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Tune in to Radio New York 91.5 FM Sundays at 9 p.m. (ET) for "The Current Rotation" - an hour of crucial music brought to you by The Current. Host Mark Wheat plays the best new music alongside the artists that influenced it, wrapping up each program with an exclusive in-studio performance.
This Week
May 11, 2008
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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
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
Previous weeks
May 4, 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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" - 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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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