First up, England's indie pop six-piece
Lucky Soul did "Get Outta Town!" from their recent debut album
The Great Unwanted (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon). Next up
TSiMH favorites and a band often compared (but I don't really hear it) to
Luck Soul,
The Pipettes (maybe cause they're from England too?) did "Really That Bad" from their recently/strangely re-released
Your Kisses are Wasted on Me EP (
iTunes,
Amazon). Then Sweden's awesome and in this care distinctly
Cure-esque
Shout Out Louds did "Tonight I Have to Leave It" from their EP by the same name (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon) and also from their forthcoming album
Our Ill Wills (
Amazon) due out in September. Next soul legend
Minnie Riperton did "Les Fleur" (which I heard first at
res fest in 2001 in the short video montage
The History of Gaming) and can be found on any number of records, I pulled it from
Petals: The Collection (
Amazon) but it can also be found in
iTunes and
eMusic. Then Italian musician/filmmaker/artist
Franco Battiato did a cover of
The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" as found on his 1999 album
Fleur (
Amazon) or on the soundtrack (
iTunes,
Amazon) to the awesome movie
Children of Men (
imdb,
Netflix,
Amazon). And finally, a great mashup of
Willie Nelson,
U2, and
MARRS called "Always with You" made by Sweden's
Divide & Kreate from the album
Best of Bootie 2006 (
website).
The episode features a clip from the 20th anniversary episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross (subscribe).