Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we pick our favorite underrated albums. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
First episode of the year!
Recorded right after the gold medal men's hockey game
What is underrated?
A well-known artist's less popular release or lesser-known artists
Phil: Neil Young has a few underrated albums among his vast catalog
Other Phil honorable mentions: Big Star, Bob Mould, Best Coast, Kaiser Chiefs, Bettie Serveert, Built to Spill, Keith Richards, N. Mississippi All-Stars, Ben Folds Five, Until the End of the World soundtrack, Til Tuesday, Neko Case, Passengers, Big Head Todd, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fela Kuti, Dead Milkmen, Shuggie Otis, Uncle Tupelo, Waterboys
Jay's honorable mentions: Trail of Dead, Material Issue, Peter Gabriel, The Church, PiL, Afghan Whigs, QOTSA, Smashing Pumpkins, Blind Melon, Elliot Easton, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet
Phil's #10: Cracker's debut album
Lowery's first post-Camper Van Beethoven release
Jay's #10: Keith Richards releases a stripped-down solo album
Was pissed at Jagger, created the antithesis to his flashy style
Phil's #9: Prince creates a new band in the early '90s
No more Revolution, going for more of a hip hop sound
Jay's #9: Only release from David + David
Studio musicians who teamed up to release atmospheric story songs
Phil's #8: Indie supergroup comprised of members of Sleater-Kinney and Helium
Only released one album
Jay's #8: Living Colour's third album was criminally overlooked
Introduced industrial elements but was lost in the wave of grunge
Phil's #7: Jerry Harrison goes solo
More pop than what Talking Heads were doing
Jay's #7: Sebadoh unleashes ripping indie rock masterpiece
Contributions from two songwriters
Phil's #6: Self-assured debut from Elastica
Waited too long to release their next album
To be continued
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Videodrone is a weekly feature looking at music videos from the last half century.
Golden Brown (1982)
The Stranglers are one of those bands that never got their due in the U.S. and I'll certainly admit I still don't know enough about them, other than they made a lot of good music that I need to listen to more. The band got its start in 1974 as the Guildford Stranglers in England, quickly becoming part of the growing pub rock scene.
As punk emerged, the Stranglers opened for the first British tours of the Ramones and Patti Smith and became part of that scene in the U.K. They had hits with songs like "Peaches" and "Something Better Change." But the band, whose members were older and more musically adept than their contemporaries, soon started exploring different sounds.
In 1982, the band released the single "Golden Brown" off its 1981 album La Folie, which was a concept album about love. The song is very different than anything the band had previously released, a waltz-time ballad written by keyboardist Dave Greenfield and drummer Jet Black, with lyrics by singer-guitarist Hugh Cornwell. It was so different, featuring harpsichord as the primary instrumentation, that the Stranglers' label was hesitant to release it as a single.
"We had to insist on it being released," bassist Jean-Jacques Brunel told Loudersound in 2024. "We'd been taken over by EMI and they thought we were awful--and they hated 'Golden Brown.' They said, 'This song, you can't dance to it, you're finished.'"
But the song was released during the holiday season, along with a video directed by Lindsey Clennell (who has also directed videos by Elton John, the Jam, Big Country and Whitesnake). The song has a double meaning: Cornwell later said it was about both his Mediterranean girlfriend at the time and his fondness for heroin.
The video features the band members as 1920s-era explorers in Egypt and also musical performers for a fictional Cairo radio station. Unlike Duran Duran's much more popular "Hungry Like the Wolf" video--which was also released in 1982, featured the band members as Indiana Jones-esque adventurers filmed on location in Sri Lanka, and was phenomenally successful in the U.S.--"Golden Brown" used stock footage of various Middle Eastern staples such as the Giza pyramid complex, the Great Sphinx, the Shah Mosque in Isfahan and Bedouins riding camels.
The single reached #2 on the U.K. Singles chart, and Cornwell later said he thought it would have hit the top spot if Burnel hadn't told the press that it was about heroin, which led radio stations to remove it from their playlists. The song also hit the top 10 in Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia.
