Thursday, September 23, 2021

Playlist for a 30-episode introduction to alternative and indie music

 Back in March of 2021 I considered what would be on a playlist for a program to introduce the history of indie and alternative music to non-western audiences.  I've given more thought to that question since then, and have actually started producing a series of 30 episodes of exactly 59 minute durations in which I introduce music to give an overview of the scope and history of alternative and indie music. Many of the songs are chosen because they represent interesting genres, or because they are songs that appear on multiple lists of "best songs" or "most influential songs" on various websites.  I also considered that the intended audience would be Mandarin-speaking audiences in China and Taiwan.  Also, as I'm hoping to get these played on radio stations in Taiwan and China, so that there can be increased interest in these types of bands (so that these sorts of bands could successfully tour in Taiwan, at least), I have especially represented the music of Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), in the hopes that he can take his band to Taiwan someday. Also, I chose shorter songs so we could fit the music into 59-minute episodes. Frequently there were longer songs that would have been better, but the shorter songs were good enough, and allowed more songs in an episode.

So, here are the playlists for 30 episodes. I have started translating and recording the first 15 episodes and the 24th episodes, but the others are still just in the planning stage, and especially the final six episodes.  Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

    


Episode 1 Precursors and Antecedents 

Louie Louie The Kingsmen 1963 The Best of the Kingsmen

You Really Got Me The Kinks 2001 The British Are Coming

Bird's the Word The Golden Group 1963 Oldies and Goldies: 50 Classic Rock and Pop Hits of the 60's and 70's

Apache (Re-Recorded) The Ventures 2002 Gold (Re-Recorded Versions)

Pipeline Dick Dale & His Del-Tones With Stevie Ray Vaughn 1989 King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale And His Del-Tones

A Dream for Julie (Top Of the Pops' Radio Session Version 1968) Kaleidoscope 1967 Please Listen To the Pictures - The BBC Sessions Recordings

Ride a White Swan Marc Bolan & T.Rex 2002 T.Rex (Marc Bolan &) 20th Century Boy, The Ultimate Collection

No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper 1992 Sounds Of The Seventies - 70'S Top 40

Transistor (2009 Kraftwerk 1975 Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster)

St. Elmo's Fire Brian Eno 1975 Another Green World

Regiment Brian Eno & David Byrne 1981 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Roadrunner Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 1972 The Beserkley Years

All Tomorrow's Parties (Stereo) The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico

Marquee Moon Television 1994 Marquee Moon






Episode 2 American Punk and New Wave

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Remastered) The Stooges The Stooges (Deluxe Edition) 1969

Personality Crisis New York Dolls New York Dolls 1973

Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones Mania 1976

The Passenger Iggy Pop Lust for Life 1977

Heart Of Glass Blondie Parallel Lines 1978

Brass In Pocket The Pretenders The Singles 1980

We Got The Beat The Go-Go's Beauty And The Beat 1981

Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single) R.E.M. Eponymous 1988

Animal Day Wall of Voodoo Dark Continent 1981

Animals Talking Heads Fear Of Music 1979

The Mad Daddy The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us 1998

The Green Door The Cramps Psychedelic Jungle 1981

The Blue Mask Lou Reed The Blue Mask 1999

Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death 1980

Hidden Wheel Rites Of Spring End On End 1985








Episode 3 British Punk and New Wave

EMI Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks 1977

Complete Control The Clash Clash On Broadway (Disc 1) 1991

Boredom Buzzcocks Spiral Scratch 1977

Oh Bondage (Up Yours) X-Ray Spex Punk You Vol. 1 1978

Fairytale In the Supermarket The Raincoats The Raincoats 1979

Hot on the Heels of Love Throbbing Gristle Twenty Jazz Funk Greats 1979

Natural's Not In It Gang of Four Entertainment 1979

Read It In Books Echo and the Bunnymen The Pictures On My Wall b/w Read It In Books 1979

Interzone Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1979

Mesh New Order Substance (Disc 2) 1981

Felicity Orange Juice You Can't Hide Your Love Forever 1982

Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark The Best Of O.M.D. 1988

New Life Depeche Mode The Singles 81-85 1999

I Melt With You (7" single mix) Modern English After The Snow 1982

Ghost Town The Specials The 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past (Disc 2) 1993

