:: G Love ::

Nothing says “road trip” like a song named after a major thoroughfare. G Love and Special Sauce hit it out of the park with “I 76″ on this one.

In this episode: Apostle Of Hustle, Bongwater, Camper Van Beethoven, Cato Salsa Experience, CocoRosie, Daniel Johnston, G. Love & Special Sauce, Oblio Joes, Oranger, Sondre Lerche, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, The Green Goblyn Project, The Misfits, The Police, The Promise Ring, Twang Bang, XTC

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Heart

   Camper Van Beethoven

   A version with vocals of a much older song

   [asa]B000ZMUT2M[/asa]

   

3. Skips A Beat (Over You)

   The Promise Ring

   Makes me all frantic

   [asa]B002I0VSPG[/asa]

   

4. Good Neighbor

   Oblio Joes

   Let’s hear it for non-standard structures!

   [asa]B002I0VSPG[/asa]

   

5. Terrible Angels

   CocoRosie

   Two sisters singing in a bathroom, what’s not to like?

   [asa]B000S583JW[/asa]

   

6. BREAK

7. Crazy Love

   Daniel Johnston

   Manic minimalism!

   [asa]B0022YAP98[/asa]

   

8. Gorilla in a Rucksack

   Oranger

   Funky and monkey

   [asa]B000QZWUYS[/asa]

   

9. Blue Rita

   The Green Goblyn Project

   Brevard favorites

10. (Wascha Raj)

    Cato Salsa Experience

    Can’ts stops it

    [asa]B001UIRNWO[/asa]

    

11. Heartbeat Radio

    Sondre Lerche

    Big stabby fun

    [asa]B002LW9E8Y[/asa]

    

12. King Of The Boyfriends

    Twang Bang

    You heard right.

13. BREAK

14. I-76

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    In case you needed some Philly.

    [asa]B001UC2PHI[/asa]

    

15. For Tension

    Superchunk

    From the What’s Up Matador compilation

    [asa]B0011UODB0[/asa]

    

16. Song For Lorca

    Apostle Of Hustle

    Spooky, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZWHCS[/asa]

    

17. BREAK

18. Science Friction

    XTC

    Spazzing to the classics!

    [asa]B000T00MSG[/asa]

    

19. Harmonix

    Surfer Blood

    Very catchy

    [asa]B002Y6A0EY[/asa]

    

20. Hollywood Babylon

    The Misfits

    Music for wisdom tooth extraction

    [asa]B000THKAR2[/asa]

    

21. Shadows In The Rain

    The Police

    Still my favorite

    [asa]B000W237T2[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. You Don’t Love Me Yet

    Bongwater

    Unmistakably Erikson

    [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. You Don’t Love Me Yet

   Bongwater

   Unmistakably Erickson

   [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Heart

   Camper Van Beethoven

   A version with vocals of a much older song

   [asa]B000ZMUT2M[/asa]

   

5. Skips A Beat (Over You)

   The Promise Ring

   Makes me all frantic

   [asa]B002I0VSPG[/asa]

   

6. Oblio Joes

   Let’s hear it for non-standard structures!

   [asa]Good Neighbor[/asa]

   

7. Terrible Angels

   CocoRosie

   Two sisters singing in a bathroom, what’s not to like?

   [asa]B000S583JW[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Crazy Love

   Daniel Johnston

   Manic minimalism!

   [asa]B0022YAP98[/asa]

   

10. Gorilla in a Rucksack

    Oranger

    Funky and monkey

    [asa]B000QZWUYS[/asa]

    

11. Blue Rita

    The Green Goblyn Project

    Brevard favorites

12. (Wascha Raj)

    Cato Salsa Experience

    Can’ts stops it

    [asa]B001UIRNWO[/asa]

    

13. Heartbeat Radio

    Sondre Lerche

    Big stabby fun

    [asa]B002LW9E8Y[/asa]

    

14. King Of The Boyfriends

    Twang Bang

    You heard right.

15. BREAK

16. Fields

    Foreign Trade

    Live on WFIT

17. BREAK

18. Faster Gun

    The Wrens

    Set stunners on phaser

    [asa]B00370FDTS[/asa]

    

19. Colored Girls

    Foreign Trade

    Live on WFIT

20. BREAK

21. Animal Chin

    Jaga Jazzist

    Norwegians, we meet again.

    [asa]B000S587RA[/asa]

    

22. Golden Face

    Foreign Trade

    Live on WFIT

23. BREAK

24. Chick-A-Boom

    Trespassers W

    Absolutely German

25. Kakhi Stars

    Foreign Trade

    Live on WFIT

26. BREAK

27. Gong Rock

    Stewart Copeland

    Bang the rock slowly

    [asa]B001NZ509W[/asa]

    

28. Mighty Ducks

    Foreign Trade

    Live on WFIT

29. BREAK

30. I-76

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    In case you needed some Philly.

    [asa]B001UC2PHI[/asa]

    

31. For Tension

    Superchunk

    From the What’s Up Matador compilation

    [asa]B0011UODB0[/asa]

    

32. Song For Lorca

    Apostle Of Hustle

    Spooky, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZWHCS[/asa]

    

33. BREAK

34. Science Friction

    XTC

    Spazzing to the classics!

