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).