Episode 46

     It’s as good a time as any to start the countdown. After this episode, there are only four more installments of ECI, and now that the playlist for the final show is nearly complete, I can finally tell you what to expect. In a previous post, I mentioned that I had two possible ways to approach episode 50 without saying what they were. The first, admittedly banal idea was for me to search the archived playlists selecting from them the best tracks that would make an interesting three-hour show. The second was for me to dig into that cache of songs so cherished that I’ve never played any of them on air—reserving them for a time when my inspiration might flag. That mental cache is filled with songs that I love more than anything else. Predictably, the tracks chosen for the final show result from a mixture of both approaches. There’s one more conceit, suggested by one of my friends as she wondered aloud how I could decide what to play: to make the show something of a listening autobiography. To a degree, the final episode will function in that way, but the sequence will be guided more by sound than chronology if I choose to go that route.
     As for this morning’s show, I’ve wanted for a long time to begin an episode with the Parliament track listed below. My playing it even sparked an interesting conversation between me and David Waldman, host of the Evil Show (the show which comes on before mine and always closes with Otis Rush’s “I Wonder Why”). Unfortunately, those whose interest was piqued by George Clinton’s lyrical suggestion to “stay tuned for Starchild” were probably disappointed to hear, instead, me talking about what a gray, dreary day Chicago had experienced. But the day was inspiration for the episode’s second track, another tune I’ve been wanting to play for a while.
     The rest of the show finds me already digging into the cache and pulling out some tracks (by, e.g., Rickie Lee Jones, the Last Poets, the Style Council, Kraftwerk, Siouxsie & the Bansheees and Elvis Costello) that have been hovering at the edge of my radio consciousness for some time. This episode features, as well, a few tracks from things that have recently caught my ear. Right now, I can’t say that one of them, the new OutKast release Idlewild is better than its predecessor (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below), but given the new album’s status as a soundtrack, I can be a bit more relaxed in evaluating it—and it is good. I managed to include tracks this morning featuring both Andre 3000 and Big Boi, respectively. With careful planning, I’ll be able to slip a few more into the remaining episodes. Doing so will be difficult, though, because there’s a considerable backlog of equally suitable material on my list at home. Even more, there are about twelve new CDs that I’ve been eagerly anticipating that are being released (and that I’ll be acquiring) over the next three or four weeks. Those releases, including albums by M. Ward, My Brightest Diamond, Pajo, Chad VanGaalen, Amy Millan and Junior Boys, are going to offer OutKast (and anyone else) a lot of competition. And that means, perhaps, that the arc for the final four shows will be one of increasing quality. Stay tuned...
     (Note: Once again, the show went a little longer than expected. The final two tracks, the ones in parentheses, were fine last-minute additions not originally included in the playlist.)

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Parliament, “P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up),” Mothership Connection, Casablanca
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Rainy Day, Dream Away,” Electric Ladyland, MCA
• Mali Music, “Spoons,” Mali Music, Honest Jon’s
• Trembling Blue Stars, “Sleep,” Broken by Whispers, Sub Pop
• The Beatles, “I’m Only Sleeping,” Revolver, Parlophone
• The Clash, “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais,” The Clash, Epic
• The Waterboys, “This Is the Sea,” This Is the Sea, Chrysalis
• Yuka Honda, “Some Days I Stay in Bed for Hours,” Memories Are My Only Witness, Tzadik
• Sol Seppy, “Move,” The Bells of 1 2, Gronland
• Mono, “Playboys,” Formica Blues, Mercury
• Rickie Lee Jones, “Away from the Sky,” Flying Cowboys, Geffen

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• The The, “Heartland,” Infected, Epic
• The Stone Roses, “Made of Stone,” The Stone Roses, Silvertone
• XTC, “Summer’s Cauldron/Grass,” Skylarking, Geffen
• OutKast, “Life Is Like a Musical,” Idlewild, LaFace
• The Last Poets, “Time,” This Is Madness, Douglas
• OutKast, “Bamboo & Cross (Interlude)/Buggface,” Idlewild, LaFace
• Chocolate Genius, “Life,” Black Music, V2
• Scritti Politti, “Petrococadollar,” White Bread Black Beer, Nonesuch/Rough Trade
• The Style Council, “Changing of the Guard,” Confessions of a Pop Group, Polydor
• Pavement, “Type Slowly,” Brighten the Corners, Matador
• Mice Parade, “Milton Road,” Obrigado Saudade, Bubble Core
• Sondre Lerche, “Days That Are Over,” Two Way Monologue, Astralwerks
• Kraftwerk, “The Hall of Mirrors,” Trans-Europe Express, Capitol

