Sweden's Jens Lekman get's us off to a great start with "Black Cab" from his new album Oh You're So Silent Jens (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music), an album that's almost as much Magnetic Fields as it is Kings of Convenience. Then Ontario's The Most Serene Republic did "Content was Always My Favorite Colour" from their 2005 debut album Underwater Cinematographer (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next was Omaha's Azure Ray and their song "If You Fall" from their 2003 album Hold On Love (iTunes, Amazon). And finally the Australia's electronic/pop group Glovebox did "In the End" from their self-titled album (iTunes, Amazon). This episode features a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about the security of the U.S. homeland in the years after 9/11.

First up the UK's Sing-Sing with the exceptionally unfitting (given the weather where I live) "Feels Like Summer" from their 2004 album The Joy of Sing-Sing (iTunes, Amazon). "Feels Like Summer" was actually released in 2000 as a single. It sounds like an awesome Saint Etienne song, but isn't. Then Baltimore's Page France did "Chariot" from their new (and second of the year) album Hello, Dear Wind (Amazon). Next Brooklyn's Musical Ambassadors of Love They Might Be Giants offered up a few short songs from their new Venue Songs CD/DVD release (order online). First "Columbia," then "Asheville," followed by "Los Angeles." And finally The American Analog Set offers up "Born on the Cusp" from their most recent album Set Free (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). This week's episode has three clips from They Might Be Giants' DVD included with their Venue Songs CD featuring author John Hodgman.

First up indie-standards the Silver Jews did "How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down" from their new album Tanglewood Numbers (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Then part of The Apple's in Stereo, in particular the Robert Schneider part, and his solo project Marbles did "Hello Sun" from his album Expo (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music) which came out earlier this year. Next was Melbourne, Australia's The Triangles with their song "Let's Replace the Cityscapes" from their recent release Magic Johnson (Amazon, import). Then Austin's Asylum Street Spankers did "Brazil" from their 1996 album Spanks for the Memories (iTunes, Amazon). (Check out this NPR interview with two members of the band.) And finally, a bonus Silver Jews song, my favorite of theirs, "Tennessee" from their 2001 album Bright Flight (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music).This week's episode has a clip from Air America Radio's The Majority Report with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder featuring Patton Oswalt.

First up Brighton, England's 60's throwback greatness The Pipettes did their song "Dirty Mind" from their EP by the same name (iTunes, Amazon). Next was France's Domotic with the song "I Hate You for Ever" from his most recent album Ask for Tiger (import). Then Portland's Blanket Music frontman and Hush Records president Chad Crouch, who when solo is known as Toothfairy, did "Stephanie, My First Crush" from his EP Formative (Amazon). And finally Seattle's The Long Winters did "Ultimatum" from their most recent EP by the same name (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music).This episode features of clip from (my personal hero) MacGyver.

First up Brooklyn's not-terribly-original-but-pretty-good-nevertheless Stellastar* did "Stay Entertained" from their new album Harmonies for the Haunted (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next Sweden's Future Bible Heros aka Suburban Kids with Biblical Names did two cuts from their new album #3 (import online). First "Funeral Face" (which was also on their last EP #2) then "Noodles". Next was Montreal's young'ns The Sunday Sinners with "A Sinner's Prayer" from their new Demo EP (Contaminated Records sells it). And finally the one-man-music-machine that is Ontario's Matthew Adam Hart's The Russian Futurists with "Our Pen's Out of Ink" from this years' album Our Thickness (Amazon, Other Music).This week's episode has a clip from Air America Radio's The Majority Report with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder featuring Patton Oswalt.

First up, Sweden's awesome The Shout Out Louds with "A Track and a Train" from their recently released in the U.S. Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next was a song I just can't hear enough from Sounds in My Head favorites The Essex Green called "By the Sea" from their 2003 album The Long Goodbye (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next was Argentina's Juana Molina with "Amigo" from her only-available-at-live-shows album Juana Molina OO Alejandro Franov (sorry, there's no link to buy, but you can check out her album Segundo at Amazon). Then Koufax did "Isabelle" from their most recent album Hard Times Are in Fashion (iTunes, Amazon). And finally another favorite band of mine of recent time, Helsinki's Husky Rescue did "Rainbow Flows" from their recent album Country Falls (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). This episode features of clip from Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and Jaun Gonzalez with a description of how disruptive Bush's presence was during his recent, failed trip Argentina.

(SPECIAL EXTRA LONG HALLOWEEN EPISODE!) First up, a band called North American Halloween Prevention Initiative which is a amalgamation of TONS of band, such as Arcade Fire's Win Butler & Regine Chassagne, Beck, David Cross, Devendra Banhart, Feist, The Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello, Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennet, Smoosh's Asya & Chloe, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner & Spencer Krug, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O (among others) with a fantastic new song released just in time for Halloween called "Do They Know it's Hallowe'en". We heard the radio edit, but there are 4 versions on the EP (iTunes, Amazon). Next was Philadelphia's Matt Pond PA with "Halloween" which is on his new album Several Arrows Later (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Then lo-fi girl-led rockers DQE did "Halloween Song" from their 2002 album Queen of Mean (Amazon). Next was the also lo-fi (but that's where the similarities end) Devendra Banhart with his song "Pumpkin Seeds" from his 2002 album Oh Me Oh My the Way the Day Goes by the Sun is Setting Dogs are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Then London's The Clientele did "Haunted Melody" from their 2003 The Violet Hour (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). The do also have a new album that has just come out called Strange Geometry (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next was one of two very tacidly related to halloween songs, it was California's Rogue Wave's cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" as heard on the brand new, super good, Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack (iTunes, Amazon). Get it? ZOMBIE! Then New Hampshire's so-bad-it's-good band The Shaggs did "It's Halloween" from their retrospective collection Philosophy of the World (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). And who'd have ever thought there'd be a Shaggs tribute album? Well, there is, and Joost Visser covered "It's Halloween" (iTunes, Amazon). And finally, also from the Stubbs the Zombie record, we heard San Francisco's Oranger doing a cover of The Chordettes' "Mr. Sandman". This week's episode features a clip of Woody Allen doing standup in the mid-60s (Amazon), and a clip from The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio. We also heard a clip from Real Time with Bill Maher.