SPECIAL EXTRA-LONG TOTALLY SUBURBAN EPISODE 1

• Arcade Fire (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
• The Suburbs (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Broken Social Scene

2

• Jesse Irwin (St. Louis, MO)
• "Strip Mall"
• Hair of the Dog (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie

3

• The Happy Bullets (Dallas, TX)
• "A Momentary Vision of the End of the World as Seen Through the Eyes of a Suburban Housewife"
• The Vice and Virtue Ministry (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

4

• Deer Tick (Providence, RI)
• "Art Isn't Real (City of Sin)"
• War Elephant (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Wilco, The Old 97's

5

• The Shins (Portland, OR)
• "Little Boxes"
• Turn on Me 7"
• cover of: Malvina Reynolds

6

• The Monkees (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
• The Best of The Monkees (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Beatles

7

• Sparks (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Suburban Homeboy"
• Lil' Beethoven (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Queen

8

• Suburban Kids with Biblical Names (Stockholm, Sweden)
• "1999"
• #4 EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Irene, I'm from Barcelona

9

• Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Chicago, IL)
• "A Normal Suburban Lifestyle is a Near Impossibility Once You've Fallen in Love with an International Spy"
• Answering Machine Music (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

10

• All-Time Quarterback (Bellingham, WA)
• "Dinner at Eight in the Suburbs"
• All-Time Quarterback (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Death Cab for Cutie

11

• Real Estate (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Suburban Beverage"
• Real Estate (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Beach Fossils

12

• The Rhombus (San Francisco, CA)
• "Suburb"
• Margins (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Bandname

13

• Office (Chicago, IL)
• "Suburban Perfume"
• A Night at the Ritz (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The 1900s

14

• hollAnd (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Suburb On the Euphrates"
• The Paris Hilton Mujahideen (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Bandname

15

• Arcade Fire (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• "Suburban War"
• The Suburbs (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Broken Social Scene

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from Marc Maron's stand-up album Final Engagement (iTunes, Amazon, eMusic) about Traffic, as well as from the awesome Kunstler Cast podcast (subscribe) hosted by Duncan Crary, James Kunstler's TED Talk (watch), and PBS's Need to Know from a great segment on the changing demographics of the suburbs (watch).

1

• Pill Wonder (Seattle, WA)
• "Gone to the Market"
• Jungle/Surf (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Patrick Wolf

2
3

• The Like (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Release Me" and "Walk of Shame"
• Release Me (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Pipettes

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5
6

• Magic Kids (Memphis, TN)
• "Hey Boy", "Summer" and "Hideout"
• Memphis (iTunes, eMusic (for ("Hey Boy"), Amazon MP3)
• similar: Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, Ice Cream Socialists

7
8

• Rainbow Arabia (Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA)
• "Holiday in Congo" and "Harlem Sunrise"
• Kabukimono (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Husky Rescue

9
10

• Reading Rainbow (Philadelphia, PA)
• "A Life to Find" and "The Sun's Out"
• Mystical Participation (Buy Online)
• similar: The War on Drugs

11

• Wounded Lion (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Belt of Orion"
• Wounded Lion (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• this song is kinda similar to: Jonathan Richman

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features the opening theme song from the long-running children's PBS educational series Reading Rainbow (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3), and a snippet of the YouTube sensation Double Rainbow (watch).

SPECIAL ALL-COVERS EPISODE 1

• The Dahlmanns (Moss, Norway)
• "Holiday Road"
• The Dahlmanns EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• cover of: Lindsay Buckingham

2

• Hot Chip (London, UK) and Peter Gabriel (London, UK)
• "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
• the interwebs (download it off the blogs)
• cover of: Vampire Weekend

3

• The Bird and the Bee (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Tonight You Belong to Me"
• One Too Many Hearts EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• cover of: Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood

4

• Scala & Kolacny Brothers (Aarschot, Belgium)
• "Creep"
• On the Rocks (eMusic has a slightly different version, Amazon Import)
• cover of: Radiohead, watch the trailer for The Social Network

5

• Scala & Kolacny Brothers (Aarschot, Belgium)
• "Perfect Day"
• Dream On (eMusic, Amazon Import)
• cover of: Lou Reed

