First up Brisbane, Australia's fun, modern-punk rockers The Grates did "19-20-20" from their very recent album Gravity Won't Get You High (Amazon). Next, Los Angeles' up-and-coming pop band The Little Ones did "Cha Cha Cha" from their debut EP Sing Song (iTunes). Then Miami-born, New York City based Ursula 1000 (aka Alex Gimeno) did "Kaboom!" from the recent album Here Comes Tomorrow (iTunes, Amazon). Lawrence, Kansas' Koufax-esque Kelpie did "Add Orable Ord" from their album Hey Friends, It's... (iTunes, Amazon). This episode marks the debut of my new microphone, the Audio-Technica AT4047! Also, it features a clip from Al Gore on Saturday Night Live which can be seen in full here.

First up, a song I've been dying to put on for a while now, but kept waiting patiently for it to be made available in a longer, more costly form... but I've given up. So here it is now: the band Behavior (along with Andrea Revel) did this great song "Clap! Shake! Jump!" which was apparently in an Old Navy ad, but can be downloaded in it's two minute from here for free. Then a band from Austin... er, make that Nashville, called Oh No! Oh My! did "I Have No Sister" from their brand new, self-titled debut (insound, online). Next we heard a couple of songs from the Brooklyn-based, multicultural band Nous Non Plus, first the rockin' "Lawnmower Boy" then a tamer song called "Fille atomique" both from their self-titled album (iTunes, Amazon) which came out at the end of last year. And finally my man DJ Rx finally got cd's out the door, and I was pleased to discover an extra new song I hadn't heard before on it. "I Have HIV/AIDS" is from RX '08 which you can (and should) order from his website now. This episode features a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about the Bush administration and the national oil reserves (which can be seen in full here) and another from Realtime with Bill Maher on HBO about the myth of social mobility and the reality of the American Dream (which can be seen here).

First up, Detroit's quality indie pop outfit PAS/CAL did "The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let's Go)" from their 2003 The Handbag Memoirs EP (iTunes, Amazon). Then the my absolute favorite New York band pretending to be a Japanese pop band from the 60's, Gaijin a Go Go did "Soul-chan" from their brand spankin' new album Go-Go Boot Camp which as best I can tell isn't available online yet, but I'm sure it will be soon, so keep checking their site. Next Los Angeles' oft-Nico-esque Lavender Diamond did "Rise in the Springtime" from their lovely The Cavalry of Light EP (online store). And finally Los Angeles-based duet The Submarines did "Peace and Hate" from their debut Declare a New State (iTunes).

(Special extra-long all-New Orelans music episode!) First up, Lafayette's Stanley Dural known as Buckwheat Zydeco started us off right with his version of Fats Domino's classic "Walking to New Orleans" from his album Classics (iTunes, Amazon). Then a super fun version of "House of the Rising Sun" as covered by Charlie Waller and The Country Gentlemen from their album 45 Years of Memories (iTunes, Amazon). Next Seattle's Harvey Danger did a cover of Randy Newman's 70's era classic "Louisiana, 1927" live at a Katrina benefit concert, you can download their latest album (which doesn't include this song) for free from their website, here. Then Coney Island born, folk icon, Arlo Guthrie did Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans" which can be found on the worthy compilation Sing America (iTunes, Amazon) (among other places). Next was the awfully prolific R&B pioneer Dave Bartholomew doing "When the Saints Go Marching in Boogie" which can be found on his recent release 1952-1955 (Amazon). Then the seminal Louis Armstrong did "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans" which can be found on any number of collections, like Falling in Love with Louis Armstrong (iTunes, Amazon). Then we heard another take on "The House of the Rising Sun" this time by British Columbia's indie favorites The Be Good Tanyas from their album Chinatown (iTunes, Amazon). And finally we finished this episode with the father of Rock 'n Roll himself Chuck Berry doing "Oh Louisiana" which is unfortunately not available on CD that I know of, but rather on his 1971 LP San Francisco Dues. This episode features clips from Air America Radio's Mother Jones Radio, and their interview with Chris Kromm of The Institute for Southern Studies about the state of post-Katrina New Orleans. Listen to the whole show/interview here. Also, if you liked this episode you should check out this episode from a couple years back, it's got more songs I like from Louisiana.

First up, Los Angeles duo (which reminds me of Husky Rescue mixed with Portishead) Bitter:Sweet doing their song "The Mating Game" from their debut album by the same name (iTunes, Amazon). Next was THE essential Japanese girl-group Shonen Knife with their song "Forest Walk" from their brand new album Genki Shock! (iTunes, Amazon). Then new indie rockers from Oklahoma called Starlight Mints did "Inside of Me" from their brand new album (which comes out next week) Drowaton (iTunes, Amazon). And finally Mr. Airplane Man did "How Long" (a song that kinda reminds me of Mazzy Star) from their 2003 album C'mon DJ (iTunes, Amazon). This week's show has a clip from a CNN report about William Sloane Coffin, who sadly passed away last week. You can watch the whole segment here.

First up, Canada's new, most-promising band, Islands did "Rough Gem" which is hands down the best song off their new album Return to the Sea (iTunes, Amazon). Then, the band from which Islands formed, The Unicorns (who are also from Montreal) did "Tuff Luff" from their 2003 record Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (iTunes, Amazon). Then Seattle's Helvetia (hel-veet-z-ah) did a brand new song called "Beezlebub (Leave Me Be)" from their brand new record The Clever North Wind (Amazon). And finally an oldie but goodie by New York City's own Black 47. We heard the song "Different Drummer" from their 1994 album Home of the Brave (Amazon). This week's episode features a clip from Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, about how praying has scientifically been found to have no effect. You can watch the whole un-edited clip at One Good Move.

First up, brand spankin new, totally awesome music from Sweden's The Concretes. We heard "Change in the Weather" from their brand new album In Colour (iTunes, Amazon) which comes out tomorrow. Then another awesome new song by the UK's lovely The Pipettes, we heard their new single "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me" from the single by the same name (iTunes, Amazon). Then another UK band, Art Brut did "Good Weekend" from their album Bang Bang Rock & Roll (iTunes, Amazon). Then we took things down a notch with a song by ex-Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson who has a new album coming out next week called Remember That I Love You, we heard a song from it about the unimaginably tragic Tsunami in December of 2004, the song is called "12/26" and can be downloaded for free from her site, here. This week's episode has a clip from what I think may be the single funniest standup comedy routine ever performed, that is "Steak" by Patton Oswalt from his album Feelin' Kinda Patton (iTunes, Amazon)