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"The Current Rotation" was aired on Radio New York (91.5 FM) Sundays at 9 p.m. (ET) from July 1, 2007 through November 16, 2008. Host Mark Wheat played the best new music alongside the artists that influenced it, wrapping up each program with an exclusive in-studio performance.
This Week
November 9, 2008
Ani DiFranco - "Smiling Underneath" - Red Letter Year
Brightblack Morning Light - "Opressions Each" - Motion To Rejoin
Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend EP
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" - Furr
Iron & Wine - "House by the Sea" - The Shepherd's Dog
Kimya Dawson - "Happy Home" - Alphabutt
Bob Dylan - "Blowin' In The Wind" - The Essential ...
The Nightwatchman - "The Fabled City" - The Fabled City
One Day As A Lion - "Wild International" - One Day As A Lion
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey (I Love You)" - All Rebel Rockers
Eagles of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A." - Heart On
The Raveonettes - "Ode to L.A." - Pretty in Black
Art Brut - "Moving to L.A." - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Murs and 9th Wonder - "L.A." - Murray's Revenge
Friendly Fires - "Paris" - The Current in-studio performance
Ani DiFranco - "Smiling Underneath" - Red Letter Year
Brightblack Morning Light - "Opressions Each" - Motion To Rejoin
Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend EP
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" - Furr
Iron & Wine - "House by the Sea" - The Shepherd's Dog
Kimya Dawson - "Happy Home" - Alphabutt
Bob Dylan - "Blowin' In The Wind" - The Essential ...
The Nightwatchman - "The Fabled City" - The Fabled City
One Day As A Lion - "Wild International" - One Day As A Lion
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey (I Love You)" - All Rebel Rockers
Eagles of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A." - Heart On
The Raveonettes - "Ode to L.A." - Pretty in Black
Art Brut - "Moving to L.A." - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Murs and 9th Wonder - "L.A." - Murray's Revenge
Friendly Fires - "Paris" - The Current in-studio performance
Previous weeks
November 9, 2008
Kings Of Leon - "Manhattan" - Only By The Night
Cloud Cult - "Journey To The Featherless" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue" - Acid Tongue
The Sea And Cake - "A Fuller Moon" - Car Alarm
Jim White - "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home" - Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Jolie Holland - "Mexico City" - The Living And The Dead
Conor Oberst - "I Don't Want To Die (in the Hospital)" - Conor Oberst
Malcolm Middleton - "We're All Going To Die" - A Brighter Beat
Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die" - Quantam of Solace Soundtrack
Oasis - "Waiting For The Rapture" - Dig Out Your Soul
The Cure - "Siren Song" - 4:13 Dream
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
The Herbaliser - "Can't Help This Feeling"
Jamie Lidell - "Feel Good" - The Current in-studio performance
Lemon Jelly - "Homage To Patagonia" - lemonjelly.ky
November 2, 2008
Snow Patrol - "Take Back The City" - A Hundred Million Suns
The Decemberists - "We Both Go Down Together" - Picaresque
The Mountain Goats - "Heretic Pride" - Heretic Pride
Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" - Dreaming of Revenge
Little Joy - "Keep Me In Mind" - Little Joy
John Doe - "The Golden State" - A Year in the Wilderness
Kathleen Edwards - "In State" - Back To Me
Conor Oberst - "Milk Thistle" - Conor Oberst
The Heavy - "Coleen" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Mocean Worker - "Shake Ya Boogie" - Cinco de Mowo
The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive" - Stay Positive
Smashing Pumpkins - "7 Shades of Black" - Zeitgeist
Ray LaMontagne - "Hey Me, Hey Mama" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "Knuddelmaus" - Far Away Trains Passing By
October 26, 2008
Rachael Yamagata - "Accident" - Teeth Sinking Into Heart
Ray Lamontagne - "You Are The Best Thing" - Gossip In The Grain
The Beatles - "Revolution 1" - The Beatles (Disc 2)
Talking Heads - "Houses In Motion" - Remain In Light
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
Sammy Davis, Jr - "That Old Black Magic"
Robert Wyatt - "Stay Tuned" - Comicopera
Elvis Costello - "Shipbuilding" - The Very Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Mercury Rev - "Faraway From Cars" - Snowflake Midnight
The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" - We Started Nothing
Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind" - Hercules and Love Affair
Murs - "Everything" - Murs For President
Ani DiFranco - "Smiling Underneath" - The Current in-studio performance
Incredible Bongo Band - "Raunchy 73" - Bongo Rock
October 19, 2008
Annuals - "Brother" - Be He Me
Cloud Cult - "When Water Comes To Life" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Shearwater - "Rooks" - Rook
Kevin Drew - "Safety Bricks" - Spirit If...
Ane Brun - "Song No. 6" - A Temporary Dive
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Collarbone" - Transparent Things
Friendly Fires - "Paris" - Friendly Fires
Oxford Collapse - "The Birthday Wars" - Bits
King Khan & The Shrines - "Land of the Freak" - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
Talib Kweli - "NY Weather Report" - Eardrum
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
Deerhoof - "The Tears and Music of Love" - Offend Maggie
P.O.S. - "P.O.S. is Ruining My Life" - Audition
Oakley Hall - "Angela" - The Current in-studio Performance
Mr Scruff - "Night Time" - MRSCRUFF
October 12, 2008
Jenny Lewis - "Carpetbaggers" - Acid Tongue
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
Nick Lowe - "(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass" - Basher: Best of Nick Lowe
Bruce Springsteen - "You'll Be Comin' Down" - Magic
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" - Furr
Antony and the Johnsons - "Another World" - Another World
The Velvet Underground - "Candy Says" - The Velvet Underground
Dosh - "MPLS Rock and Roll" - The Lost Take
TV On The Radio - "DLZ" - Dear Science
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
The Notwist - "Good Lies" - The Devil, You + Me
LL Cool J - "I Can't Live Without My Radio" - All World
Atmosphere - "Not Another Day" - The Current in-studio Performance
Aphex Twin - "Girl/Boy" - Richard D. James Album
October 5, 2008
Ray Lamontagne - "You Are The Best Thing" - Gossip In The Grain
Of Montreal - "The Repudiated Immortals" - The Sunlandic Twins
Andrew Bird - "Simple X" - Armchair Apocrypha
Tegan & Sara - "Back In Your Head" - The Con
Blondie - "Sunday Girl" - Parallel Lines
Heartless Bastards - "No Pointing Arrows" - All This Time
Okkervil River - "Pop Lie" - The Stand Ins
Badfinger - "Day After Day" - The Very Best Of Badfinger
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" - Sun Giant
The Wedding Present - "I Lost The Monkey" - El Ray
Monkey - "Monkey Bee" - Journey To The West
MGMT - "Kids" - Oracular Spectacular
DJ Z Trip - "Listen to the DJ" - Shifting Gears (clean)
Death Cab for Cutie - "Photobooth" - The Current in-studio performance
Raymond Scott - "Sleepy Time" - Soothing Sounds for Baby Volume 1
September 28, 2008
Beck - "Modern Guilt" - Modern Guilt
Lucinda Williams - "Real Love" - Little Honey
The Raconteurs - "Salute Your Solution" - The Raconteurs
Ben Folds - "You Don't Know Me feat. Regina Spektor" - Way To Normal
Dramarama - "What Are We Gonna Do" - Best of Dramarama
Mason Jennings - "Fighter Girl" - In The Ever
Bound Stems - "Winston" - The Family Afloat
Modest Mouse - "March Into The Sea" - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Dodos - "Fools" - Visiter
Stereolab - "Neon Beanbag" - Chemical Chords
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love" - Tom Tom Club
Murs - "Can It Be" - Murs For President
The Fratellis - "Milk and Money" - The Current in-studio performance
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy - "The Birth of the Blues"
September 21, 2008
Ani Difranco - "Smiling Underneath" - Red Letter Year
Elbow - "Starlings" - The Seldom Seen Kid
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
Kings of Leon - "Sex On Fire" - Only By Night
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey (I Love You)" - All Rebel Rockers
Vieux Farka Toure - "Ana" - Vieux Farka Toure
Steve Earle - "City of Immigrants" - Washington Square Serenade
Calexico - "Gypsy's Curse" - The Black Light
TV on the Radio - "Cry" - Dear Science
Low - "Always Fade" - Drums and Guns
My Bloody Valentine - "Soon" - Loveless
Haley Bonar - "May Day" - The Current in-studio Performance
Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar" - Brotherhood
September 14, 2008
Lucinda Williams - "Real Love" - Little Honey
Mike Doughty - "Real Love, It's Only Life" - Skittish
Giant Sand - "Without A Word" [feat Neko Case] - proVISIONS
The Walkmen - "The Blue Route" - You & Me
Joy Division - "She's Lost Control" - 24 Hour Party People
Paul Simon - "Graceland" - The Essential Paul Simon
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - Vampire Weekend EP
Kings of Leon - "Sex On Fire" - Only By Night
