Arling + Cameron, Barnyard Playboys, Beachwood Sparks, Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs, Brak, Commercial, Cris Delanno, Four Corners, Hanuman Care Kit, Jaco Pastorius, James, Jools Holland Big Band, Neko Case, Oh so dramatic, Oranger, Rin-Ger, Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, Shrimp Boat, Sucka MCs, The Flaming Lips, The High Llamas, The Kinks, The Lonesome Organist, The Police, The Starlight Mints, Tracker, Uptown Sinclair, Walter Wanderley, White Hassle, Winterbrief, Wylie and the Wild West
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Ashtech, Atomic 7, Barry Black, Brave Combo, Camper Van Beethoven, Canoe, Chaz & The Motorbikes, Cornershop, Davíd Garza, Head Of Femur, Heavy Vegetable, Hefner, John Wilkes Booze, Ken Nordine, Low Frequency In Stereo, Mazzy Star, Missing Persons, Nerdcore from way back, Niños Con Bombas, Pixies, Poster Children, Robyn Hitchcock, Rocket From The Crypt, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Stereo Total, Surf Gunz, Swell, Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, The Extra Glenns, The Fratellis, The Kiss Offs, The Starlight Mints, The Wrens, Treat Her Right
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:: Young Fresh Fellows ::

I’m not one to bow to all-caps in song titles, but it’s the Young Fresh Fellows.

In this episode: Ben Folds, Blithe, Boat, China Dub Soundsystem, Fort Lauderdale, Frankenixon, Marshall Crenshaw, Mary My Hope, Mojo Nixon, Sparklehorse, Spot 1019, Swell, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Fastbacks, The Mondo Crescendo, The Starlight Mints, Young Fresh Fellows

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:: Asylum Street Spankers ::

The Spankers always score points for obscure musical references.

In this episode: Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Five-Eight, French Kicks, Gachupín, Igmo, Illinois, Irving, Kraftwerk, Royksopp, Syd Dale, The Determinations, The Plugz, The Starlight Mints, Vells

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2 Many DJs, Apples In Stereo, Ben Folds Five, Bomba Estereo, Dan Deacon, Fallopian, Fluid Ounces, Four Tet, Global Goon, HisCheapMoves & The Real Dolls, Les Baxter & His Orchestra Danny Welton, Los Amigos Invisibles, Money Mark, Painkiller, Portishead, Reverend Horton Heat, Robyn Hitchcock, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66, Shantel, Soft Boys, Southern Culture On The Skids, The Bad Plus, The Fil Lorenz Soul-Tet, The Fratellis, The Minders, The Monolith, The Starlight Mints, Tribe, Uptown Sinclair, VHS Or Beta, White Hassle
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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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:: 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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Bookended by Mexicanity! You heard me — Mexicanity. For some reason, my tastes are enjoying a south-of-the-border vacation, as I keep finding new and interesting things to come out our treasured NAFTA compatriot.

In this episode: Arling + Cameron, Boom Pam, East River Pipe, Harold Ousley, Hi-Posi, Illinois, M. Ward, Mano Negra, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Robyn Hitchcock, The Bronx, The Jesus Lizard, The Starlight Mints, The Sucka MCs, Tipsy

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AK Momo, Arling + Cameron, Barry Adamson, Boom Pam, Brian Dewan, Can, Davíd Garza, East River Pipe, Goran Bregovic, Habiluim, Harold Ousley, Hi-Posi, Illinois, M. Ward, Mano Negra, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Movits, Robyn Hitchcock, Self, Skatalites, Sugarman Three, The Bronx, The Delta 72, The Jesus Lizard, The Low Frequency In Stereo, The Starlight Mints, The Sucka MCs, Tipsy
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Ben Folds Five, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Brazilian Girls, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Cats + Jammers, David Vandervelde, Discovery, Esquivel, Gogol Bordello, Grandaddy, Illinois, Jean Jacques Perrey, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Lisa Germano, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Nina Simone, Nortec Collective, Owsley, Papas Fritas, Petty Booka, Shantel, Still Flyin, The Bronx, The Lothars, The M’s, The Red Elvises, The Starlight Mints, Tracy Spuehler, Truby Trio, Twang Bang
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