Sinko Music Podcast

135: Rap Rock

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

No, this isn't a Limp Bizkit podcast...

1. Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock N' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)
2. Run-DMC - King Of Rock
3. Souls of Mischief - Rock It Like That
4. Cypress Hill - (Rock) Superstar
5. Giant Panda - Classic Rock

Labels: all, rap

134: Siouxsie & The Banshees

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Love In A Void
2. Mirage
3. Christine
4. Spellbound
5. Peek-A-Boo

Labels: all, alternative

133: 1-2-3-4

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Everyone knows a great way to start a song is with a "1 2 3 4!" The hard thing for me is choosing justoneRamones song.

1. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
2. The La's - I. O. U. (Live)
3. The Ramones - Commando
4. Wire - Surgeon's Girl
5. James Brown - Cold Sweat

(1234 photo byrustman)

Labels: all, funk, punk, rock

132: Bombs

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Public Enemy - TimeBomb
2. Rancid - Time Bomb
3. The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
4. J Church - Bomb
5. The Queers - Steak Bomb

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap

131: Band Song Names

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Having a song named after your band -- unoriginal or clever? You be the judge...

1. Descendents - Descendents
2. Green Day - Green Day
3. Goodbye Harry - Goodbye Harry
4. Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits
5. Minor Threat - Minor Threat

Labels: all, hardcore, punk

130: Sugar

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Sweet!

1. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
2. The English Beat - Sugar and Stress
3. bis - Sweet Shop Avengerz
4. All - Sugar & Spice
5. Sugar - Fortune Teller

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

129: Drinking Songs 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

It's somewhat fitting to be putting this podcast together with a slight hangover.

1. People Under The Stairs - Tales Of Kidd Drunkadelic
2. Amazing Royal Crowns - Swimming In Drinks
3. The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Bartender's Song
5. NOFX - Quart In Session

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap

128: War

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. New Order - Love Vigilantes
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
3. Jawbreaker - Imaginary War
4. The Hives - Declare Guerre Nucleaire
5. Eric B & Rakim - Casualties Of War

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap, rock

127: Odd Covers 3

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0000

The last two Odd Covers episodes inspired thisguest podcastfrom Jamie Quinn.

1. The Wonderstuff - Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)
2. Robyn Hitchcock - Funkytown (Lipps, Inc.)
3. Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash (Soundgarden)
4. Round-n-Round - Lou Barlow (Ratt)
5. The Wedding Present - It's Not Unusual (Tom Jones)

Labels: all, alternative, covers, guest, rock

126: Odd Covers 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0000

More slightly-off covers.

1. Primus - Tippi Toes (The Meters)
2. The Upsetters - Knock Three Times (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
3. Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
4. Dynamite Hack - Boyz-n-the-Hood (N.W.A.)
5. Biz Markie - Benny and the Jets (Elton John)

Labels: all, covers, rap, reggae, rock

125: Odd Covers 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Five somewhat strange cover songs.

1. Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson) [+ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps]
2. Franz Ferdinand - What You Waiting For? (Gwen Stefani) [+ Bily Idol - White Wedding]
3. The Raconteurs - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
4. Operation Ivy - One of These Days (Nancy Sinatra)
5. Fifteen - Rainbow Connection (Kermit The Frog)

[photo bypixelwhip]

Labels: all, alternative, covers, ska

124: Wire 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000

This episode continues where theEarly Wire episodeleft off, picking up after Wire's re-forming with a more keyboard-influenced "alternative" sound in the 80's through their return to a noisier sound today.

1. Ahead
2. In Vivo
3. Silk Skin Paws
4. Mr. Marx's Table
5. One of Us

Labels: all, alternative

123: TMBG School

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Let's learn some stuff via They Might Be Giants songs.

1. James K. Polk
2. Meet James Ensor
3. The Edison Museum
4. Mammal
5. Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)

Labels: all, alternative

122: Mick Jones

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Mick Jones of The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, and recently Carbon/Silicon.

1. The Clash - Jail Guitar Doors
2. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
3. Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
4. Big Audio Dynamite - Contact
5. Carbon/Silicon - The News

Labels: all, alternative, punk

121: Joe Strummer

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Following Joe from his early days with the 101'ers, through The Clash and up to the Mescaleros.

1. 101'ers - Motor Boys Motor
2. The Clash - Complete Control
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed
5. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - All In a Day

Labels: all, alternative, punk

120: Rain

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000

It rained for what seemed like six weeks straight this spring...easy inspiration for this episode.