But here in the U.S., the new sensation that was MTV never played the "Golden Brown" video when it first came out. It likely showed up on "120 Minutes" when that show premiered a few years later. The song became better known over here when Guy Ritchie used "Golden Brown" during a fight scene in the 2000 movie Snatch. It has been used in the movie Away We Go and the TV shows Black Mirror, The Umbrella Academy and Trust.
As for the Stranglers, they had some success in the '80s with "Always the Sun" and "Skin Deep." Cornwell left the band in 1990 to pursue a solo career, but the Stranglers continued on with various lineups. Although Greenfield and Black died in the last several years, the group is still touring with Burnel as the last original member.
Motivation is a curious thing. There are times when you're tired or burned out and you need something to give you a little push. Music can serve that purpose. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played new music from Remember Sports, Seasonal Falls and King Tuff in hour 1 and songs to give you some extra motivation in hour 2. It's like your own personal Sgt. Hulka.
Lighten up, Francis:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Remember Sports - Bug/The Refrigerator
Holy Fuck - Evie/Event Beat
Chat Pile - Sifting/Masks
Seasonal Falls - Breakfast with Billy/The Unbearable Loudness of Stupidity
GUV - Oscillating/Warmer Than Gold
Radium Dolls - Scorching Heat/Wound Up
King Tuff - Twisted on a Train/MOO
The Bret Tobias Set - It Begins with a Lean/Tuneless Blues EP
Ratboys - Know You Then/Singin' to an Empty Chair
Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day/Secret Love
La Luz - Strange World/Extra! Extra!
Joyce Manor - I Know Where Mark Chen Lives/I Used to Go to This Bar
Videodrone is a weekly feature looking at music videos from the last half century.
Rapture (1981)
The band Blondie was constantly confounding expectations. Formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein, the band was heavily influenced by the punk scene in the city but quickly incorporated power pop, new wave and other elements into their sound.
Blondie broke through with their third album, 1978's Parallel Lines, thanks to the disco-tinged hit single "Heart of Glass." They also had hits with harder-edged songs "One Way or Another," Dreaming" and "Call Me." Meanwhile, the photogenic Harry became a sex symbol and started acting in movies. The band released Autoamerican in 1980, scoring a #1 hit with the reggae-flavored "The Tide is High."
The next single, "Rapture," also went to #1 and introduced hip hop to the American mainstream. Harry and Stein had befriended hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, who took them to local rap events where they were impressed by the skill of local MCs. Inspired, they wrote their own rap song, which they backed with a Chic-esque disco sound. Harry starts off with a lilting vocal before the song kicks into gear, with Harry rapping about a "man from Mars" who arrives in NYC.
The video for "Rapture" debuted on Solid Gold on January 31, 1981 and later became the first rap video ever shown on MTV, which launched in August of that year.
Set in the East Village, the video features Harry singing and rapping while surrounded by choreographer William Barnes in a white suit and top hat, playing the Man from Mars. There's a lot going on, with cameos from Fab 5 Freddy, artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lee Quinones, Uncle Sam, a Native American, a child ballet dancer and a goat. Grandmaster Flash was supposed to be in the video but when he didn't show, Basquiat, who was hanging out on the set, was recruited to play the DJ.
Directed by Keith "Keef" Macmillan, the video moved beyond the "band miming on a soundstage" to unveil a scene that non-New Yorkers were unfamiliar with. Despite the popularity of "Rapture," MTV remained resistant to rap music until Run-DMC broke through in 1985 with "Rock Box."
But the song's success enabled the rap scene to move beyond the Bronx into other parts of NYC and eventually, the rest of the world.
The sky's the limit. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played new music from Chat Pile, Mclusky, Weird Nightmare and Ratboys in hour 1 and songs about skies in hour 2. It helped that I wasn't the keymaster.
