Night Eyes

Tonight's show will be a narrative sequence inspired by some recently-acquired Travis songs.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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