    [asa]B000T00MSG[/asa]

    

35. Harmonix

    Surfer Blood

    Very catchy

    [asa]B002Y6A0EY[/asa]

    

36. Hollywood Babylon

    The Misfits

    Music for wisdom tooth extraction

    [asa]B000THKAR2[/asa]

    

37. Shadows In The Rain

    The Police

    Still my favorite

    [asa]B000W237T2[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. Zebra

    Beach House

    What the fuss is about

    [asa]B0034EEE2E[/asa]

    

:: The Moore Brothers ::

The Moore Brothers have a rare sort of howl, sad and electric. Like Simon and Garfunkel on pain meds, but quite a bit more lucid.

In this episode: Brain Capps and the True Liars, Congratulations Fruit, Dexter Romweber, Donovan, Elvis Costello, Galactic, His Name Is Alive, Holmes, L. Solomon, Mike West, Oranger, Split Lip Rayfield, Tame Impala, The Moore Brothers, The Simpsons, We Ragazzi, Willie Wisely, XTC, the Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Sleeping With Girls

   Willie Wisely

   Going out to Randy!

   [asa]B000QR3IN8[/asa]

   

3. Blues That Defy My Soul

   Dexter Romweber

   Dex is living it

   [asa]B000R02Q7I[/asa]

   

4. Ne-ne Ami-chan

   the Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers

   Twisted Japanisted

   [asa]B0028EW5B8[/asa]

   

5. Crones

   Oranger

   Sounding very Pinback

   [asa]B001U3JNJU[/asa]

   

6. Mystery Dance

   Elvis Costello

   I’ve tried and I tried and I’m still mystified

   [asa]B000V6Q7LO[/asa]

   

7. BREAK

8. Stop Go

   Holmes

   He doesn’t seem to stop.

   [asa]B000QR28FC[/asa]

   

9. Towers Of London

   XTC

   Makes me think of Legos

   [asa]B00316XI3G[/asa]

   

10. True Liar

    Brain Capps and the True Liars

    Rawkin’

    [asa]B001U9U924[/asa]

11. Yardsale

    Mike West

    Good planning advice

    [asa]B00000J7UY[/asa]

12. BREAK

13. Fresh Thoughts Of You

    The Moore Brothers

    Witchy music, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZSVCS[/asa]

    

14. Honey Roasted Peanuts

    The Simpsons

    Pressed peanut sweepings

15. Some Kid’s Spectacles

    Congratulations Fruit

    Is that the Elephant Six?

    [asa]B000XT17AU[/asa]

16. Coffee

    Split Lip Rayfield

    Hypercaffeinated hillbiliies

    [asa]B003EYFSMY[/asa]

    

17. BREAK

18. Solitude is Bliss

    Tame Impala

    New school psychedelia

    [asa]B003HGKJH8[/asa]

    

19. Season Of The Witch

    Donovan

    Old school psychedelia

    [asa]B00138KBIO[/asa]

    

20. I Want You 2 Love Me So Much I Can’t Stand Up

    We Ragazzi

    Anguish and Prince spelling… interesting mix

    [asa]B000QZYI20[/asa]

    

21. The Grand Gallope

    L. Solomon

    My kinda traffic jam

22. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Dream pop to ease you down

    [asa]B001KRWRF8[/asa]

    

23. BREAK

24. Doublewide

    Galactic

    All hail Stanton Moore

    [asa]B001I8852S[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Rocket Man

   Fastbacks

   Off Pravda Records’ Super Mega Fantasticc Something

   [asa]B000QQZVK2[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Around the World

   Daft Punk

   Blast off, Yuri!

   [asa]B000TDBNDG[/asa]

   

5. Stare Into The Sun

   Graffiti6

   It’s bright at the top of the Vostok

6. Another Satellite

   XTC

   Sparse and shimmering

   [asa]B000TENILK[/asa]

   

7. Space Oddity

   David Bowie

   Take your protein pills and puit your helmet on

   [asa]B002U1D400[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Yuri-G

   PJ Harvey

   Is it really about him?

   [asa]B000W1SAZE[/asa]

   

10. Cosmonaute

    Stereo Total

    In French, natch.

    [asa]B000UTK7YU[/asa]

    

11. Satellite

    Yo La Tengo

    Georgia Hubley’s voice is like butter. I hear.

    [asa]B000S533B0[/asa]

    

12. New World

    DeVotchKa

    Don’t melt, dude

    [asa]B0015C3UCC[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Rocket Ship

    Kathy McCarty

    Unmistakably Johnston

    [asa]B0006UEVN6[/asa]

15. Satellite

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Jerky little cannister of gold

    [asa]B000W1SR0C[/asa]

    

16. Rings Around The World

    Super Furry Animals

    My favorite Welshmen

    [asa]B0017QLRN0[/asa]

    

17. BREAK

18. Aba Dabba Do Dance

    The Coctails

    Were you dancing like a caveman?