Ranking Full Stop The English Beat The 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past (Disc 1) 1993








Episode 4 Post-Punk

Brazil Wire Pink Flag (2006 Remaster) 1977

I Don't Know What To Do With My Life The Buzzcocks A Different Kind Of Tension/Singles Going Steady 1979

Eighties Killing Joke Punk You Vol. 1 1984

Boys Don't Cry The Cure Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 1979

Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division Permanent 1979

Second Skin The Chameleons Script of the Bridge: 25th Anniversary Edition (Remastered) 1983

Blue Monday New Order Power, Corruption & Lies 1983

Bunker Soldiers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1980

Friend Or Foe Adam Ant Antics In The Forbidden Zone 1982

(This Is Not A) Love Song (1983) Public Image Limited (John Lydon) Best Of British 1 Pound Notes 1983

Totally Wired The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong (39 Golden Greats) 2004

Rusholme Ruffians (Peel Version) The Smiths B Sides and Rare 1984

The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen Songs To Learn & Sing 1985

I Promise Radiohead OKNOTOK 1997  2017 1997








Episode 5 College Rock

Genius of Love (Long Version) Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club 1981

These Dangerous Machines Martha And The Muffins Danseparc 1983

Gates Of Steel Devo Greatest Hits 1980

7 Chinese Bros. R.E.M. Reckoning 1984

Alex Chilton The Replacements Pleased To Meet Me 1987

Take the Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven Telephone Free Landslide Victory 1985

Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants 1985

Boy (Extended Mix Version) Book of Love Book of Love 1986

When Men Were Trains Big Dipper Supercluster - The Big Dipper Anthology 1987

I Love Hot Nights Jonathan Richman Modern Lovers 88 1987

Here Comes Your Man The Pixies Doolittle 1990

Years Later Cactus World News Urban Beaches 1986

Why Are You Being so Reasonable Now? The Wedding Present George Best Plus 1987

So You Think You're in Love Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Perspex Island 1991


Episode 6 Early Synth

Telstar The Tornadoes 1962 The British Are Coming

Doctor Who Theme (TV Version) Murray Gold & BBC National Orchestra of Wales 1963 Dr. Who (Original Television Soundtrack)

Because The Beatles 1969 Abbey Road

I Have Known Love Silver Apples 1969 Contact

Pop Corn Gershon Kingsley 1969 Music to Moog By Gershon Kingsley

Hallo Gallo Neu! 1972 Soul Jazz Records Presents Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83

Neon Lights (Single Edit) Kraftwerk 1978 The Model

St. Elmo's Fire Brian Eno 1975 Another Green World

Warm Leatherette The Normal (Daniel Miller) 1978 T.V.O.D. / Warm Leatherette single

I Feel Love (12" Version) Donna Summer 1979 Bad Girls (Deluxe Edition)

Cars Numan, Gary 1979 The Pleasure Principle

Shout (Rio Remix) Depeche Mode 1981 Singles Box 1



Episode 7 Loud Early Indie

Where Next Columbus Crass 1981 Penis Envy

TV Party Black Flag 1981 Repo Man

The Hammer Hits The Nail The Flesh Eaters 1983 A Hard Road To Follow

Faye Wang J Church 1999 Altamont '99

The Cheerleaders Minutemen 1985 Project Mersh

Minor Threat Minor Threat 1984 First Two 7"s

Waiting Room Fugazi 1989 13 Songs

Run Like A Villain Iggy Pop 1982 Zombie Birdhouse

Guns At My School Hüsker Dü 1981 Land speed record

Books About UFOs Hüsker Dü 1985 New Day Rising

Shiftless when Idle The Replacements 1982 Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

I Can't Hardly Wait [The Tim Version] The Replacements 1985 Nothing For All

Heartbeat Big Black 1987 Heartbeat (Remastered) - Single

In Circles (Remastered) Sunny Day Real Estate 1994 Diary (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version]

Rebel Girl Bikini Kill 1993 Pussy Whipped

Get Up Sleater-Kinney 1999 The Hot Rock (Remastered)

Bang! Bang! Le Tigre 2001 From the Desk of Mr. Lady




Episode 8 Grunge

Sex Bomb (7") Flipper 1981 Sex Bomb Baby

Feel the Pain Dinosaur Jr. 1994 Without a Sound

Good Enough Mudhoney 1991 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Cry for a Shadow Beat Happening 1991 Dreamy

Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live  California) Nirvana 1996 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

All Apologies Nirvana 1993 In Utero (20th Anniversary) [Remastered]

Better Man Pearl Jam 2004 Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003

Spoonman Soundgarden 1994 Superunknown (20th Anniversary)

Interstate Love Song (2019 Remaster) Stone Temple Pilots 1994 Purple (2019 Remaster)

Doll Parts Hole 1994 Live Through This

Big Dipper Built To Spill 1994 There's Nothing Wrong With Love

Untrustable / Part 2 (About Someone Else) Built to Spill 1997 Perfect from Now On



Episode 9 Alternative Rock and Pop Punk of the 1990s

Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 1995 The Bends

Girls and Boys Blur 1994 Girls & Boys

Rock 'n' Roll Star Oasis 1995 Rock 'N' Roll Star

Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 1991 Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Lightening Crashes Live 1994 Woodstock 1994

1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Longview Green Day 1994 Dookie

Come Out And Play The Offspring 1994 Smash

What's My Age Again? blink-182 1999 Enema of the State

Sissyneck Beck 1996 Odelay

My Hero Foo Fighters 1997 Colour & The Shape

Father Of Mine (Special Pop Mix) Everclear 1998 Fight for your rights

The Hand that Feeds Nine Inch Nails 2005 With Teeth


Episode 10 Beautiful Indie 

Avalon Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music 1982 Street Life - Greatest Hits

Sugar Hiccup Cocteau Twins 1983 Head Over Heels (Remastered)

A Single Wish This Mortal Coil 1984 It'll End In Tears

The Piccadilly Trail The Style Council 1984 The Sound Of The Style Council

Down On Mission Street Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 1984 Rattlesnakes

Among The Americans 10,000 Maniacs 1985 The Wishing Chair

You Tuxedomoon 1987 You

Birthday Sugarcubes 1988 Life's Too Good

You Keep It All In The Beautiful South 1989 Welcome To The Beautiful South

Sylvia Creeper Lagoon 1997 Creeper Lagoon

Angels With Dirty Faces Los Lobos 1993 Just Another Band From East L.A. (Disc 2)

Mustard Latin Playboys 1999 Dose

Is It Wicked Not To Care? Belle & Sebastian 1998 The Boy With The Arab Strap

Virginia Reel Around The Fountain The Halo Benders 1998 The Rebels Not In



Episode 11 Europe and the UK (mostly 80s)

Into the Valley Skids 1982 Fanfare

Upside Down The Jesus & Mary Chain 1984 21 Singles

Ask The Smiths 1986 Singles

Just Like Heaven The Cure 1987 Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Collapsing New People Fad Gadget 1985 The Best of Fad Gadget

Yü-Gung (Adrian Sherwood Remix) Einstürzende Neubauten 1985 Halber Mensch

p:Machinery Propaganda 1984 A Secret Wish

Sympathy For The Devil (Dem Teufel Zugeneigt) Laibach 1990 Sympathy For The Devil

Headhunter Front 242 1988 Indie Top 20 Vol 6

Human Behaviour Björk 1993 Debut

Marcia Baila Les Rita Mitsouko 1985 Rita Mitsouko

Fade To Grey Nouvelle Vague 2006 Bande à Part


Episode 12 Alternative 90s 

Tonight I Fancy Myself The Beautiful South Choke 1990

Right Here, Right Now (righteous radio mix) Jesus Jones Right Here, Right Now 1990

Yr Own World Blue Aeroplanes Beatsongs 1991

Grey Cell Green Ned's Atomic Dustbin God Fodder 1991

Fortune Cookie Prize Beat Happening Dreamy 1991

Distopian Dream Girl Built To Spill There's Nothing Wrong With Love 1994

Date With Ikea Pavement Brighten the Corners 1997

Line Song Shrimp Boat Cavale 1993

All the Umbrellas in London The Magnetic Fields Get Lost 1995

Self-Esteem The Offspring Smash 1994

Loser Beck Mellow Gold 1994

And Hiding Away The Innocence Mission Umbrella 1991

Fade into You Mazzy Star So Tonight That I Might See 1993

Snare Girl Sonic Youth A Thousand Leaves 1998



Episode 13 The New Millennium

Elephant Song Sky Cries Mary 1992 Exit At The Axis

Carry the Zero Built to Spill 1999 Keep It Like a Secret

Else Built to Spill 1999 Keep It Like a Secret

Millenium Cars Keith Secola 1999 Fingermonkey

Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Getting Heavy?) The Flaming Lips 1999 The Soft Bulletin