1. Sunny Day Real Estate - Rain Song
2. The Cult - Rain
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Raindrops + Sunshowers
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
5. Neko Case - Buckets of Rain

Labels: all, alternative, country, covers, rock

119: Summer

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Belle & Sebastian - Song For Sunshine
2. Art Brut - Soundtrack of the Summer
3. Weezer - Island In The Sun
4. Neutral Nation - Bad Music Beach
5. The Queers - This Sandal Shit

Labels: all, alternative, punk

118: Los Angeles

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Frank Black - Los Angeles
2. Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.
3. People Under The Stairs - The L.A. Song
4. Jurassic 5 - Lausd
5. X - Los Angeles

Labels: all, alternative, rap

117: This is Boston

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

...and the surrounding neighborhoods.

1. The Standells - Dirty Water
2. The Allstonians - Brighton Memories
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bridges, Squares
4. Dropkick Murphys - For Boston
5. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - They Came to Boston

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock, ska

116: Short & Raw

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Rick MacDonald provides this week's guest podcast, the shortest Sinko ever...

The 5 tunes I have selected are as follows:

1. Monster X - Drug Culture
I'm actually not sure of the song title since my cousin borrowed my CD, but this band was quite awesome. I saw them in a church basement sometime in 1995, the walls shook.

2. Man Is The Bastard - Autopsy of Authority
3. Crossed out - Homegrown
These 2 bands were part of the infamous early 90's West Coast powerviolence movement...boy that sounded cheesy! About as raw as it gets.

4. No Comment - Life
I think this is my favorite song of all time. REALLY.

5. Napalm Death - Suffer (live)
I never really understood why these guys were supposed to be legendary or groundbreaking. But you gotta love this one.

Labels: all, guest

115: Doc Hopper Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

In addition to their original songs, Doc Hopper was a great pop-punk band with a penchant for doing cool covers from any genre. Here's a sampling...

1. Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
2. Sunny Girlfriend (The Monkees)
3. Head Over Heels (The Go-Go's)
4. Fan Mail (The Dickies)
5. I Love You (Black Flag)
Bonus: Juicyfruit Theme

Labels: all, covers, punk

114: Shapes

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles
2. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
3. The Hives - Square One Here I Come
4. Man Or Astro-man? - (Trapezoid)
5. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

Labels: all, alternative, rock

113: Internal Organs

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
2. Wire - Kidney Bingos
3. Dinosaur Jr. - The Lung
4. Jawbreaker - Gutless
5. Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

112: Work

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Futureheads - First Day
2. Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week
3. Sicko - On The Clock
4. James Brown & Marva Whitney - You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat)
5. Bloquera - Back To The Grind Again
Bonus: A Song To Help You Keep Your Job

Labels: all, alternative, funk, punk, rap

111: Red

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Mission Of Burma - Red
2. XTC - Red
3. Rancid - Red Hot Moon
4. Reverend Horton Heat - Big Red Rocket Of Love
5. Minor Threat - Seeing Red

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk

110: Phones

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Leave a message after the tone...

1. Beck - Cellphone's Dead
2. Bad Brains - She's Calling You
3. R.E.M. - Star 69
4. Rival Schools - Travel By Telephone
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Dial Up

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

109: Black Flag Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Sinkhole - Jealous Again
2. Pennywise - Don't Care
3. The Pink Lincolns - Depression
4. Good Riddance - My War
5. Chuck D. & Henry Rollins - Rise Above
Bonus: Futurama - TV Party

Labels: all, covers, hardcore, punk

108: Black Flag

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

I prefer the earlier days of Black Flag before they slowed things down, but I tried to touch on a bit of their entire career. Also, the intro to "Nervous Breakdown" is one of the best of all time, so there you have it.

1. Nervous Breakdown
2. I've Heard It Before
3. What I See
4. Wasted (live)
5. Wound Up

Labels: all, hardcore

107: Steps

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Guest podcasterCraig Rousseautakes us one step beyond through thirty-two footsteps...

1. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
3. Violent Femmes - 12 Steps
4. Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down
5. They Might Be Giants - 32 Footsteps

Photo credit:gordasm

Labels: all, alternative, guest, rock, ska

106: Planets

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Yes, I know Pluto isn't a planet anymore; call me old school. Plus it's a good song, so let's just go ahead and use it...

1. Chisel - The Mutable Mercury
2. Man Or Astro-man? - Destination Venus
3. Bad Religion - Fields Of Mars
4. Les Savy Fav - Pluto
5. Smashing Pumpkins - Tales Of A Scorched Earth

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

105: Guns

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Liz Quilty brings us this week'sguest podcast: "I've rediscovered Belly these days, so am starting there, and I just ticked off the rest. A sort of negative theme -- guns -- but all good songs!"

