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April 17: Apologies for Slacking

Here’s what got played:

 

The Black Crowes – Jealous Again.mp3
Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom.mp3
My Morning Jacket – Holdin On To Black Metal.mp3
R.E.M. – Texarkana.mp3
Neil Young – Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders.mp3
The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon.mp3
Sting – All This Time.mp3
BoDeans – Good Things.mp3
The New Pornographers – All The Old Showstoppers.mp3
The Shins – Mildenhall.mp3
The Black Keys – Everlasting Light.mp3
The 1975 – She’s American.mp3
Roosevelt – Fever.mp3
Elvis Presley: Hound Dog.mp3
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness.mp3
Joe Cocker – The Ultimate Collection\07 With A Little Help From My Friends.mp3
Steve Gadd Band – Them Changes (Live).mp3
Miles Davis – So What.mp3
John Coltrane – Acknowledgement.mp3
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Blinded by the Light.mp3
The War On Drugs – Red Eyes.mp3
Kopecky – Quarterback.mp3
Seal – Crazy.mp3
Joywave – Somebody New.mp3
Kopps – Lose Control.mp3
Talking Under Water – Never Been.mp3
Lucy Rose – Our Eyes.mp3
Belle and Sebastian – The Power Of Three.mp3
King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse.mp3
Moose Blood – Cheek.mp3
Amy Lavere – Killing Him.mp3
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
Earl St. Clair – Ain’t Got It Like That (feat. PJ).mp3
Cloud Nothings – Modern Act.mp3
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Stop the Bus.mp3
Mogwai – San Pedro.mp3

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March 20: Irish, Chuck Berry, and SxSW

A busy week called for a wide variety of topics: bands that made noise at South By Southwest, Belated Irish Music, and a tribute to the late great Chuck Berry. Also tossed in a little Rochester flavor, too. Hope you enjoyed:
The Beatles – Abbey Road & Hey Jude (2000)\01. Come Together.mp3
Black 47 Funky Ceili.mp3
Dropkick Murphys – You’ll Never Walk Alone.mp3
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Dirty Old Town.mp3
The Dady Brothers – My Own Dear Galway Bay.mp3
Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon – The Galway Girl.mp3
The Chieftains & Roger Daltrey – Behind Blue Eyes (Live).mp3
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Version 1983 – Remastered).mp3
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town.mp3
The Saw Doctors – N17.mp3
Van Morrison – Caravan.mp3
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device.mp3
The Young Dubliners – Waxies Dargle.mp3
Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies.mp3
The Pogues – Streams Of Whiskey.mp3
Barleyjuice – Weekend Irish.mp3
The Bleeding Irish – Come Out Ye Black and Tans.mp3
Horslips – Loneliness.mp3
Chuck Berry – Little Queenie.mp3
Social Distortion – Maybeline.mp3
MC5 – Back In The USA.mp3
Emmylou Harris – [You Never Can Tell] C’est La Vie.mp3
Nina Simone – Brown Eyed Handsome Man.mp3
The Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven.mp3
The Rolling Stones – Carol.mp3
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes.mp3
Kopps – Thermometer.mp3
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
Wanda Jackson – Memphis, Tennessee.mp3
The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
L.A. Salami – That Ain’t Me.mp3
Valerie June – Shakedown.mp3
Dude York – Paralyzed.mp3
Hoops – Rules.mp3
Feeder – Eskimo.mp3
Sleigh Bells – It’s Just Us Now.mp3
  Tumbledown – In Between.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Mystery Trip.mp3
Spacehog – In The Meantime.mp3
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore.mp3
Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3

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Jan. 9:

No real theme tonight, just  good tunes, and a few songs for my dear friend Adam, who we lost 10 years ago Monday, way, way too soon.

