(Special All Request, 2-Year Anniversary Episode!) The first request I ever got from a guy named
Harry, the band is
Brazzaville, and he requested a track from the 2004 album
Welcome to Brazzaville (
iTunes,
Amazon), as such we heard "Foreign Disaster Days." Next was a couple of songs requested by
Ritmo Latino host and friend of show
Neil Hohmann. We heard "Tardes de Cafe" by
La Buena Vida which can be found on a compilation called
Sevensummers - International Pop, Vol. 2 (
iTunes). Also "Boombox" by the NYC based
Mosquitos from their self-titled 2003 album (
iTunes,
Amazon). We also heard a good call from
Johnny in Ireland who suggested
The Chalets who he described as "Le Tigre meets the B-52s" which is a great description. We heard "Love Punch" from their most recent album
Check In (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next a request from
William who recommended Melborn, Australia's
The Beautiful Girls, they did "Less" from their 2004 album
Learn Yourself (
iTunes,
Amazon). Then another request from very long ago from a listener named
Andrew, he wanted to hear the Brooklyn-based band
Johnny Society, so they did "Reach Me" from their recent album
Coming to Get You (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next we heard a mashup of
Green Day,
Travis and
Oaisis requested by
Glenn from Virginia with the song "Boulevard of Broken Songs" which has not been officially released of course, but is
downloadable from here as of the date for this show. Then as recommended by
Rob Walker (author of
a fantastic blog about the song "St. James Infirmary" and New Orleans) we heard
The Hot 8 Brass Band doing a great rendition of "Fly Away" from their album
Rock with The Hot 8 (
Amazon). Then we heard a request from my girlfriend
Kelli who wanted me to play Sweden's pop great
Jens Lekman's "You are the Light" from his album
When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (
iTunes,
Amazon) (and you know I couldn't say no to that, not that I would have wanted to). Then
Anders Dahl (who despite his name isn't the
famous botanist, opting for
great Flash work instead) requested fellow Swede
Stina Nordenstam, so we heard her song "Get On with Your Life" from her album
The World Is Saved (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next was a request from the artist himself, we heard
Peter Dutton from Derbyshire, UK doing what I think is his best song to date "Down to the Sea" from his
3rd EP which can be
downloaded for free from his site. And finally we heard long time listener
Graham McCarey's request for his band
theoceanfloor doing their song "Spill" from their
The Whole Animal EP (
online).
This episode features clips from Patton Oswalt's album Feeling Kinda Patton (iTunes, Amazon) as well as a clip from Tom Mabe's Revenge on the Telemarketers Round Two (iTunes, Amazon).