6
7

• Dean & Britta (NYC)
• "I'll Keep It with Mine" (Remix) and "Not a Young Man Anymore" (Remix)
• 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon) covers of: Nico, and The Velvet Underground

8

• The Budos Band (Staten Island, NYC)
• "Reppirt Yad"
• The Budos Band III (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon)
• cover of: The Beatles' "Day Tripper"

9
10

• Unisex Salon (NYC) and Adam Green (NYC)
• "Do You Want to Know a Secret" and "I Will"
• The Beatles Complete on Ukulele (free download)
• covers of: The Beatles

11

• Norah Jones (NYC)
• "Strangers"
• The Fall (Bonus Disc) (iTunes, Amazon)
• cover of: The Kinks

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features a clip from David Cross' most recent stand-up comedy album Bigger & Blackerer (iTunes, Amazon) about how a brand at Whole Foods was jewish.

1

• Cut Copy (Melbourne, Australia)
• "Where I'm Going"
• Where I'm Going (pre-release single) (free download)
• similar: Yeasayer, Junior Senior

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3
4

• Allo, Darlin' (London, UK)
• "Dreaming", "Woody Allen", "What Will Be Will Be"
• Allo, Darlin' (album is here,"Deaming" is at iTunes, eMusic, Amazon)
• similar: Camera Obscura, Blair

5
6

• The Love Language (Raleigh, NC)
• "Heart to Tell", "Summer Dust"
• Libraries (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes

7
8

• The Young Veins (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Take a Vacation!", "Cape Town"
• Take a Vacation! (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Kinks, Creation

9
10

• Neighbors (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Friends", "Hooligans"
• Hooligans EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Plushgun, The LK

11

• Voxtrot (Austin, TX)
• "Berlin, Without Return..."
• Berlin, Without Return... EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Smiths

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips Woody Allen's album The Night Club Years 1964-1968 (Amazon) discussing "Oral Contraception," as well as a clip from WNYC's On the Media tribute to the recently passed Daniel Shore (subscribe).

1

• Au Revoir Simone (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "All or Nothing" (Jensen Sportag Remix)
• Night Light (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• album is similar to: Cut Copy

2
3

• The Drums (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Book of Stories" and "Best Friend"
• The Drums (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Beach Boys, Surfer Blood

4

• The Recovery Club (Glasgow, Scotland)
• "Rest and Be Thankful"
• Rest and Be Thankful EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Julie Peel

5
6

• Betty & The Werewolves (London, UK)
• "Francis" and "Good as Gold"
• Tea Time Favourites (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Tender Trap, Helen Love

7

• The Clientele (London, UK)
• "Paper Planes"
• The AV Club Undercover (website)
• cover of: MIA

8

• Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, Scotland)
• "Confetti"
• The AV Club Undercover(website)
• cover of: The Lemonheads

9

• The Lemonheads (Boston, MA)
• "Beautiful"
• Varshons (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• cover of: Christina Aguilera

10

• The Lemonheads (Boston, MA)
• "Confetti"
• It's a Shame About Ray (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Evan Dando, Juliana Hatfield

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features a heavily edited clip from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show with guest Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor discussing the state of "liberals" on the Supreme Court and the role they have played for the last 40 years.

1

• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Home" (RAC Remix)
• RAC (free download)

2
3

• Johnny Flynn (London, England, UK)
• "Kentucky Pill" and "Howl"
• Been Listening (Amazon Import)
• similar: Ballboy

4
5

• Woods (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Blood Dries Darker" and "Suffering Season"
• At Echo Lake (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Beach Fossils, Real Estate

6
7

• Dum Dum Girls (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Jail La La" and "Bhang, Bhang, I'm a Burnout"
• I Will Be (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Raveonettes, The Vaselines

8

• Beach Fossils (Brooklyn, NY)
• "The Horse"
• Beach Fossils (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Real Estate

9

• Miles Kurosky (San Francisco, CA)
• "Pink Lips, Black Lungs"
• The Desert of Shallow Effects (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Beulah

10

• Yoko Ono (NYC) and Miles Kurosky (San Francisco, CA)
• "Let Me Count the Ways" (Remix 2)
• Myspace (Myspace)

11

• Yoko Ono (NYC)
• "Let Me Count the Ways"
• Milk and Honey (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: John Lennon

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from director Michael Marantz's Earth - The Pale Blue Dot (watch) a video featuring Carl Sagan offering an optimistic, science-based philosophy about human's place in the universe. If you can get past it sounding like a Lexus ad on a classical radio station, it's really quite moving. Also, download the Sun Mix made by my friend Jessica.

