Show #186 - 06.19.09:
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Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines and Trying Times
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Show #185 - 06.12.09:
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Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
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Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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Show #184 - 06.05.09:
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Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
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Sonic Youth - The Eternal
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Show #183 - 05.29.09:
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Wilco - (The Album)
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Grizzly Bear - Vectatimest
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Show #182 - 05.22.09:
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Eminem - Relapse
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Passion Pit - Manners
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Show #181 - 05.15.09:
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Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
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St. Vincent - Actor
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Show #180 - 05.08.09:
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Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
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Show #179 - 05.01.09:
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Leonard Cohen - Live in London
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Show #178 - 04.24.09:
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Booker T - Potato Hole
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The Handsome Family - Honey Moon
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Show #177 - 04.17.09:
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Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
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Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle
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Show #176 - 04.10.09:
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Neil Young - A Fork in the Road
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Metric - Fantasies
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Show #175 - 04.03.09:
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PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By
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Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
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Show #174 - 03.27.09:
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
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Show #173 - 03.20.09:
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The Decembersists - Hazards of Love
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Mastodon - Crack the Skye
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Show #172 - 03.13.09:
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Chris Cornell - Scream
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Cursive - Mamma I'm Swollen
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Show #171 - 03.06.09:
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Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
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K'naan - Troubadour
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Show #170 - 02.27.09:
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U2 - No Line On The Horizon
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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - S/T
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Show #169 - 02.20.09:
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Various - Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack
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Morrissey - Years of Refusal
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Show #167 - 02.06.09:
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Lily Allen - It's Not Me It's You
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Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
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Show #166 - 01.30.09:
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Heartless - The Mountain
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Show #165 - 01.23.09:
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Bruce Spingsteen - Working on a Dream
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Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
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Show #164 - 01.16.09:
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Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
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Show #163 - 01.09.09:
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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
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Show #162 - 01.02.09:
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Common - Universal Mind Control
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Show #158 - 12.05.08:
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Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
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Show #158 - 12.05.08:
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Britney Spears - Circus
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Fireman - Electric Arguments
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Show #157 - 11.28.08:
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Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
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The Killers - Day and Age
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Rivers Cuomo - Alone II: The Home Recordings
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Show #156 - 11.21.08:
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Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
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Show #155 - 11.14.08:
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Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
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The Knux - Remind Me in Three Days
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Show #154 - 11.07.08:
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Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Continued
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Q-Tip - The Renaissance
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Show #153 - 10.31.08:
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Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
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Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws
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Show #152 - 10.24.08:
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John Legend - Evolver
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Parts and Labor - Receivers
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Show #151 - 10.17.08:
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AC/DC - Black Ice
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Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs
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Show #150 - 10.10.08:
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Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
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T.I. - Paper Trail
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TV On The Radio - Dear Science
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Show #149 - 10.03.08:
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Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
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Lou Reed - Berlin Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
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Show #148 - 09.26.08:
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Metallica - Death Magnetic
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Show #147 - 09.19.08:
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Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
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Show #146 - 09.12.08:
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Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
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Show #145 - 09.05.08:
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The Walkmen - You & Me
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Show #144 - 08.29.08:
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David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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Show #143 - 08.22.08:
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Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
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Show #142 - 08.15.08:
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Brazilian Girls - New York City
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Show #141 - 08.08.08:
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One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion
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Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
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Show #140 - 08.01.08:
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Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
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Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
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Show #139 - 07.25.08:
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The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
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King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius
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Show #138 - 07.18.08:
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Nas - Untitled
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Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
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Show #137 - 07.11.08:
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Beck - Modern Guilt
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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
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Show #135 - 06.27.08:
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My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
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Show #134 - 06.20.08:
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Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
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Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
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Show #133 - 06.13.08:
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Coldplay - Viva La Vida
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Weezer - Red Album
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Show #131 - 05.30.08:
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Usher - Here I Stand
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Show #130 - 05.23.08:
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Al Green - Lay It Down
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Show #129 - 05.16.08:
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Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster...