Animal Collective - "Water Curses" - Water Curses
Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" - Med sud í eyrum vid spilum endalaust
Santogold - "L.E.S. Artiste" - Santogold
Balkan Beat Box - "Gypsy Queens" - Nu Med
Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path" - Brotherhood
Stars - "Take Me To The Riot" - The Current in-studio performance
Mogwai - "Team Handed" - Mr. Beast
September 7, 2008
Oasis - "The Shock of The Lightning" - Dig Out Your Soul
Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
Juliana Hatfield - "Shining On" - How To Walk Away
Conor Oberst - "Danny Callahan" - Conor Oberst
Paul Weller - "Empty Ring" - 22 Dreams
Silver Jews - "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Martha Wainwright - "Bleeding All Over You" - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Delta Spirit - "Trashcan" - Ode To Sunshine
Sons and Daughters - "Johnny Cash" - Love the Cup
The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary" - Love
King Khan & The Shrines - "Torture" - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
Nas - "Black President" - Nas
Earl Greyhound - "It's Over" - The Current in-studio performance
The Budos Band - "King Cobra" - The Budos Band II
August 31, 2008
The Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes The Summer" - EP
Chuck Prophet - "Summertime Thing" - No Other Love
Sly & the Family Stone - "Hot Fun In The Summertime" - Greatest Hits
Death Cab For Cutie - "Summer Skin" - Plans
Bell X1 - "Boys Of Summer" - The Current in-studio performance
Bebel Gilberto - "So Nice (Summer Samba)" - Tanto Tempo
Big Brother & The Holding Company - "Summertime" - Cheap Thrills: The Janis Joplin Collection
Unknown Prophets - "Summer Heat" - The Road Less Traveled
The Style Council - "Long Hot Summer" - Hit Parade
Madeleine Peyroux - "Summer Wind" - Half The Perfect World
Magnet - "The Last Day Of Summer" - Ultra.Chilled 04.1
Grandaddy - "Summer ... It's Gone" - Just Like The Fambly Cat
Jesca Hoop - "Summertime" - The Current in-studio performance
Lester Young - "On The Sunny Side Of The "
August 24, 2008
Brendan Canning - "Hit The Wall" - Something For All Of Us
Love Psychedelico - "Lady Madonna" - This Is Love
Mates Of State - "Get Better" - Re Arrange Us
Sloan - "Believe In Me" - Parallel Play
Paul Westerberg - "Tell Me Who You Gonna Marry?" - 49
The Faces - "Pool Hall Richard" - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar
Dr. Dog - "The Ark" - Fate
Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" - Washing Machine
King Khan & The Shrines - "Torture" - The Supreme Genius of
Tom Waits - "Hoist That Rag" - Real Gone
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Nas - "You Can't Stop Us Now" - Untitled
Bitter: Sweet - "The Bomb" - The Current in-studio performance
Ratatat - "Mirando" - LP3
August 17, 2008
The Cure - "Sleep When I'm Dead" - Single
Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud" - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" - Black Kids
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - "Albert Goes West" - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
The Flaming Lips - "The Spiderbite Song" - The Soft Bulletin
Benji Hughes - "I Went With Some Friends To See The Flaming Lips" - A Love Extreme
Brazilian Girls - "St. Petersburg" - New York City
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind" - Hercules and Love Affair
Laura Cantrell - "14th Street" - Humming by the Flowered Vine
The Wood Brothers - "Buckets of Rain" - Loaded
Vieux Farka Toure - "Ana" - Vieux Farka Toure
Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" - The Current in-studio performance
Charlie Parker - "Summertime"
August 10, 2008
Listen
Silver Jews - "Party Barge" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Booker T. & The MG's - "Groovin'" - The Complete Stax
Albert Hammond Jr. - "Bargain of a Century" - Como Te Llama
Conor Oberst - "Sausalito" - Conor Oberst
Bob Dylan - "Dreamin' Of You" - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
Wilco - "Impossible Germany" - Sky Blue Sky
Tricky - "Council Estate" - Knowle West Boy
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Electric Six - "Dance Pattern" - I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me
The Enemy - "It's Not OK" - We'll Live And Die In These Towns
G. Love and Special Sauce - "Peace, Love & Happiness" - Superhero Brother
Yoko Ono - "Give Peace A Chance (DJ Dan Vocal Mix)" - Open Your Box
Aesop Rock - "Citronella" - None Shall Pass
The Hold Steady - "Constructive Summer" - The Current in-studio performance
Ratatat - "Mirando" - LP3
August 3, 2008
Listen
Beck - "Orphans" - Modern Guilt
The Black Keys - "All I Ever Wanted" - Attack & Release
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
Silver Jews - "Suffering Jukebox" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
The National - "Brainy" - Boxer
Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" - Lust For Life
The Hold Steady - "Navy Sheets" - Stay Positive
Radiohead - "Faust Arp" - In Rainbows
Adele - "Right As Rain" - 19
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" - Raising Sand
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
Flobots - "Rise" - Fight With Tools
Bittersweet - "The Bomb" - Drama
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "With A Heavy Heart" - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Shearwater - "North Col" - The Current in-studio performance
LTJ Bukem - "Inner Guidance" - Journey Inwards
July 27, 2008
Listen
Fleet Foxes - "Ragged Wood" - Fleet Foxes
Neil Young - "Expecting To Fly" - Decade (Disc 1)
Squeeze - "Pulling Mussels From The Shell" - Singles
Bon Iver - "For Emma" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Neil Diamond - "Delirious Love" - 12 Songs
Love Psychedelico - "Your Song" - This is Love Psychedelico
Sigur Ros - "Vid Spilum Endalaust" - Med Sud i Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
The Submarines - "Maybe" - Honeysuckle Weeks
The Style Council - "Long Hot Summer" - Hit Parade
Wolf Parade - "California Dreamer" - At Mount Zoomer
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
Black Kids - "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" - The Current in-studio performance
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Music For A Found Harmonium" - Broadcasting From Home
July 20, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
MGMT - "Electric Feel" - Oracular Spectacular
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges" - Evil Urges
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
R.E.M. - "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" - Accelerate
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Ingrid Michaelson - "Breakable" - The Current in-studio Performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
July 20, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
MGMT - "Electric Feel" - Oracular Spectacular
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges" - Evil Urges
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
R.E.M. - "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" - Accelerate
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Ingrid Michaelson - "Breakable" - The Current in-studio Performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
July 13, 2008
Listen
Billy Bragg - "I Almost Killed You" - Mr. Love & Justice
DeVotchka - "New World" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Nada Surf - "Beautiful Beat" - Lucky
The Heavy - "Brukpocket's Lament" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" - Remember That I Love You
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Headshock" - Walk It Off
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Gardenia" - Real Emotional Trash
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - Vampire Weekend EP
The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely" - Consolers of the Lonely
Sons and Daughters - "Darling" - This Gift
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
The New Pornographers - "All The Old Show Stoppers" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
July 6, 2008
Listen
Wolf Parade - "Language City" - At Mount Zoomer
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
The Watson Twins - "Just Like Heaven" - Fire Songs
Alejandro Escovedo - "Always A Friend" - Real Animal
Fleet Foxes - "Sun it Rises" - Fleet Foxes
Feist - "Mushaboom" - Let It Die
Yoav - "Club Thing" - Charmed and Strange
The Notwist - "Good Lies" - The Devil, You + Me
Santogold - "L.E.S. Artiste" - Santogold
LCD Soundsystem - "Time To Get Away" - Sound of Silver
Brazilian Girls - "Lazy Lover" - Brazilian Girls
Los Amigos Invisibles - "No Es Tan Facil Amar Una Mujer" - Super Pop Venezuela
Iron & Wine - "Peace Beneath The City" - The Current in-studio performance
Medeski Martin & Wood - "Mami Gato" - End Of The World Party (Just in Case)
June 29, 2008
Listen
Sloan - "Believe In Me" - Parallel Play
Kimya Dawson - "The Competition" - Remember That I Love You
Dr. Dog - "The Ark" - Fate
Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" - Med sud í eyrum vid spilum endalaust
Mugison - "I Want You" - Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?
