Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. Be Mine

   Cagney & Lacee

3. BREAK

4. Splendid

   Professor Elemental

   [asa]B0045F9QGK[/asa]

   

5. Club Mekon

   The Mekons

6. Rum’n'cocacola (Shake It Up Well)

   Tim Tim

   [asa]B002XNIE96[/asa]

   

7. Mars Loves Venus

   The Brunettes

   [asa]B001I4Q40C[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Turn On The Water

   The Afghan Whigs

   [asa]B0011RK0U6[/asa]

   

10. Ivanka

    Imperial Teen

    [asa]B000VP94UG[/asa]

    

11. Michelle

    Flat Duo Jets

    [asa]B001UC4ZEE[/asa]

    

12. Native American Express (Taiwanese Umbrella)

    Persons

13. BREAK

14. Goin’ Down

    The Monkees

    [asa]B00125U25A[/asa]

    

15. Crying Blood

    VV Brown

    [asa]B003CJ87RE[/asa]

    

16. At The Mall In Klamath Falls

    Jason Lytle

17. One More Time

    Joe Jackson

    [asa]B000W15DJA[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Pump It Up

    Elvis Costello

    [asa]B000V6MQX2[/asa]

    

20. Malibu Love Nest

    Luna

    [asa]B00031R6US[/asa]

21. Power And Volume

    Big Soap

22. BREAK

23. Fuego

    Bomba Estéreo

    [asa]B002EHLG2S[/asa]

    

24. Un Woman’s Paradis

    Dimitri From Paris

    [asa]B000024QDC[/asa]

25. Someday Someway

    Marshall Crenshaw

    [asa]B00004UEIX[/asa]

    

26. Come And Get It

    Badfinger

    [asa]B003YZ2VJ6[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. Spinning Wheel

    What!

29. Jack’s Tune

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    [asa]B0041ISYC8[/asa]

    

30. No Bar Do Samba

    Zuco 103

    [asa]B0016OB1KC[/asa]

    

31. Cinnamon Girl

    [Dunkelbunt] feat. Boban I Mar

    [asa]B000QK8LBE[/asa]

    

32. BREAK

33. Take Me Higher

    Mellow

    [asa]B0000645I7[/asa]

34. Solid Gone

    Madness

35. Double Whammy

    Dim Dim + the Snacknut Brothers

36. Kurious Oranj

    The Fall

    [asa]B000S5BYBQ[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. Afro Blue (Koop Remix)

    Susana Baca

    [asa]B000S9C3NU[/asa]

    

39. I’ll Take You There

    The Staple Singers

    [asa]B001P73WGQ[/asa]

    

40. Blue Cash

    Deerhoof

    [asa]B003XXM8DS[/asa]

    

:: Beach House ::

Beautiful plumage, these blue Norwegians have. Beach House is pining for the fjords a-plenty.

In this episode: Beach House, Cajun Gems, Howe Gelb, Jaga Jazzist, Los Campesinos!, Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks, Pixies, Railroad Jerk, Shibboleth, Stewart Copeland, The Brunettes, The Eastside Sinfonietta, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Wrens, Torpedo Boyz, Trespassers W

Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. Zebra

   Beach House

   What the fuss is about

   [asa]B0034EEE2E[/asa]

   

3. Faster Gun

   The Wrens

   Set stunners on phaser

   [asa]B00370FDTS[/asa]

   

4. The Record Store

   The Brunettes

   Love these Kiwis

   [asa]B001I4Q40C[/asa]

   

5. BREAK

6. Animal Chin

   Jaga Jazzist

   Norwegians, we meet again.

   [asa]B000S587RA[/asa]

   

7. It Started With A Mixx

   Los Campesinos!

   From Wales!

   [asa]B000S9A8UU[/asa]

   

8. Japanese Banjo

   Cajun Gems

   Not Japanese, I don’t think

9. Inkomo Zodwa

   Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks

   South Africa! World Cup!

