134: Siouxsie & The Banshees
132: Bombs
2. Rancid - Time Bomb
3. The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
4. J Church - Bomb
5. The Queers - Steak Bomb
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap
130: Sugar
1. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
2. The English Beat - Sugar and Stress
3. bis - Sweet Shop Avengerz
4. All - Sugar & Spice
5. Sugar - Fortune Teller
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
129: Drinking Songs 2
1. People Under The Stairs - Tales Of Kidd Drunkadelic
2. Amazing Royal Crowns - Swimming In Drinks
3. The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Bartender's Song
5. NOFX - Quart In Session
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap
128: War
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
3. Jawbreaker - Imaginary War
4. The Hives - Declare Guerre Nucleaire
5. Eric B & Rakim - Casualties Of War
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap, rock
127: Odd Covers 3
1. The Wonderstuff - Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)
2. Robyn Hitchcock - Funkytown (Lipps, Inc.)
3. Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash (Soundgarden)
4. Round-n-Round - Lou Barlow (Ratt)
5. The Wedding Present - It's Not Unusual (Tom Jones)
Labels: all, alternative, covers, guest, rock
125: Odd Covers 1
1. Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson) [+ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps]
2. Franz Ferdinand - What You Waiting For? (Gwen Stefani) [+ Bily Idol - White Wedding]
3. The Raconteurs - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
4. Operation Ivy - One of These Days (Nancy Sinatra)
5. Fifteen - Rainbow Connection (Kermit The Frog)
[photo by pixelwhip]
Labels: all, alternative, covers, ska
124: Wire 2
1. Ahead
2. In Vivo
3. Silk Skin Paws
4. Mr. Marx's Table
5. One of Us
Labels: all, alternative
123: TMBG School
1. James K. Polk
2. Meet James Ensor
3. The Edison Museum
4. Mammal
5. Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)
Labels: all, alternative
122: Mick Jones
1. The Clash - Jail Guitar Doors
2. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
3. Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
4. Big Audio Dynamite - Contact
5. Carbon/Silicon - The News
Labels: all, alternative, punk
121: Joe Strummer
1. 101'ers - Motor Boys Motor
2. The Clash - Complete Control
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed
5. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - All In a Day
Labels: all, alternative, punk
120: Rain
1. Sunny Day Real Estate - Rain Song
2. The Cult - Rain
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Raindrops + Sunshowers
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
5. Neko Case - Buckets of Rain
Labels: all, alternative, country, covers, rock
119: Summer
2. Art Brut - Soundtrack of the Summer
3. Weezer - Island In The Sun
4. Neutral Nation - Bad Music Beach
5. The Queers - This Sandal Shit
Labels: all, alternative, punk
118: Los Angeles
2. Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.
3. People Under The Stairs - The L.A. Song
4. Jurassic 5 - Lausd
5. X - Los Angeles
Labels: all, alternative, rap
117: This is Boston
1. The Standells - Dirty Water
2. The Allstonians - Brighton Memories
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bridges, Squares
4. Dropkick Murphys - For Boston
5. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - They Came to Boston
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock, ska
114: Shapes
2. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
3. The Hives - Square One Here I Come
4. Man Or Astro-man? - (Trapezoid)
5. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Labels: all, alternative, rock
113: Internal Organs
2. Wire - Kidney Bingos
3. Dinosaur Jr. - The Lung
4. Jawbreaker - Gutless
5. Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
112: Work
2. Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week
3. Sicko - On The Clock
4. James Brown & Marva Whitney - You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat)
5. Bloquera - Back To The Grind Again
Bonus: A Song To Help You Keep Your Job
Labels: all, alternative, funk, punk, rap
111: Red
2. XTC - Red
3. Rancid - Red Hot Moon
4. Reverend Horton Heat - Big Red Rocket Of Love
5. Minor Threat - Seeing Red
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk
110: Phones
1. Beck - Cellphone's Dead
2. Bad Brains - She's Calling You
3. R.E.M. - Star 69
4. Rival Schools - Travel By Telephone
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Dial Up
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
107: Steps
1. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
3. Violent Femmes - 12 Steps
4. Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down
5. They Might Be Giants - 32 Footsteps