The Sugarcubes - "Birthday" - The Great Crossover Potential
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" - Kala
Peter Bjorn And John - "Young Folks" - Writer's Block
The Sounds Like Us - "It Was A Very Good Year" - The Big Hits Of Mid America: The Soma Records Story 1963 1967
Sonic Youth - "Incinerate" - Rather Ripped
Rickie Lee Jones - "Tried To Be A Man" - The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Tom Waits - "Hoist That Rag" - Real Gone
Atmosphere - "You" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Aimee Mann - "Freeway" - The Current in-studio performance
Tosca - "Züri" - J.A.C.
June 22, 2008
Listen
Spiritualized - "Soul On Fire" - Songs in A&E
Coldplay - "Violet Hill" - Viva La Vida (or: Death and All His Friends)
Liz Phair - "Help Me Mary" - Exile in Guyville
Albert Hammond Jr. - "GfC" - Como Te Llama
Pearl Jam - "Parachutes" - Pearl Jam
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Me And Mia" - Shake The Sheets
Shearwater - "Rook" - Rook
The Hold Steady - "Sequestered In Memphis" - Stay Positive
Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" - District Line
Lee Hazlewood - "Boots (Original Medlody)" - Cake or Death
Herbie Hancock - "Cantaloupe Island" Orchestra Baobab - "Pape Ndiaye" - Made in Dakar
Thievery Corporation - "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" - The Cosmic Game
Adele - "Hometown Glory" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "Crazy For You" - Far Away Trains Passing By Disc 2
June 15, 2008
Listen
Al Green - "Lay It Down" - Lay It Down
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
The Hold Steady - "Sequestered In Memphis" - Stay Positive
Mott The Hoople - "All The Way From Memphis" - Greatest Hits
Martha Wainwright - "You Cheated Me" - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
The Police - "The Bed's Too Big Without You" - Reggatta de Blanc
Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A
Ingrid Michaelson - "Die Alone" - Girls and Boys
Retribution Gospel Choir - "For Her Blood" - Twin Town High Volume 9
Sigur Ros - "Hljomalind" - Hvarf / Heim
The Cure - "The Only One"
Salif Keita - "Ladji" - M'Bemba
Death Cab For Cutie - "I WIll Possess Your Heart" - The Current in Studio Performance
9 Lazy 9 - "Sunday Monday" - Essential Lounge"
June 8, 2008
Listen
Aimee Mann - "Freeway" - Smilers
Mavis Staples - "Eyes on the Prize" - We'll Never Turn Back
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Killing The Blues" - Raising Sand
Mates Of State - "Get Better" - Re-Arrange Us
The Stranglers - "Something Better Change
The Replacements - "Anywhere's Better Than Here
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" - Sun Giant
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - EP
The Ting Tings - "Great DJ" - We Started Nothing
The Breeders - "Cannonball" - Last Splash
Weezer - "Pork & Beans" - Weezer
XTC - "Sgt. Rock" - Black Sea
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
Dr. Dog - "The Beach" - The Current in-studio performance
Nortec Collective - "Akai 47" - Nortec Collective Present: Bostich & Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine
June 1, 2008
Listen
Justin Townes Earle - "Who Am I To Say" - The Good Life
Haley Bonar - "Green Eyed Boy" - Big Star
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
The Wombats - "Kill The Director" - The Wombats
Waco Brothers - "It's Amazing" - Freedom And Weep
Chuck Berry - "No Particular Place To Go"
Dan Wilson - "Sugar" - Free Life
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
Blackalicious - "Green Light: Now Begin" - Blazing Arrow
Rilo Kiley - "Breakin' Up" - Under The Blacklight
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
James McMurtry - "You'd A Thought" - Just Us Kids
M.I.A. - "10 $" - Arular
Clinic - "Emotions" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
May 25, 2008
Listen
The Cure - "The Only One"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
My Morning Jacket - "Thank You Too" - Evil Urges
Otis Redding - "That's How Strong My Love Is"
Bettye Lavette - "The Last Time" - The Scene of the Crime
Drive By Truckers - "Self Destructive Zones" - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline" - The Slip
Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
Sea Wolf - "You're A Wolf" - Leaves In The River
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" - Eye to the Telescope
The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely" - Consolers of the Lonely
Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba" - Pink Flag
Elastica - "Connection" - Elastica
The Submarines - "Maybe" - Honeysuckle Weeks
Foals - "Red Socks Pugie" - The Current in-studio performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
May 18, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Long Division" - Narrow Stairs
My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow" - Loveless
Radiohead - "All I Need" - In Rainbows
The Last Shadow Puppets - "Wondrous Place" - The Age Of The Understatement
Lee Hazlewood - "Boots (Original Medlody)" - Cake or Death
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
David Bowie - "Soul Love" - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
TV On The Radio - "Hours" - Return To Cookie Mountain
DeVotchka - "Transliterator" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Laura Veirs - "Spelunking" - Year of Meteors
Los Campesinos! - "Frontwards" - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
X - "Johny Hit And Run Paulene" - Los Angeles
Dosh - "Call The Kettle Back" - The Current in-studio performance
Kruder and Dorfmeister - "High Noon" - G Stoned
May 11, 2008
Listen
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
Tegan & Sara - "Back In Your Head" - The Con
The Wood Brothers - "Buckets Of Rain" - Loaded
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Weezer - "Pork & Beans" - Weezer
Nicole Atkins - "Party's Over" - Neptune City
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
The Replacements - "I Will Dare" - Let It Be
The Hold Steady - "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - I'm Not There [Original Soundtrack]
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Hang Them All" - Walk It Off
Lupe Fiasco - "Dumb It Down" - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "With A Heavy Heart" - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself
Hot Chip - "Nothing Compares 2 U / In The Privacy Of Our Love" - The Current in-studio performance
Mr Scruff - "Night Time" - MRSCRUFF
May 4, 2008
Listen
The Wood Brothers - "Postcards From Hell" - Loaded
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer
Flight Of The Conchords - "The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" - Flight Of The Conchords
Komeda - "Blossom (Got to Get It Out)" - Kokomemedada
The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age Of The Understatement" - The Age Of The Understatement
British Sea Power - "Atom" - Do You Like Rock Music?
Her Space Holiday - "You And Me" - The Past Presents the Future
Erykah Badu - "Honey" - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Foals - "Balloons" - Antidotes
TV On The Radio - "Dreams" - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Talking Heads - "Houses In Motion" - Remain In Light
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
Ingrid Michaelson - "Can't Help..." - The Current in-studio performance
Nortec Collective - "Akai 47" - Present: Bostich + Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine
April 27, 2008
Listen
The Heavy - "Brukpocket's Lament" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Screaming Jay Hawkins - "I Put A Spell On You"
Feist - "Mushaboom" - Let It Die
The Mountain Goats - "Sax Rohmer #1" - Heretic Pride
My Morning Jacket - "Thank You Too" - Evil Urges
The Verve - "Sonnet" - Urban Hymns
The Mother Hips - "Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear" - Kiss The Crystal Flake
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
The Kills - "U.R.A Fever" - Midnight Boom
The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour" - Challengers
Atmosphere - "Guarantees" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
RJD2 - "Beyond The Beyond" - The Third Hand
Yelle - "A Cause Des Garçons" - Pop Up
The Mekons - "Hope & Anchor" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
April 20, 2008
Listen
The Raconteurs - "Old Enough" - Consolers of the Lonely
Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky" - Sky Blue Sky
Billy Bragg - "I Keep Faith" - Mr. Love & Justice
The Breeders - "Walk It Off" - Mountain Battles
The Decemberists - "O Valencia!" - The Crane Wife
Love & Rockets - "No New Tale To Tell" - Sorted! The Best Of ...