Georgia Lee Tom Waits 1999 Mule Variations

The Book of Love The Magnetic Fields 1999 69 Love Songs (Box Set)

The Sailor In Love With The Sea (Featuring Gary Numan) The 6ths 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles

Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 2000 Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

Balls Sparks 2000 Balls

The New You (Simon Raymonde Remix) Departure Lounge 2000 Out Of There

The Littlest Birds The Be Good Tanyas 2000 Blue Horse

Legal Man Belle & Sebastian 2000 Legal Man (EP)


Episode 14 The South (Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa)

Six Months In A Leaky Boat Split Enz 1982 MIXOTHEQUE VOL. 1 - TALLY HO!

Loving grapevine Jean-Paul Sartre Experience 1986 MIXOTHEQUE VOL. 1 - TALLY HO!

The Crying Room David Mitchell and Denise Roughan 1996 MIXOTHEQUE VOL. 2 - FILLING A HOLE

The Record Store The Brunettes 2004 Mars Loves Venus

Don't Change INXS 1983 Shabooh Shoobah - INXS

Right Here The Go-Betweens 1987 Tallulah

Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil 1987 Diesel And Dust

I'm a Believer Anita Lane 1993 Dirty Pearl

Morning Song The Babe Rainbow 2019 Today

Beautiful Trash (feat. Megan Washington) Lanu 2011 Beautiful Trash (feat. Megan Washington) - EP

Down South (feat. Motheo Moleko) Jeremy Loops 2015 Trading Change (Deluxe Edition)

Bafana Bafana (South Africa) Cop On the Edge 2010 Fast Forward: An Indie Music Companion to World Cup 2010

Fire Is Low Freshlyground 2010 Radio Africa

The Sun The Naked And Famous 2010 Passive Me, Aggressive You

Two Worlds Apart Purple Pilgrims 2019 Perfumed Earth


Episode 15 New York City Indie & Alternative

Chinatown 4:42 Luna Penthouse 1995

Forever Song 2:30 Mosquitos Mosquitos 2003

Museum of Idiots 2:59 They Might Be Giants The Spine 2004

You Only Live Once 3:05 The Strokes First Impressions Of Earth 2005

Don't Tell Them 3:20 Paul Brill Harpooner 2006

Someone Great 6:30 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver 2007

Two Weeks 4:03 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest 2009

Knotty Pine 2:23 Dirty Projectors & David Byrne Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] 2009

Overlord 2:40 Dirty Projectors Windows Open 2020

Maps 3:35 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps - Single 2004

I Got the Moves 1:45 Habibi Habibi 2014

Give Me Just a Minute 4:03 Computer Magic Davos 2015

Crying in the Sunshine 3:15 Miniature Tigers I Dreamt I Was A Cowboy 2017

Seventeen 4:26 Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow 2019

A-Punk 2:17 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 2008

Rich Man 2:29 Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride 2019


Episode 16 East Coast

Gigantic 3:55 Pixies Surfer Rosa 1988

Live to Tell the Tale 5:16 Passion Pit Chunk of Change 2008

Multi-Family Garage Sale (Bargain-Bin Mix) 4:15 Land of the Loops Bundle of Joy 1996

Yell It Out 3:36 The Derevolutions The Derevolutions 2015

Art Isn't Real (City of Sin) 2:49 Deer Tick War Elephant 2007

Considering A Move To Memphis 6:42 Colorblind James Experience, The The Colorblind James Experience 1987

When I'm Small 4:09 Phantogram Eyelid Movies (Bonus Track Version) 2009

Not Too Soon 3:12 Throwing Muses The Real Ramona 1991

Every Hour Here 3:27 The Innocence Mission Umbrella 1991

Arpeggiator 4:41 Fugazi End Hits 1998

Shades of Blue 2:51 Yo La Tengo There's a Riot Going On 2018

Shade And Honey 4:08 Sparklehorse Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain 2006