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man,” Hyæna, Geffen
• Tones on Tail, “Real Life,” Everything, Beggars Banquet
• The Sugarcubes, “Water,” Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!, Elektra
• Nine Horses, “Serotonin,” Snow Borne Sorrow, Samadhi Sound
• Brookville, “Today,” Life in the Shade, Unfiltered
• Sing-Sing, “Going Out Tonight,” Sing-Sing and I, Aerial
• The Smiths, “Unloveable,” Louder than Bombs, Sire
• Tom Waits, “Clap Hands,” Rain Dogs, Island
• Nick Lowe, “Time I Took a Holiday,” Dig My Mood, Upstart
• Elvis Costello, “Brilliant Mistake,” King of America, Columbia
• Lady and Bird, “Blue Skies,” Lady and Bird, Yellow Tangerine
• Stina Nordenstam, “Murder in Mairyland Park,” And She Closed Her Eyes, East West
• Robin Guthrie, “As I Breathe,” Continental, Darla
• (Red House Painters, “Evil,” Red House Painters [II], 4AD)
• (Sonic Youth, “Pink Steam,” Rather Ripped, Geffen)

Episode 45

     For the last few days, I’ve had an overriding sense of calm and satisfaction as the end of the show draws closer. Almost as though it were approaching from the horizon, its outlines are becoming more and more clear. A few of my close friends know something of the selection principles that will generate the final playlist. I’m still not ready to reveal anything definitive, wanting to let the mystery linger a little longer. I will say only that I know—as I have since the first episode of the show—what the last ECI song will be. In case anyone wants to try to figure out what it will be, here’s a vague hint: the track, which is nearly fifteen years old, will apparently be featured in a film that premieres in German theatres in late October. (And, for the record, that’s not why I picked the track.)
     “Yeah, yeah,” you say, “enough with the teasing: what do you have to say about this morning’s episode?” Lots, it turns out. First, big thanks go to Dawn, Michael and Jason for inadvertently giving me a number of ideas about artists to play on this show and in the future (especially the R&B tracks). Nothing like good friends to open one’s ears. Next, for at least two reasons, I’ve long been wanting to play the Joe Henderson track listed below on the show. One, it’s a great tune that features top-notch soloists playing with a stellar rhythm section. And two, the Henderson album’s liner notes (written by Don Heckman) provide some of the lyrical material for the second of the Digable Planets tunes below (the one after the slash). By themselves, the DP tunes are wryly self-referential, but, like the quotation I just mentioned, the external sonic and lyrical allusions are perhaps even more clever. The remainder of the cleverness here comes from a series of artist/tune pairings that might at first glance seem incompatible. The list of the examples runs throughout the entire show: Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth/Tanya Donelly, Digable Planets/Spain, UB40(!)/Fennesz, Grandaddy/D’Angelo, Bill Withers/Polyphonic Spree. As is always the case, though, the proof is in the hearing.
      Finally, though, the highlight of the show for me, and indeed the preceding day, was a gift from the mail carrier: my pre-ordered copy of Eric Matthews’ first new, full-length album in, what, nine years? For so auspicious an occasion, I had to play two tracks, one from the album proper and the other from the bonus EP that came with discs pre-ordered from the label. I haven’t given either of them a proper, concentrated listen, but I suspect that will happen later today. And one last silly observation. It didn’t occur to me until I was finalizing the playlist that there was a subtle style descriptor in the name of the last band played on this morning’s episode. After all, I have never had a reason to say the name out loud or be concerned about its pronunciation. Now that I have, I appreciate the cleverness of it.
     Are you sick of the word “clever” and its many derivatives yet? I am, so I’ll slink off to bed, leaving you to ponder the list below....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Elk City, “Solar Girl,” Status, A Hidden Agenda
• Television Personalities, “Then a Big Boy Came and Knocked It All Down,” My Dark Places, Domino
• Carl Craig, “I Have Got Garlic Hanging on My Front Door,” Onsumothasheeat, Shadow (a remix of a track originally found on Marasma’s Signals, Freerange)
• Spleen, “Un Danse Pour Dick et Bob,” Soundtrack to Spleen, Swari Finger
• P.J. Harvey, “Goodnight,” 4-Track Demos, Island
• Devendra Banhart, “Lazy Butterfly,” Cripple Crow, XL
• Shearwater, “Hail, Mary,” Palo Santo, Misra
• The Art of Noise, “Comes and Goes,” Into Battle with the Art of Noise, ZTT
• Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, “Carmel City,” The Main Ingredient, Elektra
• Tanya Donelly, “So Much Song,” Beautysleep, 4AD
• Islands, “Humans,” Return to the Sea, Equator
• Cowboy Junkies, “Dragging Hooks (River Song Trilogy: Part III),” Open, Latent/Zoë