10. BREAK

11. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    From the Monkey Gone To Heaven EP

    [asa]B001GXTYCU[/asa]

    

12. Rollerkoaster

    Railroad Jerk

    Thank you, Marcellus

    [asa]B000XEEMBG[/asa]

    

13. Gong Rock

    Stewart Copeland

    Bang the rock slowly

    [asa]B001NZ509W[/asa]

    

14. The Next Station Is Shibuya

    Torpedo Boyz

    Damn funky for a couple Japanese fellas

    [asa]B000S580M2[/asa]

    

15. BREAK

16. Piango

    Howe Gelb

    Arizona shambling

    [asa]B0014EQDZC[/asa]

    

17. The Bavarian

    Shibboleth

    From the Big D

    [asa]B0018L0SB6[/asa]

    

18. Mandelay Song

    The Eastside Sinfonietta

    Kurt Weill Kabaret!

    [asa]B0011B7APU[/asa]

    

19. Chick-A-Boom

    Trespassers W

    Absolutely German

20. BREAK

21. Flavor

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    He’s got the flavah

    [asa]B003LNKI1Y[/asa]

    

Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. White Room

   The Bobs

   Smooth and Creamy

   [asa]B0010VFR3S[/asa]

   

4. Electric Sweat

   The Mooney Suzuki

   Starting out the eclectic set

   [asa]B00157PM1O[/asa]

   

5. Set Your Clocks

   Gerty

   Eff you Ben Franklin!

   [asa]B000QQY0OU[/asa]

   

6. Pineapple Girl

   Mister Heavenly

   Now with Unicorn blood

   [asa]B004KROEPG[/asa]

   

7. Wild Boar Problem

   Nevada Bachelors

   Robb Benson’s silken howl

   [asa]B00000DC4D[/asa]

9. Whale In The Sand

   The Brunettes

   Sloppy twisting, don’t stop

   [asa]B001I4IEDC[/asa]

   

10. Long Tall Shorty

    Four Corners

    She knows what love is all about

    [asa]B000QZQT8Q[/asa]

    

11. Ça fait rire les oiseaux

    Navet Confit

    Something’s going on in France

12. Eurodans

    New Mjondalen Disco Swingers

    Whistlingk!

    [asa]B004717ASS[/asa]

    

14. Give The Beaches To The People

    S Prcss

    It’s mostly bass line

    [asa]B000QZTHQW[/asa]

    

15. Road Hog

    The Coctails

    Leave your car at home!

    [asa]B001GH0UT2[/asa]

    

16. Grasshopper

    The Maxwell Implosion

    Yet another telephone and rubber band sample

    [asa]B000062YC7[/asa]

17. Landlord Blues

    Hillstomp

    From the Oregon hills

    [asa]B000YOTPRG[/asa]

    

19. Wild Cats of Kilkenny

    The Pogues

    Sounding a bit like Pink Floyd, doncha thing?

    [asa]B00123G6E8[/asa]

    

20. I Held Her In My Arms

    Violent Femmes

    Violent beasts!

    [asa]B002LD5U5O[/asa]

    

21. Tiny Days

    Scruffy The Cat

    No less fearsome

22. Japanese Buffalo

    Cage the Elephant

    Big animals here

    [asa]B004GNQ6UA[/asa]

    

24. Hot Blood

    Verbena

    Made mine hot

    [asa]B000T2GVMU[/asa]

    

25. Hippy Hole

    Th’ Faith Healers UK

    Noisy as puck

    [asa]B000S5BWKO[/asa]

    

26. Bad, Bad Little Bird

    Hilken Mancini And Chris Colbourn

    It’s gone gone

    [asa]B000BNKAGK[/asa]

    

27. The Minute

    Push Kings

    Yes, it’s that minute

    [asa]B000S56V82[/asa]

    

29. Tramp with Orchestra III (no strings)

    Gavin Bryars

    Minimalist weeping

    [asa]B0015RR0K0[/asa]

    

30. Rachel

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Hoooooo!