Easy 3:37 Thao with The Get Down Stay Down Know Better Learn Faster 2009


Episode 17 Canada

Anthems For a Seventeen Year Old Girl 4:36 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People 2003

Precious Metals 2:18 Russian Futurists Let's Get Ready To Crumble 2003

Haiti 4:07 Arcade Fire Funeral 2004

Sing Me Spanish Techno 4:17 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema 2005

Jamelia 4:00 Caribou Swim 2010

The Lamb 3:40 Little Scream The Golden Record 2011

Montréal 3:33 Ariane Moffatt Le cœur dans la tête 2005

Tourne encore 3:28 Salomé Leclerc Sous les arbres 2011

Rêves d'été 3:52 Laurence Nerbonne Rêves d'été - Single 2015

Da Dunda 4:01 Slam Dunk Welcome To Miami 2012

Amerika 3:42 Wintersleep The Great Detachment 2016

Utopia 4:00 Austra Future Politics 2017

Saved by a Waif 2:31 Alvvays Antisocialites 2017

Texas 2:58 Jennifer Castle Angels of Death 2018



Episode 18 Southern

Bales of Cocaine 2:07 Reverend Horton Heat The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat 1993

Deja Varoom (with broadcast intro) 2:35 Southern Culture on the Skids Plastic Seat Sweat 1997

Song Against Sex 3:41 Neutral Milk Hotel On Avery Island 1996

A Thousand Years 2:40 Azure Ray Burn and Shiver 2002

Id Engager 3:25 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping 2008

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked 2:56 Cage The Elephant Cage The Elephant 2009

Digging for Something 3:30 Superchunk Majesty Shredding 2010

Slave to the South 3:15 The Weeks Gutter Gaunt Gangster 2011

Can't Hold On 4:52 The Black Lips Satan's Graffiti or God's Art? 2017

Becky 3:00 Be Your Own Pet Get Damaged - EP 2008

Hungry Ghost 3:26 Hurray for the Riff Raff The Navigator 2017

Do You Realize? 3:30 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2002

Actor Out Of Work 2:15 St. Vincent Actor (Amazon Exclusive) 2009

Champaign, Illinois 3:25 Old 97's The Grand Theatre Vol. 1 2010

Thoughts and Prayers 5:19 Drive-By Truckers The Unraveling 2020

War 3:06 Waxahatchee Saint Cloud 2020


Episode 19 Midwestern

My Pet Robot 2:55 The Pulsars Pulsars 1997

Milwaukee Sky Rocket 3:09 Braid Frame and Canvas 1998

Can't Stand It 3:34 Wilco Summerteeth 1999

Carin at the Liquor Store 3:23 The National Sleep Well Beast 2017

Turtleneck 2:56 The National Sleep Well Beast 2017

33 "GOD"  3:28 Bon Iver 22, A Million 2016

Anthropocene 3:23 Peter Oren Anthropocene 2017

Maria 2:00 Frances Luke Accord Maria - Single 2018

Takmit 3:05 Saintseneca Dark Arc 2014

Trees We Couldn't Tell The Size Of 3:26 wished bone Sap Season 2019

You Were Born 2:34 Cloud Cult Light Chasers 2010

Mississippi 4:02 The Cactus Blossoms You're Dreaming 2016

Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 2:09 Sufjan Stevens Come On Feel The Illinoise! 2005

Scythian Empires 4:35 Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha 2007

This Too Shall Pass 3:08 OK Go Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky 2010

Plenty Tough Union Made 2:50 The Waco Brothers The Scent 2010

The Music in Movies. 1:52  Flunkie   The Music in Movies    2021



Episode 20 Pacific Northwest

Every Iceburg Is Afire 3:48 Sky Cries Mary This Timeless Turning 1995

Wide Role 4:21 Rose City Band Rose City Band 2019

The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song 2:50 The Dandy Warhols Dandys Rule Ok 1995

Oakland 3:54 The Genders Get Lost 2013

Stay 2:53 Doug Martsch Now You Know 2002

One Chance 3:08 Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News 2004

Chinese Translation 4:00 M. Ward Post-War 2006

No Sunlight 2:40 Death Cab For Cutie Narrow Stairs 2008

Helplessness Blues 5:03 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues - Single 2011