Photo credit: gordasm
Labels: all, alternative, guest, rock, ska
106: Planets
1. Chisel - The Mutable Mercury
2. Man Or Astro-man? - Destination Venus
3. Bad Religion - Fields Of Mars
4. Les Savy Fav - Pluto
5. Smashing Pumpkins - Tales Of A Scorched Earth
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
105: Guns
1. Belly - Slow Dog
2. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
3. Prince - Sign o' the Times
4. The Beatles - Happiness is a Wam Gun
5. Liz Phair - Divorce Song
Labels: all, alternative, funk, guest, rock
104: Fours
2. The Clash - Four Horsemen
3. Wire - Four Long Years
4. Kitchens Of Distinction - 4 Men
5. Aphex Twin - 4
Labels: all, alternative, electronic, rap
102: Songs That Kick In
1. Earlimart - Fakey Fake
2. Slint - Nosferatu Man
3. The Stooges - Gimme Danger
4. Doves - The Cedar Room
5. Radiohead - All I Need
Labels: all, alternative, guest, punk
100
1. Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash
2. Blur - End Of A Century
3. Sunny Day Real Estate - 100 Million
4. Man Or Astro-man? - 100 Individual Magnets
5. The Cure - One Hundred Years
Photo credit paolo.r
Labels: all, alternative, funk
99: Hard Time
1. Built To Spill - Mess with Time
2. Buzzcocks - Time's Up
3. Green Day - All The Time
4. Beastie Boys - Time For Livin'
5. Husker Du - Indecision Time
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk
98: Served with Curry
1. Firewater - This is My Life
2. Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
3. Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
4. Rocket from the Crypt - Turkish Revenge
5. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Howhywuz, Howwhyam (live from the Middle East)
Labels: all, alternative, guest
97: Cities
2. Jan & Dean - Surf City
3. The Clash - The City Of The Dead
4. Elliott Smith - Fear City
5. David Bowie - Suffragette City
Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock
95: Change
2. Skankin' Pickle - Make A Change
3. De La Soul - Change In Speak
4. Sugar - Changes
5. Bad Religion - Change Of Ideas
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap, ska
94: The Fall
"How about 5 songs from the most prolific band of our generation, The Fall? 60 albums (both live and studio) since 1979." He culled their 60 albums to get these five songs...not an easy task.
1. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
2. Dead Beat Descendant
3. The Littlest Rebel
4. Mountain Energy
5. Two Librans
Labels: all, alternative, guest
92: What Are You?
2. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - I'm A Ghost
3. Franz Ferdinand - I'm Your Villain
4. bis - I'm a Slut
5. Special Ed - I'm the Magnificent
Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock
90: The English Beat & Beyond
1. The English Beat - Two Swords
2. The English Beat - Ranking Full Stop
3. The English Beat - Save It for Later
4. General Public - Tenderness
5. Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
Labels: all, alternative, ska
88: Beck
1. Novacane
2. Tropicalia
3. Pressure Zone
4. Hell Yes
5. Gamma Ray
Labels: all, alternative
87: Law Enforcement
2. Supergrass - Caught By the Fuzz
3. The Strokes - New York City Cops
4. Goodbye Harry - Armadillo
5. Fugazi - Great Cop
Labels: all, alternative, punk
86: Dreams
2. The Cure - A Pink Dream
3. Mission Of Burma - 1001 Pleasant Dreams
4. Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From The Hill
5. Leatherface - Dreaming
Labels: all, alternative, country, punk
85: Beatles Covers
1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
2. They Might Be Giants - Savoy Truffle
3. Samiam - Cry Baby Cry
4. The Ventures - I Feel Fine
5. Ted Leo - I'm Looking Through You
Labels: all, alternative, covers, rock
83: Let's Party
2. Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help
3. Bloquera - Fiesta
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To Party
5. Andrew WK - Party Hard
Labels: all, alternative, rap, reggae, rock
82: Cars 2
1. Built To Spill - Car
2. Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps - Race With The Devil
3. Man Or Astro-man? - A Mouthful of Exhaust
4. Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
5. Kitchens Of Distinction - Drive That Fast
Labels: all, alternative, rock
81: Ballads
2. Green Day - The Ballad Of Wilhelm Fink
3. Rancid - The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny
4. Mission Of Burma - The Ballad Of Johnny Burma
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Ballad Of The Sin Eater
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
74: Jazz
2. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Jazz
3. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
4. fIREHOSE - Relatin' Dudes To Jazz
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)
Labels: all, alternative, funk, rap
73: Yeah!