    [asa]B001GH0UT2[/asa]

    

19. Heart of Glass

    The Puppini Sisters

    A triple attack of awesome

    [asa]B000W20O1Q[/asa]

    

20. King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3

    The Apples in Stereo

    Originally by Neutral Milk Hotel

21. Without You Here

    Holly Golightly

    Greetings to Scott and Dan!

    [asa]B000S9DZ1Y[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. Mama Loves Nortec

    Nortec Collective

    Norteño Slice+Dice

    [asa]B002CL989E[/asa]

    

24. Fonz

    Eugene McGuinness

    Quite inventive

    [asa]B002CO1YIE[/asa]

    

25. The Running Range

    The Go! Team

    Double dutch chanting and cop jazz

    [asa]B004IVAEV2[/asa]

    

26. Hu Ha

    Montefiori Cocktail

    Uh huh huh huh

    [asa]B001E93C38[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. Is There A Ghost

    Band of Horses

    Majestic

    [asa]B000YN32BM[/asa]

    

29. Particle Man

    The Bobs

    Why no more TMBG covers?

    [asa]B0000003L5[/asa]

    

30. SuperChief

    Asylum Street Spankers

    The howling of the ukulele

    [asa]B000V3VRX0[/asa]

    

31. Combat Baby

    Metric

    Kanadians kicking butt

    [asa]B000V3VT42[/asa]

    

32. BREAK

33. Living In Colour

    Frightened Rabbit

    Galloping out of the gate

    [asa]B0037UV71Q[/asa]

    

34. This is Not a Cure for the Common Cold

    Ha Ha Tonka

    From the Ozarks

    [asa]B000VEOWE0[/asa]

    

35. Hornaplenny

    And The Moneynotes

    Sounding quite Femme-y

    [asa]B001BGY8HI[/asa]

    

36. 2024

    Cage the Elephant

    Frantically jabbering

    [asa]B004GNQ6UA[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. Do The Murray

    Los Lobos

    Fire on the strings

    [asa]B003Y3HLL6[/asa]

    

39. Fresh Air

    Brother Ali

    Suspicious blanks, yo

    [asa]B002Q6BFRI[/asa]

    

40. Girls With English Accents

    Fergus & Geronimo

    From the anomalous Denton TX

    [asa]B004HUZ932[/asa]

    

41. Intro

    Chinese Man

    CAN YOOO DIG IT?

    [asa]B001YIPG24[/asa]

    

42. BREAK

43. Maldigo del Alto Cielo

    Gonzalo Yanez

    Goddamnitall, in Spanish

    [asa]B001GJ2ZDY[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Goodbye Girl

   The Shins

   A passable interpretation

3. BREAK

4. I Know

   David Garza

   Sadness incarnate

   [asa]B001NS7JKC[/asa]

   

5. Where the Hell Is Bill?

   Camper Van Beethoven

   Maybe he had to change a TRACKS login

   [asa]B000ZE9WLO[/asa]

   

6. Ripple Rock

   Evaporators

   A tale of civil engineering

   [asa]B001ARRVDQ[/asa]

   

7. When You’re A Pretty Girl

   The Lesser Birds Of Paradise

   Very Belle and very Sebastian

   [asa]B000TDFJ0Y[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Storm Warning

   Firewater

   A ska-kalassic

10. Fields in Glass

    The High Dials

    The trhumming hum is drumming

    [asa]B000R01A3E[/asa]

    

11. Mama Don’t Get Off

    Jack Oblivian

    That has to be Holly Golightly

    [asa]B0029LMIC6[/asa]

    

12. Borges y Paraguay

    Bajofondo

    Very literary, these people.

    [asa]B001C39G5O[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. I’m Gonna Take You Home (And Make You Like Me)

    Robbie Fulks

    Country at its best

    [asa]B000R02HIG[/asa]

    

15. Vanessa From Queens

    Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

    Dedicated to enunciators everywhere

    [asa]B000XEJBNA[/asa]

    

16. I Like It That Way

    Tuesday Weld

    Jolly good time

17. Not Given Lightly

    Boh Runga

    From the Chris Knox tribute, Stroke

    [asa]B002ZP9B3U[/asa]

    

18. My Low – Chuned Banjo

    World Standard

    Spooky, eh?

    [asa]B000UTXEYK[/asa]

    

19. BREAK

20. 3-Banger

    The Heroine Sheiks

    Extended version, no less

    [asa]B001CP8ZVI[/asa]

    

21. Shortcut

    Hissanol

    Transatlantic mail venture

    [asa]B001BUFI7I[/asa]

    

22. Mindhole

    The Short Life

    It’s complicated

23. B.L.O.S.S.O.M.

    Komeda

    From the city of Townsville

    [asa]B000WLKA5M[/asa]

    

24. BREAK

25. Sleeping With Girls

    Willie Wisely

    Going out to Randy!

    [asa]B000QR3IN8[/asa]

    

26. Blues That Defy My Soul

    Dexter Romweber

    Dex is living it

    [asa]B000R02Q7I[/asa]

    

27. Ne-ne Ami-chan

    the Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers

    Twisted Japanisted

    [asa]B0028EW5B8[/asa]

    

28. Crones

    Oranger

    Sounding very Pinback

    [asa]B001U3JNJU[/asa]

    

29. Mystery Dance

    Elvis Costello

    I’ve tried and I tried and I’m still mystified

    [asa]B000V6Q7LO[/asa]

    

30. BREAK

31. Stop Go

    Holmes

    He doesn’t seem to stop.

