:: Stereo Total ::

Honestly, I have to say I cannot think of a better name for Stereo Total’s bratty chanteuse than Françoise Cactus. The prickly European accent of no determinate origin does something to my innards, I tell you.

In this episode: Andrei Codrescu, Beach House, Chris Knox, Holiday, Komeda, Le Couleur, Looper, M.I.A., Os Mutantes, Rosie and Me, Stereo Total, The Epizootis, The Snitches, They Might Be Giants, Tripping Daisy, Two Cow Garage, Willie Nillie, hollAnd

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1. Song
   Artist

2. It’s Love

   Chris Knox

   New Zealand freak-folk master

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3. She’s Not The Person You Think You Know

   Holiday

   Gentle and tenderly

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4. Rouge à lèvres

   Le Couleur

   Very Stereolab

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5. Ballad Of Ray Suzuki

   Looper

   Bunch of loopers

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6. It Takes A Muscle

   M.I.A.

   From the new one

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7. BREAK

8. Skinny Legged Girl

   Two Cow Garage

   Ben Fold’s dirty hairy cousin

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9. A Minha Menina

   Os Mutantes

   Brazil’s answer to Sgt. Pepper’s

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10. Pinkie Standing

    The Snitches

    Canadian ragers

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11. It’s Alright, Baby

    Komeda

    Swedish grüvve

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12. BREAK

13. Take Out the Trash

    They Might Be Giants

    Tell us about it, John

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14. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    In Français

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15. Bonfires

    Rosie and Me

    Ukulele and personal

16. I Got A Girl

    Tripping Daisy

    Viva Dallas!

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17. BREAK

18. Mint Missiles

    hollAnd

    Minimalist enough

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19. Pastoral Balley

    Andrei Codrescu

    Tell us more about Almond Joy

20. The Butterfly Effect

    The Epizootis

    Burning it down

21. Walk in the Park (iTunes Session)

    Beach House

    Like swimming in a dream

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22. BREAK

23. Police On My Back

    Willie Nillie

    Serviceable

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Police On My Back

   Willie Nillie

   Serviceable

   [asa]B000S5AUK2[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. It’s Love

   Chris Knox

   New Zealand freak-folk master

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5. She’s Not The Person You Think You Know

   Holiday

   Gentle and tenderly

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6. Rouge à lèvres

   Le Couleur

   Very Stereolab

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7. Ballad Of Ray Suzuki

   Looper

   Bunch of loopers

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8. It Takes A Muscle

   M.I.A.

   From the new one

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9. BREAK

10. Skinny Legged Girl

    Two Cow Garage

    Ben Fold’s dirty hairy cousin

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11. A Minha Menina

    Os Mutantes

    Brazil’s answer to Sgt. Pepper’s

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12. Pinkie Standing

    The Snitches

    Canadian ragers

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13. It’s Alright, Baby

    Komeda

    Swedish grüvve

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14. BREAK

15. Take Out the Trash

    They Might Be Giants

    Tell us about it, John

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16. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    In Français

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17. Bonfires

    Rosie and Me

    Ukulele and personal

18. I Got A Girl

    Tripping Daisy

    Viva Dallas!

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19. BREAK

20. Mint Missiles

    hollAnd

    Minimalist enough

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21. Pastoral Balley

    Andrei Codrescu

    Tell us more about Almond Joy

22. The Butterfly Effect

    The Epizootis

    Burning it down

23. Walk in the Park (iTunes Session)

    Beach House

    Like swimming in a dream

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24. BREAK

25. I Have A Dream

    Band Marino

    From Orlando, anyone got news?

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26. Pets

    Porno For Pyros

    We’ll mate Brad Pitt?

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27. For Mods Only

    Chico Hamilton

    Swingin’ with Chico

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28. Stop Stalling

    Derby

    Calm and collected

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29. BREAK

30. Pachuko Soul

    The El Caminos

    From Japan, I think

31. Sunlight

    They Shoot Horses Don’t They

    Band name of the evening!

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32. Munt

    Boom Pam

    I made falafel last night, and it was delicious

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33. One of Me

    The Lonesome Organist

    Everything about this is lonely

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34. BREAK

35. Dark Star

    The Mabuses

    A most mysterious outfit

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36. Hey Lowdown!

    Big Sandy

    Don’t mess with Big Sandy

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37. Listening To The Higsons

    Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

    Squeezing out the live

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38. Mr. Blue Sky

    Electric Light Orchestra

    Over the top

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39. BREAK

40. Bosco’s Blues

    The Sugarman Three & Co.