Portishead - "Machine Gun" - Third
Tokyo Police Club - "In A Cave" - Elephant Shell
Kate Nash - "Pumpkin Song" - Made of Bricks
Foals - "Balloons" - Antidotes
She & Him - "Change Is Hard" - Volume One
Jolie Holland - "Springtime Can Kill You" - Springtime Can Kill You
The Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes The Summer" - EP
Atmosphere - "Sunshine" - Sad Clown Bad Summer
Eels - "Girl From The North Country" - The Current in-studio performance
The Cinematic Orchestra - "Flite" - Everyday
April 13, 2008
Listen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nicole Atkins - "Brooklyn's On Fire" - Neptune City
Joe Jackson - "Sunday Papers" - Steppin' Out: The Very Best of ...
Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "I Came To Hear The Music" - Ask Forgiveness
Cloud Cult - "When Water Comes To Life" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
Etta James - "At Last" - Love Songs
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
Eels - "Novocaine For The Soul" - Beautiful Freak
The Wombats - "Kill The Director" - The Wombats
Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods" - Return the Gift
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Hang Them All" - Walk It Off
The Gossip - "Jealous Control Girls" - Standing in the Way of Control
Headlights - "Market Girl" - The Current in studio performance
DJ Shadow - "What Does Your Soul Look" - Pt. 4 Endtroducing...
April 6, 2008
Listen
The Breeders - "Walk It Off" - Mountain Battles
The Kinks - "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" - The Complete Collection
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Headshock" - Walk It Off
DeVotchka - "Transliterator" - A Mad and Faithful Telling
Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" - Dreaming of Revenge
Spoon - "The Underdog" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Clinic - "The Witch" - Do It!
Nick Lowe - "So It Goes" - The Jesus of Cool (78)
The Mountain Goats - "Autoclave" - Heretic Pride
Erykah Badu - "Honey" - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Paul Simon - "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" - The Essential Paul Simon
Minus The Bear - "White Mystery" - Planet of Ice
Nada Surf - "Beautiful Beat" - Lucky
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "We Can't Help You" - The Current in studio performance
Antibalas - "I.C.E." - Security
March 30, 2008
Listen
Gary Louris - "We'll Get By" - Vagabonds
Eels - "Susan's House" - Beautiful Freak
Mike Doughty - "Put It Down" - Golden Delicious
Jens Lekman - "The Opposite of Hallelujah Night" - Falls Over Kortedala
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Junior Kimbrough - "Sad Days Lonely Nights" - You Better Run
Moby - "Alice" - Last Night
Kraftwerk - "Radioactivity" - The Mix
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
Kimya Dawson - "The Competition" - Remember That I Love You
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Gardenia" - Real Emotional Trash
Spanish Harlem Orchestra - "Sacala Bailar" - United we Swing
The Heavy - "16" - Live from SXSW 2008
March 23, 2008
Listen
Spoon - "Rhthm and Soul" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer
Roky Erickson & The Aliens - "Creature With The Atom Brain" - Roky Erickson & the Aliens
The Whigs - "Like A Vibration" - Mission Control
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound" - Lust Lust Lust
Blitzen Trapper - "Wild Mountain Nation" - Wild Mountain Nation
Grand Archives - "A Setting Sun" - The Grand Archives
The Ting Tings - "Great DJ" - We Started Nothing
Santogold - "Creator" - Santogold
B 52s - "Funplex" - Funplex
Si*Se - "Mariposa (en Havana)" - Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge
Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Damn" - The Undisputed Truth
The Heavenly States - "Roses" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "As If You've Never Been Away" - Far Away Trains Passing By
March 16, 2008
The Current Live at SxSW 2008
Listen
The Raveonettes - "Hallucination"
The Raveonettes - "Aly, Walk With Me"
Jesca Hoop - "Intelligentactile 101"
Sons & Daughters - "Guilt Complex"
Sons & Daughters - "The Nest"
Devotchka - "Queen of the Surface Streets"
Devotchka - "Transliterator"
Jim Noir - "Eanie Meanie"
Jim Noir - "Computer Song"
Cloud Cult - "Hope"
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud"
The Rascals - "Out Of Dreams"
The Rascals - "The Freak Beat Phantom"
White Williams - "Violator"
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens"
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up Look Sharp"
The Duke Spirit - "Dog Roses"
The Duke Spirit - "This Ship Was Built To Last"
She And Him - "This Is Not A Test"
She And Him - "Change Is Hard"
Billy Bragg - "Farm Boy"
Billy Bragg - "The Great Leap Forward"
Darondo w/ Nino Moschella - "How I Get Over"
Darondo w/ Nino Moschella - "Legs, Part 1
Carbon Silicon - "The News"
March 9, 2008
Listen
Mia Doi Todd - "Big Bad Wolf & Black Widow Spider" - Gea
Califone - "Spiders House" - Roots & Crowns
Vampire Weekend - "Campus" - Vampire Weekend
The Black Keys - "Strange Times" - Attack & Release
Jack Penate - "Spit At The Stars" - Matinee
Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" - District Line
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Nicole Atkins - "Brooklyn's On Fire" - Neptune City
Blitzen Trapper - "Sci-Fi Kid" - Wild Mountain Nation
Carbon/Silicon - "The News" - The Last Post
Bell X1 - "Eve, The Apple Of My Eye" - Flock
Morrissey - "Irish Blood, English Heart" - You Are The Quarry
The Pogues - "A Pair Of Brown Eyes"
Mike Doughty - "27 Jennifers" - The Current in-studio performance
Skalpel - "Hiperbole" - Konfusion
March 2, 2008
Listen
DeVotchka - "The Clockwise Witness" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Roy Orbison - "Dream Baby" - Monumental Hits
Andrew Bird - "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Sons and Daughters - "Gilt Complex" - This Gift
Billy Bragg - "A New England" - Must I Paint You A Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg CD1
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
These New Puritans - "Elvis" - Beat Pyramid
The Donnas - "What Do I Have To Do" - Bitchin'
Suzi Quatro - "She's In Love With You" - Best of the 70's
Matt Costa - "Mr. Pitiful" - Unfamiliar Faces
The Modern Lovers - "Roadrunner" - The Modern Lovers
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Supernaturally" - The Lyre Of Orpheus
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" - Boy In Da Corner
Dean & Britta - "Words You Used To Say" - The Current in-studio performance
Konono No. 1 - "Kule Kule" - Congotronics
February 24, 2008
Listen
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
English Beat - "I Confess" - Special Beat Service (82)
Jim White - "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home" - Drill A Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - "Falling Slowly" - Once: Original Soundtrack
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
The New Pornographers - "Sing Me Spanish Techno" - Twin Cinema
Dean & Britta - "Words You Used To Say" - Back Numbers
Basia Bulat - "In The Night" - Oh, My Darling
Moby - "Alice" - Last Night
Tricky - "Mellow" - Angels With Dirty Faces
Yoav - "Club Thing" - Charmed and Strange
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound Of Silver
Bob Mould - "Again & Again" - The Current in-studio performance
Up, Bustle & Out - "Grass Skirt" - City Breakers
February 17, 2008
Listen
Carla Bruni - "Those Dancing Days Are Gone" - No Promises
Magnetic Fields - "California Girls" - Distortion
Beach Boys - "California Girls"
The Mars Volta - "Aberinka" - The Bedlam in Goliath
Jason Isbell - "Dress Blues" - Sirens of the Ditch
Feist - "I Feel It All" - The Reminder
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
The National - "Mistaken For Strangers" - Boxer
Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty" - Good News For People...
