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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

Humans in Motion

This show featured people moving in various ways. Pretty specific, eh?

Song	Artist	Album
Until I Fall Away	Gin Blossoms	New Miserable Experience
We Both Go Down Together	The Decemberists	Picaresque
Follow You Down	Gin Blossoms	Outside Looking In: The Best Of The Gin Blossoms
Fly From Heaven	Toad the Wet Sproket	Dulcinea
Slide	Goo Goo Dolls	Dizzy Up The Girl
Stay Loose	Belle & Sebastian	Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Float On	Modest Mouse	Good News For People Who Love Bad News
In Limbo	Radiohead	Kid A
Sit Down. Stand Up.	Radiohead	Hail to the Thief
Armies Walk	Nada Surf	The Weight Is A Gift
Skip Divided	Thom Yorke	The Eraser
Run	Ben Kweller	Ben Kweller
Run For Your Life	Beatles, The	Rubber Soul
Tonight Let's Dance	Elefant	Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid

Same Name

Today's show featured pairs of songs that shared the same name:

Song	Artist	Album
Creep	Stone Temple Pilots	Thank You
Creep	Radiohead	Pablo Honey
Strange	R.E.M.	Document
Strange	Built To Spill	Ancient Melodies of the Future
I Need You	Beatles, The	Help!
I Need You	Dan Bern	Fleeting Days
Dizzy	Tommy Roe	Tommy Roe: Greatest Hits
Dizzy	Goo Goo Dolls	Dizzy Up The Girl
Daylight	Coldplay	A Rush of Blood to the Head
Daylight	Kenna	Make Sure They See My Face
Amsterdam	Coldplay	A Rush of Blood to the Head
Amsterdam	Guster	Keep It Together
Hey	Pixies	Doolittle
Hey	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium