:: Bishop Allen ::

Indie music trivia: Bishop Allen released an EP a month for a whole year. They’re all great, too.

In this episode: Bishop Allen, Café Tacuba, Chang Siao Ying, Fugazi, House of Freaks, Iggy Pop, Julia P. Hersheimer, Koop, Nevada Bachelors, Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark, Sir Richard Bishop, Stereolab, The Kinks, The Negatones, The Presidents of The United States of America, The Red Elvises

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1. Song
   Artist

2. The Rabbit

   Bishop Allen

   My current favorite band

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3. Ingrata

   Café Tacuba

   Happy fun music… if you don’t speak Spanish

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4. Fly Away Little Butterfly

   The Red Elvises

   Six String Samurai — watch and wonder

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5. Two Beats Off

   Fugazi

   Hard to get harder than Fugazi

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6. BREAK

7. Zombie Part 2

   Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

   The Fela classic, reheated

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8. Variation One

   Stereolab

   Unmistakably boopy

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9. Sun Gone Down

   House of Freaks

   A band tragically interrupted

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10. Shake Yer Mop

    Nevada Bachelors

    !(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

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11. BREAK

12. Victoria

    The Kinks

    Kinks and queens.

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13. Edward II

    Julia P. Hersheimer

    Haunting music from the Low Countries

14. Come Back To Me

    Chang Siao Ying

    From the Asian Takeaway compilation

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15. BREAK

16. Lust For Life

    Iggy Pop

    A classic. Indubitably.

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17. Everything Oscillates

    The Negatones

    Oopsy!

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18. Peaches

    The Presidents of The United States of America

    It’s peaches’ last gasp

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19. Tonight

    Koop

    Swinging in 5/4

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20. BREAK

21. Sidi Mansour

    Sir Richard Bishop

    I hear he plays weddings, too.

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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

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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

    [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

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

    [asa]B000000JO7[/asa]

27. BREAK

28. Zombie Part 2

    Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

    The Fela classic, reheated

    [asa]B00006LWSB[/asa]

29. Variation One

    Stereolab

    Unmistakably boopy

    [asa]B0002XEDYE[/asa]

30. Sun Gone Down

    House of Freaks

    A band tragically interrupted

    [asa]B0002LQUNS[/asa]

31. Shake Yer Mop

    Nevada Bachelors

    !(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

    [asa]B00004S7MG[/asa]

32. BREAK

33. Victoria

    The Kinks

    Kinks and queens.

    [asa]B000002KON[/asa]

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!

    [asa]B000CA990A[/asa]

39. Peaches

    The Presidents of The United States of America

    It’s peaches’ last gasp

    [asa]B0018PJESU[/asa]

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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:: The Red Elvises ::

If you’re wondering about the dialogue on the opening track, it’s from the soundtrack to Six String Samurai, a delightfully incomprehensible film.

In this episode: Ben Folds Five, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Cats + Jammers, David Vandervelde, Esquivel, Grandaddy, Jean Jacques Perrey, Lisa Germano, Owsley, Petty Booka, The M’s, The Red Elvises, The Starlight Mints, Truby Trio, Twang Bang

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Siberia

   The Red Elvises

   From the Six String Samurai soundtrack

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3. Popsickle

   The Starlight Mints

   A rare single — track it down

4. On No the Radio

   Owsley

   Pop perfection from Alabama

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5. The Elephant Never Forgets

   Jean Jacques Perrey

   You may remember it as the theme from El Chavo del Ocho

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6. BREAK

7. Zodiac Girl

   Cats + Jammers

   Chicago rock boogie

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8. The Group Who Couldn’t Say

   Grandaddy

   Her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect as a dragonfly.

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9. Big Sound

   The M’s

   Not to be confused with M and “Pop Muzik”

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10. BREAK

11. Alcohol

    Cansei de Ser Sexy

    Braziliant.

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12. Puppet

    Lisa Germano

    Maybe you can’t tell, but it’s also about alcohol

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13. Sports & Wine

    Ben Folds Five

    Finishing the booze triumvirate

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14. BREAK

15. Nothin’ No

    David Vandervelde

    Sounds an awful lot like David Garza

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16. When I See You I Feel Weird

    Twang Bang

    Chicago two-man racket

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17. Mucha Muchacha

    Esquivel

    Dig the stereo panning!

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18. A Go Go

    Truby Trio

    Fruitstands beware!

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19. BREAK

20. Mercedez Benz

    Petty Booka

    A bluegrass rendition, from Japan. With ukuleles

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mercedez Benz

   Petty Booka

   A bluegrass rendition, from Japan. With ukuleles

   [asa]B000E0LLPO[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Siberia

   The Red Elvises

   From the Six String Samurai soundtrack

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5. Popsickle

   The Starlight Mints

   A rare single — track it down

6. On No the Radio

   Owsley

   Pop perfection from Alabama

   [asa]B00000I8TT[/asa]

7. The Elephant Never Forgets

   Jean Jacques Perrey

   You may remember it as the theme from El Chavo del Ocho

   [asa]B000000EEX[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Zodiac Girl

   Cats + Jammers

   Chicago rock boogie

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10. The Group Who Couldn’t Say

    Grandaddy

    Her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect as a dragonfly.

    [asa]B00009EIQB[/asa]

11. Big Sound

    The M’s

    Not to be confused with M and “Pop Muzik”

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12. BREAK

13. Alcohol

    Cansei de Ser Sexy

    Braziliant.

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14. Puppet

    Lisa Germano

    Maybe you can’t tell, but it’s also about alcohol

    [asa]B000002MQH[/asa]

15. Sports & Wine

    Ben Folds Five

    Finishing the booze triumvirate

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16. BREAK

17. Nothin’ No

    David Vandervelde

    Sounds an awful lot like David Garza

    [asa]B001B0IPHS[/asa]

18. When I See You I Feel Weird

    Twang Bang

    Chicago two-man racket

    [asa]B000GF65QM[/asa]

19. Mucha Muchacha

    Esquivel

    Dig the stereo panning!

    [asa]B0000048DR[/asa]

20. A Go Go

    Truby Trio

    Fruitstands beware!

    [asa]B00005MJ77[/asa]

21. BREAK

22. Disko Partizani

    Shantel

    Opa Romania!

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23. Pleasure Theme Song

    Boy Eats Drum Machine

    Like John Bonham digging through the toybox

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24. Cell Mates

    The Bronx

    From the upcoming Mariachi El Bronx album… couldn’t wait

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25. BREAK

26. Mission Impossible

    Laika & The Cosmonauts

    Five four and implacable

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27. Tijuana Sound Machine

    Nortec Collective

    One of my favorite discoveries this year.

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28. Slang Tang

    Discovery

    Quite noisy

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29. It’s The Sound

    Tracy Spuehler

    Delightfully sweet

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30. BREAK

31. Karate Kid 2

    Mexican Institute Of Sound

    Can’t get enough MIS

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32. Sacred Darling

    Gogol Bordello

    An oldie and quite goody

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33. Old Saloon

    Illinois

    From the fantastic “The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe”

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34. The Call Up

    The Lothars

    It is an all-theremin Clash cover.

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35. BREAK

36. Save Me

    Nina Simone

    Smoky voice, that one

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37. Way You Walk

    Papas Fritas

    Music for pacing

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38. Dead Memory Man

    Still Flyin

    Reggae freakout

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39. BREAK

40. Internacional

    Brazilian Girls

    Not actually from Brazil…

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