Bon Iver - "Blindsided" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Super Furry Animals - "Neo Consumer" - Hey Venus!
Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" - Juno S/T
Aesop Rock - "Coffee" - None Shall Pass
Editors - "Bones" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Sleep,Eat Food, Have Visions" - Everything Ecstatic
February 3, 2008
Listen
Cat Power - "New York"
Kings Of Leon - "Manhattan" - Only By The Night
Cloud Cult - "Journey To The Featherless" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue" - Acid Tongue
The Sea And Cake - "A Fuller Moon" - Car Alarm
Jim White - "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home" - Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Jolie Holland - "Mexico City" - The Living And The Dead
Conor Oberst - "I Don't Want To Die (in the Hospital)" - Conor Oberst
Malcolm Middleton - "We're All Going To Die" - A Brighter Beat
Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die" - Quantam of Solace Soundtrack
Oasis - "Waiting For The Rapture" - Dig Out Your Soul
The Cure - "Siren Song" - 4:13 Dream
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
The Herbaliser - "Can't Help This Feeling"
Jamie Lidell - "Feel Good" - The Current in-studio performance
Lemon Jelly - "Homage To Patagonia" - lemonjelly.ky
November 2, 2008
Snow Patrol - "Take Back The City" - A Hundred Million Suns
The Decemberists - "We Both Go Down Together" - Picaresque
The Mountain Goats - "Heretic Pride" - Heretic Pride
Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" - Dreaming of Revenge
Little Joy - "Keep Me In Mind" - Little Joy
John Doe - "The Golden State" - A Year in the Wilderness
Kathleen Edwards - "In State" - Back To Me
Conor Oberst - "Milk Thistle" - Conor Oberst
The Heavy - "Coleen" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Mocean Worker - "Shake Ya Boogie" - Cinco de Mowo
The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive" - Stay Positive
Smashing Pumpkins - "7 Shades of Black" - Zeitgeist
Ray LaMontagne - "Hey Me, Hey Mama" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "Knuddelmaus" - Far Away Trains Passing By
October 26, 2008
Rachael Yamagata - "Accident" - Teeth Sinking Into Heart
Ray Lamontagne - "You Are The Best Thing" - Gossip In The Grain
The Beatles - "Revolution 1" - The Beatles (Disc 2)
Talking Heads - "Houses In Motion" - Remain In Light
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
Sammy Davis, Jr - "That Old Black Magic"
Robert Wyatt - "Stay Tuned" - Comicopera
Elvis Costello - "Shipbuilding" - The Very Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Mercury Rev - "Faraway From Cars" - Snowflake Midnight
The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" - We Started Nothing
Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind" - Hercules and Love Affair
Murs - "Everything" - Murs For President
Ani DiFranco - "Smiling Underneath" - The Current in-studio performance
Incredible Bongo Band - "Raunchy 73" - Bongo Rock
October 19, 2008
Annuals - "Brother" - Be He Me
Cloud Cult - "When Water Comes To Life" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Shearwater - "Rooks" - Rook
Kevin Drew - "Safety Bricks" - Spirit If...
Ane Brun - "Song No. 6" - A Temporary Dive
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Collarbone" - Transparent Things
Friendly Fires - "Paris" - Friendly Fires
Oxford Collapse - "The Birthday Wars" - Bits
King Khan & The Shrines - "Land of the Freak" - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
Talib Kweli - "NY Weather Report" - Eardrum
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
Deerhoof - "The Tears and Music of Love" - Offend Maggie
P.O.S. - "P.O.S. is Ruining My Life" - Audition
Oakley Hall - "Angela" - The Current in-studio Performance
Mr Scruff - "Night Time" - MRSCRUFF
October 12, 2008
Jenny Lewis - "Carpetbaggers" - Acid Tongue
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
Nick Lowe - "(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass" - Basher: Best of Nick Lowe
Bruce Springsteen - "You'll Be Comin' Down" - Magic
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" - Furr
Antony and the Johnsons - "Another World" - Another World
The Velvet Underground - "Candy Says" - The Velvet Underground
Dosh - "MPLS Rock and Roll" - The Lost Take
TV On The Radio - "DLZ" - Dear Science
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
The Notwist - "Good Lies" - The Devil, You + Me
LL Cool J - "I Can't Live Without My Radio" - All World
Atmosphere - "Not Another Day" - The Current in-studio Performance
Aphex Twin - "Girl/Boy" - Richard D. James Album
October 5, 2008
Ray Lamontagne - "You Are The Best Thing" - Gossip In The Grain
Of Montreal - "The Repudiated Immortals" - The Sunlandic Twins
Andrew Bird - "Simple X" - Armchair Apocrypha
Tegan & Sara - "Back In Your Head" - The Con
Blondie - "Sunday Girl" - Parallel Lines
Heartless Bastards - "No Pointing Arrows" - All This Time
Okkervil River - "Pop Lie" - The Stand Ins
Badfinger - "Day After Day" - The Very Best Of Badfinger
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" - Sun Giant
The Wedding Present - "I Lost The Monkey" - El Ray
Monkey - "Monkey Bee" - Journey To The West
MGMT - "Kids" - Oracular Spectacular
DJ Z Trip - "Listen to the DJ" - Shifting Gears (clean)
Death Cab for Cutie - "Photobooth" - The Current in-studio performance
Raymond Scott - "Sleepy Time" - Soothing Sounds for Baby Volume 1
September 28, 2008
Beck - "Modern Guilt" - Modern Guilt
Lucinda Williams - "Real Love" - Little Honey
The Raconteurs - "Salute Your Solution" - The Raconteurs
Ben Folds - "You Don't Know Me feat. Regina Spektor" - Way To Normal
Dramarama - "What Are We Gonna Do" - Best of Dramarama
Mason Jennings - "Fighter Girl" - In The Ever
Bound Stems - "Winston" - The Family Afloat
Modest Mouse - "March Into The Sea" - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Dodos - "Fools" - Visiter
Stereolab - "Neon Beanbag" - Chemical Chords
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love" - Tom Tom Club
Murs - "Can It Be" - Murs For President
The Fratellis - "Milk and Money" - The Current in-studio performance
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy - "The Birth of the Blues"
September 21, 2008
Ani Difranco - "Smiling Underneath" - Red Letter Year
Elbow - "Starlings" - The Seldom Seen Kid
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
Kings of Leon - "Sex On Fire" - Only By Night
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey (I Love You)" - All Rebel Rockers
Vieux Farka Toure - "Ana" - Vieux Farka Toure
Steve Earle - "City of Immigrants" - Washington Square Serenade
Calexico - "Gypsy's Curse" - The Black Light
TV on the Radio - "Cry" - Dear Science
Low - "Always Fade" - Drums and Guns
My Bloody Valentine - "Soon" - Loveless
Haley Bonar - "May Day" - The Current in-studio Performance
Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar" - Brotherhood
September 14, 2008
Lucinda Williams - "Real Love" - Little Honey
Mike Doughty - "Real Love, It's Only Life" - Skittish
Giant Sand - "Without A Word" [feat Neko Case] - proVISIONS
The Walkmen - "The Blue Route" - You & Me
Joy Division - "She's Lost Control" - 24 Hour Party People
Paul Simon - "Graceland" - The Essential Paul Simon
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - Vampire Weekend EP
Kings of Leon - "Sex On Fire" - Only By Night
Animal Collective - "Water Curses" - Water Curses
Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" - Med sud í eyrum vid spilum endalaust
Santogold - "L.E.S. Artiste" - Santogold
Balkan Beat Box - "Gypsy Queens" - Nu Med
Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path" - Brotherhood
Stars - "Take Me To The Riot" - The Current in-studio performance
Mogwai - "Team Handed" - Mr. Beast
September 7, 2008
Oasis - "The Shock of The Lightning" - Dig Out Your Soul
Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
Juliana Hatfield - "Shining On" - How To Walk Away
Conor Oberst - "Danny Callahan" - Conor Oberst
Paul Weller - "Empty Ring" - 22 Dreams
Silver Jews - "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Martha Wainwright - "Bleeding All Over You" - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Delta Spirit - "Trashcan" - Ode To Sunshine
Sons and Daughters - "Johnny Cash" - Love the Cup
The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary" - Love
King Khan & The Shrines - "Torture" - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
