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About the Program
"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



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" - Jukebox
Bob Dylan - "Positively 4th Street" - The Essential Bob Dylan Disc 1
Joe Henry - "Time Is A Lion" - Civilians
Magnetic Fields - "Drive On, Driver" - Distortion
The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey" - Psychocandy
The Verve - "The Drugs Don't Work" - Urban Hymns
British Sea Power - "Waving Flags" - Do You Like Rock Music?
Portishead - "Glory Box" - Glory Times
Bettye Lavette - "Before the Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye Lavette)" - The Scene of the Crime
Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" - Remember That I Love You
Nada Surf - "Beautiful Beat" - Lucky
The Jam - "Pretty Green" - The Sound Of The Jam
Siouxsie - "About to Happen" - Mantaray
Tokyo Police Club - "The Box" - Smith EP
Bon Iver - "Flume" - The Current in-studio performance
Boards of Canada - "Hey Saturday Sun" - The Campfire Headphase

January 27, 2008
Listen

Chris Walla - "Geometry & C" - Field Manual
Björk - "Earth Intruders" - Volta
Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" - District Line
Yeasayer - "2080" - All Hour Cymbals
The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize" - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Dr. Dog - "Heart It Races" - Dr. Dog
The Shackeltons - "Your Movement" - The Shackeltons
Atmosphere - "Don't Stop" - Sad Clown Bad Winter 11
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - Vampire Weekend
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - "Single" - Boulevard de l'Independance
Joanna Newsom - "Cosmia" - Ys
The Bird And The Bee - "Polite Dance Song" - The Current in-studio performance
St. Germain - "Latin Note"

January 20, 2008
Listen

Sia - "Electric Bird" - Some People Have Real Problems
Laura Veirs - "Don't Lose Yourself" - Saltbreakers
Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Beck - "Timebomb" - Timebomb (Single)
Sons and Daughters - "Gilt Complex" - This Gift
The Cars - "Good Times Roll" - The Cars
Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma" - Vampire Weekend EP
MGMT - "Time To Pretend" - Oracular Spectacular
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "I Came To Hear The Music" - Ask Forgiveness
Buck 65 - "Way Back When" - Situation
Mavis Staples - "Eyes on the Prize" - We'll Never Turn Back
The Weakerthans - "Civil Twilight" - The Current in-studio performance
Chicago AfroBeat Project - "Carcass" - A Move to Silent Unrest

January 13, 2008
Listen

Nada Surf - "Weightless" - Lucky
KT Tunstall - "Hold On" - Drastic Fantastic
DeVotchKa - "Viens Avec Moi" - How It Ends
Beirut - "Nantes" - The Flying Club Cup
Malcolm Middleton - "We're All Going To Die" - A Brighter Beat
Tim Fite - "I Hope Yer There" - Gone Ain't Gone
Minus The Bear - "Knights" - Planet Of Ice
Gorillaz - "Dare" (Junior Sanchez remix) - D-Sides
Isaac Hayes - "Shaft" - Black History version
The Raveonettes - "Blitzed" - Lust Lust Lust
Mission of Burma - "1001 Pleasant Dreams" - The Obliterati
Sea Wolf - "You're A Wolf" - The Current in-studio performance
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - "Go Je Je" - Government Magic EP

January 6, 2008
Listen

Sia - "Little Black Sandals" - Some People Have Real Problems
Oakley Hall - "Angela" - I'll Follow You
Rod Stewart - "Angel" - Never A Dull Moment
Feist - "My Moon My Man" - The Reminder
Radiohead - "Reckoner" - In Rainbows
Arcade Fire - "The Well and the Lighthouse" - Neon Bible
Gary Louris - "True Blue" - Vagabonds
Thurston Moore - "Never Day Trees" - Outside The Academy
Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Lupe Fiasco - "The Coolest" - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Mavis Staples - "Eyes on the Prize" - We'll Never Turn Back
The Breeders - "Saints" - Last Splash
The Shins - "Caring Is Creepy" - The Current in-studio performance
Nortec Collective - "Don Loope" - Tijuana Sessions Vol. 03


