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Also, hear music by the Maldives, Paris Spleen, Siberian, and more!

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Yeah, I'm not too proud to bribe people into listening to Setlist. Wanna go to the Capitol Hill Block Party? You gotta listen to Setlist and find out how to enter to win tickets! Here's what else you'll get when you click:

*Hear what Mark Arm has to say about the current state of radio!
*Hear songs by Get Dressed, Head Like a Kite, Mudhoney, the Lights, and more!
*Find out about all the cool shows this week!

All that and more is waiting for you in this week’s episode. Just click and listen.

(Explanation here.)

This weekend is absolutely nuts-o for live shows, and Ari Spool and I highlight some of the very best via song. Here's the playlist:

The Hands “Lies Lies Lies”
Wormwood “The Endless Search for Food”
Grand Hallway “Napoleon’s Left Show”
Tv. Coahran “Kite Flyers”
The Valkyries “Scream for More”
Feral Children “Baby Joseph Stalin”
Awesome “Are You Aware”
Coco Coca “Continents and Oceans”

We also talk King Cobra's Grand Opening weekend, Wormwood breaking up, the Tv. Coahran's new record, and the upcoming Music Directory/Young Ones extravaganza!

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It's free! It'll stream straight to your computer, so you don't need to download anything fancy or weird. All you have to do is click, sit back, and enjoy. You can even keep doing other stuff while you listen, like fill out TPS reports or something.

The last song of their set from last night's King Cobra grand opening (about which we have much, much more to tell you).

Seriously!

Check out songs from Katharine Hepburn's Voice, Feral Children, Don't Tell Sophie, Suicide Jack, the Curious Mystery, Narwhal vs. Narwhal, TacocaT, and Lonesome Rhodes & the Good Company. Plus, get the lowdown on where and when these bands are playing, and some brilliant* commentary by me and Megan Seling.

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*Commentary may not be brilliant.

We also talked about Ween, huffing gas, eating sandwiches, and urinary tract infections. Then we play some music and the playlist goes like this:

The Hands "Lies Lies Lies"
TacocaT "UTI"
Partman Parthorse "At the Mall"
Weener "Spinal Meningitis"
Lonesome Rhodes & the Good Company "Oh, Sweet Death"
The Intelligence "Dating Cops"
The Resets "Downtown"

Honest to God it's a great show. Listen!

And because you've been good all week, here's a video of the Sea Navy performing in our offices:

TV Coahran “Ogygia”
Pleasureboaters “S.O.U.”
Siberian “Soft Rains”
The Translucents “Don’t Push”
Kris Orlowski “Jessi”
The Maldives “Whidbey Island Blues”
Throw Me the Statue “Lolita”
Curtains for You “Heaven’s Waiting”

Why should you listen? Because now you don't have to go to each individual Stranger Bands Page and click on each song to hear it. Ari and I did that work for you. Just click right here and it'll stream straight onto your computer for free without having to subscribe to anything or sign up for anything or really do anything at all but push your index finger against your mouse. And what's more, we'll tell you where to find the band this week so if you like what you hear, you can go see 'em live.

Now here are some pictures of some of the bands you'll hear:

They were this week's special in-studio guests. They brought a mini grand piano, an acoustic guitar that was turned into an electric guitar with some tape and magic, and they also brought glue and glitter and other art supplies.

They also played a couple songs, and chatted about plans for 2008. They also made an original hand turkey (usually $2 via their website!) and brought a "Grand Champion" ribbon to give to a special Setlist winner.

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And here's a video of them playing "in studio" (really, Nancy's office). The song is called "I Want to Cry."

Music editor Jonathan Zwickel (click for pic) guest stars to talk about the project! And we play six songs from artists performing at The Program, like Can-U, Common Market, D. Black, and more.
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Here's a video of him playing "Peach Song" on the show.