    [asa]B003Y2Q8MA[/asa]

    

31. Dinner

    Evolution Control Committee

    It’s making me hungry

    [asa]B003WO0OQ6[/asa]

    

32. Red Mullet

    Jega

    Stuttering judders

    [asa]B001N0A9NO[/asa]

    

34. Dragons

    Caravan Palace

    Retrofuturism, again again

    [asa]B003T6YVRA[/asa]

    

35. Glassbong

    DJ Me DJ You

    Sitar wobbles

    [asa]B00008G550[/asa]

36. Crashing Cars

    Little Red Car Wreck

    Live in Olympia

37. Pakalolo Baby

    Asylum Street Spankers

    From their live album

    [asa]B001J2BG4M[/asa]

    

39. Kan-U-Guru

    Lo-Lite

    Redlining, as always

    [asa]B0013XQM7I[/asa]

    

40. Walk Like An Egyptian

    The Puppini Sisters

    What was that?

    [asa]B0013GE2UE[/asa]

    

41. Bahama Banana

    Trabant

    Icelandically unusual

42. What They Found

    The Octopus Project

    The clockwork of your mind, winding down

    [asa]B001CKC8H0[/asa]

    

44. The Flower Sermon

    Scientific American

    Beat happy

    [asa]B001H880V0[/asa]

Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. Be Mine

   Cagney & Lacee

   A great take on a Suicide song

3. BREAK

4. Splendid

   Professor Elemental

   A true dust-up should ensue!

   [asa]B0045F9QGK[/asa]

   

5. Club Mekon

   The Mekons

   Lyrical platinum

6. Rum’n'cocacola (Shake It Up Well)

   Tim Tim

   Calypso perversion

   [asa]B002XNIE96[/asa]

   

7. Mars Loves Venus

   The Brunettes

   New Tweeland!

   [asa]B001I4Q40C[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Turn On The Water

   The Afghan Whigs

   Been digging the Whigs, expect more

   [asa]B0011RK0U6[/asa]

   

10. Ivanka

    Imperial Teen

    From the Old Enough To Know Better compilation

    [asa]B000VP94UG[/asa]

    

11. Michelle

    Flat Duo Jets

    Dexter’s all a-fuzzled

    [asa]B001UC4ZEE[/asa]

    

12. Native American Express (Taiwanese Umbrella)

    Persons

    On the buffalo trail

13. BREAK

14. Goin’ Down

    The Monkees

    One of many strange Monkees songs

    [asa]B00125U25A[/asa]

    

15. Crying Blood

    VV Brown

    Heating up the night

    [asa]B003CJ87RE[/asa]

    

16. At The Mall In Klamath Falls

    Jason Lytle

    I’ve been there

17. One More Time

    Joe Jackson

    Going out by request for Angela!

    [asa]B000W15DJA[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Pump It Up

    Elvis Costello

    You may have heard this as a cheesy dance song

    [asa]B000V6MQX2[/asa]

    

20. Malibu Love Nest

    Luna

    Featuring Dean Wareham’s kiwi drawl

    [asa]B00031R6US[/asa]

21. Power And Volume

    Big Soap

    Cincinnati theremonsters

22. BREAK

23. Fuego

    Bomba Estéreo

    Bring on the fuego tonight

    [asa]B002EHLG2S[/asa]

    

24. Un Woman’s Paradis

    Dimitri From Paris

    Formerly of Deee-lite

    [asa]B000024QDC[/asa]

25. Someday Someway

    Marshall Crenshaw

    My first CD purchase

    [asa]B00004UEIX[/asa]

    

26. Come And Get It

    Badfinger

    Celebrating partnerings of Apples!

    [asa]B003YZ2VJ6[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. Spinning Wheel

    What!

