:: The Elected ::

Every time I wonder whatever happened to The Elected, I find they released an album and I didn’t hear about it. I just got their new one, so expect some more in coming episodes.

In this episode: Aspera Ad Astra, Billy Preston, Four Corners, Luigee Trademarq, Jacob’s Mouse, Japonize Elephants, Mitch & Mickey, Persons, Redneck Greece Deluxe, Señor Coconut, Stereo Total, The Elected, The Forty Fives, The Moore Brothers, The Postal Service, Thee Goblins, Typewriter

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Moleslica

   The Moore Brothers

   Obviously from San Francisco

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3. Get Out

   The Forty Fives

   Grease rock revivalists

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4. My Baby’s A Dick

   The Elected

   Where are they now?

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5. The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

   Four Corners

   Spy music for the times

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6. BREAK

7. Deep Canvas Lake

   Jacob’s Mouse

   Never got what they deserved

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8. Luigee Trademarq

   Is that French for “we don’t have any money for these pizzas”?

   [asa]Pétassine[/asa]

   

9. When You’re Next To Me

   Mitch & Mickey

   Check out “A Mighty Wind”

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10. Log Cabin Blues

    Japonize Elephants

    Yeah, have some WTF

    [asa]B00006FN73[/asa]

    

11. BREAK

12. The Time Merely Over

    Persons

    So frantic!

13. We Will Become Silhouettes

    The Postal Service

    The loveliest song about Hiroshima ever written

    [asa]B000089CJI[/asa]

    

14. Just As Soon As I Begin To Win

    Redneck Greece Deluxe

    Hilbilly Revival

15. Outa-Space

    Billy Preston

    A dosage of spacefunk from the fifth Beatle

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16. BREAK

17. La Vida Es Llena De Cables

    Señor Coconut

    From Nacional Records — thank you Manny!

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18. Dactylo Rock

    Stereo Total

    Shreddin’ typewriter playing

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19. Good Jacket Theme

    Thee Goblins

    I don’t know where this came from…

20. It’s Everything

    Typewriter

    Dreamlike and distant

21. BREAK

22. Bring Back The Walls

    Aspera Ad Astra

    From their split with the Lilys

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)

   Sarah Vaughan

   Dig the bandoneon!

   [asa]B0000ACAO3[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Bike Thief

   Freezepop

   Frantic bopping

   [asa]B00006SF9K[/asa]

   

5. Losing True

   Ida

   Nice cat outro

   [asa]B00000G15H[/asa]

   

6. Jimmy’s Off

   Nevada Bachelors

   I miss them still

   [asa]B00004S7MG[/asa]

7. Monkey’s Got My Frisbee

   Joe “King” Carrasco

   Crazy Texans

   [asa]B000051TR4[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Chiclete com Banana

   Gal Costa

   An impressive voice

10. Ohne Titel

    Huah!

    From the Sturm und Twang indie German pop compilation

    [asa]B000008QGQ[/asa]

    

11. Juke Box

    Fred Buscaglione

    Classy arrangement

    [asa]B00099IJ7S[/asa]

    

12. Besos Y Caricias

    Los Latigos

    From Argentina

    [asa]B000CPGZEI[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Pollo Asado

    Ween

    I would like two pollo asado tacos

    [asa]B002C2XXJE[/asa]

    

15. Mosquito (Reprise)

    Mosquitos

    More Brazil! More!

    [asa]B00009IB5D[/asa]

    

16. Sonny Boy

    Owsley

    Pop perfection from Alabama

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17. Ragin’ Eyes

    Nick Lowe

    A classic from a master

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18. BREAK

19. Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight

    Rezillos

    Originally by Fleetwood Mac

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20. Hybrid Moments

    The Misfits

    Wisdom tooth music going out to Cory

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21. Shark Attack

    Split Enz

    New Zealand’s answer to a misunderstood question

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22. Close To Me

    The Cure

    I’m not sure why…

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23. BREAK

24. Moleslica

    The Moore Brothers

    Obviously from San Francisco

    [asa]B00005LK75[/asa]

    

25. Get Out

    The Forty Fives

    Grease rock revivalists

    [asa]B00004S80G[/asa]

    

26. My Baby’s A Dick

    The Elected

    Where are they now?