    Heat it up

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41. Tres Tres Chic

    Mocean Worker

    Cool it down

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42. Ton O’ Luv

    Devo

    Remastered and loving it

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43. Diamond

    Klint

    Oh, I’m sorry, was that your diamond?

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44. BREAK

45. Brooklyn Haze

    Dub Gabriel

    Some of that new dub

:: 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?

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3. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

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4. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

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5. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

6. BREAK

7. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

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8. Napiers

   The Wrens

   Shards of sonic glass

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

   Dan Hicks

   Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

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10. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

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11. BREAK

12. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

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13. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

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14. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

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15. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

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16. BREAK

17. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

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18. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

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19. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

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20. BREAK

21. Cadillac

    Combustible Edison

    From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Cadillac

   Combustible Edison

   From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

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3. BREAK

4. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

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5. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

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6. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

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7. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

8. BREAK

9. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

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10. Napiers

    The Wrens

    Shards of sonic glass

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

    Dan Hicks

    Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

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12. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

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13. BREAK

14. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

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15. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

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16. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

    [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

17. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

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18. BREAK

19. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

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20. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

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21. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

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22. BREAK

23. The Rabbit

    Bishop Allen

    My current favorite band

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24. Ingrata

    Café Tacuba

    Happy fun music… if you don’t speak Spanish

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25. Fly Away Little Butterfly

    The Red Elvises

    Six String Samurai — watch and wonder

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26. Two Beats Off

    Fugazi

    Hard to get harder than Fugazi

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27. BREAK

28. Zombie Part 2

    Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

    The Fela classic, reheated

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29. Variation One

    Stereolab

    Unmistakably boopy

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30. Sun Gone Down

    House of Freaks

    A band tragically interrupted

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31. Shake Yer Mop

    Nevada Bachelors

    !(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

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32. BREAK

33. Victoria

    The Kinks

    Kinks and queens.

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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

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36. BREAK

37. Lust For Life

    Iggy Pop

    A classic. Indubitably.

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38. Everything Oscillates

    The Negatones

    Oopsy!

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39. Peaches

    The Presidents of The United States of America

    It’s peaches’ last gasp

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40. Tonight

    Koop

    Swinging in 5/4

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41. BREAK

42. Sidi Mansour

    Sir Richard Bishop

    I hear he plays weddings, too.

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Career Opportunities

   Sex Clark Five

   From the sprawling Sandinista Project album

3. BREAK

4. Boombox

   Mosquitos

   Witness fruit from the jungles of Brooklyn

5. When You Were My Baby

   The Magnetic Fields

   An oldie

6. Polyester

   Maximilian Hecker

   Sweet sweet poison

7. Malavida

   Mano Negra

   Later to be covered by Gogol Bordello

8. BREAK

9. While the City Sleeps

   MC 900 Foot Jesus

   The Dallas recluse at his height

10. My Relatively Obscure Tastes

    Muffulletta

    You can totally hear the Toro

11. You Open My Eyes

    The Moore Brothers

    From 2003… still fresh

12. BREAK

13. The Bandit

    The Starlight Mints

    Can’t wait for the concert

14. These Days

    Nico

    Charming

15. Science Is Golden

    The Grates

    From Australia!

16. Bat Macumba

    Os Mutantes

    I think this was dis-bitulated

17. BREAK

18. Every Night

    Paul McCartney

    Post-Beatles, pre-Wings

19. Sing, Theresa Says

    Greg Laswell

    Something about this song.

20. You’re Supposed To Be My Friend

    1990s

    From their debut, Cookies.

21. Coal Black Horses

    16 Horsepower

    The ultimate spooky

22. BREAK

23. Destro

    French Kicks

    Angular and irresistible

24. Henrietta

    The Fratellis

    What is in Glasgow?

25. El Tiradito

    Friends Of Dean Martinez

    Cantina deluxe

26. Flying Jelly Attack

    Shonen Knife

    Absolutely irresistible

27. BREAK

28. Come Alive

    Peggen

    Mysterious Swedes

29. Israelites

    Madness

    The first worldwide Jamaican hit, for Desmond Dekker

30. Party Tonite!

    Maow

    Featuring the lovely Neko Case

31. The Alphabet Business Concern

    The Cardiacs

    Majestic and strange… look up this band

32. BREAK

33. Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop

    Monte Video

    Were you ready for that?

34. Lonely Mary

    The Green Goblyn Project

    Brevard’s Own

35. Burn and Rob

    Paleface

    Listen to your Uncle Paleface, kids. Stay off the rock and roll.

