Show #1018--12/7/25 (Sunday Sampler's 20th Anniversary)

I call this set "New Favorites from the Last 20 Years," meaning each week I look for new music to feature on the Sunday Sampler, and these are artists who either had one track that really stuck with me and have played numerous times on the show, or more commonly, I have been consistently following since I made their acquaintance (and have played them faithfully on the show over the years). 

There's too many to profile for one show (20 years is a long time), so I'll finish out this theme next week. 

The Futureheads--Decent Days and Nights   

Bloc Party--Banquet   

Field Music--Clear Water    

Camille--Ta Douleur 

Stereolab--Miss Modular  

Gomez--All Too Much 

Beth Orton--Conceived 

Emperor Penguin--Stay for the Freak 

The Sidleys--Burning   

Feist--My Moon My Man 

Scott Matthews--Elusive  

Grizzly Bear--Southern Point 

Candace--Midnight Blue   

Paul Jones--The Generator

Dirty Projectors--About to Die   

HOUR 2

David Mead--Chatterbox 

A.C. Newman--Secretarial 

The New Pornographers--Your Hands (Together)  

Califone--Pink & Sour  

Abra Moore--You

Spoon--Do You   

Deerhoof--Secret Mobilization 

The Bridges--Pieces  

Shelly Bhushan--Beautiful Me  

Koufax--Any Moment Now  

The Phenomenal Handclap Band--15 to 20   

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin--Banned (by the Man)

Friendly Fires--On Board  

Nite Jewel--To Feel It  

The Soft Pack--Pull Out   

St. Vincent--Now, Now  

HOUR 3

Roger Klug--Dump Me Hard   

Ava Luna--Daydream 

The Weepies--All Good Things  

The Bird and the Bee--La La La  

Women--Black Rice   

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti--Round and Round

Twin Sister--Stop

Django Django--Default   

The Rapture--Live in Sunshine 

Tune-Yards--Bizness  

Kimbra--Cameo Lover

Gotye (feat. Kimbra)--Somebody That I Used to Know

Bibio--K is for Kelson 

Julian Lage--Roger the Dodger  

Margaret Glaspy--Emotions and Math  

Callers--Glow

Show #1017--11/30/25

Karla DeVito--Midnight Confession            

Shirley Ellis--Whisper to Me Wind              

Tom Scott with the California Dreamers--The Honeysuckle Breeze            

Keaton Henson--Operator             

Hot Hot Heat--Elevator                  

The Notwist--X-Ray                

Wings--Name and Address           

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark--Bloc Bloc Bloc            

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio--Between the Mayo and the Mustard         

The 5th Dimension--Blowing Away           

Eternity's Children--Again Again      

Badfinger--Sweet Tuesday Morning          

Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra--Econoline       

Beck--Sissyneck        

The Ventures--Wild Child              

HOUR 2

The Wiseguys--Start the Commotion            

Sebastian Rochford & Finding Ways--People Say Stuff, Don't Be Disheartened        

Vandenberg--Burning Heart                

Mac DeMarco--Holy            

King Crimson--Frame by Frame              

Heart--Heartless            

Phish--Back on the Train              

Tim Buckley--Morning Glory             

Egg--Fugue in D Minor            

Toad the Wet Sprocket--Good Intentions         

Ava Luna--Frame of Us          

Sammy Johns--Chevy Van          

Stealers Wheel--Back on My Feet Again       

Vince Guaraldi--Peppermint Patty      

The Sunshine Company--Back on the Street Again          

HOUR 3  11 TO 11:  TWIN BABIES 

Jan and Dean--Baby Talk 

Friction--Baby Talk    

Andy Kim--Baby I Love You

Aretha Franklin--Baby I Love You 

Smith--Baby It's You

Promises--Baby It's You 

Fred Hughes--Baby Boy   

Mary Kay Place as Loretta Haggers--Baby Boy

The Beatles--Cry Baby Cry

The Angels--Cry Baby Cry   

Barbara Lewis--Baby I'm Yours

Breakbot feat. Irfane--Baby I'm Yours 

Show #1016--11/23/25

Franke & the Knockouts--You're My Girl        

Picture Parlour--Who's There to Love Without You?         

Five Man Electrical Band--Signs          

Five Man Electrical Band--Hello Melinda Goodbye          

Juan Pastor's Chinchano--Celinda        

Cookie & the Cupcakes--Belinda               

Cecily feat. Brandon Lane--Deja Vu           

Climax Blues Band--Nogales   

Polvo--Have You Ever Been There? (Has Estado Ahi)             

Buffalo Rose--Kiss from a Rose        

Constant Smiles--Leave it at Why             

Quarterflash--Take Me to Heart            

Hannah Kate--Eggs in a Kettle            

Todd Snider--Enjoy Yourself      

HOUR 2

Hilly Michaels--Calling All Girls          

Kate Bush--Violin             

Vitamin String Quartet--Second Hand News              

The Left Banke--Sing Little Bird Sing           

The Mynabirds--Drinking Song 

Weezer--Getchoo        

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard--Deadstick           

Elton John--Yell Help/Wednesday Night/Ugly         

Donny Hathaway--I Believe in Music         

Donny & Marie--Sing          

Mamalarky--Nonmonogamy             

toso toso--cLAcLAcLA              

Pink Floyd--Paintbox               

HOUR 3  11 TO 11:  LISTENER'S CHOICE: "DRINK UP" or "TWIN BABIES"  

