Aluminum Babe, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Bongwater, Carneyball Johnson, Chris Murray, Dread Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, Guy Forsyth, Heavy Vegetable, Holly Golightly, I Fight Dragons, Los Super Seven, Meat Purveyors, Mike Doughty, Money Mark, Robyn Hitchcock, Seu Jorge And Almaz, Sex Clark Five, Southern Culture On The Skids, Superchunk, The Bobs, The Extra Glenns, The Fall, The Fucking Eagles, The Moog Cookbook, The Scofflaws, Tripping Daisy, Vic Chestnutt, Willie Nillie, Yo La Tengo, a.k.a:RUDIE

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1. Song
   Artist

2. 100,000 Fireflies

   Superchunk

   Noisy Magnetic Fields

3. 25 Or 6 To 4

   The Moog Cookbook

   Beeping Chicago

4. Memories

   The Extra Glenns

   Warbling Leonard Cohen

5. Science Fiction Double Feature

   Chris Murray

   Plaintive Rocky Horror

6. BREAK

7. Pepe y Irene

   Money Mark

   Suave Los Lobos

8. Oliver’s Army

   a.k.a:RUDIE

   Skankin’ Elvis Costello

9. Night Lights Went Out In Georgia

   Vic Chestnutt

   We miss Vic.

10. BREAK

11. White Room

    The Bobs

    A cappella Cream

12. Museum Of Love

    Meat Purveyors

    Honky Tonk Daniel Johnston

13. The Model

    Seu Jorge And Almaz

    Desolate Krafwerk

14. When I Will Be Loved

    The Fucking Eagles

    AKA The Effin’ Eagles

15. BREAK

16. Train to Chicago

    Mike Doughty

    Live Drink Me

17. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

    The Scofflaws

    Raging Danny Elfman

18. Indian Bingo

    Tripping Daisy

    Tribute to Brainiac

19. Ça Plane Pour Moi

    Aluminum Babe

    Like Plastic Bertrand, but snottier

20. BREAK

21. Black Dog

    Dread Zeppelin

    Cuisinart Led Zeppelin

22. BREAK

23. El Camino

    Ben Vaughn

    Together with Ween again

24. My Window Faces the South

    Los Super Seven

    Let’s hear it for Willy Nelson

25. Why Bother?

    I Fight Dragons

    Eight-bit Weezer

26. Muswell Hillbilly

    Southern Culture On The Skids

    Hillbillyfyin’ the Kinks

27. BREAK

28. TV Party

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Hulu Party for Black Flag

29. Excesses

    Heavy Vegetable

    Investigating Klark Kent

30. More Than This

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Live Roxy Music

31. BREAK

32. Here Comes My Baby

    Yo La Tengo

    Paying tribute to Cat Stevens

33. Because

    Elliott Smith

    Vocal avalanche for the Beatles

34. Delirious

    Guy Forsyth

    Snarling Prince

35. Victoria

    The Fall

    Have more Kinks

36. BREAK

37. Police On My Back

    Willie Nillie

    The Clash is always relevant

38. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

    Carneyball Johnson

    Updated Perez Prado

39. Use Me

    Holly Golightly

    Derangeder than Bill Withers

40. Career Opportunities

    Sex Clark Five

    Never enough Clash

41. BREAK

42. You Don’t Love Me Yet

    Bongwater

    From Roky Erickson’s dream journal

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)

   London Calling Of Chicago

   They live up to their name

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3. BREAK

4. Bubblehouse

   Medeski, Martin + Wood

   Kinda goes around and around

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5. Goodbye Mister

   Big Fish Ensemble

   A perfect pop gem

   [asa]B003MOGJD8[/asa]

6. The Power Brokers

   Cut Out

   Mystery of the evening!

7. Satan Lend Me A Dollar

   Hill Of Beans

   With Steve Moramarco, later of the Abe Lincoln Story

   [asa]B000QQX6JK[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Ska Trek

   Tack>>Head

   Adrian Sherwood, we bow before thee

10. Cowboy

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Whoooooooo!