December 30, 2007
Listen

Iron & Wine - "Boy With a Coin - " The Shepherd's Dog
Andrew Bird - "Imitosis - " Armchair Aporypha
The Shins - "Turn On Me - " Wincing The Night Away
Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining - " Under The Blacklight
Radiohead - "All I Need - " In Rainbows
Wilco - "Impossible Germany - " Sky Blue Sky
Modest Mouse - "March Into The Sea - " We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The White Stripes - "Little Cream Soda - " Icky Thump
Peter Bjorn And John - "Young Folks - " Writer's Block
Spoon - "The Underdog - " Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful - " Alright, Still
Brother Ali - "Pedigree - " The Undisputed Truth
Cloud Cult - "Mr. Tambourine Man - " The Current in-studio performance
The Future Sound of London - "Max - " Dead Cities

December 23, 2007
Listen

Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good" - Back To Black
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Yankee Go Home" - Some Loud Thunder
Arctic Monkeys - "Teddy Picker" - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Feist - "1234" - The Reminder
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound Of Silver
Art Brut - "Pump Up The Volume" - It's A Bit Complicated
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "Something's Changed" - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Arcade Fire - "Intervention" - Neon Bible
The National - "Apartment Story" - Boxer
Band of Horses - "Islands On The Coast" - Cease to Begin
M.I.A. - "Boyz" - Kala
Talib Kweli - "Listen!!!" - Eardrum
New York Dolls - "Gimme Luv and Turn on the Light" - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Nellie McKay - "A Christmas Dirge" - The Current in-studio performance
Duke Ellington & Orchestra - "Jingle Bells"

December 23, 2007
Listen

Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good" - Back To Black
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Yankee Go Home" - Some Loud Thunder
Arctic Monkeys - "Teddy Picker" - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Feist - "1234" - The Reminder
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound Of Silver
Art Brut - "Pump Up The Volume" - It's A Bit Complicated
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "Something's Changed" - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Arcade Fire - "Intervention" - Neon Bible
The National - "Apartment Story" - Boxer
Band of Horses - "Islands On The Coast" - Cease to Begin
M.I.A. - "Boyz" - Kala
Talib Kweli - "Listen!!!" - Eardrum
New York Dolls - "Gimme Luv and Turn on the Light" - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Nellie McKay - "A Christmas Dirge" - The Current in-studio performance
Duke Ellington & Orchestra - "Jingle Bells"

December 16, 2007
Listen

Interpol - "Pioneer To The Falls" - Our Love To Admire
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - 7"
Hot Hot Heat - "Outta Heart" - Happiness Ltd
Editors - "An End Has a Start" - An End Has A Start
The Fratellis - "For the Girl" - Costello Music
T.Rex - "Bang A Gong Get It On" - Electric Warrior
The Young Knives - "Weekends And Bleak Days" - Voices Of Animals And Men
Gang of Four - "Capital" - Return the Gift
Ingrid Michaelson - "Die Alone" - Girls and Boys
Common - "Misunderstood" - Finding Forever
Gil Scott Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Lupe Fiasco - "Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Tegan and Sara - "Dark Come Soon" - The Current in-studio performance
Gotan Project - "Lunatico" - Lunatico

December 9, 2007
Listen

Neil Young - "Spirit Road" - Chrome Dreams II
Yo La Tengo - "Big day coming" - Painful
Bettye Lavette - "You Don't Know Me At All" - The Scene of the Crime
Chris Walla - "Sing Again" - Field Manual
Brazilian Girls - "Rules of the Game" - Talk to La Bomb
Kanye West - "Stronger" - Graduation
Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Discovery
Sigur Ros - "Hljomalind" - Hvarf / Heim
The Most Serene Republic - "Sherry and Her Butterfly" - Population
Loudon Wainwright III - "Half Fist" - Here Come The Choppers
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Stick With Me Baby" - Raising Sand
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - "Top Shelf" - The Current in-studio performance
Kruder and Dorfmeister - "High Noon" - G-Stoned