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Show #128 - 05.09.08:
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Flight of the Conchords- Flight of the Conchords
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Elvis Costello - Momofuku
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Santogold - Santogold
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Show #127 - 05.02.08:
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The Roots - Rising Down
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Portishead - Third
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Show #126 - 04.25.08:
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Madonna - Hard Candy
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Show #125 - 04.18.08:
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Nick Cave - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
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Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
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Show #124 - 04.11.08:
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Disfear - Live the Storm
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The Breeders - Mountain Battle
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Show #123 - 04.04.08:
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Moby - Last Night
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Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
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Show #122 - 03.28.08:
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Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
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The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonley
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Show #121 - 03.21.08:
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REM - Accelerate
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Show #120 - 03.14.08:
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Beach House - Devotion
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Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
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Show #119 - 03.07.08:
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Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
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The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
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Show #118 - 02.29.08:
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Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary)
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Janet Jackson - Discipline
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Sons and Daughters - This Gift
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Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
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Black Mountain - In the Future
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Show #116 - 02.15.08:
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Various Artists - Juno Soundtrack
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Herbie Hancock - River
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Show #115 - 02.08.08:
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Sheryl Crow - Detours
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Show #114 - 02.01.08:
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Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
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Show #111 - 01.11.08:
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Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust!
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Show #110 - 01.04.08:
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Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
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Show #109 - 12.28.07:
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Mary J - Growing Pains
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Show #106 - 12.07.07:
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Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
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Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
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Show #105 - 11.30.07:
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Chris Brown - Exclusive
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Damon & Naomi - Within These Walls
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Show #103 - 11.16.07:
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Alicia Keys - As I Am
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The Hives - The Black and White Album
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Show #102 - 11.09.07:
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Jay-Z - American Gangster
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The Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
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Show #101 - 11.02.07:
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Cafe Tacuba - Sino
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The Redwalls - The Redwalls
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Show #100 - 10.26.07:
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Britney Spears - Blackout
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Raising Sand
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Show #99 - 10.19.07:
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Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
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John Fogerty - Revival
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Show #98 - 10.12.07:
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Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
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Show #97 - 10.05.07:
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Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
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Show #96 - 09.28.07:
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Joni Mitchell - Into The Wild
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Jill Scott - The Real Thing
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The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
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Bruce Springsteen - Magic
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Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
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PJ Harvey - White Chalk
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Show #95 - 09.21.07:
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Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
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Show #93 - 09.07.07:
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Kanye West - Graduation
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50 Cent - Curtis
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The Mekons - Natural
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Show #91 - 08.24.07:
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Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
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Show #90 - 08.17.07:
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MIA - Kala
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New Pornographers - Challengers
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Show #88 - 08.03.07:
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Common - Finding Forever
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Show #87 - 07.27.07:
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Grinderman - Grinderman
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Show #86 - 07.20.07:
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Prince - Planet Earth
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Show #84 - 07.06.07:
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Art Brut - It's a bit Complicated
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Crowded House - Time on Earth
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Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
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Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
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T.I. - T.I. Vs T.I.P.
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Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
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Show #82 - 06.22.07:
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
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Show #82 - 06.22.07:
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Kelly Clarkson - MyΒ December
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The White Stripes - IckyΒ Thump
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Show #80 - 06.08.07:
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Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
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Show #79 - 06.01.07:
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Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
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V/A - AΒ Tribute to Joni Mitchell
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Patti Smith - Twelve
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Show #78 - 05.25.07:
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Nick Drake - Family Tree
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Elliot Smith - New Moon
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Jeff Buckley - So Real
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R. Kelly - Double Up
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Show #77 - 05.18.07:
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Rush - Snakes and Arrows
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Show #76 - 05.11.07:
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Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
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Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
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Show #75 - 05.04.07:
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Feist - The Reminder
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Battles - Mirrored
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The Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Mavis Staples - We'llΒ Never Turn Back
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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El-P - I'llΒ Sleep When You're Dead
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Bjork - Volta
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Show #74 - 04.27.07:
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AvrilΒ Lavigne - The BestΒ DamnΒ Thing
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Show #73 - 04.20.07:
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Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
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Show #72 - 04.13.07:
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Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
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Nine InchΒ Nails - Year Zero
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Show #71 - 04.06.07:
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Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
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Timbaland - Shock Value
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #70 - 03.30.07:
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Apples inΒ Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
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Show #68 - 03.16.07:
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Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Antibalas - Security
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Ted Leo - Living with the Living
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Air - Pocket Symphony
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Low - Drums and Guns
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LCDΒ Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Show #66 - 03.02.07:
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The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
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TheΒ Stooges - TheΒ Weirdness
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Jill Cunniff - City Beach
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Show #65 - 02.23.07:
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Caetano Veloso - CΓͺ
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Show #64 - 02.16.07:
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Lucinda Williams - West
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Show #63 - 02.09.07:
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FallΒ Out Boy - Infinity onΒ High
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Show #62 - 02.02.07:
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ClapΒ Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
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Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #61 - 01.26.07:
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John Mellencamp - Freedom's Road
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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The Good, The BadΒ &Β The Queen - S/T
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Show #58 - 01.06.07:
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Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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GwenΒ Stefani - The Sweet Escape
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #53 - 12.02.06:
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Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
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The Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Show #52 - 11.25.06:
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Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Tom Waits - Orphans
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #51 - 11.18.06:
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The Game - Doctor's Advocate
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Bert Jansch - The Black Swan
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #50 - 11.11.06:
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Lindsey Buckingham - Under the Skin
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Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
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Show #49 - 11.04.06:
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MyΒ Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
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Greg: "Burn Itβ
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John Legend - Once Again
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #46 - 10.14.06:
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Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O.