36. BREAK

37. Everybody Passes Me By

    Pepe Deluxe

    Finnish beatmasters

38. Me Tienes Frito

    Muchachito Bombo Infierno

    “You have me deep fried”

39. Two Of Us

    Mr. T Experience

    So happy, so sad.

40. BREAK

41. The Upshot

    Rondelles

    Albuquerque scene-mates of the Shins’

42. Joy

    The Mattoid

    Hey, more Finland

43. Fortune Tellin’ Chicken

    Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

    From the Kids in the Hall themesters

44. BREAK

45. Idler

    Carl Henry Brueggen

    Feel the bossa

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1. Song
   Artist

2. I Walk The Line

   Leonard Nimoy

   Because there’s a new Star Trek movie

3. BREAK

4. In Blood

   Billy Childish & Holly Golightly

   One chord to rule them all

5. #8

   Commercial

   Drone and on

6. A Blues Serenade

   The Holy Modal Rounders

   The one and only

7. Up Early In The Morning

   Jennyanykind

   From Chapel Hill

8. BREAK

9. He’s My Best Friend

   Jellyfish

   A defining moment in Los Angeles pop

10. Type O Girl

    Volumen

    Montana wildmen

11. Tell Me When You’re Ready

    1990s

    Yeah, from their new Kicks album

12. BREAK

13. Young Fresh Fellows Theme

    Young Fresh Fellows

    The closer to their debut album, The Fab Sounds of the Pacific NW

14. Enter The Heretic

    Badawi

    Transported yet?

15. Quopern

    Ruins

    Oh, hello. This must be Japanese

16. BREAK

17. Baby

    Os Mutantes

    Broken up partly by a Fender vs. Gibson spat

18. Transmission XXX

    Yohimbe Brothers

    Space dub from Vernon Reid and DJ Logic

19. Nazca Lines Of Peru

    The Mercury Program

    Gainesville post-post band

20. Cry, Cry

    Mazzy Star

    For the librarian

21. BREAK

22. Tin Spam

    Stubborn Allstars

    King Django and his NYC ska crew

23. Great Five Lakes

    Buffalo Daughter

    More Japanese!

24. Dick Serious

    Butter 08

    Cibo Matto + Russell Simins

25. Licking the Palm for Guava

    Ween

    From their classic debut, God Ween Satan

26. BREAK

27. Telephone Thing

    The Fall

    I don’t hear you telephone thing

28. Hey Bore Hey

    Boredoms

    What’s with all the Japanese stuff?

29. I Have The Password To Your Shell Account

    Barcelona

    The old Barcelona, not the new one

30. Breathless

    X

    Going out to Jeff and his iPod

31. BREAK

32. Droge CX 9

    Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab

    From the Vampyros Lesbos soundtrack

33. Mandarin

    Parker And Lily

    One of those couple bands…

34. Baby’s Insane

    Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones

    Whodda thought

35. BREAK

36. Drums Of Death [Pt. 1]

    DJ Shadow

    Breakthrough turntablist

37. (We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Obscure Camper Van for the fans

38. Mere Imposters

    Solex

    Dutch cut and paster

39. Nightmare of a Woman (w/ Billy Zoom)

    Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics

    If that guitar sounded familiar, listen to the X again

40. BREAK

41. What Is Fight Club?

    The Dust Brothers

    The third rule of Fight Club is Fight Club rules.

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Corner Soul

   Ethan Lipton

   From the awesome Sandinista Project

3. BREAK

4. Euro Trash Girl

   Chicks on Speed

   Dry Silicon Cracker

5. Devil’s Side

   Shake

   Psychedelic!

6. Out My Eyes

   Moore Brothers

   So Beatles

7. BREAK

8. Where Is My Mind?

   Raz Ohara

   Stuck in my head all day. Thanks Nick!

9. Soft Velvety ‘Fer

   MC Honky

   Frightening dream

10. Mess Around

    Ray Charles

11. BREAK

12. Red Grapes In The City

    Sugar Oaks

    Clearwater band with non-Clearwater sound

13. Fever For You

    Michael Holland

    From Jennyanykind

14. Come On

    The Mach Kung-Fu

    Japan says, “this is the future sound of yesterday twang.”

15. BREAK

16. Dentistry Dub

    Ears Magnet

    via Geoffrey! ‘Alo Geoffrey!

17. Every Time I’ve Made A Girl Cry (I Know I’ve Done My Job)

    Band Marino

    Confused? I am.