    [asa]B000QR28FC[/asa]

    

32. Towers Of London

    XTC

    Makes me think of Legos

    [asa]B00316XI3G[/asa]

    

33. True Liar

    Brain Capps and the True Liars

    Rawkin’

    [asa]B001U9U924[/asa]

34. Yardsale

    Mike West

    Good planning advice

    [asa]B00000J7UY[/asa]

35. BREAK

36. Fresh Thoughts Of You

    The Moore Brothers

    Witchy music, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZSVCS[/asa]

    

37. Honey Roasted Peanuts

    The Simpsons

    Pressed peanut sweepings

38. Some Kid’s Spectacles

    Congratulations Fruit

    Is that the Elephant Six?

    [asa]B000XT17AU[/asa]

39. Coffee

    Split Lip Rayfield

    Hypercaffeinated hillbiliies

    [asa]B003EYFSMY[/asa]

    

40. BREAK

41. Solitude is Bliss

    Tame Impala

    New school psychedelia

    [asa]B003HGKJH8[/asa]

    

42. Season Of The Witch

    Donovan

    Old school psychedelia

    [asa]B00138KBIO[/asa]

    

43. I Want You 2 Love Me So Much I Can’t Stand Up

    We Ragazzi

    Anguish and Prince spelling… interesting mix

    [asa]B000QZYI20[/asa]

    

44. The Grand Gallope

    L. Solomon

    My kinda traffic jam

45. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Dream pop to ease you down

    [asa]B001KRWRF8[/asa]

    

46. BREAK

47. Doublewide

    Galactic

    All hail Stanton Moore

    [asa]B001I8852S[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. You Don’t Love Me Yet

   Bongwater

   Unmistakably Erikson

   [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Heart

   Camper Van Beethoven

   A version with vocals of a much older song

   [asa]B000ZMUT2M[/asa]

   

5. Skips A Beat (Over You)

   The Promise Ring

   Makes me all frantic

   [asa]B002I0VSPG[/asa]

   

6. Oblio Joes

   Let’s hear it for non-standard structures!

   [asa]Good Neighbor[/asa]

   

7. Terrible Angels

   CocoRosie

   Two sisters singing in a bathroom, what’s not to like?

   [asa]B000S583JW[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Crazy Love

   Daniel Johnston

   Manic minimalism!

   [asa]B0022YAP98[/asa]

   

10. Gorilla in a Rucksack

    Oranger

    Funky and monkey

    [asa]B000QZWUYS[/asa]

    

11. Blue Rita

    The Green Goblyn Project

    Brevard favorites

12. (Wascha Raj)

    Cato Salsa Experience

    Can’ts stops it

    [asa]B001UIRNWO[/asa]

    

13. Heartbeat Radio

    Sondre Lerche

    Big stabby fun

    [asa]B002LW9E8Y[/asa]

    

14. King Of The Boyfriends

    Twang Bang

    You heard right.

15. BREAK

16. I-76

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    In case you needed some Philly.

    [asa]B001UC2PHI[/asa]

    

17. For Tension

    Superchunk

    From the What’s Up Matador compilation

    [asa]B0011UODB0[/asa]

    

18. Song For Lorca

    Apostle Of Hustle

    Spooky, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000QZWHCS[/asa]

    

19. BREAK

20. Science Friction

    XTC

    Spazzing to the classics!

    [asa]B000T00MSG[/asa]

    

21. Harmonix

    Surfer Blood

    Very catchy

    [asa]B002Y6A0EY[/asa]

    

22. Hollywood Babylon

    The Misfits

    Music for wisdom tooth extraction

    [asa]B000THKAR2[/asa]

    

23. Shadows In The Rain

    The Police

    Still my favorite

    [asa]B000W237T2[/asa]

    

24. BREAK

25. Zebra

    Beach House

    What the fuss is about

    [asa]B0034EEE2E[/asa]

    

26. Faster Gun

    The Wrens

    Set stunners on phaser

    [asa]B00370FDTS[/asa]

    

27. The Record Store

    The Brunettes

    Love these Kiwis

    [asa]B001I4Q40C[/asa]

    

28. BREAK

29. Animal Chin

    Jaga Jazzist

    Norwegians, we meet again.

    [asa]B000S587RA[/asa]

    

30. It Started With A Mixx

    Los Campesinos!

    From Wales!

    [asa]B000S9A8UU[/asa]

    

31. Japanese Banjo

    Cajun Gems

    Not Japanese, I don’t think

32. Inkomo Zodwa

    Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks

    South Africa! World Cup!

