2017-02-26 Playlist & Stream

Feb 26

1st set
They Might Be Giants – Particle Man (brass band version)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
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Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack
Bari Koral – Kick Drum Heart
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Red Yarn – Magic Dance

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[WJFF/KCMJ – Laurie Berkner – Down Down Baby

2nd set
Willie Nelson – The Rainbow Connection
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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The Deedle Deedle Dees – Rancher Ants
The Not-Its! – Haircut
Ralph’s World – The Great Outdoors
Lucky Diaz – Thingamajig
ID

[KUTX – Arcade Fire – No Cars Go

[WJFF/KCMJ – Arcade Fire – No Cars Go

3rd set
Riders Against the Storm – Holy Water
Little Miss Ann and Amy D – Shake & Sing (new)
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StevenSteven – A Fact Is A Gift That You Give Your Brain (new)
Randy Kaplan – Every Second Counts (new)
Sugar Free Allstars – Gotta Get Up (feat. Jack Forman & Shine)
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They Might Be Giants – Impossible
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2017-02-19 Playlist & Stream

Feb 19

Super fun to have Emily Arrow come by! You can watch her whole in-studio below.

1st set
They Might Be Giants – So Crazy for Books
Emily Arrow in-studio

[KUTX – Moona Luna – Would You Like to Dance?

[WJFF/KCMJ – Jellyfish – I Wanna Stay Home

2nd set
Turkey Andersen – Night is a Blanket
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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StevenSteven – Mimic Octopus (new)
Puffy AmiYumi – Puffy’s Rule/Puffy No Rule
Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner
ID

3rd set
Parliament – Party People
Deerhoof – Paradise Girls
Katie Ha Ha Ha – Go Bananas
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Dan Zanes – Jamaica Farewell
The Deedle Deedle Dees – The Rocket Went Up
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They Might Be Giants – Zeros
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2017-02-12 Playlist & Stream

Feb 12

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – The Bloodmobile
Molly Ledford – Sound and Vision
ID
The Deedle Deedle Dees – Nellie Bly
Dan Zanes – Moonlit Town (in-studio)
Karen K – Do You Believe In Magic (new)
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Rachael Yamagata – I’m Going to Go Back There Someday

[KUTX – The not-Its! – puppy Dog

[WJFF/KCMJ – ScribbleMonster – Scrub-A-Dub

2nd set
Dan Wilson – Lullaby
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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Mudhoney – I Like To Make Noise
Danny Weinkauf – The Moon Is Made of Cheese
Candy Band – Ken Lost His Head
The So So Glos – Fred Astaire
Mary Timony – Clap Your Hands
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3rd set
Gentle Hen – Superhero
The Nields – Superhero Soup
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Pointed Man Band – Cardoons (premiere)
ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
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They Might Be Giants – Roy G Biv
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2017-02-05 Playlist & Stream

Feb 05

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – I Just Want To Dance
123 Andres in-studio

[KUTX – War – Why Can’t We Be Friends?

2nd set
Quiet Company – At The First Sonogram
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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The Sippy Cups – Seven is the New Fourteen
David Byrne – Don’t Fence Me In
The Roots – Lovely, Love My Family
The Travoltas – Public Skool
ID

[WJFF/KCMJ – Moondog – Instrumental Round

3rd set
Erin Ivey – Anchor (in-studio)
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Red Yarn – Born In The Deep Woods (premiere)
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Dan Zanes – We’ve Been Down This Road Before
Katie Ha Ha Ha – All Around the Brickyard
Turkey Andersen – If A Sandwich Was a Sandwich
The Deedle Deedle Dees + Friends – When We Sing Together
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They Might Be Giants – Courage the Cowardly Dog
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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HOLY SMOKES what a couple of months we have ahead of us

Feb 02

We’ve got a ton of stuff coming up.

  • Sunday, February 19Spare the Rock Live at the Academy of Music, part of Four Sundays in February!  We’re super excited to return to our original home of Northampton, Massachusetts, to do record an episode of the show live.  We’ll have Dan Zanes, Lloyd H. Miller of the Deedle Deedle Dees, The Stuntmen, Lord Russ, Abbie Morin, Katie Ha Ha Ha, Henning Ohlenbusch doing songs of Turkey Anders, Calvin the Really Big Puppet, a Yo Yo champion, the SHOW Circus Kids, and much more.  We’ll be celebrating the legacy of David Bowie, LGBTQ youth, and more.  Details and tickets at NorthamptonArtsCouncil.org.
  • Wednesday, March 15 through Saturday, March 18 – we’ll have a Spare the Rock Stage at KUTX Live at the Four Seasons…some amazing acts on our stage and on the main stage; we’ll announce more soon.
  • Wednesday, March 15 (rain date March 16) Family Music Meltdown at Pan Am Park, Austin, Texas (during SXSW).  We’ll have sets from Red Yarn, The Deedle Deedle Dees, Ralph’s World, Riders Against the Storm, Strumero, and El Tule…and more!  Free!
  • Friday, March 17Willie Is For Everyone at Scottish Rite Theater.  The lineup for this Willie Nelson tribute is still getting set, but it’ll include Little Miss Ann, the Barton Hills Choir with very special guest Ray Benson, Ralph’s World, Red Yarn, The Que Pastas, Beth Chrisman, Suzanna Choffel, Sugar Free Allstars, Rockaroni & Cheese, Lucky Diaz, and the Deedle Deedle Dees….and more TBA.  Proceeds to benefit the Scottish Rite Theater’s renovations.
  • Saturday, March 18 – Rock & Read at the Domain.  Finalizing the lineup for this too, but it’ll include Riders Against the Storm, Lucky Diaz, the Deedle Deedle Dees, Little Miss Ann, and Sugar Free Allstars.  Free!
  • Saturday, March 25 – The River’s Family Music Meltdown & Book Bash at Smith Voke in Northampton, Massachusetts.  What a lineup, both for authors and music.  Jeff Kinney, Mister G, Expandable Brass Band, Stacey Peasley Band, Tom Knight, The Deedle Deedle Dees, Keith Munslow, and much more.  Details at RiverMeltdown.com!  Free!
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