  1. John Hiatt – Cry Love.mp3
  2. Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight.mp3
  3. Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
  4. Ra Ra Riot – Shadowcasting.mp3
  5. Guster – What You Wish For.mp3
  6. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues.mp3
  7. The Vaughan Brothers – Tick Tock.mp3
  8. School of Fish – 3 Strange Days.mp3
  9. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound- I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
  10. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness.mp3
  11. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Brain Matter.mp3
  12. Dropkick Murphys – Blood.mp3
  13. Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket.mp3
  14. Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
  15. 40 Rod Lightning – Tide of Whiskey.mp3
  16. Backyard Tire Fire – Time With You.mp3
  17. Harmonica Lewinski – Head Honcho.mp3
  18. Esmé Patterson – Feel Right.mp3
  19. G. Love & Special Sauce – Cold Beverage.mp3
  20. The Shins – New Slang (Iron Horse Bluegrass Cover).mp3
  21. Trampled By Turtles – Walt Whitman.mp3
  22. Hayseed Dixie – Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3
  23. Duran Duran – Thank You.mp3
  24. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan.mp3
  25. Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallelujah.mp3
  26. Joseph Arthur – Honey And The Moon.mp3
  27. Joywave – Nice House.mp3
  28. Sia – The Girl You Lost To Cocaine.mp3
  29. Jai Wolf – Drive (feat. The Chain Gang of 1974).mp3
  30. Kate Nash – Kiss That Grrrl.mp3
  31. Phoenix – 1901.mp3
  32. Living Colour – Glamour Boys.mp3
  33. Deap Vally – Royal Jelly.mp3
  34. Pete Droge – If You Don_t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself).mp3
  35. Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked.mp3
  36. Van Morrison – Wild Night.mp3
  37. The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
  38. U2 – Love And Peace Or Else.mp3
  39. Pete Yorn – Lost Weekend.mp3
  40. RAND – Brighter Side.mp3
  41. Ryan Adams – To Be Without You.mp3
  42. Jimi Hendrix\South Saturn Delta\02 Little Wing.mp3
  43. Dawes – A Little Bit Of Everything.mp3

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Dec 26: The Best of 2016

It was my last shift of 2016 and so it was time for one of the great traditions for music geeks everywhere: the year-end best of list. I picked a few songs that I found cool in the last year, and played them in no particular order. Hope you enjoyed. Did I miss any of your favorites? Let me know in the comments.

  1. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.
  2. Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out
  3. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times.mp3
  4. Moose Blood – Cheek.mp3
  5. Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me
  6. Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
  7. The War on Drugs – Touch of Grey.mp3
  8. Brian Fallon – Among Other Foolish Things.mp3
  9. Alejandro Escovedo – Heartbeat Smile.mp3
  10. The Record Company – Off The Ground.mp3
  11. David Bowie – I Can’t Give Everything Away.mp3
  12. Wilco – Nope.mp3
  13. Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3
  14. Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
  15. Frankie Cosmos – On the Lips.mp3
  16. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me.mp3
  17. Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
  18. The 1975 – She’s American.mp3
  19. Blood Orange – Best to You.mp3
  20. Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
  21. Paul Simon – Wristband.mp3
  22. Mitski – Your Best American Girl.mp3
  23. Communist Daughter – Roll a Stone.mp3
  24. Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.mp3
  25. Esperanza Spalding – One.mp3
  26. Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.mp3
  27. Radiohead – Burn the Witch.mp3
  28. The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
  29. Lucinda Williams – Dust.mp3
  30. Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little).mp3
  31. Hayes Carll – Drive.mp3
  32. Colleen Green – U Coulda Been An A.mp3
  33. Japanese Breakfast – In Heaven.mp3
  34. Modern Baseball – Just Another Face
  35. Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry.mp3
  36. Father John Misty – Real Love Baby.mp3
  37. Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore.mp3
  38. Muddy Magnolias – Devil’s Teeth.mp3
  39. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder.mp3
  40. Steel Mill – He’s Guilty (The Judge Song).mp3
  41. Warpaint – New Song.mp3

 


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Dec. 12: The Russians Edition

 

Sting leads of a night full of random goodies.