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls inΒ America
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
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Show #45 - 10.07.06:
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Beck - The Information
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The Killers - Sam'sΒ Town
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #44 - 09.30.06:
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Mastodon - Blood Mountain
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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DJΒ Shadow - The Outsider
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Show #43 - 09.23.06:
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Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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YoΒ La Tengo - IΒ Am Not Afraid of You...
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Show #42 - 09.16.06:
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Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
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Show #40 - 09.02.06:
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Beyonce - B'Day
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TVΒ on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #39 - 08.26.06:
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BobΒ Dylan - Modern Times
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Audioslave - Revelations
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Kelis - Kelis Was Here
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Cursive - Happy Hollow
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The Roots - Game Theory
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M.Β Ward - Post-War
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Show #38 - 08.19.06:
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Outkast - Idlewild
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #37 - 08.12.06:
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Rick Ross - Port of Miami
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
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Show #36 - 08.05.06:
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Slayer - Christ Illusion
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White Whale - WWI
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Show #35 - 07.29.06:
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Tom Petty - Highway Companion
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Pharrell - In My Mind
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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NYΒ Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us...
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #34 - 07.22.06:
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Peaches - Impeach My Bush
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MichaelΒ Franti &Β Spearhead - YellΒ Fire!
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #33 - 07.15.06:
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Indie Arie - Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Thom Yorke - TheΒ Eraser
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Show #32 - 07.08.06:
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Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
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Show #30 - 06.24.06:
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Nelly Furtado - Loose
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #29 - 06.17.06:
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AFI - Decemberunderground
Jim: βTrash Itβ
Greg: "Trash Itβ
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Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #27 - 06.03.06:
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Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
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The Coup - Pick a Better Weapon
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Show #26 - 05.27.06:
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The Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
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Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Show #25 - 05.20.06:
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T-Bone Burnett - The True False Identity
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Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Show #24 - 05.13.06:
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Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Tool - 10,000 Days
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #23 - 05.06.06:
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Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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PaulΒ Simon - Surprise
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Red HotΒ Chili Peppers - StadiumΒ Arcadium
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Show #22 - 04.29.06:
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Bruce Springsteen - TheΒ Seeger Sessions
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
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Show #21 - 04.22.06:
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TheΒ Streets - TheΒ HardestΒ Way to Make anΒ Easy Living
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VanΒ Hunt - On the Jungle Floor
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Show #20 - 04.15.06:
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The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
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Morrissey - Ringleader of the Torrmentors
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
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The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Jim: "Trash It"
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Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Jim: "Burn Itβ
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Pink - I'm Not Dead
Jim: "Trash Itβ
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Show #19 - 04.08.06:
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Prince - 3121
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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The Flaming Lips - At War WithΒ The Mystics
Jim: Recused (Jim wrote their biography)
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Show #15 - 03.11.06:
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David Gilmour - On and Island
Jim: βTrash Itβ2
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Goldfrapp - Supernature
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Show #14 - 03.04.06:
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NekoΒ Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
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Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Jaheim - Ghetto Classics
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Show #13 - 02.25.06:
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IsobelΒ Cambell/MarkΒ Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
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Show #12 - 02.18.06:
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Ray Davies - Other People'sΒ Lives
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Belle andΒ Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Jim: βBuy Itβ
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Show #10 - 02.04.06:
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Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People SayΒ I am...