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27. The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

    Four Corners

    Spy music for the times

    [asa]B00005ND9S[/asa]

    

28. BREAK

29. Deep Canvas Lake

    Jacob’s Mouse

    Never got what they deserved

    [asa]B00000715H[/asa]

    

30. Luigee Trademarq

    Is that French for “we don’t have any money for these pizzas”?

    [asa]Pétassine[/asa]

    

31. When You’re Next To Me

    Mitch & Mickey

    Check out “A Mighty Wind”

    [asa]B00008QS9V[/asa]

    

32. Log Cabin Blues

    Japonize Elephants

    Yeah, have some WTF

    [asa]B00006FN73[/asa]

    

33. BREAK

34. The Time Merely Over

    Persons

    So frantic!

35. We Will Become Silhouettes

    The Postal Service

    The loveliest song about Hiroshima ever written

    [asa]B000089CJI[/asa]

    

36. Just As Soon As I Begin To Win

    Redneck Greece Deluxe

    Hilbilly Revival

37. Outta-Space

    Billy Preston

    A dosage of spacefunk from the fifth Beatle

    [asa]B00004S5GD[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. La Vida Es Llena De Cables

    Señor Coconut

    From Nacional Records — thank you Manny!

    [asa]B002VIU5PE[/asa]

    

40. Dactylo Rock

    Stereo Total

    Shreddin’ typewriter playing

    [asa]B0000DJZ94[/asa]

    

41. Good Jacket Theme

    Thee Goblins

    I don’t know where this came from…

42. Typewriter

    Dreamlike and distant

    [asa]It’s Everything[/asa]

    

43. BREAK

44. Bring Back The Walls

    Aspera Ad Astra

    From their split with the Lilys

    [asa]B00004SU8G[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Alec Eiffel

   April March

   Calendarically named!

3. BREAK

4. Salsa & Microchips

   DJ Me DJ You

   To new listener Jeff

   [asa]B001R6MU9A[/asa]

   

5. 1977

   Ana Tijoux

   Chilean chanteuse!

   [asa]B003H5HIN2[/asa]

   

6. You Speak My Language

   Morphine

   Listen to those jungle drums

   [asa]B001RXCD86[/asa]

   

7. Haig Earl

   Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

   Classic Canadian pipelining

8. Motorcycle (Wet Clutch Short Edit)

   Alex Gopher

   Go fast fast fast

   [asa]B000ZB8TXY[/asa]

   

9. BREAK

10. Baby’s Got Sauce

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    Way hotter than butter and Loozianna soss.

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11. Lady Shoes

    The Jesus Lizard

    Live and loathing you

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12. Statistician’s Blues

    Todd Snider

    The Dunning-Kruger effect!

    [asa]B000R04VX0[/asa]

    

13. Today Brings a Bomb

    mr. Gnome

    Eerie, majestic

    [asa]B0031G5RXK[/asa]

    

14. BREAK

15. There’s A Pot Brewin

    The Little Ones

    Hot shakes!

    [asa]B000T2KE9Q[/asa]

    

16. Memo To Human Resources

    They Might Be Giants

    I’m using campus mail!