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• World Party, “Here Comes the Future,” Dumbing Up, Seaview
• Sly & the Family Stone, “Frisky,” Fresh, Epic
• A Certain Ratio, “Rialto,” Sextet, Factory
• Joe Henderson, “Short Story,” In ’n Out, Blue Note
• Digable Planets, “Escapism (Getting’ Free)/Appointment at the Fat Clinic,” Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), Pendulum
• Spain, “Ten Nights,” The Blue Moods of Spain, Restless
• George Harrison, “Let It Down,” All Things Must Pass, Capitol
• UB40, “King,” Signing Off, Virgin
• Fennesz, “The Point of It All,” Venice, Touch UK
• Sinéad O’Connor, “Just Call Me Joe,” The Lion and the Cobra, Chrysalis
• The Pixies, “Ana,” Bossanova, 4AD

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• Eric Matthews, “And the World Will Go,” Foundation Sounds, Empyrean
• Eric Matthews, “Million Errors,” Foundation Sounds—Limited Edition EP, Empyrean
• Grandaddy, “‘Yeah’ Is What We Had,” Sumday, V2
• D’Angelo, “Alright,” Brown Sugar, EMI
• Bill Withers, “Let Me in Your Life (Live at Carnegie Hall),” Still Bill, Columbia/Legacy
• The Polyphonic Spree, “Days Like This Keep Me Warm,” The Beginning Stages of ... the Polyphonic Spree, Hollywood
• Sam Prekop, “So Shy,” Sam Prekop, Thrill Jockey
• The Album Leaf, “Twentytwofourteen,” In a Safe Place, Sub Pop
• Massive Attack, “Butterfly Caught,” 100th Window, Virgin
• Scheer, “Face the Sun,” ...And Finally, Schism
• Dif Juz, “Gunet,” Vibrating Air EP, 4AD