11. The Porkers

    Skank away, see if I care

    [asa]Cool mcCool[/asa]

    

12. Born Stoned

    Push Kings

    Missing the Push Kings a lot lately

    [asa]B000S56V82[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues [Edit]

    Todd Snider

    A bit of audio editing to bring this to your ears

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15. Kung den knege

    Pluxus

    Swedish oscillations

    [asa]B000QZTPK0[/asa]

    

16. Fly

    Cornelius

    Buzzy noizzy

    [asa]B001UHEPGM[/asa]

    

17. Nardwuar Vs. Rahzel

    Evaporators

    Absolutely

    [asa]B001ARRVDQ[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Nereu Nereu

    Trio Mocotó

    Brazilian legends

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20. Machinery Hill

    Flour

    One man and his drum machine

    [asa]B0000019HS[/asa]

21. Master Manipulator

    Bourbon Princess

    With Jerome Deupree of Morphine

    [asa]B000QQWDXK[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. I Was On The Moon

    Apollo Sunshine

    Majestic sounds from New York state

    [asa]B003L9NZLS[/asa]

    

24. Underground

    Ben Folds Five

    Keeping it real

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25. Tear Down the Opera House

    The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

    A rager

    [asa]B002N8XQM6[/asa]

    

26. Lesbians Of Russia

    Bongwater

    You’re lucky I’m on a Bongwater kick lately

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27. BREAK

28. The Cat Empire

    Melbourne, Australia via Havana, Cuba

    [asa]Sly[/asa]

    

29. Run Away, the Sequel

    Darling New Neighbors

    Low fi earworm

    [asa]B000QZQMLK[/asa]

    

30. MC Honky

    Music from a man called E

    [asa]The Devil Went Down To Silverlake[/asa]

    

31. BREAK

32. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Not the only song with this title, I might add

33. Centerpiece

    Mary Stallings

    Only Howard Moon scats better

34. The McCAmpaign Song

    Mayor McCA

    The mouse song!

35. Break Your Mama’s Back

    Slowrunner

    Don’t do it

36. BREAK

37. Cerdo

    Molotov

    Like a badly-wrapped tamale

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38. Capturing Moods

    Rilo Kiley

    A box of fish hooks

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39. The River Song

    The Extra Glenns

    Darnielle and Bruno, potent mix

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40. Woman

    Wolfmother

    Remember Guitar Hero?

    [asa]B000WITSZS[/asa]

    

41. BREAK

42. Bossa Per Due

    Nicola Conte

    Brazilliant

    [asa]B0015HNXTW[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

   Cornershop

   In glorious Hindi. I think

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3. BREAK

4. For The Girl

   The Fratellis

   Smooth as it gets from Glasgow

   [asa]B000MXPE74[/asa]

   

5. God Is On My Side

   Hefner

   Hmm, glitchy

6. Strano Mondo Di Tanti Nomi (Rmx)

   Stereo Total

   A cavalcade of nomenclature!

7. Ride It On

   Mazzy Star

   Let’s see if I can pronounce this right

   [asa]B000SZH66S[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Barcelona

   Nerdcore from way back

   [asa]C-64[/asa]

   

10. Where’s The Fire

    Head Of Femur

    That was very dense

    [asa]B0014WCHT0[/asa]

    

11. Words

    Missing Persons

    Pop goes the Bozzio

    [asa]B000S54Z08[/asa]

    

12. Slow Train Coming

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    Very Eighties

13. BREAK

14. Postcard

    Niños Con Bombas

    Trans-oceanic trio

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15. 6

    The Wrens

    Bring the noise

    [asa]B002ZBXIQA[/asa]

    

16. Corndogs Are Our Friends

    Canoe

    Ladies and gentlement, I give you Canoe!

    [asa]B000QZTEA6[/asa]

    

17. Tame

    Pixies

    Anything but

    [asa]B000S559VW[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Excesses

    Heavy Vegetable

    Originally by Klark Kent!

20. Valerie Flames

    The Starlight Mints

    Oh oh oh

    [asa]B00004WFJC[/asa]

    

21. Ballad Of The Sin Eater

    Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

    Brutal pounding

    [asa]B000WVVENE[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. Memories

    The Extra Glenns

    John Darnielle and Franklin Bruno

    [asa]B0034ECP84[/asa]

    

24. Pictures Of Matchstick Men

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Psychedeliclassic!