December 2, 2007
Listen

Carbon/Silicon - "The News" - The Last Post
Sly & the Family Stone - "Dance To The Music"
Buck 65 - "Way Back When" - Situation
Bloc Party - "Flux"
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Me And Mia" - Shake The Sheets
The Weakerthans - "Tournament of Hearts" - Reunion Tour
The Hives - "You Got It All...Wrong" - The Black And White Album
Eagles of Death Metal - "I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)" - Death By Sexy
Tegan & Sara - "Nineteen" - The Con
Bon Iver - "For Emma" - For Emma, Forever Ago
Wilco - "Impossible Germany" - Sky Blue Sky
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - "In The Colors" - Lifeline
The Redwalls - "Don't You Want To Come Out" - The Redwalls
Tori Amos - "Leather" - The Current in-studio performance
Balkan Beat Box - "Gypsy Queens" - Nu Med

November 25, 2007
Listen

Mike Doughty - "27 Jennifers" - Golden Delicious
Elvis Costello - "Green Shirt" - Armed Forces
The Redwalls - "Summer Romance" - The Redwalls
Radiohead - "Bodysnatchers" - In Rainbows
Björk - "Earth Intruders" - Volta
Tinariwen - "Chet Boghassa" - Amassakoul
Steve Earle - "City of Immigrants" - Washington Square Serenade
Simon & Garfunkel - "The Only Living Boy In NY
Suzanne Vega - "New York Is A Woman" - Beauty and Crime
Talib Kweli - "NY Weather Report" - Eardrum
Dan Wilson - "Against History" - Free Life
Cold War Kids - "Tell Me In The Morning" - Robbers & Cowards
Ween - "Blue Balloon" - La Cucaracha
Sia - "Buttons" - The Current in-studio performance
Chemical Brothers - "Das Spiegel" - We Are The Night

November 18, 2007
Listen

The Hold Steady - "Massive Night" - Boys and Girls in America
Bruce Springsteen - "Livin' In The Future" - Magic
A Band of Bees - "Who Cares What The Question Is?" - Octopus
Tegan & Sara - "Nineteen" - The Con
Martha Wainwright - "TV Show" - Martha Wainwright
KT Tunstall - "Hold On" - Drastic Fantastic
Thurston Moore - "Frozen GTR" - Trees Outside The Academy
Andrew Bird - "Heretics" - Armchair Apocrypha
Bill Callahan - "Day" - Woke on a Whaleheart
Cafe Tacuba - "Agua" - Sino
Caetano Veloso - "Não Me Arrependo" - Cê
Seasick Steve - "Hobo Low" - Dog House Music
Aesop Rock - "Citronella" - None Shall Pass
Art Brut - "Pump Up The Volume" - The Current in-studio performance
Tosca - "Annanas" - Suzuki

November 11, 2007
Listen

Iron & Wine - "Carousel" - The Shepherd's Dog
Federico Aubele - "Pena" - Panamericana
Oasis - "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"
Bettye Lavette - "Before the Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye Lavette)" - The Scene of the Crime
Brother Ali - "Pedigree" - The Undisputed Truth
Ani DiFranco - "Hypnotized" - Reprieve
Cafe Tacuba - "53100" - Sino
Reverend Horton Heat - "Wiggle Stick" - Holy Roller
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Yankee Go Home" - Some Loud Thunder
Babyshambles - "There She Goes" - Shotters Nation
The Cure - "The Love Cats" - Staring At The Sea (The Singles )
The Modern Lovers - "Roadrunner" - The Modern Lovers
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - "Aspidistra" - The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
The New Pornographers - "My Rights Versus Yours" - The Current in-studio performance
Prefuse 73 - "Girlfriend Boyfriend" - Preparations

November 4, 2007
Listen

Ween - "Your Party" - La Cucaracha
Dr. Dog - "Keep A Friend" - We All Belong
Josh Ritter - "Right Moves" - The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
Robert Wyatt - "Stay Tuned" - Comicopera
Radiohead - "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" - In Rainbows
Sia - "Day Too Soon" - Some people have real problems
Menomena - "Wet and Rusting" - Friend And Foe
Peter Bjorn and John - "Objects of My Affection" - Writer's Block
Taken by Trees - "Tell Me" - Open Field
Sea Wolf - "Song For The Dead" - Leaves In The River
The Black Angels - "Young Men Dead" - Passover
Nas - "Hip Hop Is Dead (Feat. Will.i.am)" - Hip Hop Is Dead
The Fiery Furnaces - "Japanese Slippers" - The Current in-studio performance
Los Amigos Invisibles - "Curda y Pan" - Super Pop Venezuela

