Ep. 3, A: "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl," Broken Social Scene

from the album You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene's Myspace

DJ comments: I've been mildly obsessed with Broken Social Scene since I bought my tickets for the 2006 Lollapalooza. You Forgot It In People has the best production value of all the band's albums. In my opinion, it's a must-have for any collection.

The female vocals for this song are those of Emily Haines (Metric). When the band went on tour in 2006, they created the sound by harmonizing the vocals all of females who've ever been involved with the band. One of the two videos posted is their Lolly performance. — BJH

Ep. 3, B: "Brandenburg," Beirut

From the album Gulag Orkestar

Beirut's Myspace
Beirut's web site

DJ comments: Pretty songs, pretty songs. — BJ

Ep. 3, C: "Clickity Clack," Alela Diane

From the album The Pirate's Gospel

Alela Diane's web site
Alela Diane's Myspace

DJ comments: Alela Diane recently stopped by KRUI after a performance in Grinnell. Hopefully she'll make a stop in Iowa City during her next national tour.

I couldn't find a video for "Clickity Clack," but I attached a live performance of "Dry Grass and Shadows." — BJ

Ep. 3, D: "The Dress Looks Nice On You," Sufjan Stevens

From the album Seven Swans

Sufjan Stevens' Myspace
Sufjan Stevens' web site

DJ comments: I like him because he's cute. What girl doesn't want a multi-instrumentalist anyway?

I've heard Sufjan's concerts are pretty interesting. You can decide for yourself. — BJ

Ep. 3, E: "Elephant Stone," The Stone Roses

From the album The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses web site

DJ comments: I always liked these guys better than Blur or Oasis. Probably because all three bands made one really great album, but the Stone Roses didn't make numerous bad ones. (OK, Oasis' first two records are pretty good.) — cwc

Ep. 3, F: "Feel the Heat," Dirk Diggler feat. Reed Rothchild

From the Boogie Nights soundtrack

No video footage of this performance found during my brief search, but these classic Boogie Nights moments can be viewed:

Ep. 3, G: "Girls," Death in Vegas

From the Lost in Translation soundtrack

Death in Vegas on MySpace

DJ comments: This runs the Lost in Translation streak to two shows. Perhaps we'll have to play the clip of Scarlett doing karaoke of the Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket" next week....

Check out some YouTube user's school project below.

Ep. 3, H: "Hunting for Witches," Bloc Party

From the album A Weekend in the City

Bloc Party's web site
Bloc Party on MySpace

DJ comments: I think my friend Eric and I are the only people who put A Weekend in the City in the same rarefied air as Silent Alarm. Are there others out there? — cwc

Ep. 3, I: "Is This Love?" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

From the album Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Myspace
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! web site

DJ comments: For a band's first album, I think CYHSY! did alright. They self-released their self-titled album in 2006. — BJ

Ep. 3, J: "Just," Radiohead

From the album The Bends

Radiohead's Myspace
Radiohead's web site

DJ comments: KRUI DJ's have been playing "In Rainbows" non-stop since it came out. I decided to go back to their second album The Bends. — bj

Ep. 3, K: "Killing For Love," Jose Gonzalez

From the album In Our Nature

Jose Gonzalez's web site
Jose Gonzalez on MySpace

DJ comments: Jose Gonzalez definitely has his mark as one of our most played artists. We will be seeing him over Iowa's spring break. Looking forward to a little acoustic love. — BJ

Ep. 3, L: "The Littlest Birds," Jolie Holland

From the album Catalpa

Jolie Holland's Myspace

DJ comments: Jolie Holland (The Be Good Tanyas) is a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice. Catalpa is another album everyone should own. — BJ



And L secured our Letter of the Day billing, so we played "Little Bird" from Goldfrapp's new album, Seventh Tree. Nice work, L.

Ep. 3, M: "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," Paul Simon

From the album Paul Simon

Paul Simon's web site
Paul Simon on MySpace

DJ comments: Great song use in The Royal Tenenbaums. That movie rules. This video isn't too shabby either, what with Mickey Mantle taking Simon yard...