1

• The Radio Dept. (Lund, Sweden)
• "Heaven's on Fire"
• Clinging to a Scheme (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• quote at the beginning is Thurston Moore from this.

2
3

• Bye Bye Bicycle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• "Navigation" and "Agent"
• Compass (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Sambassadeur, Shout Out Louds

4
5

• The Brunettes (Auckland, New Zealand)
• "Red Rollerskates" and "Magic (No Bunny)"
• Paper Dolls (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Ladybug Transistor, The Blow

6
7

• Walking Sleep (Los Angeles, CA)
• "The Cause" and "Final Chapter"
• Measures (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Sara Radle, Office, The New Pornographers

8

• The New Pornographers (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• "Daughters of Sorrow"
• Together (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Neko Case, A.C. Newman, Destroyer

9

• Kirsty MacColl (Croydon, England, UK)
• "They Don't Know" (and "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim")
• Galore - The Best of Kirsty MacColl (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Beautiful South

10

• Peter Bjorn & John (Stockholm, Sweden)
• "Nothing to Worry About"
• Living Thing (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Lykke Li

11

• Vampire Weekend (NYC)
• "Jonathan Low"
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Givers, Discovery

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from the season finale of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, discussing the estate tax (or lack thereof) and business people who enter politics with guests Rachel Maddow and Jon Meacham (subscribe). If you find yourself seeking fine entertainment in NYC, go for the gold and attend an evening of the best magic you'll ever see. The millionaires' magician Steve Cohen, will blow your mind at Chamber Magic.

1

• Avi Buffalo (Long Beach, CA)
• "What's in It For?"
• Avi Buffalo (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: MGMT

2
3

• Little Dragon (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• "Fortune" and "Blinking Pigs"
• Machine Dreams (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Twin Sister

4

• Camera Obscura (Glasgow, Scotland)
• "The Sweetest Thing" (Richard Hawley Remix)
• The Nights are Cold EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Belle & Sebastian

5

• God Help the Girl (Glasgow, Scotland &Stockholm, Sweden)
• "A Down and Dusky Blonde"
• Baby You're Blind EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Camera Obscura, Belle & Sebastian, Those Dancing Days

6
7

• My Robot Friend (NYC)
• "By Your Side" (feat. Dean Wareham) and "23 Minutes in Brussels"
• Soft-Core (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Luna, Dean & Britta

8

• Dean & Britta (NYC)
• "Making Me Smile"
• Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies (iTunes, Amazon, Bonus Version!)
• cover of: Jack Early

9

• Julie Peel (France & Canada)
• "Strings That Tie to You"
• Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies (iTunes, Amazon, Bonus Version!)
• cover of: Jon Brion

10

• The Real Tuesday Weld (UK)
• "Little Boxes"
• Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies (iTunes, Amazon, Bonus Version!)
• cover of: Malvina Reynolds

11

• Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (Stanford-le-Hope, England, UK)
• "Get Better"
• The Logic of Chance (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Streets

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment featuring Stefon, their City Correspondent, giving pointers to some fun, family fun spots for visiting out-of-towners. Watch the full clips here (they're edited in the show).

1

• Still Flyin' (San Francisco, CA)
• "The Hott Chord Is Struck"
• Never Gonna Touch the Ground (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• this song is on a great, and free compilation via Amazon

2
3

• Gigi (with Chorus) (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• "Some Second Best" and "No, My Heart Will Go On"
• Maintenant (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: No Kids, She & Him

4
5

• Generationals (New Orleans, LA)
• "Angry Charlie" and "When They Fight, They Fight"
• Con Law (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

6

• Frightened Rabbit (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
• "Swim Until You Can't See Land"
• The Winter of Mixed Drinks (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The National, Shout Out Louds

7
8

• Mumford & Sons (London, UK)
• "Winter Winds" and "The Cave"
• Sigh No More (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Noah & the Whale

9
10

• Northern Portrait (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• "Crazy" and "When Goodness Falls"
• Criminal Art Lovers (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Smiths

11

• The Magic Whispers (Madrid, Spain)
• "100,000 Fireflies"
• Yin Yang (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon)
• similar: Would-Be-Goods, The Icicles

12

• The Magnetic Fields (NYC and now Los Angeles, CA)
• "The Dada Polka"
• Realism (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from BBC's That Mitchell and Webb Look parodying "participatory news", watch it here. Also a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher where he plays a real Alabama political ad (watch it here) followed by a couple of fake ones that take it through its logical next steps.