October 28, 2007
Listen

Band of Horses - "Is There A Ghost" - Cease To Begin
The Waterboys - "The Whole of the Moon" - This Is The Sea
Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Halloween
PJ Harvey - "When Under Ether" - White Chalk
Japan - "Ghosts" - Tin Drun
Laura Veirs - "Pink Light" - Saltbreakers
Zap Mama - "Gati" - Supermoon
Ministry - "Everyday Is Halloween" - 12" single
The Weakerthans - "Tournament of Hearts" - Reunion Tour
Sufjan Stevens - "Adlai Stevenson" - The Avalanche Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album
Annuals - "Carry Around" - Be He Me
The Misfits - "Halloween"
Heavy Trash - "Pure Gold" - Going Way out With Heavy Trash
Spoon - "Beast & Dragon, Adored" - The Current in-studio performance
Mocean Worker - "Brown Liquor" - Cinco de Mowo

October 21, 2007
Listen

Dan Wilson - "She Can't Help Me Now" - Free Life
Morrissey - "I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now" - Ringleader of the Tormentors
The Shins - "Sleeping Lessons" - Wincing The Night Away
Tunng - "Hands" - Good Arrows
Radiohead - "Faust Arp" - In Rainbows
The New Pornographers - "Mutiny, I Promise You" - Challengers
Beirut - "A Sunday Smile" - The Flying Club Cup
Ceu - "Lenda" - Ceu
Detroit Cobras - "You'll Never Change" - Tied & True
Kings of Leon - "Black Thumbnail" - Because Of The Times
Underworld - "Crocodile" - Oblivion with Bells
The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey" - Psychocandy
Black Francis - "Captain Pasty" - Bluefinger
Oakley Hall - "I'll Follow You" - The Current in-studio performance
Baaba Maal - "I Will Follow You" - Thievery Corporation: Abductions and Reconstructions

October 14, 2007
Listen

Spoon - "The Underdog" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Voxtrot - "Soft & Warm" - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
The Smiths - "Hand In Glove" - Louder Than Bombs
Jens Lekman - " The Opposite of Hallelujah" - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Iron & Wine - "Lovesong of the Buzzard" - The Shepherd's Dog
Ali Farka Toure - "Sidi Gouro" - Green
Brother Ali - " Uncle Sam Damn" - The Undisputed Truth
M.I.A. - " World Town" - Kala
Haley Bonar - "The Queen Of Everything" - Twin Town High
Regina Spektor - " Fidelity" - Begin to Hope
Mates of State - "Goods (All In Your Head)" - All Day
His Name Is Alive - "When You Fall For Someone Xmmer
Jamie T - "Shiela" - The Current in-studio performance
Chicago Afrobeat Project - "Chupacabra" - (A) Move To Silent Unrest

October 7, 2007
Listen

Steve Earle - "Steve's Hammer (For Pete)" - Washington Square Serenade
Lloyd Cole - "Perfect Skin" - Rattlesnakes
Shout Out Louds - "Parents Livingroom" - Our Ill Wills
Oakley Hall - "Free Radicals Lament" - I'll Follow You
St. Vincent - "Now, Now" - Marry Me
Moby - "Porcelain" - Play
Of Montreal - "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Pinback - "Good To Sea" - Autumn Of The Seraphs
The Decemberists - "O Valencia!" - The Crane Wife
The Fiery Furnaces - "Restorative Beer" - Widow City
The Pipettes - "Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me" - We Are The Pipettes
The Donnas - "What Do I Have To Do" - Bitchin'
The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom" - The Black&White Album
The National - "Apartment Story" - The Current in-studio Performance
Mono - "Are You There" - You Are There