    [asa]B001UIL9Q0[/asa]

    

25. The Missing Person’s Waltz

    Chaz & The Motorbikes

    Whistle solo time

26. Picture Of The Future

    Treat Her Right

    Low and doomed

27. Memories Of Gay Paree

    Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

    What are they saying?

28. BREAK

29. Sexyactioncool

    Atomic 7

    Evolved from the Shadowy Men

30. Train of Pain

    Barry Black

    From the Archers of Loaf’s Erich Bachman

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31. Chem-oo-Chem

    Brave Combo

    Middle Eastern with a didgeridoo

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32. Disco Ball World

    Davíd Garza

    Brilliant song

    [asa]B001NS7JKC[/asa]

    

33. BREAK

34. Sweetback’s Gonna Make It

    John Wilkes Booze

    From Bloomington, Indiana

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35. Orange

    Ken Nordine

    Did someone say Annoying Orange?

    [asa]B000UTXIXW[/asa]

    

36. Let Me Find The Good In You

    The Kiss Offs

    Relentless

    [asa]B001D5EG7O[/asa]

    

37. Old Tale

    Surf Gunz

    Yeah, I don’t know either

38. BREAK

39. Dynamite Chair

    Poster Children

    Chicago aces

    [asa]B001TXORCO[/asa]

    

40. More Than This

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Live in a Santa Monica music store

41. Lefty

    Rocket From The Crypt

    It’s drenched in fuzz

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42. (I Know) The Trip

    Swell

    Eating up the miles

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43. BREAK

44. Imaginary World

    Ashtech

    Dub you into submission

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:: Forro In The Dark ::

Fact: Alex Arrowsmith has a bevel shaped like Netanyahu.

In this episode: Alex Arrowsmith, Dr. Frank, Drool Brothers, Firewater, Flat Duo Jets, Forro In The Dark, Higher Intelligence Agency, Hugh Cornwell, Islands, Koop, Marmoset, Shantel, Supergrass, The Beatles, The Extra Glenns, The Soft Boys, True Love

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Silence Is Golden

   Forro In The Dark

   Seduction your name is Brazil

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3. Wrong Side Of The Tracks

   Hugh Cornwell

   Big nods to Hendrix on this one

   [asa]B0017YY7UC[/asa]

4. You Belong To Me

   Flat Duo Jets

   Drawling on a classic

   [asa]B000006MTW[/asa]

5. The Bevel Collector

   Alex Arrowsmith

   “I’ll show you my bevels on the overhead projector”

   [asa]B000KP6ZFO[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. Alright

   Supergrass

   From “I Should Coco”

   [asa]B000002TXE[/asa]

8. Wrong

   True Love

   Whatever happened to True Love?

   [asa]B00004WHFW[/asa]

9. Switched On

   Islands

   The new synth-pop

   [asa]B002JODULG[/asa]

10. Drum Rhythm A (Music For Ballet Exercises)

    Koop

    Music box for robots

    [asa]B000VI6T9C[/asa]

11. BREAK

12. Lady Madonna

    The Beatles

    Wonderfully remastered

    [asa]B0025KVLVA[/asa]

13. Hey Bulldog

    Firewater

    Wonderfully reimagined

    [asa]B0000D8L3N[/asa]

14. Frendamine

    Marmoset

    Exceedingly disharmonious?

    [asa]B00005LQPO[/asa]

15. She All Right

    Dr. Frank

    Also of the Mr. T Experience

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16. BREAK

17. Insanely Jealous

    The Soft Boys

    Lost gems

    [asa]B000059N5Y[/asa]

18. Bucovina Original

    Shantel

    From the new Planet Paprika

    [asa]B002CXG6BK[/asa]

19. SubPar Chromosone

    Drool Brothers

    They’re laughing at you man…

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20. Conoid Tone

    Higher Intelligence Agency

    Some sort of tone for sure.