33. BREAK

34. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    From the Monkey Gone To Heaven EP

    [asa]B001GXTYCU[/asa]

    

35. Rollerkoaster

    Railroad Jerk

    Thank you, Marcellus

    [asa]B000XEEMBG[/asa]

    

36. Gong Rock

    Stewart Copeland

    Bang the rock slowly

    [asa]B001NZ509W[/asa]

    

37. The Next Station Is Shibuya

    Torpedo Boyz

    Damn funky for a couple Japanese fellas

    [asa]B000S580M2[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. Piango

    Howe Gelb

    Arizona shambling

    [asa]B0014EQDZC[/asa]

    

40. The Bavarian

    Shibboleth

    From the Big D

    [asa]B0018L0SB6[/asa]

    

41. Mandelay Song

    The Eastside Sinfonietta

    Kurt Weill Kabaret!

    [asa]B0011B7APU[/asa]

    

42. Chick-A-Boom

    Trespassers W

    Absolutely German

43. BREAK

44. Flavor

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    He’s got the flavah

    [asa]B003LNKI1Y[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

   The Wedding Present

   A traditional british pop song!

   [asa]B0027OY5UI[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. I Was Born (A Unicorn)

   The Unicorns

   Kinda like touching the puppet head!

   [asa]B000QQV9T4[/asa]

   

5. Afro

   Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

   Hootin’ an’ hollerin’

   [asa]B000XEEN0Q[/asa]

   

6. 20 Second Man

   Chalk

   Very very brainiac

   [asa]B00005T5UX[/asa]

   

7. I Got To Tell You

   Dr. Octagon

   He’s in your corner

   [asa]B002HT7GO0[/asa]

   

8. Girl Take Your Socks Off

   Crudbump

   I really should have known.

   [asa]B002ZPBDN6[/asa]

   

9. BREAK

10. Hold On This Time

    Denise James

    Not what you’d expect out of Detroit

    [asa]B000R017ZK[/asa]

    

11. Stray

    Fetchin Bones

    Hope Nicholls burns it up

    [asa]B001BEASJW[/asa]

    

12. Full Blast

    Hands Down Eugene

    That big Athens sound

    [asa]B000QZV3CS[/asa]

    

13. That Don’t Work That Well For Us

    Je Suis France

    Dig the Laverne + Shirley reference

    [asa]B002IRVH64[/asa]

    

14. BREAK

15. Slow Road

    Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

    Sing my dirge, Holly

    [asa]B001HDVGIY[/asa]

    

16. Paperback Writer

    The Beatles

    In glorious MONO

17. Cheat

    Jenny Toomey

    A song by Franklin Bruno

    [asa]B00367W3Z4[/asa]

    

18. Computer (Featuring Princess Superstar)

    Arling & Cameron

    For all of those staring at the screen right now

    [asa]B000QQYCUM[/asa]

    

19. BREAK

20. Stranded on a Lonely Planet

    Action Time

    A London-based six piece hate-fuelled gospel/trash/punk soul revue.

    [asa]B001POCUFS[/asa]

21. Remy’s Night

    Money Mark

    From the Japanese import Stand Up For Your Rice

22. Up The Junction

    Squeeze

    A classic, going out to Greg and Brian

    [asa]B000VZLJLI[/asa]

    

23. You Are Never Alone (Jewish Cowboy)

    Socalled

    Another Chosen track

    [asa]B000VB4I5Q[/asa]

    

24. BREAK

25. Boom Boom

    Trio

    By request!

    [asa]B000VXL24O[/asa]

    

26. Bang

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Yow.

    [asa]B001JQE8ZC[/asa]

    

27. Boom Shack-a-Lack

    Apache Indian

    You’ll have to find it on the Scooby Doo 2 soundtrack.

    [asa]B0026EE8FG[/asa]

    

28. Bing Bang Conga

    Los Albinos

    Not responsible for broken furnishings

29. Boing Boom Tschak

    Kraftwerk

    Onomatopeic, ain’t it?

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30. BREAK

31. One Everything

    Chris Murray

    Soulful and as I always note, from Canadia

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32. Monkey’s Paw

    House Of Freaks

    Short and spooky

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33. Got The Time

    Joe Jackson

    Punching your face over and over

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34. BREAK

35. Bill Gates Must Die

    John Vanderslice

    A little bit dated, but the sentiment stands

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36. Moving Parts

    Servotron

    Never stop, synching up, locking in

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37. Bring On The Night

    The Police

    Best booming bass beat

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38. Buckets Of Rain

    Neko Case

    Live from Austin

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39. BREAK

40. Boll Weevil

    The Presidents of the United States of America

    The remastered album is worth it.

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41. At The Frank Black Show

    Tracy Spuehler

    Sparkling production

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42. Shadow

    Tyro

    feat. members of Toenut

43. I’d Like That

    XTC

    Why is this song hard to find?

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44. BREAK

45. One Note Samba Recado Bossa Nova

    Leroy Holmes

    Chilling and out.

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:: Shibboleth ::

Shibboleth’s music reminds me of the best qualities of Sesame Street’s soundtrack. It’s eerie.

In this episode: Ben Folds Five, Bloque, Carl Henry Brueggen, Chester & Lester, Drink Me, Fun Boy Three With Bananarama, Hasidic New Wave, Ill Ease, Japancakes, Shibboleth, Squarepusher, Susanna And The Magical Orchestra, The Double Six Of Paris, Ween, Westbound Train, XTC

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Old Fashioned Speed

   Shibboleth

   Dallas instrumental strangeness

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3. Fiesta

   Ween

   ¡Si, fiesta!