Ep. 3, N: "No Cars Go," Arcade Fire

From the ep Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire's web site
Arcade Fire on MySpace

If I were to pick my favorite Arcade Fire song, it would be "Haiti," but I've played that song two or three times on the show before we went to the ABC Soup format, so I'm trying to go with something else. Thus, we go with the EP version of this kick-ass tune. — cwc

Ep. 3, O: "One Part Lullaby," The Folk Implosion

From the album One Part Lullaby

The Folk Implosion's web site
The Folk Implosion on MySpace

I really think these guys deserve to be held in higher regard. I find the bulk of their work more satisfying than the bulk of Sebadoh. I know the song I picked is not from the Dare to Be Surprised album, but let me tout that disc while I'm here. It's a solid listen, start to finish. — cwc

Ep. 3, P: "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," The Smiths

From the album Louder Than Bombs

Smiths' fan site

DJ comments: The Smiths need an archivist. There isn't much in the way of official material out here on the Internet. Anyway, check out Morrissey doing this song....

Ep. 3, Q: "Que Onda Guero," Beck

From the album Guero

Beck's web site
Beck on MySpace

DJ comments: The lyrics are pretty hilarious when you read them. "Let's go to Cap'n Cork. They have the new Yanni cassette." Glorious! — BJ

My personal favorite is the "I saw a puppet at Tang's with a mullet and a popsicle" line; although the question "You doin' push-ups?" always slays me. — cwc

This is horrible:

Ep. 3, R: "Rapture," Pedro the Lion

From the album Control

Pedro the Lion's Myspace

DJ comments: I have a mutual friend with David Bazaan, so I ended up sitting with him for a while before his last solo performance at the Picador. His music seems pretty representative of his personality — I guess that's based on a 30-minute interaction, though. — BJ

Ep. 3, S: "Smart Went Crazy," Atmosphere

from the album You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

Atmosphere's Myspace
Atmosphere's Bio

DJ comments: Atmosphere is a brilliant duo with Minneapolis's Hip Hop mega-label Rhymesayers Entertainment. I've always thought clean versions of songs were worthless. Now I understand how useful they are! — BJ

Ep. 3, T: "Turn Into Something," Animal Collective

From the album Feels

Animal Collective's Myspace

DJ comments: Animal Collective is one of those bands you either really enjoy or don't understand at all. I have one of my many obsessions with them last year. Sadly, I didn't get tickets in advance for their sold out all-ages show at the Picador. When did high school kids get hip, anyway? — BJ

Put me in the "don't understand" camp. — cwc

Ep. 3, U: "Up the Cuts," Against Me!

From the album New Wave

Against Me!'s web site
Against Me! on MySpace

DJ comments: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ep. 3, V: "Venus as a Boy," Bjork

From the album Debut

Bjork's web site
Bjork on MySpace

Bjork will never go out of style. — cwc

Ep. 3, W: "Walking with a Ghost," Tegan & Sara

From the album So Jealous

Tegan & Sara's web site
Tegan & Sara on MySpace

Great song. White Stripes' cover version isn't too shabby, either.

Ep. 3, X: "Xmas in February," Lou Reed

From the album New York

Lou Reed's web site
Lou Reed on MySpace

DJ comments: If you've ever had the itch to have Lou Reed stare at you for nearly 3 minutes, watch the "video" below. — cwc

Ep. 3, Y: "You Made Me Like It," 1990s

From the album Cookies

1990s' web site
1990s on MySpace

1990s were wondering if their numeric handle was going to exclude them from the Alphabet Soup. Rest easy, fellas.

Ep. 3, Z: "Zookeeper's Boy," Mew

From the album And the Glass Handed Kites

Mew's web site
Mew on MySpace

DJ comments: This song comes from an album with some of the worst cover art in some time (evidence at right). You expect this kind of bad art from Millie Jackson, but not a halfway cool and relevant band of the now.

It's a bad first impression, much like how the first song on Bright Eyes' Lifted album nearly prevented me from hearing the other 12 songs on the disc, which would have been a shame. We should try to do an A-Z playlist of "Track 1's"; I bet that would be pretty cool.... — cwc