Mystic Isle 3:30 Jared Mees Life Is Long 2017

The Rake's Song 3:16 The Decemberists Hazards Of Love 2009

Goin' Against Your Mind 8:44 Built To Spill You In Reverse 2006

Aisle 13 3:20 Built To Spill There Is No Enemy 2009


Episode 21 California (and Arizona / Nevada)

Buddy Holly 2:39 Weezer Weezer 1994

Jane Says 5:02 Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking 1988

Letter From Belgium 3:16 The Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed 2004

Militia Song 2:12 Camper Van Beethoven New Roman Times 2004

My Family's Role In The World Revolution 2:08 Beirut Lon Gisland EP 2007

Short Skirt/Long Jacket 3:24 Cake Comfort Eagle 2002

Palmreader 3:09 Sonny & The Sunsets Antenna To the Afterworld 2013

Say Hey (I Love You) [feat. Cherine Anderson] 3:56 Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers 2009

Sometime Around Midnight 5:04 The Airborne Toxic Event The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition) 2009

Simple Song 3:54 The Shins Simple Song 2012

Ends of the Earth 4:47 Lord Huron Ends of the Earth 2013

Bizness 4:24 tUnE-yArDs Bizness - Single 2011

Cloudlight 3:57 Eskmo Eskmo 2010

Lazy Eye 5:54 Silversun Pickups Carnavas 2006


Episode 22 United Kingdom

Up On The Catwalk (2002 Digital Remaster) 4:45 Simple Minds Sparkle in the Rain 1984

One Great Thing 4:04 Big Country The Best Of Big Country 1986

Song To The Siren 3:30 This Mortal Coil It'll End In Tears 1984

You Trip Me Up 2:26 The Jesus & Mary Chain 21 Singles 1985

Do It Anyway 2:41 Woodentops Move Me 12" 1985

Sleep On The Left Side 4:06 Cornershop When I Was Born For The 7th Time 1997

I Don't Love Anyone 3:57 Belle & Sebastian Tigermilk 1999

Hit the North, Part 1 4:00 The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong (39 Golden Greats) 2004

Are Friends Electric? AllSaints Basement 7:23 Gary Numan AllSaints Basement Sessions Gary Numan 2012

Fireside 3:01 Arctic Monkeys AM 2013

Semicircle Song 3:27 The Go! Team Semicircle 2017

3WW 4:55 Alt-J Relaxer 2017

Aside from Growing Old 3:39 Cate Le Bon Rock Pool 2017

Shady Grove 2:37 Yola Walk Through Fire 2019


Episode 23 Europe

Með Blóðnasir 2:19 Sigur Rós Takk... 2005

Melt Down the Knives 2:20 Sin Fang Bous Clangour 2009

Dirty Paws 4:38 Of Monsters and Men My Head Is an Animal 2012

Young Folks 4:39 Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block 2007

Oh My God (feat. Iggy Pop) 3:18 Ida Maria Oh My God (feat. Iggy Pop) [Digital 45] 2009

I Was Jesus 2:40 Hello Saferide The Fox, the Hunter and Hello Saferide 2014

Trouble in the Streets 4:17 Goat Requiem 2016

Now We Start To See the Beauty 3:12 Silver Firs Lake Hypoxia - EP 2021

Dry Dry Land (Portugal) 2:47 Tap Tap Fast Forward: An Indie Music Companion to World Cup 2010 2010

Pas les saisons (Skydancers Remix) 3:03 Mina Tindle Pas les saisons (Skydancers Remix) - Single 2015

Les Moissons 2:58 Radio Elvis Les Conquêtes 2016

Lune est l'autre 3:54 Vendredi sur Mer Marée basse - EP 2017

Easy 5:20 Absynthe Minded Riddle of the Sphinx 2019

Берег (Shore) 3:25 Забавные Игры (Funny Games) Берег - Single 2019

Издалека (Izdaleka) 5:40 Как Никогда (Kak Nikogda) Издалека (Izdaleka) single 2020


Episode 24 Folk Revival

Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 2:45 Built To Spill Ancient Melodies Of The Future 2001

Skinny Love 3:59 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago 2007

5 Years Time 3:32 Noah & The Whale Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down 2008

Die 1:07 Iron & Wine Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] 2009

The Cave 3:38 Mumford And Sons Sigh No More 2009

Another Saturday 2:56 Stuart Murdoch Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2] 2009

