Today’s show was unexpectedly long but turned out to go by somewhat fast. Here’s what you heard:
Built to Spill – “Conventional Wisdom” (from You in Reverse)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Velvet Underground – “Sunday Morning” (from The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Jeff Tweedy – “Summerteeth” (from Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest)
The Good, The Bad, & The Queen – “History Song” (from The Good, The Bad, & The Queen)
Of Montreal – “Suffer for Fashion” (from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
Dinosaur Jr – “Been There All the Time” (from Beyond)
Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (from Neon Bible)
The Hold Steady – “Most People are DJs” (from …Almost Killed Me)
Bloc Party – “Waiting for the 7.18″ (from A Weekend In the City)
Matthew Sweet – “Divine Intervention” (from Goodfriend: Another Take on Girlfriend)
Bob Dylan – “It Ain’t Me, Babe” (from The Essential Bob Dylan)
Mission of Burma – “Academy Fight Song” (from Signals, Calls, & Marches)
M83 – “Don’t Save Us from the Flames” (from Before the Dawn Heals Us)
The second hour began with a mini-set of ’60s soul:
Otis Reading – “It’s Too Late” (from The Great Otis Reading Sings Soul Ballads)
Aretha Franklin – “Think” (from Blues Brothers: The Definitive Collection)
Sam & Dave – “Hold On, I’m Comin’” (from Hold On, I’m Comin’)
Archie Bell & The Drells – “Tighten Up” (from Tighten Up / I Can’t Stop Dancing)
James Brown – “Night Train / Closing” (from Live at the Apollo, 1962)
Sly & The Family Stone – “Everyday People” (from Greatest Hits)
Sam Cooke – “A Change is Gonna Come” (from The Man and His Music)
Lily Allen – “LDN” (from Alright, Still)
The New Pornographers – “It’s Only Divine Right” (from Electric Version)
Sonic Youth – “Schizophrenia” (from Sister)
Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down – “Phantom Punch” (from Phantom Punch)
Ted Leo + The Pharmacists – “C.I.A.” (from Living with the Living)
Kevin Devine – “Holland, 1945″ (from Put Your Ghost To Rest B-Sides)
Sufjan Stevens – “Come On! Feel the Illinoise!” (from Come On Feel the Illinoise)
And the third(!) hour began with a mini-set of female singers.
Regina Spektor – “Fidelity” (from Begin to Hope)
Beth Orton – “How Far” (from Trailor Park)
Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” (from Fever In, Fever Out)
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – “Different Drum” (from Under the Covers, Vol. 1)
Sleater-Kinney – “Jumpers” (from The Woods)
The Spinanes – “Spitfire” (from Manos)
Stars – “Elevator Love Letter” (from Heart)
Broken Social Scene – “Major Label Debut” (live on KCRW)
Modest Mouse – “We’ve Got Everything” (from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)
Teenage Fanclub – “Star Sign” (from Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: The Best of Teenage Fanclub)
Suede – “Trash” (from Suede)
The Thrills – “One Horse Town” (from So Much for the City)
LCD Soundsystem – “North American Scum” (from Sound Of Silver)
No links this week, I’ll be crossing my fingers for The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine at the Oscars tonight!