1. Belly - Slow Dog
2. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
3. Prince - Sign o' the Times
4. The Beatles - Happiness is a Wam Gun
5. Liz Phair - Divorce Song

Labels: all, alternative, funk, guest, rock

104: Fours

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. DJ Hurricane & The Beastie Boys - Four Fly Guys
2. The Clash - Four Horsemen
3. Wire - Four Long Years
4. Kitchens Of Distinction - 4 Men
5. Aphex Twin - 4

Labels: all, alternative, electronic, rap

103: Squarepusher

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Squarepusher is drum & bass artist/jazz bassist Tom Jenkinson, and hopefully you enjoy chaotic beats as much as I do...

1. Theme From Ernest Borgnine
2. Come on My Selector
3. Vic Acid
4. Hello Meow
5. Delta-V

Labels: all, electronic

102: Songs That Kick In

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Guest podcasterBill Keaggydescribes his theme: "Songs that start quiet, then get loud. Can be hard to do that without being cheesy."

1. Earlimart - Fakey Fake
2. Slint - Nosferatu Man
3. The Stooges - Gimme Danger
4. Doves - The Cedar Room
5. Radiohead - All I Need

Labels: all, alternative, guest, punk

101

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000

#-0-# songs.

1. Down By Law - Life Rules 101
2. The Rolling Stones - Flight 505
3. The Beatles - One After 909
4. 101'ers - Letsgetabitarockin
5. KMD - 808 Man

photo credit:twicepix

Labels: all, punk, rap, rock

100

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Somehow I managed to do one hundred episodes of Sinko! (You canbrowse them all here...)

1. Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash
2. Blur - End Of A Century
3. Sunny Day Real Estate - 100 Million
4. Man Or Astro-man? - 100 Individual Magnets
5. The Cure - One Hundred Years

Photo creditpaolo.r

Labels: all, alternative, funk

99: Hard Time

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000

More songs about time...a little harder thanlast time around.

1. Built To Spill - Mess with Time
2. Buzzcocks - Time's Up
3. Green Day - All The Time
4. Beastie Boys - Time For Livin'
5. Husker Du - Indecision Time

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk

98: Served with Curry

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000

GuesthostJohn Reffordbrings us this week's episode, describing it this way: "Okay, so for some reason I went with an Arabian, Middle Eastern, Eastern European flavor...or something."

1. Firewater - This is My Life
2. Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
3. Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
4. Rocket from the Crypt - Turkish Revenge
5. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Howhywuz, Howwhyam (live from the Middle East)

Labels: all, alternative, guest

97: Cities

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Thes One - Gate City Savings And Loan
2. Jan & Dean - Surf City
3. The Clash - The City Of The Dead
4. Elliott Smith - Fear City
5. David Bowie - Suffragette City

Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock

96: Endoskeleton

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

This week's episode is a little heavier than usual, thanks toguesthostJohn LaTour.

1. The Misfits - Skulls
2. Anthrax - Skeletons in the Closet
3. The Mountain Goats - Dinu Lipatti's Bones
4. Mastodon - Crystal Skull
5. The New Pornographers - The Bones of an Idol

Labels: all, guest, rock

95: Change

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

1. Tears For Fears - Change
2. Skankin' Pickle - Make A Change
3. De La Soul - Change In Speak
4. Sugar - Changes
5. Bad Religion - Change Of Ideas

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap, ska

94: The Fall

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

This episode of Sinko is the first of severalguest-selected podcastsin the upcoming months. Episode 94 comes courtesy of James Quinn:

"How about 5 songs from the most prolific band of our generation, The Fall? 60 albums (both live and studio) since 1979." He culled their 60 albums to get these five songs...not an easy task.

1. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
2. Dead Beat Descendant
3. The Littlest Rebel
4. Mountain Energy
5. Two Librans

Labels: all, alternative, guest

93: Q-Tip

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

With his distinct voice and mellow flow, Q-Tip is one of the all-time best MC's. Here are a couple from A Tribe Called Quest, some guest appearances, and something from his post-Quest solo career.

1. A Tribe Called Quest - After Hours
2. Jungle Brothers - How Ya Want It We Got It
3. A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
4. Del tha Funkee Homosapien - The Undisputed Champs (feat. Q-Tip and Pep Love)
5. Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing

Labels: all, rap

92: What Are You?

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Kinks - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
2. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - I'm A Ghost
3. Franz Ferdinand - I'm Your Villain
4. bis - I'm a Slut
5. Special Ed - I'm the Magnificent

Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock

91: Too Much

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
2. The Police - Too Much Information
3. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
4. Bad Religion - Too Much To Ask
5. Husker Du - Too Much Spice

Labels: all, punk, rock, ska

90: The English Beat & Beyond

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I really like ska revivalists The English Beat (or just The Beat if you're outside the U.S.); the post-Beat bands, not so much. Here are three Beat songs and a couple of bands after the breakup.