1

• Richard Hawley (London, UK)
• "Tonight the Streets are Ours"
• Tonight the Streets are Ours EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Burt Bacharach

2
3

• Sambassadeur (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• "Days" and "Small Parade"
• European (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Camera Obscura, The Ladybug Transistor

4
5

• Blair (Brooklyn, NY via New Orleans, LA)
• "Rampage" and "Wolfboy"
• Die Young (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• (oops. I said she was from New Orleans, but she's moved to Brooklyn)

6
7

• Dr. Dog (Philidelphia, PA)
• "Where'd All the Time Go?" and "Later"
• Shame, Shame (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Page France, James

8

• James (Manchester, UK)
• "Laid" (Acoustic)
• Radio WoodStock 25th Anniversary (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• (they have a new release in the UK, once it's out here I'll probably play it)

9
10

• Sally Seltmann (Melbourne, Australia)
• "Set Me Free" and "Dark Blue Angel"
• Heart That's Pounding (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: New Buffalo, Regina Spektor

11

• Tobin Sprout (Leland, MI)
• "Small Parade"
• What's Up Matador? (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Guided By Voices

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features an extended clip of Bill Moyers, one of my favorite people, about his admitted bias, from the final episode of Bill Moyers Journal. As well as a clip from NPR's All Things Considered recent interview with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about new national bike policy.

1

• Miike Snow (Stockholm, Sweden)
• "Animal"
• Mike Snow (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: MGMT, Passion Pit, The LK

2
3

• Smith Westerns (Chicago, IL)
• "My Heart" and "Dreams"
• Smith Westerns (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Thee Oh Sees

4

• The Drums (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Submarine"
• 'Summertime!' (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Beach Boys, Surfer Blood

5
6

• Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach, FL)
• "Twin Peaks" and "Catholic Pagans"
• Astrocoast (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Weezer

7

• Quasi (Portland, OR)
• "Everything & Nothing at All"
• American Gong (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Yo La Tengo

8

• Twin Sister (Brooklyn, NY)
• "I Want a House"
• Vampires with Dreaming Kids (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: White Hinterland

9

• Twin Sister (Brooklyn, NY)
• "All Around and Away We Go"
• Color Your Life (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: White Hinterland

10

• David Byrne (NYC) and Fatboy Slim (UK) feat. Nellie McKay (NYC)
• "How are You"
• Here Lies Love (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Talking Heads, Brighton Port Authority

11

• MGMT (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "I Found a Whistle"
• Congratulations (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Passion Pit

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live briefly addressing the Catholic Church's scandals and appolgies.Watch the whole thing.

1

• Adam Green (NYC)
• "Castles and Tassels"
• Minor Love (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Moldy Peaches

2
3

• She & Him (Los Angeles, CA and Portland, OR)
• "Home" and "Don't Look Back"
• Volume 2 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: M. Ward, Rilo Kiley

4
5

• Broken Bells ( Los Angeles, CA)
• "The High Road" and "The Ghost Inside"
• Broken Bells (iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic)
• similar: The Shins, Danger Mouse

6
7

• Islands (Montreal, Canada)
• "Vapours" and "Disarming the Car Bomb"
• Vapours (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Unicorns

8

• OK Go (Los Angeles, CA)
• "This Too Shall Pass"
• Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• Watch the video, and also the other video. They're both awesome.