Episode 44

     This episode has to be among the most difficult I’ve ever put together. The issue wasn’t a lack of good material. When I started working on the show Sunday afternoon, I already had 90 minutes of material that hadn’t made it into previous episodes. By the time I finished going through the list of other items that I might include, I found myself with another three hours of music. No, the challenge this time was that I had a set of contenders that were mostly ambient/hazy songs with medium-to-slow tempos. While I eventually found a way to vary the mood and pacing of the show, it took some time and ingenuity.
     While many of the artists (and albums) listed below have appeared on previous playlists, there are a few items that I programmed for the first time—some of them after having tried in vain to find a place for them before. Thus, even though I bought Wolf Parade’s Apologies to the Queen Mary last December, I’ve only recently warmed enough to the disc to give it a good listen and feel one of its tracks might nicely follow, say, a HNIA tune. Something similar is true of the Uncle Tupelo track. In contrast, when I first listened to Lisa Germano’s latest, the question wasn’t whether I could get something into the show, but which among the tracks I would play first. As for some of the artists showing up for the first time (The Cranberries, Translator), chalk their inclusion up to nostalgia.
     Much of the remainder of the show has me almost rediscovering artists I haven’t featured in months, e.g., Kings of Convenience, Sade, Yuka Honda and the Cinematic Orchestra. The latter group is probably the one that has gone the longest without ECI airplay. If you were look through the archived playlists, it would take some time to find the last time I played something by the group. In fact, you would have to go all the back to here, where you would find “The Man with a Movie Camera” nestled in the second hour of the very first episode.
     As we come closer to the end, you can expect to see more reflexive playlists, ones where I revisit recordings that seem to have been lost in my never-ending stream of new acquisitions. Don’t worry, though, my desire to keep the show interesting means that the new releases coming between now and September’s end will also be given their due. With so much great stuff coming and so much more already in the queue, it should be easy for me to make the last six episodes a lot of fun....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Piano Magic, “The Tollbooth Martyrs,” The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic, Green UFOs
• Rachel’s, “Reflective Surfaces/Unclear Channel,” Systems/Layers, Quarterstick
• Kings of Convenience, “The Weight of My Words,” Quiet Is the New Loud, Astralwerks
• Cibelle, “Mad Man Song,” The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves, Six Degrees
• Translator, “Everywhere That I’m Not,” Heartbeats and Triggers, 415
• Sleater-Kinney, “Entertain,” The Woods, Sub Pop
• Odawas, “Kids,” The Aether Eater, Jagjaguwar
• Bow Wow Wow, “Baby, Oh No,” I Want Candy, RCA
• His Name Is Alive, “*C*A*T*S*,” Detrola, Silver Mountain
• Wolf Parade, “Dinner Bells,” Apologies to the Queen Mary, Sub Pop
• Hooverphonic, “Eden,” Blue Wonder Power Milk, Epic
• Sade, “Slave Song,” Lovers Rock, Epic

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Wire, “Kidney Bingos,” A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck, Mute
• The Dukes of Stratosphear, “Collideascope,” Chips from the Chocolate Fireball, Geffen
• Los Lobos, “Saint Behind the Glass,” Kiko, Warner Brothers
• Broadcast, “Corporeal,” Tender Buttons, Warp
• Logh, “Ahabian,” A Sunset Panorama, Hydra Head
• Uncle Tupelo, “Anodyne,” Anodyne, Sire/Reprise
• The Cranberries, “Put Me Down,” Everybody Else Is Doing It, Why Can’t We? Island
• The Durutti Column, “Helen,” Keep Breathing, Artful
• Lisa Germano, “Into Oblivion,” In the Maybe World, Young God
• Rose Melberg, “Little Bird,” Cast Away the Clouds, Double Agent
• Great Lake Swimmers, “I Could Be Nothing,” Bodies and Minds, Misra
• Dave Navarro, “Mourning Sun,” Trust No One, Capitol
• Blue States, “Looking Glass,” Nothing Changes Under the Sun, Eighteenth Street Lounge

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• The Roots, “Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ New,” Things Fall Apart, MCA
• Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man, “Spider Monkey,” Out of Season, Sanctuary
• Yuka Honda, “Night Diving,” Memories Are My Only Witness, Tzadik
• Celebration, “China,” Celebration, 4AD
• Mojave 3, “When You’re Drifting,” Excuses for Travellers, 4AD
• Carla Bozulich, “Prince of the World,” Evangelista, Constellation
• The Cardigans, “Couldn’t Care Less,” Long Gone Before Daylight, Stockholm
• Violet Indiana, “Angel,” Roulette, Bella Union
• The Cinematic Orchestra, “Burn Out,” Every Day, Ninja Tune
• Boards of Canada, “Tears from the Compound Eye,” The Campfire Headphase, Warp
• Sybarite, “Three Sided,” Nonument, 4AD