Sting – Russians.mp3
The Colorblind James Experience- Kojak Chair.mp3
The Beatles – 11.All You Need Is Love.mp3
Blues Traveler – But Anyway.mp3
Bob Dylan Meet Me In The Morning.mp3
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3
Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little).mp3
Muddy Magnolias – Devil’s Teeth.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – Kinky Hypocrite.mp3
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights.mp3
Social Distortion – Ring Of Fire.mp3
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Broken Hearted Savior.mp3
The Cure – Fascination Street.mp3
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule.mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Night Terror.mp3
Car Seat Headrest – Just What I Needed _ Not Just What I Needed.mp3
The Big Pink – Dominos.mp3
Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting.mp3
Tame Impala – Led Zeppelin (Bonus Track).mp3
Caribou – Silver.mp3
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
INTERPOL – Slow Hands.mp3
Esperanza Spalding – One.mp3
Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.mp3
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes_.mp3
The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon.mp3
Gin Blossoms – Allison Road.mp3
XTC – Mayor of Simpleton.mp3
Shakes – Strange Tides.mp3
The Raconteurs – Salute Your Solution.mp3
The Record Company – Hard Day Coming Down.mp3
The New Pornographers – All The Old Showstoppers.mp3
Sam Roberts Band – Kid Icarus.mp3
Dar Williams – As Cool As I Am.mp3
Matthew Good – Army Of Lions.mp3
Strawberry Whiplash – Stop, Look and Listen.mp3
Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch.mp3
Spacetrucker – Miles Away.mp3
Neil Young – Helpless.mp3
U2 – Running To Stand Still.mp3


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Nov. 28 Playlist

Alt-country, NYC punk, comedy, a little bit of everything for a Monday night.
  1. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning (Remastered)
  2. Cross Canadian Ragweed – Late Last Night.mp3
  3. Reverend Horton Heat – Callin’ In Twisted.mp3
  4. Uncle Tupelo – Chickamauga.mp3
  5. Steve Earle – Copperhead Road.mp3
  6. Old 97’s – Rollerskate Skinny.mp3
  7. Alejandro Escovedo – Heartbeat Smile.mp3
  8. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Last DJ.mp3
  9. Bill _The Kid_ Emerson – Red Hot.mp3
  10. Birdmonster – Alabama.mp3
  11. Butch Walker – Synthesizers.mp3
  12. Fatboy Slim – Praise You.mp3
  13. Calypso – Casually Sad Mercedes.mp3
  14. Sly & The Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher.mp3
  15. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City.mp3
  16. Simon & Garfunkel – America.mp3
  17. Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3
  18. Spin Doctors – You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast.mp3
  19. The Gaslight Anthem – Ain’t That a Shame.mp3
  20. Everclear – Santa Monica.mp3
  21. Blondie – One Way or Another.mp3
  22. Johnny Thunders – You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory.mp3
  23. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation.mp3
  24. Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away (Remastered Version).mp3
  25. Patti Smith – People Have the Power.mp3
  26. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
  27. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream.mp3
  28. Sting – All This Time.mp3
  29. Frightened Rabbit – Get Out.mp3
  30. We Were Promised Jetpacks – Safety in Numbers.mp3
  31. British Sea Power – Waving Flags.mp3
  32. Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World.mp3
  33. Julia Nunes – Happy Medium.mp3
  34. The Colorblind James Experience – Funky West Side.mp3
  35. Muddy Magnolias – Devil’s Teeth.mp3
  36. Spinal Tap – Stonehenge.mp3
  37. Steve Martin – King Tut.mp3
  38. Richard Cheese – Brass Monkey.mp3
  39. The Two Man Gentlemen Band – Fancy Beer.mp3
  40. Jesse Malin – Burning The Bowery.mp3
  41. Jimi Hendrix – Mojo Man.mp3
  42. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From The Shell).mp3
  43. The Band – The Weight