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10

• Beach House (Baltimore, MD)
• "Zebra" and "Used to Be"
• Teen Dream (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Real Estate

11

• Crystal Stilts (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Sugarbaby"
• Love Is a Wave EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: an upbeat Joy Division

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SPECIAL ALL AFRICAN MUSIC EPISODE (PART 2 of 2) ? FOCUS ON GUITAR 1

• Muddyface (Zimbabwe)
• "Mukoma Wangu"
• Zimbabwe Frontline Vol. 3 Roots Rock Guitar Party (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

2
3

• Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (Zimbabwe)
• "Manheru Changamire" and "Tinokumbira Kuziva"
• Take One (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Thomas Mapfumo

4

• Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe)
• "Farirai Zimbabwe"
• African Classics: Thomas Mapfumo (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

5

• Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe)
• "Tombi Wachena"
• Spirits to Bite Our Ears: Singles 1977-1986 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

6

• Extra Golden (Nairobi, Kenya & Chicago, IL)
• "Jakolando"
• Hera Ma Nono (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Nomo

7

• Amadou & Mariam (Republic of Mali)
• "Coulibaly"
• Dimanche a Bamako (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• featuring, and produced by: Manu Chao

8

• Mabulu (Mozambique)
• "Bula Bula" (Pronounce Yourself)
• Soul Marrabenta (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

9

• Opotopo (easy Kabaka Brown) (Nigeria)
• "Belema"
• Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afrosounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

10

• Four Brothers (Zimbabwe)
• "Rudo Imoto"
• Makorokoto: Best of Four Brothers (Amazon MP3)

11

• The Green Arrows (Zimbabwe)
• "Hurungwe"
• 4-Track Recording Session (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from a bio of Hellelujah Chicken Run Band on PRI's The World (listen to the whole thing here), as well as clips from a 2004 interview with South African comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross discussing the differences and similarities between the U.S. and South Africa (listen to the whole thing here).

SPECIAL ALL AFRICAN MUSIC EPISODE (PART 1 of 2) ? ECLECTIC MIX 1

• Udokotela Shange Namajaha (South Africa)
• "Sobabamba" (We Will Get Them)
• The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol. 1 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

2

• The Very Best (Malawi & UK)
• "Julia" (Javelin Re-do)
• Myspace
• Remix of: The Very Best

3

• Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• "Beware Verwoerd" (Naants' Indod'Emnyama)
• An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon)

4

• Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• "Hapo Zamani"
• Pata Pata (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

5

• Emile YX? (Cape Town, South Africa)
• "African Sun"
• Who Am I? (buy online)
• Myspace

6

• The Black Hotels (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• "This Time"
• Films for the Next Century (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Desmond & The Tutus

7

• BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• "Lakeside"
• After Robots (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

8

• Desmond & The Tutus (Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
• "Saggy Bottom Speedo Swimmer"
• Tuckshop (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Strokes

9

• Gold Fish (Cape Town, South Africa)
• "Cruising Through" (radio edit)
• Perceptions of Pacha (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• like: Persephone's Bees' "Nice Day" with Citizen King's "Better Days"

10

• J.J. Keki (Uganda)
• "Ali Omu Yekka"
• Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

11

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
• "Abezizwa" (Uniting Nations Together)
• The Very Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (iTunes, Amazon MP3)

12

• Hirut Bekele & Police Orchestra (Ethiopia)
• "Ewnetegna Feker"
• Ethiopiques 13 : Ethiopian Groove the Golden Seventies (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

13

• Ayub Ogada (Kenya)
• "Dicholo"
• The Constant Gardener Soundtrack (iTunes, Amazon)

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from an Open University series called Environment: Journeys Through a Changing World (iTunes) about habituated gorillas and how conservation and tourism has effected the area, its people, and the gorillas themselves. A great watch, free in iTunes.

This is the First Episode of Season 7! 1

• Real Estate (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Beach Comber"
• Real Estate (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Ducktails, Beach Fossils

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3

• Vampire Weekend (NYC)
• "White Sky" and "Giant" (Bonus Track)
• Contra (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Givers, Discovery

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5

• Laura Veirs (Portland, OR)
• "I Can See Your Tracks" and "Summer is the Champion"
• July Flame (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Mirah, Dawn Landes

6

• Beach Fossils (Brooklyn, NY)
• "Daydream"
• Myspace
• similar: Real Estate

7

• Passion Pit (Boston, MA)
• "Sleepyhead"
• Manners (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: MGMT, Discovery

8

• Jenny Owen Youngs (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Here is a Heart"
• Transmitter Failure (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Regina Spektor

9

• Sunset (Austin, TX)
• "Fishtown"
• Gold Dissolves to Gray (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Duckworth Lewis Method

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from "Pina Horchata" (Vampire Weekend "Horchata" vs Rupert Holmes "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)") from the album Mysplice 4 (free download), and from the title track on Eugene Mirman's God is a 12-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's (iTunes, Amazon).

