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Lower Dens (Baltimore, MD)
"Batman"
Batman EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
this song has a little Aimee Mann sound to it

2

Walking Sleep (Los Angeles, CA)
"She's Been Lying"
TARP Sessions 1 EP (free download)
similar: The Zombies, Ideal Free Distribution

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Walking Sleep (Los Angeles, CA)
"Without Me"
TARP Sessions 3 EP (free download)
similar: The Zombies, Ideal Free Distribution

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The Specific Heats (NYC)
"Hockey Fight Song (a.k.a. Punky Surfy)" and "Old News"
"Cursed!" (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

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Shugo Tokumaru (Japan)
"Lahaha" and "Malerina"
Port Entropy (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

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The Decemberists (Portland, OR)
"Rox in the Box"
The King Is Dead (iTunes, Amazon MP3)

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The Decemberists (Portland, OR)
"Cuyahoga"
Live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic (free download)
cover of: R.E.M.

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R.E.M. (Athens, GA)
"Fall On Me"
Life's Rich Pageant (iTunes, Amazon MP3)

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Tiny Fireflies (Chicago, IL)
"Don't Wait Until I Fall Asleep"
Between Two Waves Vol. C (free download)

12

Tiny Fireflies (Chicago, IL)
"The End of the World"
ePop005 EP (free download)

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D-load: May 16th, 2011

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Dengue Fever (Los Angeles, CA)
"Cannibal Courtship"
Cannibal Courtship (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Budos Band

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3

Peter Bjorn & John (Stockholm, Sweden)
"Dig a Little Deeper" and "Second Chance"
Gimme Some (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Shout Out Louds

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Wild Nothing (Blacksburg, VA)
"Chinatown" and "O Lilac"
Gemini (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Beach Fossils, Real Estate

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Noah and the Whale (London, England, UK)
"L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." and "Tonight is the Kind of Night"
Last Night On Earth (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty

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Tennis (Denver, CO)
"Baltimore" and "Marathon"
Cape Dory (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Best Coast

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Laura Cantrell (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Kitty Wells Dresses"
Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music (free download)
did an awesome duet with: Ballboy

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This episode didn't contain any sound clips, but if it had, it probably would have been Bill Maher's New Rule about Christians not being allowed to call themselves that while celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, and condoning torture. Watch it here.

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D-load: May 2nd, 2011

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The Raveonettes (Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Forget That You're Young"
Raven in the Grave (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Dum Dum Girls

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3

The Vaccines (London, England, UK)
"Norgaard" and "If You Wanna"
What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? (iTunes UK, Amazon UK)
similar: The Ramones

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Crystal Stilts (NYC)
"Sycamore Tree" and "Shake the Shackles"
In Love with Oblivion (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Joy Division

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Frank LoCrasto (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Simple Times" and "Marshall"
El Dorado (iTunes, Band Camp)
similar, maybe, to Sven Libaek?

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Hannah Peel (London, England, UK)
"Song for the Sea" and "Don't Kiss the Broken One"
The Broken Wave (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Sea of Bees

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The National (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Exile Vilify"
Exile Vilify Single from the Game Portal 2 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Editors

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features heavily edited clips from the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner with Seth Meyers, and his roast of The 2012 Republican field, and President Obama. Watch the whole thing here. Also recommended: Obama's turn.

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D-load: April 18th, 2011

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Reading Rainbow (Philadelphia, PA)
"Wasting Time"
Prism Eyes (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Big Troubles

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3

The Generationals (New Orleans, LA)
"Ten-Twenty-Ten" and "I Promise"
Actor-Caster (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Love Language

4

Richard in Your Mind (Sydney, Australia)
"Tiny Colossus Face"
My Volcano (iTunes)

5

Mike & Karen (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Here's the Invitation!"
Here's the Invitation! (Single)(free download)
read about the design at: kellianderson.com

6

They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Love is Eternity"
Web Exclusive (free download)

7

They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Can't Keep Johnny Down"
Join Us (free download)

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Golden Silvers (London, UK)
"Queen of the 21St Century" and "Another Universe"
True Romance (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Cat Empire

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Best Coast (Los Angeles, CA)
"Boyfriend"
Crazy for You (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Beach Fossils

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On this episode I talk about Karen & Mike's Paper Record Player Wedding Invitation which plays the awesome song they wrote, be sure to check out Kelli's blog entry about the creation of the invitation! Also, I talked over "Jessica" by They Might Be Giants from the Why Does the Sun Shine? EP , "No One Knows My Plan" by They Might Be Giants, as covered by Apocalypso, as well "Jamaica" by Richard in Your Mind.

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D-load: April 4th, 2011

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The Naked and Famous (Auckland, New Zealand)
"Young Blood"
Passive Me, Aggressive You (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

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3

Lykke Li (Stockholm, Sweden)
"Rich Kids Blues" and "Sadness is a Blessing"
Wounded Rhymes (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Soko

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5

The Babies (NYC)
"Breakin the Law" and "Sunset"
The Babies (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Woods, the opening of "Breakin the Law" sounds like Luna

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Carrie Brownstein (Portland, OR) & Fred Armisen (NYC)
"Portland, Oregon (You're My Home)" and "Dream of the 90's"
Portlandia (single) (iTunes)
similar: Flight of the Conchords

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Washed Out (Perry, GA)
"Feel It All Around" and "New Theory"
Life of Leisure (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Jesus and Mary Chain

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11

Rubblebucket (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Triangular Daisies" and "Came Out of a Lady"
Triangular Daisies EP (iTunes, Amazon MP3)

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Guards (NYC)
"Taxi Cab"
Cover Songs 7" (free download)
cover of: Vampire Weekend

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The music I talked over on this episode was "Open a Bottle" by Shugo Tokumaru and all proceeds from sales of this song go to relief efforts in Japan. So buy it now and pay a lot for it! It's a great song!

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D-load: March 21st, 2011

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Coma Cinema (Columbia, SC)
"Caroline, Please Kill Me"
Blue Suicide (download the album for free)
similar: Blackbird Blackbird, Guards

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3

Madeline (GA) & Karl Blau (WA) & Your Heart Breaks (WA)
"Boy You Loved to Watch Me Cry" and "I Waited All Day"
Tour EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Ballet

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5

Madeline (Athens, GA)
"Sorry" and "White Flag"
White Flag (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

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Your Heart Breaks (Seattle, WA)
"Torrey Pines" and "Start by Walking"
A Love is a Long Dark (Love is All You Need) (buy online)
similar: Kimya Dawson

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Class Actress (NYC)
"Careful What You Say" and "Adolescent Heart"
Journal of Ardency EP (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Elizabeth Harper

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Freelance Whales (NYC)
"Enzymes"
Green Label Sound (free download)

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Diego Garcia (San Francisco, CA)
"You Were Never There"
You Were Never There (single) (eMusic, Amazon MP3)

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) where he talks about what it's like to try to govern with the republican party.

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D-load: March 7th, 2011

FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 8! NOW IN A SLIGHTLY HIGHER BITRATE! 160k AAC!