    [asa]B000TENKQI[/asa]

    

17. On the Road

    Andrei Codrescu

    I haven’t always been a scrawny chicken

18. Killing Snakes

    C. Gibbs And The Cardia Bros.

    He diggs George Harrison

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19. BREAK

20. Theme From “Mondo Edgar”

    Seks Bomba

    Secret coded message for Agent Chewbode

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21. Bottled In Cork

    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

    Still reaching for the right notes

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22. Mystery Achievement

    The Pretenders

    Substituting for Radiohead, go figure

    [asa]B00122OUFG[/asa]

    

23. Unfulfilled

    Jennyanykind

    Circus blues

24. BREAK

25. Yopparai (A Drunkard Who Fell From Heaven)

    Icu

    A jazz fever dream

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26. Somewhere Apart

    Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

    Hitchcock at the top of his game

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27. Love Ain’t on the Run

    Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Unmistakable talents

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28. BREAK

29. Matt’s Got The Beat

    Surf Gunz

    OMG

    [asa]B001I0LNW0[/asa]

30. Reverberocket

    House of Freaks

    Junkyard shuffle

    [asa]B000R02ZYC[/asa]

    

31. Sleeping In

    The Postal Service

    Inviting most tempting

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32. Winter

    Marmoset

    Disjointedism

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33. BREAK

34. Ladyfingers

    The Fever

    Putting the disco in discombobulated

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35. Alcoholic

    The Tah Dahs

    How clever

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36. No Time This Time

    The Police

    Flange to the extreme

    [asa]B000W25ASS[/asa]

    

37. Money Hair

    Looper

    Cut it!

    [asa]B000YN6AL6[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. Rosasolis

    Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    Bass harmonics for everyone

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40. Bingham’s Hole

    The Mommyheads

    Never a straight path with these Mommyheads

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41. Run To My Room

    Jude

    Very slick, isn’t it?

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42. BREAK

43. Never Gonna Touch The Ground

    Je Suis France

    Also check out Still Flyin’

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:: The Plugz ::

No further news on that Repo Man sequel, although I haven’t really been looking. This one’s a bit of a head-spinner, so lock down your swivel chairs.

In this episode: Eat Static, Elvis Costello, Jim Noir, Kevin Seconds, Late BP Helium, Oranger, Ozric Tentacles, Rocket From The Crypt, Scruffy The Cat, The Mekons, The Plugz, The Postal Service, Tom Lehrer, Torpedo Boyz, Ultrababyfat, aMiniature

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1. Song
   Artist

2. El Clavo Y La Cruz

   The Plugz

   From the Repo Man soundtrack

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3. Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

   Tom Lehrer

   Deee-lightful for these balmy spring days

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4. Crooked in the Weird of the Catacombs

   Oranger

   San Francisco hippie rock, according to Dr. Zoltan

   [asa]B001U3JNJU[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Vedavox

   Ozric Tentacles

   Moog jam band

   [asa]B000TPVR1M[/asa]

7. Love Truncheon

   Eat Static

   Featuring members of Ozric Tentacles

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8. Any Trash Professor Abacus?

   Torpedo Boyz

   I don’t know WTF to say about this.

   [asa]B000TR1O4A[/asa]

9. BREAK

10. Such Great Heights

    The Postal Service

    Such great songwriting

    [asa]B000YN369A[/asa]

11. My Patch

    Jim Noir

    Dig that Noir sound, and the Beach Boys bridge is a bonus

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12. Shadow Boy

    Scruffy The Cat

    An old favorite from Boston

    [asa]B000R3RN14[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Chantilly Face

    Rocket From The Crypt

    With a little help from the Big Bopper

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15. Physical Climber

    aMiniature

    I’m floored by the dueling guitars

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16. A Random Thought

    Kevin Seconds

    Frontman for 7 Seconds

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17. BREAK

18. What He Said

    Ultrababyfat

    With Britta Phillips of Luna

19. The Weeping Soul

    Late BP Helium

    Bryan Poole of Of Montreal

    [asa]B000QQV8MM[/asa]

20. Blame It on Cain

    Elvis Costello

    A classic tour-de-force

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21. BREAK

22. Wild and Blue

    The Mekons

    Very off-the-cuff version of an old John Anderson waltz

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1. Song
   Artist

2. I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

   The Squirrels

   Louie Prima he ain’t

   [asa]B000001PJY[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Thank You For Making Me Feel Better

