:: Danny Elfman ::

Someone once compared Danny Elfman’s music to elephants running up the down escalator while playing tubas. I don’t think they were very far off.

In this episode: Animal, Apache Indian, Danny Elfman, Dopo Yume, Herb Alpert, Hissanol, Joe Jackson, MC Frontalot, Mano Negra, Nomo, Phase Selector Sound, Stereo Total, Sugarcubes, That Handsome Devil, The Soft Boys, The Squirrels

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Tonight’s show is prerecorded.

2 Many DJs, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Folds Five, Ben Kweller, Bob Pollard And Kim Deal, Camper Van Beethoven, Casper Fandango, Cub, Discovery, Eddi Reader, Fastbacks, Flat Duo Jets, Jake Shimabukuro, Kinky, Leonard Nimoy, Mad Tea Party, Madness, Maxence Cyrin, Primus, Sally Timms, The Coctails, The Dandy Warhols, The Puppini Sisters, The Shins, The Soft Boys, The Wedding Present, Thee Shams, Titilia, Titán, Tugboat, White Hassle, William Shatner, Young Fresh Fellows
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Bodeco, Damn, Davíd Garza, Drink Me, Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto, Evolution Control Comittee, Fishbone, Guignol, King Harvest, Lisa Germano, Madness, Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio, Noisettes, Nose, She & Him, Shibboleth, Stereo Total, The Beatles, The Cardiacs, The Chemical Brothers, The Continental Cousins, The Epizootis, The Goldstars, The Goodnight Loving, The Kinks, The Mabuses, The Soft Boys, The Squirrels, The Who, They Might Be Giants, Tiny Masters Of Today, Toots + The Maytalls, Venice Shoreline Chris, Westbound Train
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Alex Arrowsmith, Animal, Apache Indian, Balkan Beat Box, Bettie Serveert, Bob Pollard And Kim Deal, Camper Van Beethoven, Canoe, Chicks On Speed, Chris and Tad, Danny Elfman, Dopo Yume, Elvis Costello + The Attractions, Escape Mechanism, Flat Duo Jets, Hefner, Herb Alpert, Hissanol, Joe Jackson, MC Frontalot, Mano Negra, Nomo, Phase Selector Sound, Seks Bomba, Shibboleth, Stereo Total, Sugarcubes, That Handsome Devil, The Born Again Floozies, The Pinker Tones, The Soft Boys, The Squirrels
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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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:: Camera Obscura ::

How do Scottish bands manage to out-American the Americans? I’m looking at you, Country Teasers, Fratellis, Rezillos and the lot of you troublemakers.

In this episode: All Girl Summer Fun Band, Angry Samoans, Beirut, Brendan Benson, Camera Obscura, Islands, Los Amigos Invisibles, Marmoset, Mika, Self, Stone Roses, The Avett Brothers, The Soft Boys, Tower of Power, Up Bustle & Out, Vampire Weekend

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Alex Arrowsmith, Ben Folds, Blithe, Boat, China Dub Soundsystem, Dr. Frank, Drool Brothers, Firewater, Flat Duo Jets, Forro In The Dark, Fort Lauderdale, Frankenixon, Higher Intelligence Agency, Hugh Cornwell, Islands, Koop, Marmoset, Marshall Crenshaw, Mary My Hope, Mojo Nixon, Shantel, Sparklehorse, Spot 1019, Supergrass, Swell, The Beatles, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Extra Glenns, The Fastbacks, The Mondo Crescendo, The Soft Boys, The Starlight Mints, True Love, Young Fresh Fellows
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All Girl Summer Fun Band, Angry Samoans, Arto Lindsay, Beirut, Bishop Allen, Brendan Benson, Buck 65 Remix (feat. Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti), Café Tacuba, Calexico, Camera Obscura, Elvis Perkins, Fingathing, Fishbone, Holland, I Am The World Trade Center, Islands, Los Amigos Invisibles, Marmoset, Mika, Mojo Nixon, OFFICE, Phase Selector Sound, Sam Roberts, Self, Stone Roses, The Avett Brothers, The Simpsons, The Soft Boys, Tower of Power, Up Bustle & Out, Vampire Weekend
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Barcelona, Beth Custer, Bettie Serveert, Capitol K, Coyle & Sharpe, Frankenixon, Graham Coxon, Hafdis Huld, Holly Golightly, Hot Hot Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Dale McFadden, Junior Varsity, Klark Kent, Love, Manband, Midget, Mouse on Mars, Nathaniel Saunders, Pretenders, Smoking Popes, Squarepusher, Steward, Stewart Copeland, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Lonesome Organist, The Lynnfield Pioneers, The Make-Up, The Maxwell Implosion, The Soft Boys, The Stranglers, They Might Be Giants, William Fairey Band
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1990s, Band Marino, Ben Folds Five, Boredoms, Cake, Chicks on Speed, Ears Magnet, Ethan Lipton, Gogol Bordello, Home, I Was Totally Destroying It, Johnny Griffith, Kiril feat. MC Wasp, MC Honky, Michael Holland, Moore Brothers, MOTOR, Os Mutantes, pApAs fritAs, Playlists, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Ray Charles, Raz Ohara, Schneider TM, Shake, SSM, Sugar Oaks, The Mach Kung-Fu, The Magnetic Fields, The Soft Boys, White Hassle
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