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4. My Red Hot Car

   Squarepusher

   With that trademark Squarepusher stutter

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5. BREAK

6. Huffin’ The Muggles

   Carl Henry Brueggen

   Genuine Bossa Nova feel from the Mt. Shasta guitarist

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7. Majaná

   Bloque

   A Colombian octet, featuring David Byrne’s adoration

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8. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)

   Chester & Lester

   Chet Atkins and Les Paul

9. BREAK

10. French Rat Race

    The Double Six Of Paris

    aka Les Double Six — featuring the production of Quincy Jones

11. Jackson Cannery

    Ben Folds Five

    The first Ben Folds Five song ever recorded… BFF!

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12. When You Sleep

    Japancakes

    From their cover album Loveless

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13. BREAK

14. Tain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That Cha Do It)

    Fun Boy Three With Bananarama

    Yeah, that’s right FB3 — tain’t

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15. Seven Ways To Sunday

    Westbound Train

    Jamaica via Boston, new record out last week

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16. Ok Dear, Who?

    Hasidic New Wave

    NYC jazz freaks getting it on with Jewish music

17. BREAK

18. Fruit Nut

    XTC

    For Boy Wonder and Locals Only

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19. Little Green Men

    Drink Me

    Inspired by Carl King’s spiritual orthogonalism

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20. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

    Susanna And The Magical Orchestra

    Deadly version of one of my favorite Dylan songs

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21. BREAK

22. Jackie On Acid

    Ill Ease

    Haunting noodly organ line

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Twist Barbie

   Moog Cookbook

   Quite, quite twisted

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3. BREAK

4. Clockout

   Devo

   Going waaaay back

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5. There’s A Place

   The Flamin’ Groovies

   A classic in many ways!

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6. To Love Like The Father & Son Love Each Other

   Half-Handed Cloud

   Fractured and dream-like

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7. BREAK

8. Narrow Your Eyes

   They Might Be Giants

   From Apollo 18

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9. …Fast Tvärtom

   Movits

   Loping and staggering

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10. Clown Powder

    The Bronx

    Mas! Mas!

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11. BREAK

12. Old Friend Surprise

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

13. Sunset In Your Hair

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

14. Tornado Cool

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

15. Taste Of Life

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

16. Spec

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

17. BREAK

18. My Pal the Tortoise

    Thinking Fellers Union Local #282

    By request for Harry Anslinger!

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19. Dakota

    The Wrens

    Silver is one of my all-time favorite albums

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20. Heard It On The X

    Tenderloin

    You heard it here

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21. Nipple Rocket Revenge

    The Ass Baboons Of Venus

    That was… uncomfortable

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22. BREAK

23. A Selection

    Fishbone

    Frenetic and frivolous

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24. It’s Shoved

    Melvins

    Are you thretened?

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25. Surfer Calavera

    Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

    It’s a haphazard hash from Hargentina

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26. BREAK

27. North Carolina

    The Oranges Band

    So wistful.

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28. Forget It

    Zzzz

    Eccentric klezpunk

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29. La Sirenita

    Plastilina Mosh vs Tonino Carotone y chalo de Volován

    From “Y Tu Mama Tambien”

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30. BREAK

31. Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

    Petty Booka

    Hoka muka puku wahi tini

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32. Do What You Wanna

    Ramsey Lewis

    Shouts and handclaps

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33. Me And P St. Beach

    Winterbrief

    Let me take you closer to paradise

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34. Lovely Hula Hands

    Junior Brown

    Part of our Hawaii booken d

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35. BREAK

36. Thunderbird

    Ravi Harris And The Prophets

    Hypnotique

37. Are You Receiving Me?

    XTC

    A special leftover time bonus… are you?

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Theme from Starsky + Hutch

   James Taylor Quartet

   Yes again, nothing to do with Carly Simon, everything to do with cool

3. BREAK

4. Coin Operated Boy

   Dresden Dolls

   Irresistible, check out Amanda Palmer on muxtape.com

5. Human Fly

   2 Many DJs

   Left off last week’s Cramps tribute… 2 short

6. Kingston Advice

   Camper Van Beethoven

   From the excellent Sandinista Project

7. BREAK

8. Soul Makossa

   Manu Dibango

   Afrobeat numero one — dig that stereo image

9. I Got This Down

   Simian Mobile Disco

   Some find this risible

10. Kundalini Express

    Love And Rockets

    Going out to Sharon in Web Services

11. BREAK

12. Seventeen

    Ladytron

    Working with Christina Aguilera, according to the wikipedias

13. Wind It Back

    Phil Crumar

    Loose and grooving

14. The Cars She Used To Drive

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Haven’t played much Robyn Hitchcock lately

15. Leave Them Wanting More

    Yoni Gordon & The Goods

    Like Kevin Seconds + Ted Leo

16. BREAK

17. Statue Of Liberty

    XTC

    Dedicated to B. Berwin

18. No Fun

    The Four Corners

    Stereo version of Stooges classic

19. Cool Boys

    Flat Duo Jets

    Check out Two Headed Cow, the Flat Duo Jets documentary

20. Itchin’ For You

    Trailer Bride

    Dedicated to the Librarian

21. CAKE MIX

22. Fish Or Cut Bait

    Flour

    Chicago noise

23. The Egg

    Apollo Sunshine

    Intense pop

24. Sugar Water

    Cibo Matto

    Halfspeed massacre! Must improvise…

25. Oil And Water

    Lo-Lite

    Redlined all the way

26. Vanilla

    Wisely

    Stolen from the Librarian’s Library. Apologies due, and a thank you

27. Milk

    Minikon

    Effervescent!

