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Season 11 Episode 05: April 28th, 2014

Tommy Fogerty & The Blue Velvets (El Cerrito, CA)
01 Bonita
Doo Wop Finders Keepers Vol. 1
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
Tom Fogerty before: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Frankie Cosmos (NYC)
02 School
03 Owen
04 Sad 2
Zentropy
(bandcamp, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

William Onyeabor (Nigeria)
05 Good Name
Who is William Onyeabor?
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: The Funkees
here's a 30 minute documentary about tracking him down

The Vaccines (West London, UK)
06 Do You Want a Man (remix) (Rework of Heaven & Hell)
What?!
(luakapop)
remix of: William Onyeabor

The Brand New Life (NYC)
07 Coconut Husband
Coconut Husband EP
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: The Budos Band, Calibro 35

Carsick Cars (Beijing, China)
08 15 Minutes Older
09 Wei Cheng
3
(iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Hedgehog

Darwin Deez (NYC)
10 You Can't Be My Girl
Songs for Imaginative People
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Two Door Cinema Club
here's the song's wonderfuly composited video

Broncho (Tulsa, OK)
11 Try Me Out Sometime
12 Record Store
Can't Get Past the Lips
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Jaill

Of Montreal (Athens, GA)
13 Jigsaw Puzzle
Jigsaw Puzzle EP
(stereogum)
similar to: Miniature Tigers

Also On This Episode

This episode features clips from a fun segment from NPR's All Things Considered tracing the origins of William Onyeabor, as well as from the new Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, where in episode 2 Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how every living thing is related, and this is revealed through DNA.