This is the Last Episode of Season 6! 1

• Noah and the Whale (London, UK)
• "Love of an Orchestra"
• The First Days of Spring (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Jens Lekman

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3

• The Ballet (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Dangerous" and "Rough Trade"
• Bear Life (iTunes)
• similar: The Hidden Cameras, The Magnetic Fields

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5

• Devendra Banhart (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Foolin'" and "Angelika"
• What Will We Be (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Bees, Little Joy

6

• Liechtenstein (Göteborg, Sweden)
• "All at Once"
• Survival Strategies in a Modern World (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Aislers Set

7

• The Albertans (Brooklyn, NYC & Vancouver, Canada)
• "OK"
• Legends of Sam Marco (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The XX

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10

• Flight of the Conchords (Wellington, New Zealand)
• "You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute", "Friends", & "Carol Brown"
• I Told You I Was Freaky (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Tim Minchin

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12

• So Cow (Tuam, Ireland)
• "Outskirts" and "Casablanca"
• So Cow (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Of Montreal meets Weezer

13

• The Ballet (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "In My Head (Version)"
• Teenbeat No.1 Record Label (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Hidden Cameras, The Magnetic Fields

14

• Noah and the Whale (London, UK)
• "Love of an Orchestra" (Nightwaves Remix)
• Love of an Orchestra (Remixs) (free download)
• also free: The Gold Panda Remix, Max Tundra Remix

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features a clip from WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show (subscribe) where his guests praise one of my surprise favorite movies of the year, Fantastic Mr. Fox. I expected I'd like it well enough, but ended up REALLY liking it.

Special Christmas Music Episode! 1

• Tim Minchin (London, UK and Western Australia)
• "White Wine in the Sun"
• Ready for This? (Live) (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Flight of the Conchords

2

• Would-Be-Goods (London, UK)
• "Christmas in Haiti"
• Mondo (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Tender Trap

3

• Camera Obscura (Glasgow, Scotland)
• "The Blizzard"
• The Blizzard (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Belle & Sebastian

4

• Margo Guryan (Los Angeles, CA)
• "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You"
• Christmas Cocktails with Santa's Swingin' Stocking Fillers (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Dory Previn

5

• KT Tunstall (St Andrews, Scotland)
• "Sleigh Ride"
• Winter Songs (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Lilly Allen

6

• The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (Wellington, NZ)
• "New Zealand Christmas Tree"
• The Heartache EP (buy online)
• similar: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

7

• Au Revoir Simone (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Christmas Time is Here"
• I'll Stay 'Til After Christmas (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Postmarks

8

• Shonen Knife (Osaka, Japan)
• "All I Want for Christmas"
• All I Want for Christmas EP (Amazon)
• similar: Pizzicato Five, My Little Airport

9

• A plus D (San Francisco, CA)
• "Give Da Jew Girl Toys"
• Santastic II: Clausome (free download)
• mashup of: Sarah Silverman and Trio

10

• Saturday Looks Good to Me (Ann Arbor, MI)
• "Christmas Blues"
• Sound On Sound (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Fred Thomas

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from The Onion News Network story "Report: Nation?s Wealthy Cruelly Deprived of True Meaning of Christmas" (watch it), as well as from a recent appearance of Bill Maher on The Jay Leno Show (watch it).

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• Givers (Lafayette, LA)
• "Up, Up, Up"
• Givers EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Vampire Weekend

2

• Vampire Weekend (NYC)
• "Cousins"
• Cousins EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• watch the Video

3

• Fool's Gold (Los Angeles, CA)
• "Surprise Hotel"
• Fool's Gold (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Nomo, The Very Best

4

• Slow Club (Sheffield, UK)
• "Giving Up on Love"
• Yeah So (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Los Campesinos!