    [asa]B000003C9Z[/asa]

21. BREAK

22. Memories

    The Extra Glenns

    Like only Leonard Cohen can write

    [asa]B00005Y4A3[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Memories

   The Extra Glenns

   Like only Leonard Cohen can write

   [asa]B00005Y4A3[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Silence Is Golden

   Forro In The Dark

   Seduction your name is Brazil

   [asa]B002MR902I[/asa]

5. Wrong Side Of The Tracks

   Hugh Cornwell

   Big nods to Hendrix on this one

   [asa]B0017YY7UC[/asa]

6. You Belong To Me

   Flat Duo Jets

   Drawling on a classic

   [asa]B000006MTW[/asa]

7. The Bevel Collector

   Alex Arrowsmith

   “I’ll show you my bevels on the overhead projector”

   [asa]B000KP6ZFO[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Alright

   Supergrass

   From “I Should Go Coco”

   [asa]B000002TXE[/asa]

10. Wrong

    True Love

    Whatever happened to True Love?

    [asa]B00004WHFW[/asa]

11. Switched On

    Islands

    The new synth-pop

    [asa]B002JODULG[/asa]

12. Drum Rhythm A (Music For Ballet Exercises)

    Koop

    Music box for robots

    [asa]B000VI6T9C[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Lady Madonna

    The Beatles

    Wonderfully remastered

    [asa]B0025KVLVA[/asa]

15. Hey Bulldog

    Firewater

    Wonderfully reimagined

    [asa]B0000D8L3N[/asa]

16. Frendamine

    Marmoset

    Exceedingly disharmonious?

    [asa]B00005LQPO[/asa]

17. She All Right

    Dr. Frank

    Also of the Mr. T Experience

    [asa]B00000I7SA[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. Insanely Jealous

    The Soft Boys

    Lost gems

    [asa]B000059N5Y[/asa]

20. Bucovina Original

    Shantel

    From the new Planet Paprika

    [asa]B002CXG6BK[/asa]

21. SubPar Chromosone

    Drool Brothers

    They’re laughing at you man…

    [asa]B0002CDTWC[/asa]

22. Conoid Tone

    Higher Intelligence Agency

    Some sort of tone for sure.

    [asa]B000003C9Z[/asa]

23. BREAK

24. YOUR Mexican Restaurant

    Young Fresh Fellows

    Their new one, produced by Robyn Hitchcock

    [asa]B002BEXGFO[/asa]

25. Waste Of Time

    The Fastbacks

    With Kurt Bloch!

    [asa]B0000035GL[/asa]

26. I Guess Yes

    Blithe

    Swedish amalgam of wtf

    [asa]B000001HWL[/asa]

27. Sugar Blaster

    The Starlight Mints

    Blasting back to their first album

    [asa]B00004WFJC[/asa]

28. BREAK

29. Fire

    The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

    Going out to Broadhurst

    [asa]B000006V2F[/asa]

30. Sexy Creature

    Fort Lauderdale

    Name that commercial

    [asa]B0000CG41L[/asa]

31. Cynical Girl

    Marshall Crenshaw

    Where’s my cynical girl?

    [asa]B000002KNL[/asa]

32. Suicide King

    Mary My Hope

    Oh James, you’re so dramatic.

    [asa]B00000DUSH[/asa]

33. BREAK

34. Mushroom Maniac

    Mojo Nixon

    Mojo is wise

    [asa]B000008IZI[/asa]

35. Milk Bomb

    Spot 1019

    Lost in the mail for two years

    [asa]B000008L1U[/asa]

36. Doctor My Eyes

    Ben Folds

    From the Banger Sisters soundtrack

    [asa]B00006HCT6[/asa]

37. I’ve Got Ninjas!

    Boat

    Masters of the non-sequitur

    [asa]B000FVQLVQ[/asa]

38. BREAK

39. Three Little Words

    The Mondo Crescendo

    Catchy like the daycare flu

    [asa]B00004TZ6X[/asa]

40. I Hate You

    Frankenixon

    Why not them?

41. Hammering The Cramps

    Sparklehorse

    Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot?

    [asa]B000002TWZ[/asa]

42. Throw The Wine

    Swell

    Adrift in a sea of honey

    [asa]B0000018A2[/asa]

43. BREAK

44. Yellow Cab

    China Dub Soundsystem

    Featuring Martin Atkins

    [asa]B000W4HFYS[/asa]

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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