2. The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
3. They Might Be Giants - Yeh Yeh
4. Zwan - Yeah!
5. small factory - Yeah
("Yeah!" artwork from The Drawing Project)
Labels: all, alternative, funk
72: Dates
1. Minutemen - June 16th
2. Liz Phair - Cinco De Mayo
3. Danger Mouse/Jay-Z - December 4th
4. NOFX - August 8th
5. fIREHOSE - 4.29.92
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap
69: Time
2. The Futureheads - Trying Not To Think About Time
3. New Order - Fine Time
4. Hot Hot Heat - Running Out of Time
5. The Pacers - Out of Time
Photo credit: the other Martin Taylor
Labels: all, alternative, rock, ska
68: 2:42
1. The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
2. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Criminal Piece
4. Weezer - American Gigolo
5. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash
Labels: all, alternative
66: New Wave Covers
1. The Muffs - No Action (Elvis Costello)
2. The Mr. T Experience - Can't Get There From Here (R.E.M.)
3. Horace Pinker - Our Lips Are Sealed (Go-Go's)
4. The Hi-Fives - Tainted Love (Soft Cell, Gloria Jones)
5. Goldfinger - Rio (Duran Duran)
Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk
65: Instrumentals 2
1. Frank Black - Tossed
2. The Breeders - Flipside
3. The Cure - Another Journey By Train
4. Reverend Horton Heat - Big Sky
5. fIREHOSE - Tien An Man Dream Again
Labels: all, alternative, instrumentals
64: Superchunk
1. Slack Motherfucker
2. Ribbon
3. Yeah, It's Beautiful Here Too
4. Her Royal Fisticuffs
5. European Medicine
Labels: all, alternative, punk
62: Wire
1. The Meters - Live Wire
2. U2 - Wire
3. Sahara Hotnights - Walk On The Wire
4. Pixies - Hang Wire
5. fIREHOSE - Chemical Wire
Labels: all, alternative, funk, rock
61: Cars
2. Elastica - Car Song
3. Buzzcocks - Fast Cars
4. Beck - Rental Car
5. Beastie Boys - Car Thief
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap
60: Moving
1. The Kinks - I Gotta Move
2. Wire - Start To Move
3. Beastie Boys - The Move
4. The Jam - I've Changed My Address
5. The Smiths - Back To The Old House
Photo credit: curoninja
Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock
56: Drinking Songs
1. Laurel Aitken - Bartender
2. They Might Be Giants - Drink!
3. Black Flag - Six Pack
4. Leatherface - Hops And Barley
5. The Queers - I Only Drink Bud
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk, ska
54: Rap Influences
1. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
2. Herbie Hancock - Rockit
3. Art Of Noise - Beat Box
4. James Brown - Funky Drummer
5. Billy Squire - The Big Beat
Labels: all, alternative, electronic, funk, instrumentals, jazz, rock
53: Rockabilly
1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
2. Roy Orbison & The Teen Queens - Go! Go! Go!
3. The Cramps - Aloha from Hell
4. Amazing Crowns - Losing Streak
5. Reverend Horton Heat - Bad Reputation
Labels: all, alternative, rock
52: Guitar Hero Wish List
1. The Ventures - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
2. Bad Brains - I Against I
3. Samiam - Viewpoint
4. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
5. Man or Astro-man? - Interstellar Hardrive
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, instrumentals, punk, rock
51: Covers 1