   Linus Of Hollywood

   From the Weeds 4 soundtrack

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5. Stay Zombie Stay

   Elvis Perkins

   Romancing the undead

   [asa]B002N1AEBO[/asa]

6. Woman In Blue

   Pepe Deluxe

   Finnish wobblies

   [asa]B00000F1VO[/asa]

7. Night Tide

   Gallon Drunk

   Makes me want to drink orange juice and kill myself

   [asa]B000SQKZEC[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. I’ve Got A Capo On My Brain

   Dan Hicks

   Hot licks aplenty

   [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

10. Valley Hi!

    Stereolab

    So Stereolab

    [asa]B0019UUPI2[/asa]

11. Amor Platonico

    Jovenes Y Sexys

    From one of the most-recommended films of 2009

    [asa]B0026LYM7I[/asa]

12. Color of Your Blues

    Money Mark

    Digital crickets are a nice touch

    [asa]B000MGVCEK[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. This World Owes Me A Buzz

    Spot 1019

    So little Spot 1019

    [asa]B000008L1U[/asa]

15. 99 Girls

    Young Fresh Fellows

    Channeling the Sonics

    [asa]B000008MK9[/asa]

16. My Ladies Can’t Remember the Eighties

    Euphone

    Deceptively calm

    [asa]B00004Y6T6[/asa]

17. Jockey Full Of Bourbon

    The Blue Hawaiians

    I couldn’t play it straight, Harry

    [asa]B000005I32[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. Sea Ghost

    The Unicorns

    Brutal

    [asa]B0000DJEMK[/asa]

20. Desiree

    The Elected

    Wants more Elected!

    [asa]B000CETZPU[/asa]

21. Chances Are

    Apostle of Hustle

    Gotta get up to date on these guys

    [asa]B000M32US0[/asa]

22. Wonder

    Giant Sand

    At its Neil Youngiest, w. Victoria Williams

    [asa]B000003BIO[/asa]

23. BREAK

24. That’s Something I Do

    Apples In Stereo

    Seems to be the loudest song ever

    [asa]B00005UDQZ[/asa]

25. Golden Apples

    Country Teasers

    Deceptively Scottish

    [asa]B00000I3ZM[/asa]

26. Looking At The Robot

    Orange Hat

    Going out to all the First Lego League parents out there

    [asa]B002GUM16S[/asa]

27. Collapsed In The Superdome

    Oranger

    When did you start to think? When did you get those pangs?

    [asa]B000054A5S[/asa]

28. North Carolina

    The Oranges Band

    Desperate and longing

    [asa]B00008V5Z2[/asa]

29. BREAK

30. Air Batucada

    Thievery Corporation

    Dedicated to the Melbourne Drum Tribe

    [asa]B00004WFIZ[/asa]

31. Switchblade to Soul

    Chris Murray

    Canadian Ska Fourth Wave!

    [asa]B001I4D4WI[/asa]

32. Bucovina

    Shantel

    Our favorite Paprikan

    [asa]B002IEXTHM[/asa]

33. Man Smart, Woman Smarter

    Kid Rio

    Follow de man’s advice

34. BREAK

35. European Dreams

    Push Kings

    Fronted by Harvard Twins, I kid you not

    [asa]B000008TG1[/asa]

36. Feel’n Free

    Sukia

    Buzz!

    [asa]B000005BG6[/asa]

37. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

    The Postal Service

    From one of the best album of the Noughties

    [asa]B000089CJI[/asa]

38. BREAK

39. Step Out

    Billy Childish & Holly Golightly

    One chord to rule them all

    [asa]B00197THNE[/asa]

40. Nobody Understands Me

    Chixdiggit

    Make up your minds, guys!

    [asa]B0007ZSHD0[/asa]

41. Vitamins

    Supernova

    You better take your vitamins!

    [asa]B0000004J3[/asa]

42. BREAK

43. L’Orient est Rouge

    Lightning Head vs. Koçani Orkestar

    Brazilian, Balkan, whatever else you like

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)

   Sarah Vaughan

   Dig the bandoneon!