28. BREAK

29. Happy Birthday

    United Future Organization

    What we do with cake around here.

30. I Couldn’t Spell !!-@!

    Roy Loney and the Young Fresh Fellows

    Historical artifact

31. Greyhound

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Unmistakable Russell Simins beat

32. (I’m A) Donkey For Your Love

    Boat

    Reminds me of the Unicorns

33. BREAK

34. Birds Of Prey

    The Pinetops

    Produced by Don Dixon

35. Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night

    The Fratellis

    Yet more Glaswegian snottiness

36. She’s Crafty

    Beastie Boys

    Dedicated to Ethan B. Lacking

37. BREAK

38. Half A Boy + Half A Man

    Sleepy Labeef & C.J. Chenier

    Deep deep voice. Originally a Nick Lowe song

39. Calpso Vacation

    Bipolar Bear

    Brutal. Are you awake now?

40. You’re Alright Sorla One

    Rachel Taylor Brown

    Short and haunting

41. BREAK

42. The Girl From Ipanema

    Pizzicato Five

    Brazil via Japan… good night!

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Because

   Elliott Smith

   By request!

3. BREAK

4. Lay Down Your Head Child

   Oranger

   Like heaven-flavored syrup

5. Swelling Itching Brain

   Devo

   I have it. Do you?

6. Pumpkins

   Eskimo

   On Les Claypool’s Prawn Song label

7. BREAK

8. She’s An Angel

   They Might Be Giants

   That slide gives me the shivvies

9. Dashboard Issues

   Franklin Bruno

   Oh Franklin, you are damn clever.

10. How About The Boys?

    Arling + Cameron

    How about them boys?

11. BREAK

12. Blue Bonnet Rag

    Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

    Classic stratospheric sounds!

13. Corndogs Are Our Friends

    Canoe

    LADIES AND GENTELEMENT, I GIVE YOU CANOE!

14. Minor Waltz

    Asylum Street Spankers

    That’s a saw you hear

15. BREAK

16. No Kid

    Urban Dance Squad

    UDS, or as we’d say today, WTF

17. 2 Fingers Cross’d

    White Hassle

    This show’s OWH

18. Good Times Bad Times

    Led Zeppelin

    Call it instinct, I just had to play it next

19. BREAK

20. Time Bomb

    The Format

    Tick tock you’re not a clock you’re a time bomb, baby

21. All Night

    The Countdown Quartet

    When they say ALL NIGHT you know they mean it

22. Vexamao

    Pele + Elis Regina

    Yes, soccer Pele

23. BREAK

24. Banana Leaf

    Sugar Oaks

    More Sugar Oaks, but never enough… dig the dub ending

25. Blue Monk

    The Halftones

    Atlanta ska from the mid ‘90s?

26. Goddess on a Highway

    Mercury Rev

    Tragically obscure, that Mercury Rev

27. BREAK

28. Hey! Bellboy!

    Gloria Wood

    Ding!

29. Seinn O!

    Mouth Music

    Wild Gaellic groove — was it me, or was the CD malfing?

30. Put It Down

    Mike Doughty

    From Soul Coughing

31. BREAK

32. September 1st

    Los Femurs

    Check out the musical reference!

33. Sad Lover’s Waltz

    Camper Van Beethoven

    It’s sad, and it’s a waltz

34. Cerdo

    Molotov

    Directo desde Mexico! No me llames cerdo!

35. BREAK

36. Epsilon

    The Anubian Lights

    Oh my, what a trainwreck!

37. Alcohol

    CSS

    Brazilectric

38. I’d Like That

    XTC

    Because one three letter band deserves another

39. She Took Off My Romeos

    David Lindley

    David, so romantic

40. BREAK

41. What Was Left Was Red

    The Leaving Trains

    Leaving James Trainwreck

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Jungle Drum

   Emiliana Torrini

   Also scores high on the exotic scale, as Emiliana is half-Italian, half Icelandic. Shout out to my crypto-Icelander Hannah.

3. South Central Rock

   Zoobombs

   Japan says, “swift the kick mighty!”

4. BREAK

5. A Minha Meninha

   Os Mutantes

   Brazilian psychedelica — Thanks, uncle Dave!