1. All: Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
2. Quicksand: How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths)
3. Jawbreaker: Into You Like A Train (Psychedelic Furs)
4. J Church: Planet Earth (Duran Duran)
5. Leatherface: Eagle (ABBA)
Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk
50: Sinko's Burning
2. Fugazi - Burning Too
3. Horace Pinker - Burn Tempe To The Ground
4. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday
5. Wire - Torch It!
Labels: all, alternative, punk
49: Rickenbacker Guitar
1. Beatles - Ticket to Ride
2. The Who - I Can't Explain
3. R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower
4. The Romantics - When I Look in Your Eyes
5. The Jam - Start!
Labels: all, alternative, rock
47: Shoegazy
Whatever you want to label them, these bands share the swirling effects-driven guitars and ethereal vocals usually associated with shoegazers.
1. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
2. Lush - De-Luxe
3. Ride - Vapour Trail
4. Luminous Orange - How High
5. Asobi Seksu - Nefi + Girly
Labels: all, alternative
46: Devo Covers
1. Devo / Big Drill Car - Freedom Of Choice
2. Devo / Skankin' Pickle - Gates of Steel
3. Devo / Nirvana - Turn Around
4. Devo / Superchunk - Girl U Want
5. Devo / Doc Hopper - Uncontrollable Urge
Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk, rock
45: Another Night
2. New Order - This Time Of Night
3. R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix)
4. Elastica - All-Nighter
5. Rancid - Another Night
Labels: all, alternative, punk, ska
44: Last Night
2. The Cure - A Night Like This
3. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
4. Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Night Rider
5. The Strokes - Last Night
Labels: all, alternative, electronic, rock
43: New Year
1. The Breeders - New Year
2. Pinhead Gunpowder - Losers of the Year
3. Sicko - Bad Year
4. Hüsker Dü - These Important Years
5. Asobi Seksu - New Years
Labels: all, alternative, punk
42: Sleep part 2
2. Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
3. Radiohead - Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)
4. J Church - Sleep
5. All - Copping Z
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
41: Sleep part 1
2. The La's - I Can't Sleep (live)
3. They Might Be Giants - Sleeping In The Flowers
4. Jawbreaker - Sleep
5. Crimpshrine - Sleep, What's That?
Labels: all, alternative, punk
40: Theme Songs
John Spade: "They're my theme music. Every hero's got to have some."
1. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
2. Schoolly D - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme
3. Chisel - Theme For A Pharmacist
4. Man Or Astro-man? - Theme from Eeviac
5. Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme
Labels: all, alternative, electronic, funk, rap
39: Title Tracks 2
1. The Beatles - Help!
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. AC/DC - Back In Black
4. The Police - Synchronicity I
5. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Labels: all, alternative, rock
37: Ian MacKaye
1. Minor Threat - No Reason
2. Skewbald - Sorry/Change For The Same
3. Fugazi - Waiting Room
4. Fugazi - Bed For The Scraping
5. The Evens - All These Governors
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore
36: I Can Spell!
