Scruffy The Cat

   Boston band… hello college days

10. History Never Repeats

    Split Enz

    Live — dig that string section

11. My Apartment Complex

    Parker And Lily

    I used to live there

12. BREAK

13. CIS (Central Information Station)

    Ultra Wide Band

    Thrumming and humming

14. If I Only Had A Brain

    MC 900 Ft Jesus

    Catchy catch catch

15. Murder In The 18th Hole

    Gus Van Sant

    From 18 Songs About Golf

16. Bike

    Pink Floyd

    By request… hola Chewbode

17. BREAK

18. Funny Farm

    King Kong

    For fellow Louisville KY native Joseph at RD

19. Guzophela

    Zap Mama

    Africa via Belgium

20. Cockroaches

    Barry Black

    Feat. the guy from Archers of Loaf [Eric Bachmann!]

21. BREAK

22. Kitty’s Daydream

    Tipsy

    It’s taken a while but new Tipsy is worth waiting for

23. Lunático

    Gotan Project

    French tango nuts

24. Morricone

    Hey Hey My My

    Are they playing with a clock?

25. BREAK

26. Goo Goo Muck

    The Cramps

    Lux Interior forever

27. Incident @ 23rd

    The Delta 72

    I like the band, but their vocalist was a big jerk

28. The Energy Channel (Tayt Variation)

    Lilys

    Top psychedelia pick

29. Beautiful Morning With You

    Pillows

    From the soundtrack to FLCL

30. BREAK

31. The River Song

    The Extra Glenns

    Franklin Bruno + John Darnielle

32. Hardest Geometry Problem in the World

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    From the Rushmore soundtrack

33. Car Bomb

    Negativland

    Going out to George and the Ice Bear [sic]

34. BREAK

35. Strict Machine

    Goldfrapp

    A voice like shiny latex

36. Full Custom Sack Pt. 1

    Monsieur Leroc

    Le full custom funk

37. Always Horses Coming

    Howe Gelb

    Dusty music from Giant Sand vocalist

38. Obedience School

    Brian Dewan

    Heed the electric zither!

39. BREAK

40. Praying Mantis

    Jim Carroll

    “People Who Died”, Basketball Diaries

41. Never Squeal

    Ween

    from God Ween Satan

42. Antarctica

    Alex Mauer

    Mono!

43. Blood Machine

    Chad VanGaalen

    via Brandon, Research Assistant, and also of Robotronic Dynamite

44. BREAK

45. Prana Yoga

    Goo

    How delightful

46. Meg Ryan

    Self

    More from that Murfreesboro scene — told ya!

47. Talk To Me, Dance With Me

    Hot Hot Heat

    Electric nouveau Cure

48. BREAK

49. Sleep The Clock Around

    Belle and Sebastian

    From the BBC Sessions