18. Jackson Cannery

    Ben Folds Five

    Going out to Rachel G!

19. BREAK

20. 100,000 Fireflies

    The Magnetic Fields

    One of the most beautiful songs, ever

21. The Light 3000

    Schneider TM

    Yet another cover of the Smiths’ song

22. Shy Kind of Guy

    Gogol Bordello

    Yoo-krenyen and loving it

23. BREAK

24. Jungle Shadow

    Kiril feat. MC Wasp

    Sweatin’ in the Balkans

25. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    By request! My listeners must love me

26. Plane of Illusion

    Johnny Griffith

    From the amazing Flying Funk comp.

27. BREAK

28. Acid Police

    Boredoms

    Japan says, “the authorities are sour.”

29. Thundergust of Woodpeckers

    Prizzy Prizzy Please

    Is that the right artist?

30. Bleep #1

    MOTOR

    ALL-CAPS! VERY IMPORTANT!

31. BREAK

32. Lost In A Dream

    pApAs fritAs

    Perfect pop from Boston

33. Stickshifts + Safetybelts

    Cake

    More old cake — still edible!

34. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

    The Soft Boys

    From “Live At The Portland Arms”

35. BREAK

36. My Friend Maurice

    Home

    Deliciously sloppy

37. Let’s Make A Baby

    SSM

    Where do babby come from?

38. Weed

    1990s

    Scotland’s answer to Supergrass

39. Hey Alright!

    I Was Totally Destroying It

    Winner of “Longest Band Name” for this show

40. BREAK

41. Vida de Cachorro

    Os Mutantes

    I Heart Rita Lee

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Jungle Drum

   Emiliana Torrini

   Also scores high on the exotic scale, as Emiliana is half-Italian, half Icelandic. Shout out to my crypto-Icelander Hannah.

3. South Central Rock

   Zoobombs

   Japan says, “swift the kick mighty!”

4. BREAK

5. A Minha Meninha

   Os Mutantes

   Brazilian psychedelica — Thanks, uncle Dave!

6. Baby’s On Fire

   Brian Eno

   And speaking of Byrne, here’s some Eno

7. I Have A Dream

   Band Marino

   Outta Orlando, check them out before you have to wait in line

8. BREAK

9. Star Position

   Marcellus Hall

   Vocalist of White Hassle

10. Let My Burden Be

    Golden Shoulders

    Another standout GS track

11. Funky Days Are Back

    Cornershop

    British Hindo-funk

12. BREAK

13. Where’s The Fire

    Head of Femur

    Gadzooks, that sound

14. Miss Madison

    Hands Down Eugene

    Some Athens stuff

15. Relentless Machine

    Thomas Function

    Lives up to its name

16. BREAK

17. Broke A Promise

    Guv’ner

    Old favorite

18. Dance Jack Palance

    The Gomers

    Reissue of obscure (maybe rightfully so) album. Check out the vibe solo!

19. Are You Receiving Me?

    XTC

    Kinda goes with the last track!?

20. BREAK

21. Sorry Mama

    Westbound Train

    Rocksteady from Boston, shoutout to Gene Bovineska!

22. Havana

    The Mabuses

    How do you pronounce it?

23. Conjugate The Verbs

    Enon

24. BREAK

25. Chick Habit

    April March

    From Planet Terror, watch it.

26. White Sheets, Tight Bed

    Mastretta

    From Spain!

27. Meninblack

    Stranglers

    Release successfully negotiated by Steve

28. BREAK

29. Sweat Indoors

    Mitsoobishy Jackson

    Dutch? Belgian?

30. Moosh

    Colorstore

    From Phoenix AZ!

31. Cut Your Hair

    Pavement

    feat. Steven Malkmus

32. BREAK

33. Hiphopopotamus

    Flight of the Conchords

    Funny Kiwis.

34. Malibu Love Nest

    Luna

    Loves that Dean Warehams — Sounds like Giant Sand

35. Indian Summer

    Benjamin Gibbard

    From Death Cab / Postal Service

36. BREAK

37. Salsa + Microchips

    DJ Me DJ You

    Sukia descendants, as promised

38. Faded Away

    A Big Yes + A Small No

    Another vibe solo!

39. Submarine #3

    Starlight Mints

    Lush pop is my weakness.

40. Carl Sagan

    Boneless Children Society

    Carl Sagan says there are billions of stars.

41. BREAK

42. Santa Maria

    Gotan Project

    Downtempo tango to lull you into jazz.