September 30, 2007
Listen

Black Francis - "Discotheque 36" - Bluefinger
The Mountain Goats - "Your Belgian Things" - We Shall All Be Healed
Lucinda Williams - "Words" - West
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "Let Them Knock" - 100 Days, 100 Nights
The Roots - "Game Theory feat. Malik B." - Game Theory
Michael Franti and Spearhead - "I Know I'm Not Alone" - Yell Fire!
The Go! Team - "Grip Like a Vice" - Proof of Youth
LCD Soundsystem - "Watch The Tapes" - Sound Of Silver
Bloc Party - "The Prayer" - A Weekend In The City
Manu Chao - "Me Llaman Calle" - La Radiolina
Blitzen Trapper - "Sci-Fi Kid" - Wild Mountain Nation
Animal Collective - "Unsolved Mysteries" - Strawberry Jam
Rilo Kiley - "Moneymaker" - - The Current in-studio Performance
The Budos Band - "King Cobra" - The Budos Band II

September 23, 2007
Listen

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Killing The Blues" - Raising Sand
The Sea And Cake - "Lightning" - Everybody
John Vanderslice - "The Tower" - Emerald City
Thurston Moore - "Never Day" - Trees Outside The Academy
Emma Pollock - "New Land" - Watch The Fireworks
T.Rex - "Jeepster" - Electric Warrior
Animal Collective - "Unsolved Mysteries" - Strawberry Jam
Maps - "So Low, So High" - We Can Create
Bjork - "I See Who You Are" - Volta
Jose Gonzalez - "Down The Line" - In Our Nature
Balkan Beat Box - "Gypsy Queens" - Nu Med
Talib Kweli - "Holy Moly" - Eardrum
David Bazan - "Fewer Broken Pieces" - The Current in-studio Performance
The Cinematic Orchestra - "Flite" - Everyday


September 16, 2007
Listen

Okkervil River - "You Can't Hold The Hand Of The Rock And Roll Man" - The Stage Names
Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" - Neon Bible
The Handsome Family - "Flapping Your Broken Wings" - Last Days of Wonder
Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Illinois
Rilo Kiley - "Under The Blacklight" - Under The Blacklight
Parliament - "Flashlight" - Pure Funk
Chemical Brothers - "Das Spiegel" - We Are The Night
The Shins - "Sleeping Lessons" - Wincing The Night Away
The Fiery Furnaces - "Ex-Guru" - Widow City
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club" - Not What You Wanted - "Baby 81
Devendra Banhart - "Bad Girl" - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Dr. Dog - "Die Die Die" - The Current in-studio Performance
Ulrich Schnauss - "Gone Forever (Robin Guthrie Version)" - Quicksand Memory EP

September 9, 2007
Listen

The Enemy - "It's Not OK" - We'll Live And Die in These Towns
The Apples in Stereo - "Energy" - New Magnetic Wonder
The Sea and Cake - "Too Strong" - Everybody
Seasick Steve - "Last Po' Man" - Dog House Music
Bo Diddley - "I'm a Man"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The New Pornographers - "All the Old Showstoppers" - Challengers
Willie Nelson - "I Never Cared for You" - Teatro
Cat Power - "After It All" - The Greatest
Jamie T - "Operation" - Panic Prevention
LCD Soundsystem - "North American Scum" - Sound of Silver
The Noisettes - "Don't Give Up" - What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
Atmosphere - "Sunshine" - Sad Clown Bad Summer (Number 9)
Klaxons - "It's Not Over" - The Current in-studio Performance
Underworld - "Kittens" - Beaucoup Fish

September 2, 2007
Listen

Metric - "The Twist" - Grow Up And Blow Away
Au Revoir Simone - "Dark Halls" - The Bird Of Music
Modest Mouse - "Missed The Boat" - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Architecture In Helsinki - "Heart It Races" - Places Like This
Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful" - Alright, Still
Arctic Monkeys - "D Is For Dangerous" - Favorite Worst Nightmare
Manu Chao - "Rainin' in Paradise" - La Radiolina
Earl Greyhound - "It's Over" - Soft Targets
Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars - "Soda Soap" - Living Like A Refugee
Cloud Cult - "Chemicals Collide" - The Meaning of 8
Bill Callahan - "A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to be a Man" - Woke on a Whaleheart
Johnny Cash - "Personal Jesus" - American IV
Beck - "Timebomb" - Beck
Son Volt - "Underground Dream" - The Current in-studio Performance
Digitalism - "Zdarlight" - Idealism