    Majestic, isn’t it

29. Jack’s Tune

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Delightful little instrumental

    [asa]B0041ISYC8[/asa]

    

30. No Bar Do Samba

    Zuco 103

    Brazilian-dutch crossover

    [asa]B0016OB1KC[/asa]

    

31. Cinnamon Girl

    [Dunkelbunt] feat. Boban I Mar

    3:56 AM

    [asa]B000QK8LBE[/asa]

    

32. BREAK

33. Take Me Higher

    Mellow

    Investigate the wonderful CQ soundtrack

    [asa]B0000645I7[/asa]

34. Solid Gone

    Madness

    Early, early Madness

35. Double Whammy

    Dim Dim + the Snacknut Brothers

    Brief, dutch

36. Kurious Oranj

    The Fall

    Kurious, kurious oranj

    [asa]B000S5BYBQ[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. Afro Blue (Koop Remix)

    Susana Baca

    Sounds quite Koop

    [asa]B000S9C3NU[/asa]

    

39. I’ll Take You There

    The Staple Singers

    Still good after all this time

    [asa]B001P73WGQ[/asa]

    

40. Blue Cash

    Deerhoof

    From the soundtrack to The Kids Are All Right

    [asa]B003XXM8DS[/asa]

    

41. BREAK

Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. You Don’t Love Me Yet

   Bongwater

   Unmistakably Erikson

   [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Heart

   Camper Van Beethoven

   A version with vocals of a much older song

   [asa]B000ZMUT2M[/asa]

   

5. Skips A Beat (Over You)

   The Promise Ring

   Makes me all frantic

   [asa]B002I0VSPG[/asa]

   

6. Oblio Joes

   Let’s hear it for non-standard structures!

   [asa]Good Neighbor[/asa]

   

7. Terrible Angels

   CocoRosie

   Two sisters singing in a bathroom, what’s not to like?

   [asa]B000S583JW[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Crazy Love

   Daniel Johnston

   Manic minimalism!

   [asa]B0022YAP98[/asa]

   

10. Gorilla in a Rucksack

    Oranger

    Funky and monkey

    [asa]B000QZWUYS[/asa]

    

11. Blue Rita

    The Green Goblyn Project

    Brevard favorites

12. (Wascha Raj)

    Cato Salsa Experience

    Can’ts stops it

    [asa]B001UIRNWO[/asa]

    

13. Heartbeat Radio

    Sondre Lerche

    Big stabby fun

    [asa]B002LW9E8Y[/asa]

    

14. King Of The Boyfriends

    Twang Bang

    You heard right.

15. BREAK

16. I-76

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    In case you needed some Philly.

    [asa]B001UC2PHI[/asa]

    

17. For Tension

    Superchunk

    From the What’s Up Matador compilation

    [asa]B0011UODB0[/asa]

    

18. Song For Lorca

    Apostle Of Hustle

    Spooky, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZWHCS[/asa]

    

19. BREAK

20. Science Friction

    XTC

    Spazzing to the classics!

    [asa]B000T00MSG[/asa]

    

21. Harmonix

    Surfer Blood

    Very catchy

    [asa]B002Y6A0EY[/asa]

    

22. Hollywood Babylon

    The Misfits

    Music for wisdom tooth extraction

    [asa]B000THKAR2[/asa]

    

23. Shadows In The Rain

    The Police

    Still my favorite

    [asa]B000W237T2[/asa]

    

24. BREAK

25. Zebra

    Beach House

    What the fuss is about

    [asa]B0034EEE2E[/asa]

    

26. Faster Gun

    The Wrens

    Set stunners on phaser

    [asa]B00370FDTS[/asa]

    

27. The Record Store

    The Brunettes

    Love these Kiwis

    [asa]B001I4Q40C[/asa]

    

28. BREAK

29. Animal Chin

    Jaga Jazzist

    Norwegians, we meet again.

    [asa]B000S587RA[/asa]

    

30. It Started With A Mixx

    Los Campesinos!

    From Wales!

    [asa]B000S9A8UU[/asa]

    

31. Japanese Banjo

    Cajun Gems

    Not Japanese, I don’t think

32. Inkomo Zodwa

    Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks

    South Africa! World Cup!