Nas - "Black President" - Nas
Earl Greyhound - "It's Over" - The Current in-studio performance
The Budos Band - "King Cobra" - The Budos Band II
August 31, 2008
The Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes The Summer" - EP
Chuck Prophet - "Summertime Thing" - No Other Love
Sly & the Family Stone - "Hot Fun In The Summertime" - Greatest Hits
Death Cab For Cutie - "Summer Skin" - Plans
Bell X1 - "Boys Of Summer" - The Current in-studio performance
Bebel Gilberto - "So Nice (Summer Samba)" - Tanto Tempo
Big Brother & The Holding Company - "Summertime" - Cheap Thrills: The Janis Joplin Collection
Unknown Prophets - "Summer Heat" - The Road Less Traveled
The Style Council - "Long Hot Summer" - Hit Parade
Madeleine Peyroux - "Summer Wind" - Half The Perfect World
Magnet - "The Last Day Of Summer" - Ultra.Chilled 04.1
Grandaddy - "Summer ... It's Gone" - Just Like The Fambly Cat
Jesca Hoop - "Summertime" - The Current in-studio performance
Lester Young - "On The Sunny Side Of The "
August 24, 2008
Brendan Canning - "Hit The Wall" - Something For All Of Us
Love Psychedelico - "Lady Madonna" - This Is Love
Mates Of State - "Get Better" - Re Arrange Us
Sloan - "Believe In Me" - Parallel Play
Paul Westerberg - "Tell Me Who You Gonna Marry?" - 49
The Faces - "Pool Hall Richard" - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar
Dr. Dog - "The Ark" - Fate
Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" - Washing Machine
King Khan & The Shrines - "Torture" - The Supreme Genius of
Tom Waits - "Hoist That Rag" - Real Gone
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Nas - "You Can't Stop Us Now" - Untitled
Bitter: Sweet - "The Bomb" - The Current in-studio performance
Ratatat - "Mirando" - LP3
August 17, 2008
The Cure - "Sleep When I'm Dead" - Single
Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud" - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" - Black Kids
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - "Albert Goes West" - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
The Flaming Lips - "The Spiderbite Song" - The Soft Bulletin
Benji Hughes - "I Went With Some Friends To See The Flaming Lips" - A Love Extreme
Brazilian Girls - "St. Petersburg" - New York City
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind" - Hercules and Love Affair
Laura Cantrell - "14th Street" - Humming by the Flowered Vine
The Wood Brothers - "Buckets of Rain" - Loaded
Vieux Farka Toure - "Ana" - Vieux Farka Toure
Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" - The Current in-studio performance
Charlie Parker - "Summertime"
August 10, 2008
Listen
Silver Jews - "Party Barge" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Booker T. & The MG's - "Groovin'" - The Complete Stax
Albert Hammond Jr. - "Bargain of a Century" - Como Te Llama
Conor Oberst - "Sausalito" - Conor Oberst
Bob Dylan - "Dreamin' Of You" - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
Wilco - "Impossible Germany" - Sky Blue Sky
Tricky - "Council Estate" - Knowle West Boy
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Electric Six - "Dance Pattern" - I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me
The Enemy - "It's Not OK" - We'll Live And Die In These Towns
G. Love and Special Sauce - "Peace, Love & Happiness" - Superhero Brother
Yoko Ono - "Give Peace A Chance (DJ Dan Vocal Mix)" - Open Your Box
Aesop Rock - "Citronella" - None Shall Pass
The Hold Steady - "Constructive Summer" - The Current in-studio performance
Ratatat - "Mirando" - LP3
August 3, 2008
Listen
Beck - "Orphans" - Modern Guilt
The Black Keys - "All I Ever Wanted" - Attack & Release
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
Silver Jews - "Suffering Jukebox" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
The National - "Brainy" - Boxer
Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" - Lust For Life
The Hold Steady - "Navy Sheets" - Stay Positive
Radiohead - "Faust Arp" - In Rainbows
Adele - "Right As Rain" - 19
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" - Raising Sand
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
Flobots - "Rise" - Fight With Tools
Bittersweet - "The Bomb" - Drama
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "With A Heavy Heart" - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Shearwater - "North Col" - The Current in-studio performance
LTJ Bukem - "Inner Guidance" - Journey Inwards
July 27, 2008
Listen
Fleet Foxes - "Ragged Wood" - Fleet Foxes
Neil Young - "Expecting To Fly" - Decade (Disc 1)
Squeeze - "Pulling Mussels From The Shell" - Singles
Bon Iver - "For Emma" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Neil Diamond - "Delirious Love" - 12 Songs
Love Psychedelico - "Your Song" - This is Love Psychedelico
Sigur Ros - "Vid Spilum Endalaust" - Med Sud i Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
The Submarines - "Maybe" - Honeysuckle Weeks
The Style Council - "Long Hot Summer" - Hit Parade
Wolf Parade - "California Dreamer" - At Mount Zoomer
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
Black Kids - "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" - The Current in-studio performance
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Music For A Found Harmonium" - Broadcasting From Home
July 20, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
MGMT - "Electric Feel" - Oracular Spectacular
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges" - Evil Urges
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
R.E.M. - "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" - Accelerate
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Ingrid Michaelson - "Breakable" - The Current in-studio Performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
July 20, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" - The Age Of The Understatement
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Moby - "I Love To Move In Here" - Last Nite
MGMT - "Electric Feel" - Oracular Spectacular
Tokyo Police Club - "Tesselate" - Elephant Shell
My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges" - Evil Urges
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
R.E.M. - "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" - Accelerate
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - We Started Nothing
Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Ingrid Michaelson - "Breakable" - The Current in-studio Performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
July 13, 2008
Listen
Billy Bragg - "I Almost Killed You" - Mr. Love & Justice
DeVotchka - "New World" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Nada Surf - "Beautiful Beat" - Lucky
The Heavy - "Brukpocket's Lament" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" - Remember That I Love You
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Headshock" - Walk It Off
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Gardenia" - Real Emotional Trash
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - Vampire Weekend EP
The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely" - Consolers of the Lonely
Sons and Daughters - "Darling" - This Gift
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
The New Pornographers - "All The Old Show Stoppers" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
July 6, 2008
Listen
Wolf Parade - "Language City" - At Mount Zoomer
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
The Watson Twins - "Just Like Heaven" - Fire Songs
Alejandro Escovedo - "Always A Friend" - Real Animal
Fleet Foxes - "Sun it Rises" - Fleet Foxes
Feist - "Mushaboom" - Let It Die
Yoav - "Club Thing" - Charmed and Strange
The Notwist - "Good Lies" - The Devil, You + Me
Santogold - "L.E.S. Artiste" - Santogold
LCD Soundsystem - "Time To Get Away" - Sound of Silver
Brazilian Girls - "Lazy Lover" - Brazilian Girls
Los Amigos Invisibles - "No Es Tan Facil Amar Una Mujer" - Super Pop Venezuela
Iron & Wine - "Peace Beneath The City" - The Current in-studio performance
Medeski Martin & Wood - "Mami Gato" - End Of The World Party (Just in Case)
June 29, 2008
Listen
Sloan - "Believe In Me" - Parallel Play
Kimya Dawson - "The Competition" - Remember That I Love You
Dr. Dog - "The Ark" - Fate
Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" - Med sud í eyrum vid spilum endalaust
Mugison - "I Want You" - Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?