Show #1015--11/16/25

Sweet Spirit--Touch             

Boom Crash Opera--Hands Up in the Air         

Town Portal--Touching Grass            

Louie Vega (feat. Robyn)--All My Love (KDA Legacy Remix)      

Robyn--Dopamine                

Suzanne Vega--Blood Makes Noise           

Tortoise--Layered Presence             

Robin McNamara--Lay a Little Lovin' on Me          

Uriah Heep--Circle of Hands              

Jennifer Warnes--I Know a Heartache When I See One        

Snocaps--Wasteland             

The English Beat--Hands Off...She's Mine         

SML--Taking Out the Trash           

Sweet--Co-Co        

Touch--When the Spirit Moves You           

HOUR 2

Big Pig--Breakaway              

Rhinoceros--Apricot Brandy       

Apostle of Hustle--Blackberry             

Ancient Infinity Orchestra--The Seeker          

Dave Antony--Hide and Seek        

The New York Rock Ensemble--Gravedigger         

Ten Wheel Drive--Pulse         

Home Front--Light Sleeper            

Elastica--Waking Up          

Totorro--Matthews Bridge            

Debbie Gibson--Over the Wall            

The Sex Pistols--Holidays in the Sun           

The Flaming Lips--Waitin' for a Superman   

Anamanaguchi--Darcie      

HOUR 3  11 TO 11: BUBBLING UNDER THE BILLBOARD HOT 200 (ALBUM VERSION), 11/15/75

210 Aztec Two-Step--Move Up to Love (from "Second Step")         

209 Savoy Brown feat. Kim Simmonds--Deep Water (from "Wire Fire")        

208 Splinter--Harder to Live (from "Harder to Live")     

207 Billy Swan--Everything's the Same (Ain't Nothing Changed) (from "Rock 'n' Roll Moon")   

206 David Essex--Watch Out (Carolina) (from "All the Fun of the Fair")         

205 10cc--Une Nuit in Paris (from "The Original Soundtrack")       

204 Jimmy Cliff--You Can Get it if You Really Want (from "The Harder They Come")       

203 Frankie Valli--Just Look What You've Done (from "Inside You")          

202 Firesign Theatre--Over the Edge (from "In the Next World, You're on Your Own")     

201 Tom Waits--Intro/Better Off Without a Wife (from "Nighthawks at the Diner")             

200 Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen--Paid in Advance (from "Tales from the Ozone") 

Show #1014--11/9/25

Arkells--Kiss Cam          

David Wilcox--My Own Mind           

Adam Ben Ezra--Free Fly          

Murray Head--One Night in Bangkok        

Eden's Children--Knocked Out        

Squeeze--Goodbye Girl              

Constant Smiles--Allowed to Be               

Traffic--Smiling Phases           

Pearl Harbor & the Explosions--Drivin'        

Habibi--On the Road           

Kraftwerk--Autobahn (2024 Single Edit)       

Nilsson--Driving Along          

New Math--They Walk Among You           

The Laughing Dogs--Zombies             

HOUR 2

Electric Light Orchestra--Evil Woman           

The Tubes--My Head is My Only House Unless it Rains          

LEN--Steal My Sunshine            

Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts--Spirit             

Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards--From the Ashes       

Oneohtrix Point Never--Lifeworld              

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss--Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)           

Money Mark--Pick Up the Pieces           

Jimmy Harnen w/Synch--Where Are You Now?         

The Ensemble Al Salaam--Circles            

Stories--Circles             

Stories--Believe Me        

Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe--Ringing Ocean          

Duke Jupiter--I'll Drink to You      

HOUR 3  11 TO 11: DON'T SAMPLER NOV 1965-OCT 1966

98  Peter & Gordon--Don't Pity Me

97  Wilson Pickett--Don't Fight It 

93  The Mad Lads--Don't Have to Shop Around

90  The Wonder Who?--Don't Think Twice  

65  The Beau Brummels--Don't Talk to Strangers

DEC 18 1965

93  The Temptations--Don't Look Back

JAN 1 1966

80  The Marvelettes--Don't Mess With Bill

JAN 29 1966

99  Barbara Lewis--Don't Forget About Me   

MAY 21 1966

79  The Animals--Don't Bring Me Down

MAY 28 1966

99  Jeannie Seely--Don't Touch Me

OCT 1 1966

The McCoys--Don't Worry Mother (Your Son's Heart is Pure)