33. BREAK

34. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    From the Monkey Gone To Heaven EP

    [asa]B001GXTYCU[/asa]

    

35. Rollerkoaster

    Railroad Jerk

    Thank you, Marcellus

    [asa]B000XEEMBG[/asa]

    

36. Gong Rock

    Stewart Copeland

    Bang the rock slowly

    [asa]B001NZ509W[/asa]

    

37. The Next Station Is Shibuya

    Torpedo Boyz

    Damn funky for a couple Japanese fellas

    [asa]B000S580M2[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. Piango

    Howe Gelb

    Arizona shambling

    [asa]B0014EQDZC[/asa]

    

40. The Bavarian

    Shibboleth

    From the Big D

    [asa]B0018L0SB6[/asa]

    

41. Mandelay Song

    The Eastside Sinfonietta

    Kurt Weill Kabaret!

    [asa]B0011B7APU[/asa]

    

42. Chick-A-Boom

    Trespassers W

    Absolutely German

43. BREAK

44. Flavor

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    He’s got the flavah

    [asa]B003LNKI1Y[/asa]

    

Hover over a track to view notes

1. Song
   Artist

2. I’ll Be Your Mirror

   Nico

   Don’t know why I had to hear this

3. On This Earth

   Blinker the Star

   Majestic and unexpected

4. BREAK

5. Illuminati Stormhorse

   Less Pain Forever

   WTF is up with that amazing chorus?

6. Back to New Orleans

   Blue Skies for Black Hearts

7. Sweat

   Jon Spencer Boosexposion

   Hooooo! Pantleg

8. Riding the Sorry Train to Dumpsville

   Atomic 7

   Another great song title by Atomic 7

9. BREAK

10. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    You knew some White Hassle was coming

11. Nothing In This World

    Kinks

    From the Rushmore soundtrack

12. This Purple Child

    Howe Gelb + Grandaddy

    Driving in the desert at night with a ghost trumpet

13. Jet Girl (Acoustic)

    The Wedding Present

    David Gedge and his Unmistakable Voice

14. BREAK

15. Book Song

    Tiny Masters of Today

    To my resident librarian

16. Belly Warmer

    Dub Narcotic

    Jam on it, Calvin

17. Do Me

    Jean Knight

    Classic funk from the Superbad sountrack

18. Tide Is High

    Paragons

    Original reggae version, made famous by Blondie

19. BREAK

20. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Perfect pop from Warren Defever

21. Perfect

    Petty Booka

    Cover of Fairground Attraction song, by Flameco A Go Go grads

22. Making Plans for Nigel

    Primus

    Cover of XTC song. Pounding drums a big plus

23. Senses Working Overtime

    XTC

    Had to follow up with some actual XTC, ya know

24. BREAK

25. Softcore War

    hollAnd

    Completely analog and hypnotic

26. Plug Me In

    Add N to X

    And the same goes for this

27. Mondo ‘77

    Looper

    This one too. Also on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack

28. Scout

    Calexico

    Loosely jointed spy theme

29. BREAK

30. I Got My Mojo Working

    Young Fresh Fellows

    (And I Thought You’d Like To Know)

31. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    “My antenna telepatique…tique…tique…tique…”

32. She Don’t Use Jelly

    The Flaming Lips

    A radio classic

33. I Wanna Destroy You

    Soft Boys

    Archetypal Soft Boys track

34. BREAK

35. Whale In The Sand

    The Brunettes

    From New Zealand!

36. Boombox

    Mosquitos

    From Brooklyn, featuring an Actual Brazilian Native

37. The Baby That Was You

    MC Honky

    Entrancing use of a baby sample

38. BREAK

39. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    SMM live in the studio, sorta

40. Lookin Lookin Gaa

    Polysics

    Lookin ga, SMM

41. Eyes of the Night

    Starlight Mints

    Spooky pop… save it for Halloween

42. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    B side from somewhere

43. BREAK

44. Tuff Luff

    Unicorns

    Some Unicorns to round things out