This playlist must prepare for the coming of Gozer:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Chat Pile - Masks/Single
Mclusky - I Know Computer/I Sure Am Getting Sick of This Bowling Alley
Weird Nightmare - Might See You There/Hoopla
Sugar - Long Live Love/Single
Ratboys - Light Night Mountains All That/Singin' to an Empty Chair
GUV - Warmer Than Gold/Warmer Than Gold
Radium Dolls - Daddy/Wound Up
The Bret Tobias Set - Sepviva Shuffle/Tuneless Blues
Joyce Manor - The Opossum/I Used to Go to This Bar
Plasma Driver - It/Night Whispers
Greg Freeman - Salesman/Burnover
Jim E. Brown - Toxic/I Urinated on a Butterfly
Sleaford Mods - Don Draper/The Demise of Planet X
Just Mustard - Endless Deathless/We Were Just Here
Sharp Pins - Fall in Love Again/Balloon Balloon Balloon
The Dears - Deep in My Heart/Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful!
The Lemonheads - Marauders/Love Chant
Hour 2: Skies
Frank Black - Pie in the Sky/Teenager of the Year
INXS - Guns in the Sky/Kick
U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky/The Joshua Tree
Max Webster - Paradise Skies/A Million Vacations
Van Halen - Light Up the Sky/II
Motorhead - No Voices in the Sky/1916
Sloan - People in the Sky/Twice Removed
The Replacements - Skyway/Pleased to Meet Me
Fontaines D.C. - Dublin City Sky/Dogrel
Superchunk - Detroit Has a Skyline/Clambakes Vol. 10: Only in My Dreams - Live in Tokyo 2009
Shudder to Think - Lies About the Sky/Funeral at the Movies
Queens of the Stone Age - The Sky is Fallin'/Songs for the Deaf
The Who - Armenia, City in the Sky/The Who Sell Out
The Kinks - Big Sky/The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky/Dark Soundboard of Philadelphia 3/15/73
Videodrone is a weekly feature looking at music videos from the last half century.
Fashion (1980)
For those of us old enough to be sentient in 1980, there was a noticeable shift as the '70s ended and a new decade began. Obviously, just flipping the calendar to a new page doesn't automatically change anything other than the date, but the vibes were definitely different. The ramshackle feel of the '70s was replaced by a more uptight mood in the '80s, which was underlined by the rise of conservative leaders like Reagan and Thatcher.
For the purposes of this feature, music video was changing as well. More artists were promoting their music by making videos, although the vast majority were straight performance clips--either live or mimed in a studio.
One artist who wasn't afraid to take some chances was David Bowie, who had risen to prominence in the '70s with a string of excellent albums. He also dabbled in acting and was very creative when it came to his look and his image. Despite the critical success of his music, his late '70s "Berlin Trilogy" of albums made with Brian Eno didn't make a big splash commercially.
Bowie's 1980 release Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) was less ambient and ambitious than the Berlin albums, and its lead single "Ashes to Ashes" revisited the Major Tom character of his first hit, 1969's "Space Oddity." The accompanying video was epic and expensive, but since I already wrote about it and the song in depth, I'm going to focus on the second single and video, "Fashion."
The song both celebrates and criticizes the world of fashion, which Bowie saw as becoming regimented and strict. Calling out "fascists" and the "goon squad," "Fashion" features a memorable guitar riff from art-rock legend Robert Fripp. Of course, the line "We are the goon squad and we're coming to town" takes on a much different meaning in 2026.
The video was directed by David Mallet, who worked with Bowie on "Ashes to Ashes" and also directed tons of videos for artists including Blondie, Boomtown Rats, Joan Jett, Def Leppard, Rush, the Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner and AC/DC.
Filmed at the NYC nightclub Hurrah, the video features Bowie and his bandmates (including rhythm guitarist Carlos Alomar, drummer Stephen Goulding and lead guitarist G.E. Smith of Hall & Oates and later the SNL house band) performing. It cuts between them and shots of dancers rehearsing and a bunch of New Romantic types outside a soup kitchen, one of whom was May Pang, ex-girlfriend of John Lennon and future wife of Bowie producer Tony Visconti.
The dancers start imitating Bowie's dance moves, a commentary on the copycat nature of fashion trends. One of the dancers was original MTV VJ Alan Hunter, a year-plus before MTV launched in August 1981.
The song peaked at #5 on the U.K. Singles chart and #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #21 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart).