The Sugarcubes - "Birthday" - The Great Crossover Potential
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" - Kala
Peter Bjorn And John - "Young Folks" - Writer's Block
The Sounds Like Us - "It Was A Very Good Year" - The Big Hits Of Mid America: The Soma Records Story 1963 1967
Sonic Youth - "Incinerate" - Rather Ripped
Rickie Lee Jones - "Tried To Be A Man" - The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Tom Waits - "Hoist That Rag" - Real Gone
Atmosphere - "You" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Aimee Mann - "Freeway" - The Current in-studio performance
Tosca - "Züri" - J.A.C.
June 22, 2008
Listen
Spiritualized - "Soul On Fire" - Songs in A&E
Coldplay - "Violet Hill" - Viva La Vida (or: Death and All His Friends)
Liz Phair - "Help Me Mary" - Exile in Guyville
Albert Hammond Jr. - "GfC" - Como Te Llama
Pearl Jam - "Parachutes" - Pearl Jam
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Me And Mia" - Shake The Sheets
Shearwater - "Rook" - Rook
The Hold Steady - "Sequestered In Memphis" - Stay Positive
Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" - District Line
Lee Hazlewood - "Boots (Original Medlody)" - Cake or Death
Herbie Hancock - "Cantaloupe Island" Orchestra Baobab - "Pape Ndiaye" - Made in Dakar
Thievery Corporation - "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" - The Cosmic Game
Adele - "Hometown Glory" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "Crazy For You" - Far Away Trains Passing By Disc 2
June 15, 2008
Listen
Al Green - "Lay It Down" - Lay It Down
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
The Hold Steady - "Sequestered In Memphis" - Stay Positive
Mott The Hoople - "All The Way From Memphis" - Greatest Hits
Martha Wainwright - "You Cheated Me" - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
The Police - "The Bed's Too Big Without You" - Reggatta de Blanc
Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A
Ingrid Michaelson - "Die Alone" - Girls and Boys
Retribution Gospel Choir - "For Her Blood" - Twin Town High Volume 9
Sigur Ros - "Hljomalind" - Hvarf / Heim
The Cure - "The Only One"
Salif Keita - "Ladji" - M'Bemba
Death Cab For Cutie - "I WIll Possess Your Heart" - The Current in Studio Performance
9 Lazy 9 - "Sunday Monday" - Essential Lounge"
June 8, 2008
Listen
Aimee Mann - "Freeway" - Smilers
Mavis Staples - "Eyes on the Prize" - We'll Never Turn Back
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Killing The Blues" - Raising Sand
Mates Of State - "Get Better" - Re-Arrange Us
The Stranglers - "Something Better Change
The Replacements - "Anywhere's Better Than Here
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" - Sun Giant
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - EP
The Ting Tings - "Great DJ" - We Started Nothing
The Breeders - "Cannonball" - Last Splash
Weezer - "Pork & Beans" - Weezer
XTC - "Sgt. Rock" - Black Sea
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
Dr. Dog - "The Beach" - The Current in-studio performance
Nortec Collective - "Akai 47" - Nortec Collective Present: Bostich & Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine
June 1, 2008
Listen
Justin Townes Earle - "Who Am I To Say" - The Good Life
Haley Bonar - "Green Eyed Boy" - Big Star
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
The Wombats - "Kill The Director" - The Wombats
Waco Brothers - "It's Amazing" - Freedom And Weep
Chuck Berry - "No Particular Place To Go"
Dan Wilson - "Sugar" - Free Life
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
Blackalicious - "Green Light: Now Begin" - Blazing Arrow
Rilo Kiley - "Breakin' Up" - Under The Blacklight
Death Cab For Cutie - "Bixby Canyon" - Narrow Stairs
James McMurtry - "You'd A Thought" - Just Us Kids
M.I.A. - "10 $" - Arular
Clinic - "Emotions" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
May 25, 2008
Listen
The Cure - "The Only One"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
My Morning Jacket - "Thank You Too" - Evil Urges
Otis Redding - "That's How Strong My Love Is"
Bettye Lavette - "The Last Time" - The Scene of the Crime
Drive By Truckers - "Self Destructive Zones" - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline" - The Slip
Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
Sea Wolf - "You're A Wolf" - Leaves In The River
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" - Eye to the Telescope
The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely" - Consolers of the Lonely
Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba" - Pink Flag
Elastica - "Connection" - Elastica
The Submarines - "Maybe" - Honeysuckle Weeks
Foals - "Red Socks Pugie" - The Current in-studio performance
Keston & Westdahl - "Electric Sheep" - One Day To Save All Life
May 18, 2008
Listen
Death Cab For Cutie - "Long Division" - Narrow Stairs
My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow" - Loveless
Radiohead - "All I Need" - In Rainbows
The Last Shadow Puppets - "Wondrous Place" - The Age Of The Understatement
Lee Hazlewood - "Boots (Original Medlody)" - Cake or Death
The Roots - "Rising Down" - Rising Down
Scarlett Johansson - "Falling Down" - Anywhere I Lay My Head
David Bowie - "Soul Love" - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
TV On The Radio - "Hours" - Return To Cookie Mountain
DeVotchka - "Transliterator" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Laura Veirs - "Spelunking" - Year of Meteors
Los Campesinos! - "Frontwards" - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
X - "Johny Hit And Run Paulene" - Los Angeles
Dosh - "Call The Kettle Back" - The Current in-studio performance
Kruder and Dorfmeister - "High Noon" - G Stoned
May 11, 2008
Listen
Elvis Costello - "American Gangster Time" - Momofuku
Tegan & Sara - "Back In Your Head" - The Con
The Wood Brothers - "Buckets Of Rain" - Loaded
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Weezer - "Pork & Beans" - Weezer
Nicole Atkins - "Party's Over" - Neptune City
Portishead - "Magic Doors" - Third
The Replacements - "I Will Dare" - Let It Be
The Hold Steady - "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - I'm Not There [Original Soundtrack]
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Hang Them All" - Walk It Off
Lupe Fiasco - "Dumb It Down" - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "With A Heavy Heart" - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself
Hot Chip - "Nothing Compares 2 U / In The Privacy Of Our Love" - The Current in-studio performance
Mr Scruff - "Night Time" - MRSCRUFF
May 4, 2008
Listen
The Wood Brothers - "Postcards From Hell" - Loaded
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer
Flight Of The Conchords - "The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" - Flight Of The Conchords
Komeda - "Blossom (Got to Get It Out)" - Kokomemedada
The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age Of The Understatement" - The Age Of The Understatement
British Sea Power - "Atom" - Do You Like Rock Music?
Her Space Holiday - "You And Me" - The Past Presents the Future
Erykah Badu - "Honey" - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Foals - "Balloons" - Antidotes
TV On The Radio - "Dreams" - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Talking Heads - "Houses In Motion" - Remain In Light
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens" - Maths + English
Ingrid Michaelson - "Can't Help..." - The Current in-studio performance
Nortec Collective - "Akai 47" - Present: Bostich + Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine
April 27, 2008
Listen
The Heavy - "Brukpocket's Lament" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Screaming Jay Hawkins - "I Put A Spell On You"
Feist - "Mushaboom" - Let It Die
The Mountain Goats - "Sax Rohmer #1" - Heretic Pride
My Morning Jacket - "Thank You Too" - Evil Urges
The Verve - "Sonnet" - Urban Hymns
The Mother Hips - "Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear" - Kiss The Crystal Flake
M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays=Youth
The Kills - "U.R.A Fever" - Midnight Boom
The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour" - Challengers
Atmosphere - "Guarantees" - When Life Gives You Lemons...
RJD2 - "Beyond The Beyond" - The Third Hand
Yelle - "A Cause Des Garçons" - Pop Up
The Mekons - "Hope & Anchor" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Ribbons" - Ringer
April 20, 2008
Listen
The Raconteurs - "Old Enough" - Consolers of the Lonely
Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky" - Sky Blue Sky
Billy Bragg - "I Keep Faith" - Mr. Love & Justice
The Breeders - "Walk It Off" - Mountain Battles
The Decemberists - "O Valencia!" - The Crane Wife
Love & Rockets - "No New Tale To Tell" - Sorted! The Best Of ...
