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Playlist - Hour One

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Beth OrtonCentral ReservationCentral Reservation
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  • "Central Reservation"
  • Album: Central Reservation
  • Artist: Beth Orton
  • Released: 1999
FoxygenShuggieWe are the 21st Century 
One EskimoKandiOne Eskimo
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  • "Kandi"
  • Album: One Eskimo
  • Artist: One Eskimo
  • Released: 2009
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Neil HalsteadFull Moon risingPalindrome Hunches
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  • "Full Moon rising"
  • Album: Palindrome Hunches
  • Artist: Neil Halstead
  • Released: 2012
Dire StraitsWater of LoveDire Straits
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  • "Water of Love"
  • Album: Dire Straits
  • Artist: Dire Straits
  • Released: 2000
Benjamin GibbardTeardrop WindowsFormer Lives
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  • "Teardrop Windows"
  • Album: Former Lives
  • Artist: Benjamin Gibbard
  • Released: 2012

Playlist - Hour Two

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Concrete BlondeEverybody KnowsGhost of a Texas Ladies Man
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  • "Everybody Knows"
  • Album: Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
  • Artist: Concrete Blonde
  • Released: 1992
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JosephineStoned and Alone
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  • "Josephine"
  • Album: Stoned and Alone
  • Artist: The Pharmacy
  • Released: 2012
SurfStoned and Alone
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  • Album: Stoned and Alone
  • Artist: The Pharmacy
  • Released: 2012
Divine FitsWould That Not Be NiceA Thing Called Divine Fits
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  • "Would That Not Be Nice"
  • Album: A Thing Called Divine Fits
  • Artist: Divine Fits
  • Released: 2012
Vampire WeekendGiving Up The GunContra
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  • "Giving Up The Gun"
  • Album: Contra
  • Artist: Vampire Weekend
  • Released: 2009
People Get ReadyWindy CityPeople Get Ready
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  • "Windy City"
  • Album: People Get Ready
  • Artist: People Get Ready
  • Released: 2012
St. Vincent CruelStrange Mercy
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  • "Cruel"
  • Album: Strange Mercy
  • Artist: St. Vincent
  • Released: 2011
Jeff BuckleyLover You Should've Come OverGrace
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  • "Lover You Should've Come Over"
  • Album: Grace
  • Artist: Jeff Buckley
  • Released: 1994
Tame ImpalaFeels Like We Only Go BackwardsLonerism
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  • "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"
  • Album: Lonerism
  • Artist: Tame Impala
  • Released: 2012
The Beach BoysMarcellaGood Vibrations: Thirty Years
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  • Album: Good Vibrations: Thirty Years
  • Artist: The Beach Boys
  • Released: 1993
Lord Huron Time To RunLonesome Dreams
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  • "Time To Run"
  • Album: Lonesome Dreams
  • Artist: Lord Huron
  • Released: 2012
Minus the BearDiamond LightningInfinity Overhead
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  • "Diamond Lightning"
  • Album: Infinity Overhead
  • Artist: Minus the Bear
  • Released: 2012
Arcade FireModern ManThe Suburbs
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  • "Modern Man"
  • Album: The Suburbs
  • Artist: Arcade Fire
  • Released: 2010

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