Jim: βBuy Itβ
Greg: "Buy Itβ
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Notorious BIG - Duets
Jim: βBurn Itβ
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Show #9 - 01.28.06:
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Cat Power - The Greatest
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Test Icicles - For Screening Purposes Only
Jim: βTrash Itβ
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Show #8 - 01.21.06:
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Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
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Show #7 - 01.14.06:
 This week's reviews begin with a review of Ainβt Nobody Worryinβ, the new album from Anthony Hamilton. This R&B singer reminds both of our critics of classic vocalists like Bill Withers and Bobby Womack. While keeping his day job as a barber, Hamilton began recording in Charlotte, North Carolina. He sang back-up for DβAngelo on his Voodoo our, and eventually caught the eye of mega-producer (and mega-boyfriend) Jermaine Dupri during a Grammy performance honoring Stevie Wonder. While Greg initially objected to the lack of up-tempo songs, both he and Jim appreciate the quality of the songwriting and the substance of the lyrics. Therefore Ainβt Nobody Worryinβ gets two Buy It ratings.
 The second review is of A Compound Eye, the first solo release from ex-Guided By Voices frontman, Robert Pollard, and our hosts couldnβt disagree more. Sound Opinions fans know that like the spiritied debates about Bruce Springsteen, the GBV/Pollard dispute is almost as old as time. Jim starts off by expressing his wish that Pollard took more time to polish the tracks on this album. Greg, however, disagrees, and finds the lack of polish part the musicβs lo-fi charm. Jim also thinks that Pollard is, as always, too prolific of a songwriter, and thinks that over half of the album is just βself-indulgent clatter.β Thus, itβs a Trash It. For Greg, however, A Compound Eye is a beautiful, eclectic double album rolled into one. He recommends fans go out and Buy It.
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Show #6 - 01.07.06
 Both Jim and Greg agree that Kahne succeeded in stretching The Strokes out. However, Greg thinks there is a lot of filler on the album. For him, itβs an experiment that did not work, making First Impressions only a βBurn it.β Jim, on the other hand, believes itβs good (though not great) from beginning to end. He thinks it might even be better than the previous release Room on Fire, and recommends it as a βBuy it,β even for Barry Manilow fans.
 Jim and Greg next review the latest release from reigning R&B queen Mary J. Blige. Blige is an artist who has been put through the ringer, but things were a lot more stable during the making of The Breakthrough. This didnβt affect Bligeβs sound, however, which is as gritty as ever. While Jim and Greg prefer the singer live, they agree that this is Bligeβs best album since 12992βs Whatβs the 411. (Sound Opinions H.Q. also recommends her 1999 release Mary). Our hosts are especially impressed with how Blige manages not to be overshined by the presence of so many star producers like Dr. Dre, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Will.i.am, and star guests like Jay-Z, Raphael Saadiq, and Nina Simone (from the beyond). Fellow divas Beyonce Knowles and Alicia Keys canβt always say that. Jim and Greg both rated Mary's album as, "Buy it."
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Show #1 - 12.03.05
 This week Jim and Greg reviewed records by Madonna and System of a Down.
Jim thought Madonna's record, Confessions on a Dance Floor, was Madonna by numbers; an album where Madonna went through the motions and made a Kylie Minogue dance record. As Jim says, "this is a simulacrum of a Madonna album." Jim gave the record a "Burn it!".
Greg somewhat disagreed, and felt that when the record worked, it hearkened back to a 70's Giorgio Moroder, dance album. However, Greg felt the record was uneven overall, and also gave the record a "Burn it!".
 Greg and Jim are both longtime fans of the political and Frank Zappa-esque metal band, System of a Down. Their second record of the year, Mezmerize, won over Jim more than it did Greg.
Jim felt that while there were a few duff tracks, but that the overall sonic assault made him feel that this was one of the strongest hard rock records of the year. He gave the record a "Buy it!".
Greg felt that the even though are a few weak tracks, that the complexity of the arrangement, and the complimenting album, Hypnotize, make this a must own album. He also gave the record a "Buy it!" rating.
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