5

• Soko (France) & Marina (Brazil)
• "Mum"
• blogs
• generously samples: War

6

• The BPA (Brighton) feat. David Byrne (NYC) & Dizzee Rascal
• "Toe Jam"
• I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• aka: Norman Cook, Fatboy Slim

7

• Yeasayer (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Ambling Alp"
• Ambling Alp EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: MGMT

8

• The Shins (Portland, OR)
• "It's Okay, Try Again"
• Yo Gabba Gabba! (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Flake Music

9

• The National (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Ashamed of the Story I Told"
• Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

10

• Shonen Knife (Osaka, Japan)
• "BBQ Party"
• Super Group (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Pizzicato Five, My Little Airport

11

• Kings of Convenience (Bergen, Norway)
• "Mrs. Cold"
• Declaration of Dependence (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• similar: Erlend Øye, The Whitest Boy Alive

A NOTE ABOUT THIS EPISODE

This episode is kind of a "catch up" episode. I realized the season is almost over and I had a bunch of stuff I hadn't gotten to yet, so in order to cram a lot in, there's only one song per band. Also, check out David Byrne's new book Bicycle Diaries.

Special Before-they-made-it Episode! 1

• Tarkio (Missoula, MT)
• "If I Had More Time"
• Omnibus (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• nowadays they're: The Decemberists

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3

• Flake Music (Albuquerque, NM)
• "Spanway Hits" and "The Shins"
• When You Land Here, It's Time to Return (Amazon)
• nowadays they're: The Shins

4

• All-Time Quarterback (Bellingham, WA)
• "Untitled"
• All-Time Quarterback (iTunes)
• nowadays they're: Death Cab for Cutie

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6

• Glitter Penis (Middletown, CT)
• "Sparkle John" and "Dust in My Ears"
• The Greatest Hits (free download)
• nowadays they're: MGMT

7

• MGMT (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Time to Pretend (Demo)"
• Time to Pretend EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• still: MGMT

8

• L'Homme Run (NYC)
• "Giving Up Da Gun"
• Demos
• nowadays they're: Vampire Weekend

9

• Realpeople (Santa Fe, NM)
• "Untitled 14"
• The Joys of Losing Weight
• nowadays they're: Beirut

10

• They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes"
• 1984 Demo Tape
• still: They Might Be Giants

11

• They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, NYC)
• "Rocket Ship"
• TMBG Unlimited August
• still: They Might Be Giants

12

• Ben Folds Five (Winston-Salem, NC)
• "Underground"
• 1990 Demo Tape
• nowadays he's just: Ben Folds

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features a clip from a segment on The Onion's Video News (subscribe to the video podcast) called Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck.

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• The Ballet (Brooklyn, NY)
• "The House on Fire"
• Bear Life (free download)
• similar: The Hidden Cameras

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3

• The Raveonettes (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• "Bang!" and "Last Dance"
• In and Out of Control (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• similar: The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine

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5

• Nellie McKay (NYC)
• "Crazy Rhythm" and "The Very Thought of You"
• Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• album of songs made popular by: Doris Day

6

• The Spinto Band (Wilmington, Delaware)
• "Brazil"
• Slim & Slender (EP) (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
• cover of the version by: Geoff Muldaur

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8

• Karen O & the Kids (NYC)
• "Building All is Love" and "Worried Shoes"
• Where the Wild Things Are (soundtrack) (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• "Worried Shoes" originally by: Daniel Johnston

9

• Har Mar Superstar (Los Angeles, CA) (feat.Adam Green) (NYC)
• "Never My Love"
• Whip It (Soundtrack) (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
• originally by: The Association

10

• Laura Veirs (Portland, OR)
• "Wide-Eyed, Legless"
• July Flame (free download)
• similar: Mirah, Dawn Landes

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about Al Franken's first bill which sought to ban funding for contractors who essentially allow the rape of their employees, and New Rules from Real Time with Bill Maher's season finale.

AND NOW SPECIAL BIT OF PROMOTION

On this episode I talked over "The Yes Men Theme - Credit Roll" by Neel Murgai and performed by Sunny Jain's Red Baraat Festival with Neel Murgai. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out The Yes Men's new movie The Yes Men Fix the World. It's a good, funny movie you'll enjoy and on top of that Kelli and I are both in it!