First up, Los Angeles duo (which reminds me of Husky Rescue mixed with Portishead) Bitter:Sweet doing their song "The Mating Game" from their debut album by the same name (iTunes, Amazon). Next was THE essential Japanese girl-group Shonen Knife with their song "Forest Walk" from their brand new album Genki Shock! (iTunes, Amazon). Then new indie rockers from Oklahoma called Starlight Mints did "Inside of Me" from their brand new album (which comes out next week) Drowaton (iTunes, Amazon). And finally Mr. Airplane Man did "How Long" (a song that kinda reminds me of Mazzy Star) from their 2003 album C'mon DJ (iTunes, Amazon). This week's show has a clip from a CNN report about William Sloane Coffin, who sadly passed away last week. You can watch the whole segment here.