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Nov. 14: Weird Music for Weird Times

The Chinese supposedly say “May you live in interesting times.” Well, I guess this qualifies. I played some interesting music Monday night, I think. I hope.
Weird Al_ Yankovic – NOW That’s What I Call Polka!.mp3
The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer.mp3
Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You.mp3
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son.mp3
Disco Biscuits – Gimme Three Steps.mp3
The Beatles – Dear Prudence.mp3
Communist Daughter – Roll a Stone.mp3
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Monday, Monday.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Live and Die.mp3
Moose Blood – Gum.mp3
Phoenix – 1901.mp3
The Faint – The Geeks Were Right.mp3
Joywave – Somebody New.mp3
Wilson Pickett – Let’s Kiss And Make Up.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Brain Matter.mp3
Huey Lewis & The News – I Want A New Drug.mp3
Black 47 – James Connolly.mp3
U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky.mp3
Arcade Fire – Antichrist Television Blues.mp3
Yeasayer – Rome.mp3
Blues Traveler – Optimistic Thoughts.mp3
Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey.mp3
Guster – Fa Fa.mp3
Barenaked Ladies – Life, In A Nutshell.mp3
Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance.mp3
R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend (Remastered).mp3
John Mellencamp – Authority Song.mp3
The Velvet Underground – i’m waiting for the man.mp3
Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance.mp3
Indigo Girls – Shame On You.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Johnny 99.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.mp3
Izo FitzRoy – Here I Come (Moods Remix).mp3
Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
Old 97’s – Won’t Be Home.mp3
Buffalo Springfield  For What It’s Worth.mp3
Jellyfish – The King Is Half-Undressed.mp3
Julian Moon – Good Girl.mp3
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3

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Oct. 24: A trip to Memphis

I went to Memphis for the best conference going (#heweb16) and got the opportunity to immerse myself in the city’s musical history. I came back to Rochester itching to play some Memphis tunes. So, Monday’s set was all Memphis.
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness.mp3
The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There.mp3
Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour.mp3
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88.mp3
Booker T. & The M.G.’s – Green Onions.mp3
Al Green – Love and Happiness.mp3
Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff.mp3
B.B. King – B.B. Blues.mp3
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes.mp3
The Prisonaires – Just Walking In The Rain.mp3
Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings – Ooby Dooby.mp3
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.mp3
Sam & Dave – Hold On I’m Coming.mp3
Million Dollar Quartet – I Shall Not Be Moved.mp3
U2 – Angel Of Harlem.mp3
ZZ Top – La Grange.mp3
R.E.M. – Turn You Inside-Out.mp3
The Replacements – Alex Chilton.mp3
Big Star – In The Street.mp3
The Box Tops – The Letter.mp3
Alex Chilton – I Wish I Could Meet Elvis.mp3
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog.mp3
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues.mp3
Bill Justis – Raunchy (Instrumental).mp3
Billy The Kid Emerson – Red Hot.mp3
Billy Lee Riley – Flying Saucers Rock and Roll.mp3
Little Milton – Somebody Told Me.mp3
Ollie & The Nightengales – I Got A Sure Thing.mp3
The Dramatics – In The Rain.mp3
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain.mp3
Amy Lavere – Killing Him.mp3
Magic Kids – Little Red Radio.mp3
Lucero – Baby Don’t You Want Me.mp3
John Paul Keith – We Got All Night.mp3
Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ At Midnight.mp3
Memphis Minnie – When The Levee Breaks.mp3
W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band – Muscle Shoals Blues.mp3
Memphis Slim – Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues) Take 2.mp3
Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle (Single Version).mp3
Isaac Hayes – Theme From _Shaft_.mp3
Bobby Blue Bland – It’s My Life.mp3
Sonny Burgess & The Pacers – We Wanna Boogie.mp3
Elvis Presley – That’s All Right Mama (feat. Scotty & Bill).mp3
Jerry Lewis & His Pumping Piano – Great Balls Of Fire.mp3
Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line.mp3
Charlie Rich – Lonely Weekends.mp3
Johnnie Taylor – Who’s Making Love.mp3
Rufus Thomas – Walking The Dog.mp3
Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz, Look At His Eyes.mp3
Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood.mp3
The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger.mp3
The Mad Lads – Whatever Hurts You.mp3
Carla Thomas and Otis Redding – It Takes Two.mp3