August 26, 2007
Listen

Feist - "1234" - The Reminder
New Buffalo - "It's True" - Somewhere, Anywhere
Broken Social Scene - "Fire Eye'd Boy" - Broken Social Scene
Rilo Kiley - "The Moneymaker" - Under The Blacklight
Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale" - "Ghost Story - Breathing Under Water
Talib Kweli - "Listen!!!" - Ear Drum
Shout Out Louds - "Normandie" - Our Ill Wills
The Cure - "Close To Me" - The Head on the Door
The Decemberists - "The Perfect Crime #2" - The Crane Wife
Justice - "Phantom" - "cross"
Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Discovery
Battles - "Leyendecker" - Mirrored
Albert Hammond Jr. - "In Transit" - The Current in-studio performance
Kid Koala - Your Mom's Favorite DJ


August 19, 2007
Listen

The Enemy - "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" - We'll Live And Die In These Forms
The Jam - "Town Called Malice" - The Gift
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Army Bound" - Living With The Living
1990s - "Arcade Precinct" - Cookies
Mekons - "Diamonds" - Natural
Ryan Adams - "Goodnight Rose" - Easy Tiger
Cat Power - "Love & Communication" - The Greatest
The New Pornographers - "Mutiny, I Promise You" - Challengers
The Fiery Furnaces - "Tropical Iceland" - EP
Stereo-Total - "Miss Rebellion Des Hormones" - Paris - Berlin
Los Amigos Invisibles - "No Es Tan Facil Amar Una Mujer" - Super Pop Venezuela
Bitter:Sweet - "The Mating Game" - The Mating Game
Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces" - St. Elsewhere
Patti Smith - "People Have The Power" - The Current in-studio performance
The Bad Plus - "1980 World Champion" - Prog


August 12, 2007
Listen

Zap Mama - "Gati" - Supermoon
A Band of Bees - "Left Foot Stepdown" - Octopus
Iron & Wine - "Boy with a Coin" - Boy With a Coin
Wolf Parade - "Grounds for Divorce" - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining" - Under The Blacklight
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" - All Things Must Pass
The Sea And Cake - "Too Strong" - Everybody
Manchester Orchestra - "Now That You're Home" - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child
Amon Tobin - "Always" - Foley Room
Michael Franti And Spearhead - "Everybody Ona Move" - Yell Fire!
The Clash - "Straight to Hell" (unedited) - Clash On Broadway
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" - Kala
Robbers On High Street - "Crown Victoria" - The Current in-studio performance
Simian Mobile Disco - "State Of Things" - Simian Mobile Disco EP


August 5, 2007
Listen

Stars - "The Night Starts Here" - In Our Bedroom After The War
The Chemical Brothers - "All Rights Reversed" - We Are The Night
The Go! Team - "Bull In The Heather" - Available as MP3 Only
The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer
Patti Smith - "Dancing Barefoot" - Wave
The Hold Steady - "Southtown Girls" - Boys and Girls in America
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "10 X 10" - Is Is
Tegan & Sara - "Hop A Plane" - The Con
Big Star - "September Gurls" - 1 Record
Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend EP
Ramones - "Judy Is A Punk" - All The Stuff (And More) - Vol. 1
Jesca Hoop - "Out The Back Door" - Kismet
Fatboy Slim - "That Old Pair of Jeans (Regular Fit)" - Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder
Common - "The People" - Finding Forever
Badly Drawn Boy - "Born in the UK" - The Current in-studio performance
Beastie Boys - "Electric Worm" - The Mix-Up