Episode 43

     Alright, maybe last week it was just the heat. Putting this week’s episode together and getting to the studio was much easier this time out. Of course, choosing which songs to play was, as always, a study in the minutiae of timing, transitions, and strategy. Where to start? Where to end? How to create a sense of flow and/or drama?
     There are some wonderfully fortuitous things that the selection of songs I devised allowed me to do. Take the first hour of the show, for example. While the tracks by Syd Barrett and Love are obviously there in tribute to performers who recently died—Barrett a couple of weeks ago and Arthur Lee, the singer and one of the main songwriters of Love, at the end of last week—the latter track was the beginning of set focused on oblique anti-war, anti-government and anti-capitalist tunes that just worked together. Immediately following that set is one whose conceit, as silly as it may seem on screen, was one that just came together when I realized that, without trying, I had picked three songs by artists with basically the same first name. It helps, of course, that I love all three of the source albums. (There is a bit of cheating here, though: both Buitrago and Zazou rely on other vocalists—Andrea Echeverri and Barbara Louise Gogan, respectively.)
     Similar things are at work in the second and third hours. A set focused mostly on songs that rely on synths and drum machines (Depeche Mode through Mark Eitzel) ends with a cover. The subtle connector between that set and the next? The Nick Cave tune is also a cover. And, oddly, writing down the label information for the Sing-Sing tune reminded me that I hadn’t played anything from Kate Bush’s recent album since late last year. In addition, throughout the show, there are as usual places where the sounds at the end of one song made it really clear what the next one should be. When things go this well, I could almost regret my imminent departure from the airwaves. Almost.
     This episode has its share of new material and choice older material. Where the former is concerned, expect to hear more from Héctor Buitrago, Lady and Bird, and Scritti Politti as we inch closer to the show’s finale. Where the latter is concerned, more and more of my CDs stand unfiled in piles on the floor of my living room, affording me a visual guide to what I haven’t played on the air. When September ends, I think I’m going to have a massive shelving job to do. Anyone who wants to volunteer to help is more than welcome....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Múm, “Weeping Rock, Rock,” Summer Make Good, Fat Cat
• Komeda, “Flabbergast,” What Makes It Go?, Minty Fresh
• Robert Wyatt, “Sea Song,” Rock Bottom, Thirsty Ear
• Syd Barrett, “Dark Globe,” The Madcap Laughs, Capitol
• Love, “The Red Telephone,” Forever Changes, Elektra
• The Police, “Invisible Sun,” Ghost in the Machine, A&M
• Gang of Four, “Of the Instant,” Songs of the Free, Warner Brothers
• Héctor Lavoe, “El Todopoderoso,” La Voz, Fania
• Héctor Buitrago, “Ooohhhh,” Conector, Nacional
• Hector Zazou, “Sahara Blue (Brussels),” Sahara Blue, Tristar
• Do Make Say Think, “The Landlord Is Dead,” Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead, Constellation

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Jane Siberry, “Goodbye,” The Walking, Reprise
• Depeche Mode, “Love, in Itself,” Construction Time Again, Sire
• Scritti Politti, “The Boom Boom Bap,” White Bread Black Beer, Nonesuch/Rough Trade
• Mark Eitzel, “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Music for Courage and Confidence, New West
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “The Carnival Is Over,” Kicking Against the Pricks, Mute
• The Lilac Time, “Wait and See,” And Love for All, Fontana
• Donald Fagen, “Mary Shut the Garden Door,” Morph the Cat, Reprise
• Vinny Miller, “Bagged and Tagged,” On the Block, 4AD
• Common, “Jimi Was a Rock Star,” Electric Circus, MCA
• Sing-Sing, “Unseen,” Sing-Sing and I, Aerial
• Doves, “Firesuite,” Lost Souls, Astralwerks

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• The Pogues, “Dirty Old Town,” Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, WEA
• Low, “Bright,” Transmission EP, Vernon Yard
• Stina Nordenstam, “Crime,” And She Closed Her Eyes, East West
• A.R.Kane, “Suicide Kiss,” Sixty Nine, One Little Indian
• Nick Drake, “Parasite,” Pink Moon, Hannibal
• Lady and Bird, “Run in the Morning Sun,” Lady and Bird, Yellow Tangerine
• Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, “Porchlight,” Furnace Room Lullaby, Bloodshot
• Suzanne Vega, “Thin Man,” Nine Objects of Desire, A&M
• Dead Can Dance, “Advent,” Spleen and Ideal, 4AD
• Kate Bush, “Nocturn,” Aerial, Columbia
• Vetiver, “No One Word,” To Find Me Gone, Dicristina
• Robin Guthrie, “Monument,” Continental, Darla