Although I was familiar with songs like "Fame" and "New Americans," "Fashion" and "Ashes to Ashes" were my real introduction to Bowie at age 12. They were interesting and weird and fun, which are all pretty good descriptors for Mr. Bowie himself. And the visual flair of their videos was certainly influential on the rest of the music world as we moved into the '80s and the power of the video became more apparent.
We're in the dog days of winter, people. The best thing you can do is hunker down and distract yourself with entertainment that doesn't involve doomscrolling. Here's something: On Stuck In Thee Garage this week, I played new music from GUV, Plasma Driver, Joyce Manor and Girly in hour 1 and primo 21st century riffage in hour 2! It's the best in show (RIP, Catherine O'Hara).
You don't forget the best:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
GUV - Let Your Hands Go/Warmer Than Gold
Plasma Driver - Dose/Night Whispers
Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar/I Used to Go to This Bar
Girly - What If They Knew/Single
Juliana Hatfield - All I've Got/Lightning Might Strike
La Luz - News of the Universe/Extra! Extra!
Greg Freeman - Gone (Can Mean a Lot of Things)/Burnover
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Manny's Ready to Roll/Pogo Rodeo
Dry Cleaning - Rocks/Secret Love
Water From Your Eyes - Nights in Armor/It's a Beautiful Place
Weakened Friends - Lightspeed/Feels Like Hell
Guerilla Toss - Red Flag to Angry Bull/You're Weird Now
This is Lorelei - I Can't Fail/Holo Boy
Glitterer - Victory Lap/erer
Steel Beans - Stowaway/Steel Beans
Middle Mass - White Silk/Songs for the Sapphire Hare
Gouwzee - Chemical Shortcut/Gouwzee
Hour 2: 21st Century Riffs
Death From Above 1979 - Always On/The Physical World
Ty Segall - Break a Guitar/Ty Segall
Arctic Monkeys - Brick by Brick/Suck It and See
The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother/Horehound
Queens of the Stone Age - Misfit Love/Era Vulgaris
Hot Snakes - Retrofit/Audit in Progress
Mission of Burma - Dirt/ONoffON
Thee Oh Sees - Rogue Planet/Mutilator Defeated at Last
Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time/Light Up Gold
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs/Rockin' the Suburbs
Sloan - Gimme That/Action Pact
Oceanator - The Last Summer/Nothing's Ever Fine
PJ Harvey - This is Love/Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse/St. Vincent
The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer/Stay Positive
Videodrone is a weekly feature looking at music videos from the last half century.
Dream Police (1979)
There was a lot going on in 1979. Disco was big on the charts, with Donna Summer and Earth, Wind and Fire doing well, but the backlash was growing. New wave was gaining momentum, with acts like the Cars, the Police, the B-52s, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson getting radio airplay, and punk acts like the Clash and the Jam were transcending the genre.
It was also a breakthrough year for Cheap Trick, a power pop act out of Rockford, Illinois, that released its debut album in '77 to little fanfare. Two more excellent but under-the-radar albums came out before the band went to Japan in the spring of 1978 to play a few shows. The reaction was over the top and Cheap Trick recorded the shows for a live album called Cheap Trick at Budokan, which was released in early '79. The album was a monster hit, with "I Want You to Want Me" becoming a top 10 single.
The band had a visual gimmick, contrasting the handsomeness of singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson with the dorky, goofball looks of guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer Bun E. Carlos.
The band didn't waste the momentum, releasing their fourth studio album, Dream Police, on my 12th birthday (Sept. 21). The title track served as the lead single and video, with its lyrics describing a Big Brother situation where the government polices your dreams.
The video opens with the four band members in a police lineup, pleading their cases for why they shouldn't be prosecuted.
Zander: "I didn't do it. Five years ago, I had no idea I'd be here. Who are you anyway? What do you take me for? I must be dreaming."
Carlos (after fumbling through his pockets for a piece of paper): "Pardon me. Listen, I'll never eat a double cheeseburger before bed again, really."
Petersson: "I'm telling you, I didn't do it. But if I did do it, it was an accident." (A direct quote of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious' comments to the police after his girlfriend Nancy Spungen was found dead in their hotel room in the fall of 1978.)