   [asa]B0000ACAO3[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Bike Thief

   Freezepop

   Frantic bopping

   [asa]B00006SF9K[/asa]

5. Losing True

   Ida

   Nice cat outro

   [asa]B00000G15H[/asa]

6. Jimmy’s Off

   Nevada Bachelors

   I miss them still

   [asa]B00004S7MG[/asa]

7. Monkey’s Got My Frisbee

   “Joe “”King”" Carrasco”

   Crazy Texans

   [asa]B000051TR4[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Chiclete com Banana

   Gal Costa

   An impressive voice

10. Ohne Titel

    Huah!

    From the Sturm und Twang indie German pop compilation

    [asa]B000008QGQ[/asa]

11. Juke Box

    Fred Buscaglione

    Classy arrangement

    [asa]B00099IJ7S[/asa]

12. Besos Y Caricias

    Los Latigos

    From Argentina

    [asa]B000CPGZEI[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Pollo Asado

    Ween

    I would like two pollo asado tacos

    [asa]B002C2XXJE[/asa]

15. Mosquito (Reprise)

    Mosquitos

    More Brazil! More!

    [asa]B00009IB5D[/asa]

16. Sonny Boy

    Owsley

    Pop perfection from Alabama

    [asa]B00000I8TT[/asa]

17. Ragin’ Eyes

    Nick Lowe

    A classic from a master

    [asa]B001R0AY6C[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight

    Rezillos

    Originally by Fleetwood Mac

    [asa]B000005JBE[/asa]

20. Hybrid Moments

    The Misfits

    Wisdom tooth music going out to Cory

    [asa]B000000I2R[/asa]

21. Shark Attack

    Split Enz

    New Zealand’s answer to a misunderstood question

    [asa]B000M7FOI4[/asa]

22. Close To Me

    The Cure

    I’m not sure why…

    [asa]B00005R09Z[/asa]

23. BREAK

24. Moleslica

    The Moore Brothers

    Obviously from San Francisco

    [asa]B00005LK75[/asa]

25. Get Out

    The Forty Fives

    Grease rock revivalists

    [asa]B00004S80G[/asa]

26. My Baby’s A Dick

    The Elected

    Where are they now?

    [asa]B00018D4V8[/asa]

27. The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

    Four Corners

    Spy music for the times

    [asa]B00005ND9S[/asa]

28. BREAK

29. Deep Canvas Lake

    Jacob’s Mouse

    Never got what they deserved

    [asa]B00000715H[/asa]

30. Pétassine

    Luigee Trademarq

    Is that French for “we don’t have any money for these pizzas”?

31. When You’re Next To Me

    Mitch & Mickey

    Check out “A Mighty Wind”

    [asa]B00008QS9V[/asa]

32. Log Cabin Blues

    Japonize Elephants

    Yeah, have some WTF

    [asa]B00006FN73[/asa]

33. BREAK

34. The Time Merely Over

    Persons

    So frantic!

35. We Will Become Silhouettes

    The Postal Service

    The loveliest song about Hiroshima ever written

    [asa]B000089CJI[/asa]

36. Just As Soon As I Begin To Win

    Redneck Greece Deluxe

    Hilbilly Revival

37. Outa-Space

    Billy Preston

    A dosage of spacefunk from the fifth Beatle

    [asa]B00004S5GD[/asa]

38. BREAK

39. La Vida Es Llena De Cables

    Señor Coconut

    From Nacional Records — thank you Manny!

    [asa]B002VIU5PE[/asa]

40. Dactylo Rock

    Stereo Total

    Shreddin’ typewriter playing

    [asa]B0000DJZ94[/asa]

41. Good Jacket Theme

    Thee Goblins

    I don’t know where this came from…

42. It’s Everything

    Typewriter

    Dreamlike and distant

43. BREAK

44. Bring Back The Walls

    Aspera Ad Astra

    From their split with the Lilys

    [asa]B00004SU8G[/asa]