Portishead - "Machine Gun" - Third
Tokyo Police Club - "In A Cave" - Elephant Shell
Kate Nash - "Pumpkin Song" - Made of Bricks
Foals - "Balloons" - Antidotes
She & Him - "Change Is Hard" - Volume One
Jolie Holland - "Springtime Can Kill You" - Springtime Can Kill You
The Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes The Summer" - EP
Atmosphere - "Sunshine" - Sad Clown Bad Summer
Eels - "Girl From The North Country" - The Current in-studio performance
The Cinematic Orchestra - "Flite" - Everyday
April 13, 2008
Listen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself" - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nicole Atkins - "Brooklyn's On Fire" - Neptune City
Joe Jackson - "Sunday Papers" - Steppin' Out: The Very Best of ...
Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "I Came To Hear The Music" - Ask Forgiveness
Cloud Cult - "When Water Comes To Life" - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)
Etta James - "At Last" - Love Songs
Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple
Eels - "Novocaine For The Soul" - Beautiful Freak
The Wombats - "Kill The Director" - The Wombats
Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods" - Return the Gift
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Hang Them All" - Walk It Off
The Gossip - "Jealous Control Girls" - Standing in the Way of Control
Headlights - "Market Girl" - The Current in studio performance
DJ Shadow - "What Does Your Soul Look" - Pt. 4 Endtroducing...
April 6, 2008
Listen
The Breeders - "Walk It Off" - Mountain Battles
The Kinks - "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" - The Complete Collection
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Headshock" - Walk It Off
DeVotchka - "Transliterator" - A Mad and Faithful Telling
Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" - Dreaming of Revenge
Spoon - "The Underdog" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Clinic - "The Witch" - Do It!
Nick Lowe - "So It Goes" - The Jesus of Cool (78)
The Mountain Goats - "Autoclave" - Heretic Pride
Erykah Badu - "Honey" - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Paul Simon - "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" - The Essential Paul Simon
Minus The Bear - "White Mystery" - Planet of Ice
Nada Surf - "Beautiful Beat" - Lucky
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "We Can't Help You" - The Current in studio performance
Antibalas - "I.C.E." - Security
March 30, 2008
Listen
Gary Louris - "We'll Get By" - Vagabonds
Eels - "Susan's House" - Beautiful Freak
Mike Doughty - "Put It Down" - Golden Delicious
Jens Lekman - "The Opposite of Hallelujah Night" - Falls Over Kortedala
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" - Attack & Release
Junior Kimbrough - "Sad Days Lonely Nights" - You Better Run
Moby - "Alice" - Last Night
Kraftwerk - "Radioactivity" - The Mix
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
Kimya Dawson - "The Competition" - Remember That I Love You
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Gardenia" - Real Emotional Trash
Spanish Harlem Orchestra - "Sacala Bailar" - United we Swing
The Heavy - "16" - Live from SXSW 2008
March 23, 2008
Listen
Spoon - "Rhthm and Soul" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer
Roky Erickson & The Aliens - "Creature With The Atom Brain" - Roky Erickson & the Aliens
The Whigs - "Like A Vibration" - Mission Control
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound" - Lust Lust Lust
Blitzen Trapper - "Wild Mountain Nation" - Wild Mountain Nation
Grand Archives - "A Setting Sun" - The Grand Archives
The Ting Tings - "Great DJ" - We Started Nothing
Santogold - "Creator" - Santogold
B 52s - "Funplex" - Funplex
Si*Se - "Mariposa (en Havana)" - Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge
Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Damn" - The Undisputed Truth
The Heavenly States - "Roses" - The Current in-studio performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "As If You've Never Been Away" - Far Away Trains Passing By
March 16, 2008
The Current Live at SxSW 2008
Listen
The Raveonettes - "Hallucination"
The Raveonettes - "Aly, Walk With Me"
Jesca Hoop - "Intelligentactile 101"
Sons & Daughters - "Guilt Complex"
Sons & Daughters - "The Nest"
Devotchka - "Queen of the Surface Streets"
Devotchka - "Transliterator"
Jim Noir - "Eanie Meanie"
Jim Noir - "Computer Song"
Cloud Cult - "Hope"
Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is A Cloud"
The Rascals - "Out Of Dreams"
The Rascals - "The Freak Beat Phantom"
White Williams - "Violator"
Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens"
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up Look Sharp"
The Duke Spirit - "Dog Roses"
The Duke Spirit - "This Ship Was Built To Last"
She And Him - "This Is Not A Test"
She And Him - "Change Is Hard"
Billy Bragg - "Farm Boy"
Billy Bragg - "The Great Leap Forward"
Darondo w/ Nino Moschella - "How I Get Over"
Darondo w/ Nino Moschella - "Legs, Part 1
Carbon Silicon - "The News"
March 9, 2008
Listen
Mia Doi Todd - "Big Bad Wolf & Black Widow Spider" - Gea
Califone - "Spiders House" - Roots & Crowns
Vampire Weekend - "Campus" - Vampire Weekend
The Black Keys - "Strange Times" - Attack & Release
Jack Penate - "Spit At The Stars" - Matinee
Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" - District Line
The Heavy - "That Kind of Man" - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Nicole Atkins - "Brooklyn's On Fire" - Neptune City
Blitzen Trapper - "Sci-Fi Kid" - Wild Mountain Nation
Carbon/Silicon - "The News" - The Last Post
Bell X1 - "Eve, The Apple Of My Eye" - Flock
Morrissey - "Irish Blood, English Heart" - You Are The Quarry
The Pogues - "A Pair Of Brown Eyes"
Mike Doughty - "27 Jennifers" - The Current in-studio performance
Skalpel - "Hiperbole" - Konfusion
March 2, 2008
Listen
DeVotchka - "The Clockwise Witness" - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Roy Orbison - "Dream Baby" - Monumental Hits
Andrew Bird - "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Sons and Daughters - "Gilt Complex" - This Gift
Billy Bragg - "A New England" - Must I Paint You A Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg CD1
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
These New Puritans - "Elvis" - Beat Pyramid
The Donnas - "What Do I Have To Do" - Bitchin'
Suzi Quatro - "She's In Love With You" - Best of the 70's
Matt Costa - "Mr. Pitiful" - Unfamiliar Faces
The Modern Lovers - "Roadrunner" - The Modern Lovers
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Supernaturally" - The Lyre Of Orpheus
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" - Boy In Da Corner
Dean & Britta - "Words You Used To Say" - The Current in-studio performance
Konono No. 1 - "Kule Kule" - Congotronics
February 24, 2008
Listen
Gnarls Barkley - "Run" - The Odd Couple
English Beat - "I Confess" - Special Beat Service (82)
Jim White - "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home" - Drill A Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - "Falling Slowly" - Once: Original Soundtrack
The Ruby Suns - "Tane Mahuta" - Sea Lion
The New Pornographers - "Sing Me Spanish Techno" - Twin Cinema
Dean & Britta - "Words You Used To Say" - Back Numbers
Basia Bulat - "In The Night" - Oh, My Darling
Moby - "Alice" - Last Night
Tricky - "Mellow" - Angels With Dirty Faces
Yoav - "Club Thing" - Charmed and Strange
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound Of Silver
Bob Mould - "Again & Again" - The Current in-studio performance
Up, Bustle & Out - "Grass Skirt" - City Breakers
February 17, 2008
Listen
Carla Bruni - "Those Dancing Days Are Gone" - No Promises
Magnetic Fields - "California Girls" - Distortion
Beach Boys - "California Girls"
The Mars Volta - "Aberinka" - The Bedlam in Goliath
Jason Isbell - "Dress Blues" - Sirens of the Ditch
Feist - "I Feel It All" - The Reminder
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" - Accelerate
The National - "Mistaken For Strangers" - Boxer
Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty" - Good News For People...
Bon Iver - "Blindsided" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Super Furry Animals - "Neo Consumer" - Hey Venus!
Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" - Juno S/T
Aesop Rock - "Coffee" - None Shall Pass
Editors - "Bones" - The Current in-studio performance
Four Tet - "Sleep,Eat Food, Have Visions" - Everything Ecstatic
February 3, 2008
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Cat Power - "New York"