Nielsen: "In promulgating your esoteric cogitations and articulating your superficial sentimentalities, amicable, philosophical, and psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosities. Are we really the Dream Police?"
The foursome then walks offscreen and dresses in the all-white garb of the Dream Police before the video switches to a band performance, complete with Carlos with a lung dart hanging from his lips as he nonchalantly pounds the skins. The song is a pulsing rocker that's abetted by a string section as a paranoid-sounding Zander sings: "The dream police/They live inside of my head/The dream police/They come to me in my bed/The dream police/They're coming to arrest me/Oh no."
The added ELO-style instrumentation expands the group's sound, elevating the paranoia as the song builds up to a feverish crescendo. "'Cause they're waiting for me/They're looking for me/Every single night/They're driving me insane/Those men inside my brain."
Nielsen takes the mid-song spoken word part: "I try to sleep/They're wide awake/They won't let me alone/They don't get paid to take vacations/Or let me alone/They spy on me/I try to hide/They won't let me alone/They persecute me/They're the judge and jury all in one."
As the band plays an instrumental section before the final chorus, the video shows each member's mug shot alongside them in their Dream Police gear.
This was one of those songs I couldn't get enough of as a 12-year-old rock fan. I bought the 45 and played it constantly.
Cheap Trick parlayed the success of the Dream Police into headlining arenas and their next album, 1980's All Shook Up, was produced by none other than George Martin. The '80s and '90s proved a bumpy ride for the band, however. The early '80s saw their popularity dwindle (I saw them headline a festival show in Kingston, NH, in July 1984; after second-billed Ratt played their set, a good chunk of the packed audience went home), only to bounce back in 1988 with a #1 hit ("The Flame") and a #4 in their cover of "Don't Be Cruel."
Zander, Nielsen and Petersson are still recording and touring as Cheap Trick, with Nielsen's son Daxx on drums. Cheap Trick parlayed their visual flair into a memorable image long before MTV became a thing and have continued on (in a less prominent but still rocking) way long after videos were essential for band success.
A lot can happen in a decade. New technology, the endless march of time, the rise of fascism. You know, basic stuff. For some reason, there's been a recent obsession with 2016, so this week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played new hotness from Crooked Fingers, Kim Gordon and Brigitte Calls Me Baby in hour 1 and songs from 10 years ago in hour 2!
This playlist is nice, guys:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Crooked Fingers - Cold Wave (feat. Mac McCaughan)/Swet Deth
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Slumber Party/Irreversible
Kim Gordon - Not Today/Play Me
Greg Freeman - Gulch/Burnover
Jim E. Brown - Every Time I Speak I Regret It Immensely/I Urinated on a Butterfly
Sleaford Mods - No Touch (feat. Sue Tompkins)/The Demise of Planet X
Videodrone is a weekly feature looking at music videos from the last half century.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1978)
It's very rare in the world of music that something truly different comes along. In 1978, things were getting interesting: Disco and arena rock were ruling the roost, but punk and new wave had emerged. But even with acts like the Police, the Ramones and the Cars making waves, the real difference makers were Devo.
Formed at Kent State University in the early '70s, Devo eventually caught the attention of David Bowie, who helped them secure a contract with Warner Music Group. The band recorded a cover of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in 1977 that they self-released, and then re-recorded it with Brian Eno producing as part of the sessions for their debut album, Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo!
Of course, it was no rote cover. The band developed it during jam sessions, a robotic funk sound that was originally paired with the lyrics of the Stones' "Paint It Black" before switching to "Satisfaction." Gone was Keith Richards' iconic riff from the original, but the band realized that the lyrics about consumer consumption and sexual frustration was a good fit with the "de-evolution" concept. They even got Mick Jagger to sign off on their version.
From the beginning, Devo put an emphasis on visuals. They took their $5,000 promotional budget and spent it on making a video for "Satisfaction." For wardrobe, the band's Gerard Casale bought yellow hazmat suits that were certainly the antithesis of the typical rock star get-up.
