episode #1: the first one

played some stuff i saw this summer when i was back home in l.a. plus a few fun new bands. thanks for calling in, aaron with the totally interesting story and to jessie and james for being my fabulous slaves i mean interns

1. sonic youth - sunday (a thousand leaves)
2. modest mouse - out of gas (the lonesome crowded west)
3. the black keys - brakes (the big come up)
4. the decemberists - every day is like sunday (colin meloy sings morrisey)
5. aesop rock - daylight (labor days)
6. the fiery furnaces - sullivan social slub (ep)
7. at the drive in - one armed scissor (relationship of command)
8. the thermals - overgrown, overblown! (more parts per million)
9. the thermals - here's your future (the body, the blood, the machine)
*10. sean lennon - headlights (friendly fire)
11. bad brains - don't bother me (black dots)
12. the capricorns - geeky pop song (in the zone)
13. citizen bird - magnetic city (citizen bird)
14. conor oberst and britt daniel - spent on rainy days (post parlo split)
15. the cribs - we can no longer cheat you (the new fellas)
16. ratatat - el pico (ratatat)
17. stars - romantic comedy (heart)
18. french kicks - crying just for show (one time bells)
19. scissor sisters - take me out (n/a)
*20. two ton boa - favorite bloody patient (parasiticide)
21. a passing feeling - red/gold (we might not sleep at all this year) ~ james' pick
*22. walking bicycles - welcome to the future (disconnected)
23. le joshua - dead girls (point to the sky)
24. big black - fists of love (atomizer) ~ jessie's pick
*25. hellogoodbye - all time lows (zombies! aliens! vampires! dinosaurs!)
26. arrah & the ferns - emo philips (evan is a vegan) ~ james' pick
*27. ladyhawk - 48 hours (ladyhawk)
28. wolf parade - modern world (apologies to the queen mary)
29. the pipettes - dirty mind (we are the pipettes) ~ jessie's pick
30. the strokes - i'll do anything once (heart in a cage ep)

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