Show #1013--11/2/25

The Five Americans--I See the Light           

Supergrass--Seen the Light              

Magdalena Bay--Second Sleep            

Majken--Re-Entering                

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons--The Night            

Jon Hood--Primrose            

Steppenwolf--Everybody's Next One           

Sloan--On the Road Again/Transona Five           

Jimmy Radcliffe--Love Put the Tears in My Eyes          

Jerry Butler--Never Give You Up                 

AFO Executives--Olde Wine              

Jackie McLean--Demon's Dance                  

LOLO--Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine               

HOUR 2

Peach & Lee--It's Better             

Cream--Sweet Wine                

The Lemons--Timeless Penelope       

BOY--We Were Here                   

The Association--Hear in Here           

Zal Yanovsky--As Long as You're Here           

Expose--Let Me Be the One                

Simple Minds--All the Things She Said          

Lily Allen--West End Girl         

Led Zeppelin--Dancing Days           

Richie Havens--New City          

John Coltrane--Body and Soul                       

Ezra Collective (feat. Yazmin Lacey)--God Gave Me Feet for Dancing       

Funky Kings--Slow Dancing         

HOUR 3  11 TO 11: ENCORE FROM OCTOBER 2, 2022

Aimee Mann--Driving Sideways         

The Knocks (with Dragonette)--Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)           

Tortoise--Six Pack             

Jimmie Spheeris--Seven Virgins         

ELIZA--Straight Talker              

John Scofield--Hottentot          

Buffalo Springfield--Hung Upside Down            

WIDOWSPEAK--Salt           

Rubblebucket--Earth Worship      

Jennifer Lopez--Waiting for Tonight             

Yeasayer--Tightrope               

Devo--Uncontrollable Urge            

The Beta Band--Out-Side          

Jorge Reyes--Pocito 11              

City Lites--Now You've Gone Away    

Show #1012--10/26/25

Crowded House--World Where You Live           

Lack of Afro--Walls Start Rockin'          

Sudan Archives--Yea Yea Yea       

George Harrison--Woman Don't You Cry for Me         

Dave Edmunds--Crawling from the Wreckage        

Cusp--Follow Along        

The Barr Brothers--Upsetter          

Judie Tzuke--New Friends Again            

The Bar-Kays--Shake Your Rump to the Funk           

bar italia--Eyepatch           

David Bowie--Weeping Wall     

Thin Lizzy--Jailbreak          

Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors--Va Vine             

Elvis Costello--...Dust       

Matt Costa--Walls Like Windows         

HOUR 2

Journey--Just the Same Way            

Ruby Rushton--Walk to Regio's          

Oran "Juice" Jones--The Rain              

The Inmates--The Walk                

Lindsey Buckingham--Seeds We Sow         

Stevie Nicks--If Anyone Falls           

Polica--Dreams Go           

Spoon--The Hardest Cut          

The Pointer Sisters--Happiness           

Brian Auger--Happiness is Just Around the Bend        

HOUR 3  11 TO 11: IN PRAISE OF ROCK AND ROLL

Jim Steinman--Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through  

Paul Gilbert--I Like Rock 

The Showmen--It Will Stand   

Bob Seger--Rock and Roll Never Forgets

AC/DC--Let There Be Rock   

The Who--Long Live Rock 

Doucette--Mama Let Him Play  

Prefab Sprout--The King of Rock & Roll  

Blue Oyster Cult--Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll 

Autograph--Turn Up the Radio

Laurent Voulzy--Rockollection

Show #1011--10/20/25

ABBA--I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do        

Dave McKenna--Deed I Do           

Earl Gaines--The Things I Used to Do        

They Might Be Giants--Doin' Things is What I Like to Do        

The James Gang--Walk Away        

Tokyo Police Club--Nature of the Experiment  

Nation of Language--I'm Not Ready for the Change       

Jack Green--This is Japan              

Jack White--Bombing Out                 

Camilla Sparksss--I Like the Noise                

Hot Chocolate--Every 1's a Winner        

Led Zeppelin--Hots on For Nowhere         

Bobby Goldsboro--Voodoo Woman         

Lucio Terzano Quartet--You Do Something to Me               

The Doors--Do It            

Neil Diamond--Do It           

HOUR 2

Suddenly, Tammy!--Supersonic           

Jamie Leeming (feat. Alfa Mist)--Storm 5          

Liz Phair--Baby Got Going      

Django Django--Storm           

Fischerspooner--Emerge         

Spooner--Dancing Dolls          

Fanny--Soul Child          

The Red Hot Chili Peppers--Subterranean Homesick Blues         

Snooper--Star 6 9            

GANS--This Product          

The Cars--Let's Go                  

The Youngbloods--The Other Side of This Life         

Friend and Lover--Reach Out in the Darkness            

Open Sky Unit--Sunshine Star               

Smokey Robinson--A Quiet Storm (Single Version)           

HOUR 3   11 TO 11: A ROUND OF "BAD" REMAKES   

Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington--I Got it Bad (and That Ain't Good)  

Pierre de Gaillande--Bad Reputation 

The Roches--It's Bad for Me   

Linda Ronstadt--Hurt So Bad   

Robert Palmer--Bad Case of Loving You 

Huey Lewis & the News--Bad is Bad   

Jonathan Richman--Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

The Lost Fingers--You Give Love a Bad Name  

The Holmes Brothers--Bad Moon Rising    

The Jayhawks--Bad Time   

Pomplamoose--A Bad Mashup (Live)