July 29, 2007
Listen

Arcade Fire - "Building Downtown (Antichrist Television Blues)" - Neon Bible
Cloud Cult - "Take Your Medicine" - The Meaning of 8
Andrew Bird - "Fiery Crash" - Armchair Apocrypha
The Shins - "Turn on Me" - Wincing The Night Away
Mavis Staples - "99 and a 1/2" - We'll Never Turn Back
Brother Ali - "Truth Is" - The Undisputed Truth
Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" - Back To Black
LCD Soundsystem - "North American Scum" - Sound Of Silver
Modest Mouse - "March into the Sea" - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Albert Hammond, Jr. - "Everyone Gets a Star" - Yours To Keep
Feist - "I Feel It All" - The Reminder
Rufus Wainwright - "Going to a Town" - Release The Stars
Peter Björn and John - "Young Folks" - Live from The Current at SXSW


July 22, 2007
Listen

The White Stripes - "Little Cream Soda" - Icky Thump
Led Zeppelin - "Candy Store Rock" - Presence
Earl Greyhound - "It's Over" - Soft Targets
The Magic Numbers - "Take A Chance" - Those The Brokes
DeVotchKa - "Queen of the Surface Streets" - Una Volta
Great Northern - "Our Bleeding Hearts" - Trading Twilight for Day
Mark Ronson - "Oh My God" [feat. Lily Allen] - Version
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "How Do I Let A Good Man Down?" - Naturally
King Britt featuring Sister Gertrude Morgan - "Let's Make A Record" - King Britt presents Sister Gertrude Morgan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Phenomena" - Show Your Bones
The Cure - "Boys Don't Cry" - Boys Don't Cry
They Might Be Giants - "Climbing the Walls" - The Else
Blitzen Trapper - "Wild Mountain Nation" - Wild Mountain Nation
Brother Ali - "Pedigree" - The Current in-studio performance


July 15, 2007
Listen

The Polyphonic Spree - "The Fragile Army" - The Fragile Army
The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
White Rabbits - "Kid On My Shoulders" - Fort Nightly
M.I.A. - "Boyz" - Kala
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - "Single" - Boulevard de l'Independance
Gogol Bordello - "Super Theory of Super Everything" - Super Taranta
Nick Drake - "Blues Run The Game" - Family Tree
Ani DiFranco - "Hypnotized" - Reprieve
Kings of Leon - "My Party" - Because of the Times
Prince - "Guitar" - Planet Earth
U2 - "I Will Follow" - Boy
Marnie Stern - "Every Single Line Means Something" - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Dinosaur Jr - "Been There All The Time" - Beyond
The Pipettes - Milk Man - The Current in-studio performance


July 8, 2007
Listen

Ryan Adams - "Goodnight Rose" - Easy Tiger
Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky" - Sky Blue Sky
Beastie Boys - "Off the Grid" - Mix Up
Sly & the Family Stone - "Everyday People" - Greatest Hits
Common - "The People" - Finding Forever
The White Stripes - "Baby Brother" - Icky Thump (Japanese edition)
Elvis Presley - "(You're So Square) Baby"
Art Brut - "Direct Hit" - It's A Bit Complicated
Interpol - "The Heinrich Maneuver" - Our Love To Admire
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?" - Some Loud Thunder
The Besnard Lakes - "For Agent 13" - Are the Dark Horse
M. Ward - "Look Me Over" - Duet For Guitars #2
Tegan & Sara - "I Know, I Know, I Know" - So Jealous
Feist - "My Moon My Man" - The Reminder
Fountains of Wayne - "Red Dragon Tattoo" - The Current in-studio performance


July 1, 2007
Listen

Arcade Fire - "Keep the Car Running" - Neon Bible
LCD Soundsystem - "Time to get Away" - Sound of Silver
Talking Heads - "Mind" - Fear of Music
The Cinematic Orchestra - "Familiar Ground" - Ma Fluer
Midlake - "Bandits" - The Trial of Van Occupanther
John Lennon - "Power to the People" - Legend
Spoon - "My Little Japanese Cigarette Case" - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Ankle Injuries" - Transparent Things
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tarantula" - Zeitgeist
The Aliens - "Setting Sun" - Astronomy for Dogs
Chemical Brothers - "Setting Sun" - Singles 93-03
Young Galaxy - "No Matter How Hard You Try" - Young Galaxy
Arctic Monkeys - "Flourescent Adolescent" - The Current in-studio performance


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