Episode 42

     Today, it seems, the grind of weekly shows is finally starting to wear on me. Or maybe I’m still suffering from the effects of being outdoors in greater-than-95° weather for two days this past weekend at the Pitchfork Music Festival. And, as if the drain of the weekend wasn’t enough, people in the Chicago area know that the heat will continue sucking the life out of us all for at least another 36 hours (it was still near 88° when I walked to the studio at 11:30!).
     For me, in comparison to last year’s event, this year’s occasion for hipsters to roast in the sun (the aforementioned festival) was underwhelming. Were it not for surprisingly good sets by Diplo, Glenn Kotche, the Chicago Underground Duo, Os Mutantes, Yo La Tengo, Destroyer and Aesop Rock & Mr. Lif (the first three of which were in the small tent), I might have come away wanting my weekend back (for the record, I missed Jens Lekman). I haven’t yet gotten my hands on the latest recordings by the acts I really dug at the festival, so expect to hear more from them in the coming weeks. On this episode only one group from the festival is included: Mission of Burma. I joked to one of the guys in the small party that I hung with for both days that MoB’s spirited performance provided inspiration for middle-aged punks everywhere. Then again, Yo La Tengo’s did the same for aging “alternakids.”
     As for the rest of this morning’s show, what can I say that I haven’t said already about previous episodes? If I were to point out how strangely effective following Kris Kristofferson with P.J. Harvey was, you would recognize the conceit. The same would be true if I observed that the choice of tracks by Kristofferson, Curve, the 19.5 Collective, Iris DeMent, Big Star and Morsel was the result of my getting reacquainted with my home CD library. There is one new thing I can say: next week will feature a lot of great new stuff (that is if all of the deliveries make it to my apartment by next Monday). Stay tuned....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Scheer, “Babysize,” Infliction, 4AD
• Russian Futurists, “Pine Prisonyard,” Method of Modern Love, Upper Class
• Mission of Burma, “Einstein’s Day,” Vs., Rykodisc
• Aden, “Left Off Here,” Black Cow, Teenbeat
• Elliott Smith, “Christian Brothers,” Elliott Smith, Kill Rock Stars
• The Posies, “Mrs. Green,” Dear 23, Geffen
• Green on Red, “Over My Head,” Gravity Talks, Warner Brothers
• Curve, “Sandpit,” Doppelgänger, Charisma
• The Glove, “Sex-Eye-Make-Up,” Blue Sunshine, Polydor
• Rickie Lee Jones, “Scary Chinese Movie,” Ghostyhead, Reprise
• Pet Shop Boys, “Later Tonight,” Please, EMI
• Gema y Pável, “Noche de Ronda,” Cosa de Broma, Nubenegra/Intuition

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Iris DeMent, “Easy’s Gettin’ Harder Every Day,” My Life, Warner Brothers
• The Delgados, “Coming in from the Cold,” Hate, Minty Fresh
• Daníel Ágúst, “Sparks Fly,” Swallowed a Star, One Little Indian
• Trembling Blue Stars, “Snow Showers,” Broken by Whispers, Sub Pop
• Brian McBride, “Our Last Moment in Song,” When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, Kranky
• Le Volume Courbe, “Harmony,” I Killed My Best Friend, Honest Jon’s
• Cass McCombs, “Equinox,” PREfection, Monitor/4AD
• Kris Kristofferson, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” Kristofferson, Monument
• P.J. Harvey, “The Garden,” Is This Desire?, Island
• Brookville, “Break Yourself,” Life in the Shade, Unfiltered
• The 19.5 Collective, “This Isn’t Jupiter,” The 19.5 Collective, Planet Ant
• Matthew Herbert, “Waste Land,” Plat du Jour, Accidental

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• Sufjan Stevens, “Sister,” Seven Swans, Asthmatic Kitty
• Rachel Goswell, “Plucked,” Waves Are Universal, 4AD
• Anja Garbarek, “Beyond My Control,” Balloon Mood, RCA
• Ryan Adams, “Wild Flowers,” Gold, Lost Highway
• Crowded House, “Kare Kare,” Together Alone, Capitol
• Morsel, “Wreck,” I’m a Wreck, Small Stone
• Sol Seppy, “A to N,” The Bells of 1 2, Gronland
• This Mortal Coil, “Come Here, My Love/At First, and Then,” Filigree & Shadow, 4AD
• Asobi Seksu, “Red Sea,” Citrus, Friendly Fire
• Lloyd Cole, “My Other Life,” Music in a Foreign Language, One Little Indian
• Big Star, “Dream Lover,” Third/Sister Lovers, Ryko