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Oct. 3

Fun on a Monday night, with an eye toward all the new coolness flowing down toward us in 2016.

  1. RAC feat. Nate Henricks – Back of the Car
  2. Pearl Jam – Life Wasted.
  3. Steel Train – Bullet.
  4. Weird Al Yankovic – Spam
  5. Kaleo – No Good.
  6. The Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun.
  7. Frightened Rabbit – Break.
  8. The War On Drugs – Burning.
  9. Roosevelt – Fever.
  10. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks.
  11. Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
  12. Band Of Horses – Casual Party
  13. Wilco – Nope
  14. Car Seat Headrest – Fill in the Blank.
  15. Colleen Green – U Coulda Been An A.
  16. Dawes – Things Happen.
  17. Lake Street Dive – Hell Yeah.
  18. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder.
  19. Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.
  20. Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction.
  21. Ben Kweller – Wasted & Ready.
  22. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
  23. Barenaked Ladies – Jane.
  24. Bruce Springsteen – Janey Don’t You Lose Heart.
  25. Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.
  26. Mayer Hawthorne – Dreaming
  27. Galactic – Into The Deep (feat. Macy Gray).
  28. The Chesterfield Kings – Where Do We Go From Here
  29. Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
  30. The Record Company – Off The Ground
  31. Drive-By Truckers – Surrender Under Protest.
  32. The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You.
  33. Green Dreams – Poor Man.
  34. Declan McKenna – Isombard
  35. Izo FitzRoy – Here I Come (Moods Remix)
  36. Led Zeppelin – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
  37. Spinal Tap – Break Like The Wind\08. Break Like The Wind
  38. Local Natives – Coins.
  39. The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter And The Monkey Man.
  40. Ryan Adams – These Girls
  41. The Crooked North\I Can’t Get Enough.
  42. Vijay Iyer – Human Nature

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Sept. 19

A whole bunch of good stuff….thanks for tuning in.
Drive By Truckers – This  Job
The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings
Alejandro Escovedo – Always a Friend.
Band Of Horses – Knock Knock
Guster – Do You Love Me.
Parsonsfield – The Power of Love.
Talking Heads – And She Was
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.
Sam Cooke – Having A Party.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Flow with It (You Got Me Feeling Like).
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out
INXS – Devil Inside.
Beach Slang – Punks In A Disco Bar
King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse
Roosevelt – Fever.
Jai Wolf – Drive (feat. The Chain Gang of 1974).
Parts and Labor – Nowheres Nigh
Joywave – Somebody New
Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, & Prince – While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Bruce Springsteen – Long Walk Home
The Black Keys – Tighten Up
Radiohead – Karma Police
Cyndi Lauper – She Bop.
Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple.
Tokyo Police Club – Hot Tonight
The Wombats – Pink Lemonade.
Parliament – Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Flogging Molly – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Flogging Molly
The Breeders – Cannonball
Polar Bear Club – For Show.
Jack White – Love Is Blindness.
U2 – God Part II
Tancred – Pens
Elizabeth Cook – Methadone Blues.
The Frightnrs – Nothing More to Say.
Esmé Patterson – Feel Right
The Tragically Hip – Machine
The Shins – New Slang.
Todd Snider – My Generation (Part 2)
Freelance Whales – Kilojoules
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Trust in Time.
Peter Gabriel – Biko.

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