Starving Robins 3:21 Horse Feathers Thistled Spring 2010

From Finner 3:44 Of Monsters and Men Into the Woods - EP 2011

Don't Try and Hide It 3:46 The Dodos No Color (Amazon MP3 Exclusive) 2011

Ho Hey 2:43 The Lumineers Ho Hey - Indie Spotlight Free Download 2012

Lightning Bolt 2:23 Jake Bugg Lightning Bolt - Single 2012

Time to Run 5:27 Lord Huron Ends of the Earth 2012

Over Your Roof 2:40 Frances Luke Accord Queen for Me - EP 2014

Visions 3:19 Saintseneca Dark Arc 2014

Noah 3:54 Amber Run 5AM 2015

Texas 2:58 Jennifer Castle Angels of Death 2018

You Take Yours, I'll Take Mine 3:38 Matthew Mole 2013










Episode 25 East Asia (Two Hour Special episode) 

Linda Linda      3:36    The Blue Hearts  (Japan, 1987)

Pop Tune 3:17 Shonen Knife (Japan, 2012)

Kula Botanical Gardens 5:16 Asao Kikuchi (Japan, 2005)

S.O.I.D 7:06 Buffalo Daughter (Japan, 2003)

After Dark 3:12 Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Japan, 2007)

Ruh Ruh     3:21     Oddly  (Japan, 2021)

Tanola Nomads 6:02 Sainkho Namtchylak (Tuva, 1993)

Bolamania     2:49 Shaggydog      (Indonesia, 2016)

Sail     5:23 Hightime Rebellion     (Indonesia, 2017)

Ang Huling el Bimbo 7:30  Eraserheads (Philippines, 1995)

I Am in A Period of Desperation     4:24      Hiperson  (Chungdu, China, 2020)

You don't Sacrifice Your Innocence Here      7:06       Hiperson      (Chungdu, China, 2015)

You Turn My Face to Another Day      7:08      Hiperson & FAZI  (China, 2019)

Ma Yang      3:42      FAZI   (Xi'an, China, 2019)

The Second Dream 5:49 City Flanker (Shaoxing, China, 2018)

石庙中的风       4:08      Gatsby in a Daze      (Hangzhou, China, 2020)

青春著   3:37   張承    (Beijing, China, 2021)

風和日麗 天氣晴      4:04      自然捲       (Taiwan, 2005)

寶貝 (In a Day)      Deserts Chang       (Taiwan, 2006)

這是因為我們能感到疼痛      Tizzy Bac      (Taiwan, 2013)

Messi 4:18     The Fur.  (Taiwan, 2018)

暸解一切      Bob Is Tired      (Taiwan, 2020)

Thunder. Pop      4:34  Mong Tong  (Taiwan, 2020)


Episode 26 More Bands that were Influential

Banned in D.C. 2:13 Bad Brains Bad Brains 1982

Rise Above 2:27 Black Flag Damaged 1981

In This House That I Call Home 3:34 X Los Angeles/Wild Gift 1988

Revolve 4:45 Melvins Stoner Witch 1994

Up on the Sun 4:16 The Meat Puppets Up on the Sun 1985

Never Said (Remastered) 3:16 Liz Phair Exile In Guyville 1993

Have You Forgotten 6:13 Red House Painters Songs for a Blue Guitar 1996

Between the Bars 2:21 Elliott Smith Either/Or 1997

He Lays In the Reins 3:44 Calexico & Iron & Wine In the Reins 2005

Ten-Day Interval 4:45 Tortoise TNT 1998

Good to Sea 3:12 Pinback Autumn of the Seraphs 2007

Undoing a Luciferian Towers 7:47 Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian Towers 2017

Ariel Ramirez 2:18 Richard Buckner Since 1998

Rossignol 3:31 The Sea and Cake The Fawn 1997


Episode 27 Garage and Lo-Fi

Have Love Will Travel    2:40    The Sonics    Have Love Will Travel     1965

96 Tears 2:56 ? and the Mysterians Cameo Parkway - The Best of ? & The Mysterians, 1966-1967 1966

Splash 1 3:56 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic World of the 13th Floor Elevators (Vol. 1) 1967