1. The Cure - Fire In Cairo
2. The Kinks - Cadillac
3. They Might Be Giants - S-E-X-X-Y (remix)
4. Elastica - How He Wrote Elastica Man
5. Anti-Flag - Captain Anarchy
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
35: Rudeboys
1. Joe White - Rudies All Around
2. Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message to You
3. The Specials - Rude Boys Outta Jail
4. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone
Labels: all, alternative, ska
33: Rock Radio
2. The Clash - Capital Radio One
3. They Might Be Giants - Greasy Kid Stuff
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Radio, Radio
5. Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
31: Wire Covers
1. Fischerspooner - The 15th
2. My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
3. fIREHOSE - Mannequin (live)
4. Henry Rollins - Ex-Lion Tamer
5. Minor Threat - 12XU
Labels: all, alternative, covers, electronic, hardcore
29: Title Tracks 1
1. The Clash: London Calling
2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: Hearts Of Oak
4. Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll
5. Bad Religion: No Control
Labels: all, alternative, punk
28: Television
1. Sunny Day Real Estate: Television
2. Man Or Astro-man?: Television Man
3. Ned's Atomic Dustbin: Kill Your Television
4. Sicko - Mike TV
5. Gorilla Biscuits: Stand Still
Labels: all, alternative, covers, hardcore, punk
27: Weekdays
1. NOFX: Thank God It's Monday
2. Stevie Wonder: Tuesday Heartbreak
3. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Wednesday Week
4. Asobi Seksu: Thursday
5. Joe Jackson: Friday
Labels: all, alternative, funk, punk, rock
26: Sinko's Back
1. Rakim: Guess Who's Back
2. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Jimmy's Back
3. Prefuse 73: Back In Time
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
He's Back (live)
5. Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town
Labels: all, alternative, funk, rap, rock
25: Pixies
1. Ana
2. Dead
3. The Holiday Song
4. Alec Eiffel
5. Something Against You
Labels: all, alternative
23: The Weekend
1. Art Brut - Bad Weekend
2. The Cure - 10.15 Saturday Night
3. Wire - Field Day For The Sundays
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Sunday
5. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday
(I know this is St. Patrick's Day and I should have some Irish music podcast -- I guess I'm just not that on top of things...)
Labels: all, alternative, punk
22: Tim Armstrong
1. Operation Ivy - Unity
2. Rancid - Detroit
3. Bad Religion - Television
4. Rancid - Let Me Go
5. Transplants - Diamonds And Guns
Labels: all, alternative, punk, ska
16: Unnecessarily Long Song Titles
1. Minutemen - Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?
2. The Kinks - Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
3. The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
4. Jets To Brazil - "Your X-Ray Results Have Come Back From The Doctor And We Think We Know What The Problem Is"
5. Man Or Astro-man? - Song Of The Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator Stanford University, Stanford, California
Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock
14: Questions Part 2
1. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
2. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
3. They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad?
4. The Specials - Why?
5. Public Enemy - Who Stole The Soul?
Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock, ska
12: Walter Schreifels
1. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotten
2. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
3. Quicksand - Blister
4. Rival Schools - So Down On
5. Walking Concert - The Animals
Labels: all, alternative, hardcore
09: Back to School
1. Chuck Berry - School Days
2. The Jam - Art School
3. Nirvana - School (live)
4. Pixies - U-Mass
5. The Hi-Fives - Class Dismissed
Labels: all, alternative, rock
08: Good Morning
1. Built To Spill - In The Morning
2. The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning
3. Elastica - Waking Up
4. Jets To Brazil - Morning New Disease
5. Radiohead - Morning Bell
Labels: all, alternative, rock
07: Questions, Part 1
1. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
3. Green Day - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
4. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)?
5. Frank Black - Whatever Happened To Pong?
Labels: all, alternative, punk
05: Fives
1. Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising
2. Perceptionists - 5 O'Clock
3. Beck - High 5 (Rock the Catskills)
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - 5ive Gears In Reverse
5. Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)
Labels: all, alternative, country, rap, rock
04: Bob Mould
1. Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today
2. Hüsker Dü - Friend, You've Got To Fall
3. Bob Mould - See a Little Light
4. Sugar - Fortune Teller
5. Bob Mould - Paralyzed
Labels: all, alternative, punk
03: Drummers
1. The Police (Stewart Copeland) - One World (Not Three)
2. Sunny Day Real Estate (William Goldsmith) - Theo B
3. Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlain) - Cash Car Star
4. Sinkhole (Chris Pierce, who also sings) - Leaner Days
5. The Bad Plus (David King) - And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation
Labels: all, alternative, jazz, punk, rock