6. Baby’s On Fire

   Brian Eno

   And speaking of Byrne, here’s some Eno

7. I Have A Dream

   Band Marino

   Outta Orlando, check them out before you have to wait in line

8. BREAK

9. Star Position

   Marcellus Hall

   Vocalist of White Hassle

10. Let My Burden Be

    Golden Shoulders

    Another standout GS track

11. Funky Days Are Back

    Cornershop

    British Hindo-funk

12. BREAK

13. Where’s The Fire

    Head of Femur

    Gadzooks, that sound

14. Miss Madison

    Hands Down Eugene

    Some Athens stuff

15. Relentless Machine

    Thomas Function

    Lives up to its name

16. BREAK

17. Broke A Promise

    Guv’ner

    Old favorite

18. Dance Jack Palance

    The Gomers

    Reissue of obscure (maybe rightfully so) album. Check out the vibe solo!

19. Are You Receiving Me?

    XTC

    Kinda goes with the last track!?

20. BREAK

21. Sorry Mama

    Westbound Train

    Rocksteady from Boston, shoutout to Gene Bovineska!

22. Havana

    The Mabuses

    How do you pronounce it?

23. Conjugate The Verbs

    Enon

24. BREAK

25. Chick Habit

    April March

    From Planet Terror, watch it.

26. White Sheets, Tight Bed

    Mastretta

    From Spain!

27. Meninblack

    Stranglers

    Release successfully negotiated by Steve

28. BREAK

29. Sweat Indoors

    Mitsoobishy Jackson

    Dutch? Belgian?

30. Moosh

    Colorstore

    From Phoenix AZ!

31. Cut Your Hair

    Pavement

    feat. Steven Malkmus

32. BREAK

33. Hiphopopotamus

    Flight of the Conchords

    Funny Kiwis.

34. Malibu Love Nest

    Luna

    Loves that Dean Warehams — Sounds like Giant Sand

35. Indian Summer

    Benjamin Gibbard

    From Death Cab / Postal Service

36. BREAK

37. Salsa + Microchips

    DJ Me DJ You

    Sukia descendants, as promised

38. Faded Away

    A Big Yes + A Small No

    Another vibe solo!

39. Submarine #3

    Starlight Mints

    Lush pop is my weakness.

40. Carl Sagan

    Boneless Children Society

    Carl Sagan says there are billions of stars.

41. BREAK

42. Santa Maria

    Gotan Project

    Downtempo tango to lull you into jazz.

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1. Song
   Artist

2. I’ll Be Your Mirror

   Nico

   Don’t know why I had to hear this

3. On This Earth

   Blinker the Star

   Majestic and unexpected

4. BREAK

5. Illuminati Stormhorse

   Less Pain Forever

   WTF is up with that amazing chorus?

6. Back to New Orleans

   Blue Skies for Black Hearts

7. Sweat

   Jon Spencer Boosexposion

   Hooooo! Pantleg

8. Riding the Sorry Train to Dumpsville

   Atomic 7

   Another great song title by Atomic 7

9. BREAK

10. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    You knew some White Hassle was coming

11. Nothing In This World

    Kinks

    From the Rushmore soundtrack

12. This Purple Child

    Howe Gelb + Grandaddy

    Driving in the desert at night with a ghost trumpet

13. Jet Girl (Acoustic)

    The Wedding Present

    David Gedge and his Unmistakable Voice

14. BREAK

15. Book Song

    Tiny Masters of Today

    To my resident librarian

16. Belly Warmer

    Dub Narcotic

    Jam on it, Calvin

17. Do Me

    Jean Knight

    Classic funk from the Superbad sountrack

18. Tide Is High

    Paragons

    Original reggae version, made famous by Blondie

19. BREAK

20. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Perfect pop from Warren Defever

21. Perfect

    Petty Booka

    Cover of Fairground Attraction song, by Flameco A Go Go grads

22. Making Plans for Nigel

    Primus

    Cover of XTC song. Pounding drums a big plus

23. Senses Working Overtime

    XTC

    Had to follow up with some actual XTC, ya know

24. BREAK

25. Softcore War

    hollAnd

    Completely analog and hypnotic

26. Plug Me In

    Add N to X

    And the same goes for this

27. Mondo ‘77

    Looper

    This one too. Also on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack

28. Scout

    Calexico

    Loosely jointed spy theme

29. BREAK

30. I Got My Mojo Working

    Young Fresh Fellows

    (And I Thought You’d Like To Know)

31. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    “My antenna telepatique…tique…tique…tique…”

32. She Don’t Use Jelly

    The Flaming Lips

    A radio classic

33. I Wanna Destroy You

    Soft Boys

    Archetypal Soft Boys track

34. BREAK

35. Whale In The Sand

    The Brunettes

    From New Zealand!

36. Boombox

    Mosquitos

    From Brooklyn, featuring an Actual Brazilian Native

37. The Baby That Was You

    MC Honky

    Entrancing use of a baby sample

38. BREAK

39. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    SMM live in the studio, sorta

40. Lookin Lookin Gaa

    Polysics

    Lookin ga, SMM

41. Eyes of the Night

    Starlight Mints

    Spooky pop… save it for Halloween

42. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    B side from somewhere

43. BREAK

44. Tuff Luff

    Unicorns

    Some Unicorns to round things out