I Walked with a Zombie 2:42 Roky Erickson & The Aliens The Evil One 1981

I Think of Demons 2:44 Roky Erickson The Evil One 1981

Shake Some Action 4:33 Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action 1976

Chinese Rocks 2:54 Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) [Special Edition] 1977

Do The Pop 2:36 Radio Birdman The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) 1977

All This and More 2:47 Dead Boys Young, Loud and Snotty 1977

Last Night 2:38 The Scientists The Scientists E.P. 1979

All Kindsa Girls 4:57 Real Kids I Hate CDs: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection, Vol. 1 1983

Billy's Dead 2:48 Deadbolts Voodoobilly 1994

Heat Seeker 1:01 The Rip Offs Got a Record 1994

Woo Hoo 2:02 The 5.6.7.8's Bomb the Twist - EP 1996

Human Tornado 1:47 Teengenerate Get Action! 1994

The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand 2:24 Thee Headcoats The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand 1998

Jukebox Lean 2:36 New Bomb Turks Scared Straight 1996

Give Up 1:31 Pagans The Blue Album 2008

Jupiter Jazz 3:28 Milkshakes Juvenilia 2016



Episode 28  Ambient and Quiet Alternative 

Dockland 2:06 China Crisis Working with Fire and Steel 1983

Kokoku 7:08 Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak 1984

Océan Rain 5:13 Echo & The Bunnymen Ocean Rain 1984

Help Me Lift You Up 5:06 This Mortal Coil Blood 1991

Green Arrow 5:39 Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 1997

Rebels Got A Hole In It 6:05 The Halo Benders The Rebels Not In 1998

I Believe in You (1997 Remaster) 6:03 Talk Talk Spirit Of Eden 1993

Ce matin-là 3:39 Air Moon Safari 1998

Raining in Athens 4:10 Azure Ray Burn and Shiver 2002

Yawny at the Apocalypse 3:39 Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha 2007

Star Roving 5:39 Slowdive Slowdive 2017



Episode 29  Maybe a rockabilly and surf music episode?

I Need Your Love Tonight    2:39     DiMaggio Brothers

Black Dress    2:18    Jerry Lee Merritt 

Black Slacks    2:08    Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones

Go Little Go Cat 2:39    The Four Teens

Mrs. Marquitory's Daughter    2:46    Dale Hawkins

Speak to Me Baby    2:15    Werly Fairburn

Rebel Rouser    2:26    Duane Eddy

She's Sexy & 17    3:31    Stray Cats

Walter Mitty Blues    2:01    The Meteors

Veronica    3:37    Ronnie Dawson

Take a Razor to Your Head    2:10    The Sharks

Ghost on the Highway    2:47    The Gun Club

Wipe Out    2:38    The Surfaris

Miserlou    2:07    Agent Orange

Pipeline    2:23    Johnny Thunders

Nightmare Fantasy (Held Down To...)     2:49    Guana Batz

Hombre Secreto    1:49    The Plugz

Ring of Fire    3:51    Social Distortion

Viva Las Vegas    2:42    Dead Kennedys




Episode 30 Encore Episode with Bands that were left out of the first 29 episodes 

Mr. Jones 4:03 The Psychedelic Furs Talk Talk Talk 1980

Senses Working Overtime 4:34 XTC Upsy Daisy Assortment 1982

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 3:53 Bauhaus The Sky's Gone Out 1982

Blister In The Sun 2:26 Violent Femmes Permanent Record: The Very Best Of The Violent Femmes 1983

Waterfall (Remastered) 4:39 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (Remastered) 1989

Authority 4:51 Mekons Curse of the Mekons 1991

What Time is Love? 3:42 The K.L.F. The White Room 1991

You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) 1:50 The White Stripes De Stijl 2000

Time for Heroes 2:40 The Libertines.      Up the Bracket 2002

First Love 3:04 The Maccabees Colour It In 2006

The Underdog 3:42 Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Bonus Track Version) 2007

We Share the Same Skies 3:15 The Cribs Ignore the Ignorant (Deluxe Version) 2009

Put Your Number in My Phone 2:53 Ariel Pink Pom Pom 2014

Dominique Laboubee 2:24 The Fleshtones I Surrender! - Single 2015

Sparrow    5:12    Big Thief    Little Things / Sparrow    2021




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