Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
My Eyes | Travis | The Boy with No Name |
Lazy Eye | Silversun Pickups | Carnavas |
Shut Your Eyes | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open |
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite | R.E.M. | Automatic for the People |
Save Tonight | Eagle-Eye Cherry | Desireless |
One Night | Travis | The Boy with No Name |
Nightswimming | R.E.M. | Automatic for the People |
Swim until You Can't See Land | Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks |
Paper Boats | Nada Surf | Let Go |
Pipe Dreams | Travis | The Invisible Band |
Open Your Eyes | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open |
Your Eyes Open | Keane | Hopes and Fears |
Eyes Wide Open | Travis | The Boy with No Name |
Monday, May 24, 2010
Night Eyes
Tonight's show will be a narrative sequence inspired by some recently-acquired Travis songs.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
SubPop
We continue with another prolific pseudo-indie label, SubPop Records, who famously got their start by signing several Seattle grunge bands including Nirvana. Since then, their repertoire has greatly expanded, as we'll hear in tonight's show.
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
About a Girl | Nirvana | Bleach |
Black River Killer | Blitzen Trapper | Furr |
When U Love Somebody | Fruit Bats | Mouthfuls |
Hearts of Iron | Handsome Furs | Plague Park |
Each Coming Night | Iron & Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days |
White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes |
Hiphopopotomus vs. Rhymenoceros | Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords |
Funeral | Band of Horses | Everything All the Time |
Such Great Heights | The Postal Service | Give Up |
New Slang | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World |
I'm a S**t | Jason Loewenstein | At Sixes and Sevens |
Paperwings | Damien Jurado | I Break Chairs |
Girl on the Wing | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World |
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight | The Postal Service | Give Up |
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Bullfighting
Tonight's show showcases the sounds of indie label Matador. We'll hear a song each from several of their artists as we build a portrait of their overall musical style.
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
Stockholm Syndrome | Yo La Tengo | I can hear the heart beating as one |
Float On | Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Like Bad News |
People Got a Lotta Nerve | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
I Turn My Camera On | Spoon | Gimme Fiction |
Miracle Drug | A.C. Newman | The Slow Wonder |
Sing Me Spanish Techno | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema |
Sleep the Clock Around | Belle & Sebastian | The Boy with the Arab Strap |
Teenage FBI | Guided by Voices | Do the Collapse |
Obstacle 1 | Interpol | Turn On the Bright Lights |
Never Had Nobody Like You | M. Ward | Hold Time |
F**k and Run | Liz Phair | Exile in Guyville |
Teen Age Riot | Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation |
Sweet Jane (Live) | Lou Reed | Berlin: Live at St. Anne's Warehouse |
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Dual Mystery Theme
Once again our songs outline a work of fiction. This time there is also something else all the songs have in common. See if you can figure out both. Answers at the bottom...
Story: Titanic
Secondary Theme: All Female Lead Vocals
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
Islands | The XX | XX |
Out at Sea | Heartless Bastards | The Mountain |
#1 Crush | Garbage | Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack |
Under Ice | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love |
Winter | Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes |
Blue Lips | Regina Spektor | Far |
Hide and Seek | Imogen Heap | Speak for Yourself |
Are You Out There | Dar Williams | End of the Summer |
Help I'm Alive | Metric | Fantasies |
Save Me | Aimee Mann | Magnolia |
Sweet Surrender | Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing |
Kind and Generous | Natalie Merchant | Natalie Merchant Retrospective |
Solitude Standing | Suzanne Vega | Solitude Standing |
Ode to My Family | The Cranberries | No Need to Argue |
Story: Titanic
Secondary Theme: All Female Lead Vocals
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Fantastic Voyage
Tonight we'll take a journey through a range of climes, both physical and musical. Follow along here for live updates to the playlist.
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
The Mountain | Heartless Bastards | The Mountain |
Find the River | R.E.M. | Automatic for the People |
Down River | The Temper Trap | Conditions |
When the River Meets the Sea | John Denver and the Muppets | A Christmas Together |
In the Aeroplane over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane over the Sea |
Bouncing off Clouds | Tori Amos | American Doll Posse |
Cloudbursting | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love |
Somewhere over the Rainbow | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | Facing Future |
Across the Sea | Weezer | Pinkerton |
Wet Sand | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium |
A Forest | The Cure | Staring at the Sea |
The Field | Mason Jennings | Blood of Man |
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Mystery Themes!
Tonight's show will feature two sets of songs, each of which has a secret theme. I'll update the playlist as we go, and listeners are invited to make guesses about what they think the theme might be. Maybe I can give a prize for anyone who's able to guess each before I announce the answer.
I'll start you off with the hint that both themes tonight are works of fiction.
Congrats to Leo Pezzementi for being the first to guess this one.
Highlight below for the answer:
The Great Gatsby
Highlight below for the answer:
Veronica Mars
I'll start you off with the hint that both themes tonight are works of fiction.
Part 1:
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
Creep | Radiohead | Pablo Honey |
Riches and Wonders | The Mountain Goats | All Hail West Texas |
Baby You're a Rich Man | The Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour |
Love and Longing | stellastarr* | Harmonies for the Haunted |
There Is a Light that Never Goes Out | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead |
Drive My Car | The Beatles | Rubber Soul |
Barrel of a Gun | Guster | Lost and Gone Forever |
Congrats to Leo Pezzementi for being the first to guess this one.
Highlight below for the answer:
The Great Gatsby
Part 2:
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
It's a Crime | The Magnetic Fields | 69 Love Songs |
Eli, the Barrow Boy | The Decemberists | Picaresque |
Building a Mystery | Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing |
Teenage FBI | Guided by Voices | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Soundtrack |
Listen to the Darkside | Charlie Mars | Listen to the Darkside |
Watching the Detectives | Elvis Costello | My Aim is True |
Veronica | Elvis Costello | Spike |
Highlight below for the answer:
Veronica Mars
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Women's Names
Today's show is composed of songs whose titles are a woman's name. There's a fair amount of variability in where things go from there, though. Many, though not all go the love song route that you might expect. Stay tuned for the exceptions...as well as the norms.
Song | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
Allison | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True |
Veronica | Elvis Costello | Spike |
Naomi | Neutral Milk Hotel | On Avery Island |
Michelle | The Beatles | Rubber Soul |
Annabelle | Hail Social | Modern Love and Death |
O Valencia! | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife |
Abigail, Belle of Kilronan | The Magnetic Fields | 69 Love Songs |
Luka | Suzanne Vega | Solitude Standing |
Sexy Sadie | The Beatles | White Album |
Lovely Rita | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Annie | Elefant | Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid |
Ester | Elefant | Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid |
Madame George | Van Morisson | Astral Weeks |
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