Most of the video is performance, but the band's movements are herky jerky and truly unlike anything else going on at the time. About halfway through, the video cuts to Mothersbaugh and a date cuddling on a couch watching the band perform on TV before they're interrupted by an angry mom. There's also a cut to Booji Boy, Devo's unofficial mascot (played by Mothersbaugh), sticking a fork into a toaster, and also to dancer Spazz Attack, whose signature move involved flopping onto his back. It was a perfect storm of weirdness and it was awesome.
The video was groundbreaking, although it didn't really hit the mainstream until a few years later when MTV debuted and started playing "Satisfaction" regularly. But the cover got some traction in October 1978 when Devo appeared on Saturday Night Live. The band's manager, Elliott Roberts, was able to get Lorne Michaels to agree to feature the then-unknown band by promising one of his other clients, Neil Young, would appear at a later date.
Devo came out in the hazmat suits and performed the song perfectly, complete with robotic movements. They later played "Jocko Homo," ripping the jumpsuits off in the middle of the song. The studio audience didn't quite know what to make of the band, but the SNL appearance helped turbo-charge Devo's career. They made more TV appearances on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, American Bandstand and Fridays (ABC's take on SNL that aired, appropriately enough, on Friday nights) and began playing theaters and touring overseas.
Their third album, 1980's Freedom of Choice, featured the group's biggest hit, "Whip It," which reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video for that song also became popular on MTV, featuring the band wearing their "flower pot" energy dome hats.
Devo continued on through the '80s but were dropped by Warner Bros. after the poor reception to 1984's Shout. Mothersbaugh began composing music for the Pee Wee's Playhouse TV show. The band took a hiatus for a few years before reforming in 1987 and releasing two more albums before breaking up in 1991. They reunited in 1996 and have toured occasionally since, releasing a new album in 2010.
Devo's influence on music is immense, especially on the visual side of rock. Their endless creativity made music videos much more interesting than just a bunch of dudes playing on a stage.
Hey, you don't have to tell me twice. Things are pretty insane right now. I'm not telling you to listen to hott rock music to distract from the shittiness of the world, but it's not the worst idea. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I play new hotness from Sleaford Mods, Juliana Hatfield, Jim E. Brown and Fcukers in hour 1 and great title tracks in hour 2. Take off, eh?
I wanna see my lawyer, eh?
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Sleaford Mods - Elitest G.O.A.T. (feat. Aldous Harding)/The Demise of Planet X
Juliana Hatfield - Long Slow Nervous Breakdown/Lightning Might Strike
Holy Void - Fear in Your Mind/All Will Be Revealed in Time
Jim E. Brown - The Queue at Greggs/I Urinated on a Butterfly
Dry Cleaning - Evil Evil Idiot/Secret Love
Greg Freeman - Point and Shoot/Burnover
Fcukers - L.U.C.K.Y./Single
Sword II - Sentry/Electric Hour
This is Lorelei - Mouth Man/Holo Boy
Jean Dawson - Prize Fighter/Rock A Bye Baby, Glimmer of God
Bill Janovitz - Gentle/Way Back to the Dawn
Phantom Wave - Woozy/Echoes Unknown
Black Helicopter - Red, Gold and Green/Balancing Act
Water From Your Eyes - Blood on the Dollar/It's a Beautiful Place
Sharp Pins - (In a While) You'll Be Mine/Balloon Balloon Balloon
They Are Gutting a Body of Water - Violence III/Lotto
Militarie Gun - Kick/God Save the Gun
Hour 2: Title tracks
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me/Rid of Me
Radiohead - The Bends/The Bends
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll/Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Fu Manchu - King of the Road/King of the Road
Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia/Uncle Anesthesia
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend/Girlfriend
Frank Black - The Cult of Ray/The Cult of Ray
Tin Machine - Tin Machine/Tin Machine
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance/The Modern Dance
Fugazi - Repeater/Repeater
The Lemonheads - Hate Your Friends/Hate Your Friends
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
T. Rex - The Slider/The Slider
Ty Segall - Manipulator/Manipulator
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema/Twin Cinema
PUP - Morbid Stuff/Morbid Stuff
Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive/What a Time to Be Alive
