Season 14 Episode 1: March 6th, 2017

THE 1ST EPISODE OF SEASON 14 — ALL BANDS I'VE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE!

Roy Irwin (Auckland, New Zealand)
01 Demon's Cave
S.O.D.A.
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: The Drums

Alex Izenberg (Los Angeles, CA)
02 People
03 To Move On
Harlequin
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: Perfume Genius meets Aloe Blacc

Little Fevers (Minneapolis, MN)
04 Can't Get Enough
05 Stones
Field Trip
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
similar to: North Highlands

Her's (Liverpool, UK)
06 Speed Racer
Speed Racer (single)
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
similar to: The Halo Benders

Holy Wave (Austin, TX)
07 Wendy Go Round
08 Western Playland
Freaks of Nurture
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)

The Undercover Dream Lovers (Brooklyn, NYC)
09 The Master
10 Luvlatude
While It's In Style (EP)
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: MGMT

Many Voices Speak (Stockholm, Sweden)
11 Video Child
Away for All Time (EP)
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)

Season 13 Episode 23: December 26th, 2016

Season Finale!

LVL UP (NY)
01 Hidden Driver
Return to Love
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: Neutral Milk Hotel

Totally Mild (Melbourne, Australia)
02 Christa
03 Nights
04 The Next Day
Down Time
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)

Dreamgirl (St. Joseph, MO)
05 Acid Wash Ocean
06 High Dive
Illuminaughty EP
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
echos of: The Sundays

Francois Virot (Lyon, France)
07 Medecine
Marginal Spots
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
starts like: PB&J's Young Folks

Busman's Holiday (Bloomington, IN)
08 I'm Coming Home
Popular Cycles
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: Andrew Bird

The Shacks (NYC)
09 This Strange Effect
10 No Surprise
The Shacks EP
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Allo Darlin' (London, UK)
11 Hymn on the 45
Hymn on the 45 EP
(bandcamp)

The Eversons (Wellington, New Zealand)
12 Weird Year
Weird Year Single
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)

Also On This Episode

This episode features a clip from Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Trevor Noah's last episode of 2016.

Season 13 Episode 22: December 19th, 2016

SPECIAL "INTERESTING INSTRUMENTALS" EPISODE!

Tycho (San Francisco, CA)
01 A Walk
Dive
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Uncle Skeleton (Nashville, TN)
02 Jeux
03 Now and Then
Cocoa Beach
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

BadBadNotGood (Toronto, Canada)
04 Speaking Gently
05 Lavender (feat. Kaytranada)
IV
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Frank LoCrasto (Brooklyn, NYC)
06 Daytona
Daytona Single
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Kolumbo (Brooklyn, NYC)
07 Exotica!
Unreleased
(YouTube)
similar to: Frank LoCrasto

Monster Rally (Los Angeles, CA)
08 Full Sail
Mystery Cove
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

BABES (Swarthmore, PA)
09 Duumbi
10 Pineapple
Independent Study
(bandcamp)

Ramin Djawadi (Los Angeles, CA)
11 Sweetwater
12 A Forest
13 Fake Plastic Trees
West World Season 1 Soundtrack
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
covers of: The Cure, Radiohead

Andrew Applepie (Germany)
14 Deserts
Real Sweet
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)

Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe (Los Angeles, CA)
15 Planet Earth II Suite
Planet Earth II Soundtrack
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Also On This Episode

This episode features a clip from Weird Al's 1989 film UHF where Bob and George pretty well sum up how I feel every day these days. Also, a clip from John Powers' review of HBO's West World on WHYY's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Season 13 Episode 21: December 12th, 2016

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC EPISODE!

Help Stamp Out Loneliness
01 Just Like Christmas (In Cottonopolis)
Eux Autres
02 Teenage Christmas (iTunes, Spotify)
The Werewandas
03 I've Got a Great Big Christmas Tree
Christmastime, Approximately
(bandcamp)

The Rory McBrides
04 (We Like) Eggnog!
50,000,000 Elves Fans Can't Be Wrong
(Amazon, bandcamp)

Crocodiles (San Diego, CA)
05 Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)
Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die) Single
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

The Sonics (Tacoma, WA)
06 Santa Claus
Merry Christmas - Sonics, Wailers, Galaxies
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Would-Be-Goods (London, UK)
07 Christmas in Haiti
Mondo
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

African Guitar Summit (Toronto, Canada)
08 Afehyia Pa
Think Global: World Christmas
(Amazon)

Garfunkel & Oates (Los Angeles, CA)
09 End of Year Letter
Comedy Death-Ray Xmas CD 2010
(YouTube)

She & Him (Portland, OR)
10 The Coldest Night of the Year
Christmas Party
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Fiona Apple (Los Angeles, CA)
11 Trump’s Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Trump’s Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
(Tumblr)

Tim Minchin (Los Angeles, CA)
12 White Wine in the Sun
Ready for This? Live
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Also On This Episode

This episode doesn't feature any clips. The only ones I felt compelled to play were related to the continuing onslaught of Trump horrors and I decided to spare you the suffering in what is supposed to be a joyous happy holiday episode. If I had put on a clip, it might have been from Seth Meyer's great analysis of the Carrier "deal" or The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper visitting a Tump post-campaign campaign rally.

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Season 13 Episode 20: December 5th, 2016

COINS (Toronto, Canada)
01 Alive/Intergalactic (Daft Science Remix)
Daft Science
(bandcamp)
mashup of: Beastie Boys & Daft Punk

The Magnetic Fields (NYC)
02 '74 No
03 '93 Me and Fred and Dave and Ted
50 Song Memoir (Sampler)
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Pure Bathing Culture (Portland, OR)
04 She Shakes
Pray for Rain
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

Pure Bathing Culture (Portland, OR)
05 Ivory Coast
Pure Bathing Culture EP
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)

The Eversons (Wellington, NZ)
06 Give Me More
07 London City Song
Stuck in New Zealand
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp)
similar to: Ballpark Music

Kim Jung Mi (South Korea)
08 Haenim (햇님)
09 Blow Spring Breeze (불어라 봄바람)
NOW
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
basically: the Francoise Hardy of Korea

Yo La Tengo (Hoboken, NJ)
10 Popcorn
11 Never My Love
12 Different Drum
Murder in the Second Degree
(Buy Online, Listen on YouTube)
covers of: Hot Butter, The Association, and The Stone Poneys

Kevin Morby (Los Angeles, CA)
13 Beautiful Strangers
Beautiful Strangers / No Place To Fall EP
(iTunes, Amazon, Spotify)
similar to: The Babies, Woods

Also On This Episode

This episode features a clip from a recent episode of Sam Harris' Waking Up podcast (Trumping the World) where Sam talks to his guest, conservative journalist James Kirchick, about the depressing next four years. I only pulled 2 mins, but I wholeheartedly reccomend the whole episode.