1. The English Beat - Two Swords
2. The English Beat - Ranking Full Stop
3. The English Beat - Save It for Later
4. General Public - Tenderness
5. Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home

Labels: all, alternative, ska

89: Making a Sandwich

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I'll admit that this is kind of an odd episode this time...

1. Propaghandi - Who Will Help Me Make This Bread
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
3. Phyllis Dillon - Don't Touch Me Tomato
4. Dangerdoom - Mince Meat
5. The Bad Plus - Big Eater

Labels: all, jazz, punk, rap, reggae, rock

88: Beck

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

With so many great songs and such various styles, it was pretty hard picking only five songs by Beck. I ended up with these five, though if I made this podcast another day I could've easily picked a completely different list.

1. Novacane
2. Tropicalia
3. Pressure Zone
4. Hell Yes
5. Gamma Ray

Labels: all, alternative

87: Law Enforcement

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Clash - Police On My Back
2. Supergrass - Caught By the Fuzz
3. The Strokes - New York City Cops
4. Goodbye Harry - Armadillo
5. Fugazi - Great Cop

Labels: all, alternative, punk

86: Dreams

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Johnny Cash - Oh, What a Dream
2. The Cure - A Pink Dream
3. Mission Of Burma - 1001 Pleasant Dreams
4. Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From The Hill
5. Leatherface - Dreaming

Labels: all, alternative, country, punk

85: Beatles Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Sorry I missed a week; I've just been a bit busy lately. We now return to our regularly scheduled weekly podcast with some Beatles covers.

1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
2. They Might Be Giants - Savoy Truffle
3. Samiam - Cry Baby Cry
4. The Ventures - I Feel Fine
5. Ted Leo - I'm Looking Through You

Labels: all, alternative, covers, rock

84: Instrumentals 4

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Operation Ivy - Bankshot
2. NOFX - Flossing A Dead Horse
3. Swingin' Utters - Come On
4. Buzzcocks - Walking Distance
5. Sicko - In So Many Words

Labels: all, instrumentals, punk

83: Let's Party

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Bob Marley - Soul Shake Down Party
2. Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help
3. Bloquera - Fiesta
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To Party
5. Andrew WK - Party Hard

Labels: all, alternative, rap, reggae, rock

82: Cars 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Time to race!

1. Built To Spill - Car
2. Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps - Race With The Devil
3. Man Or Astro-man? - A Mouthful of Exhaust
4. Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
5. Kitchens Of Distinction - Drive That Fast

Labels: all, alternative, rock

81: Ballads

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko
2. Green Day - The Ballad Of Wilhelm Fink
3. Rancid - The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny
4. Mission Of Burma - The Ballad Of Johnny Burma
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Ballad Of The Sin Eater

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

80: The Bad Plus

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Outside of 1950/60s bop and some swing, I'm not a huge jazz fan. I don't listen to any "modern" jazz at all, but The Bad Plus is the one exception. While I don't like everything they've recorded, a lot just hits me right. The Bad Plus' originals are great, but they got more attention for their covers of rock songs. You have to admire a jazz trio for taking on Rush...

1. 1972 Bronze Medalist
2. Dirty Blonde
3. Anthem for the Earnest (live)
4. 1980 World Champion
5. Tom Sawyer

Labels: all, covers, instrumentals, jazz

79: Third Wave Ska

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0000

The late 80s/early 90s brought ska back to life, with some bands bringing it old school (Hepcat, Slackers) and others fusing it with punk and hardcore (Op Ivy, Bosstones). Now we're just waiting -- or dreading, depending on your point of view -- to see what the fourth wave brings us...

1. The Toasters - 2-Tone Army
2. Operation Ivy - Sound System
3. Hepcat - I Can't Wait
4. The Slackers - Have The Time
5. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Noise Brigade

Labels: all, punk, ska

78: Fast Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0000

One way to cover a song is to play it faster. Like these...

1. The Kinks - Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
2. The Pacers - The Pacers (Pixies: Debaser)
3. Sicko - Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)
4. Goodbye Harry - I Need To Know (Tom Petty)
5. Screeching Weasel - I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)

Labels: all, covers, punk, rock, ska

77: Smashing Pumpkins

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I'm not a huge Smashing Pumpkins fan, but for some reason I have too many of their CDs. Anyway, here are five Pumpkins songs that have my favorite style of theirs: loud guitars and buried vocals.

1. Pissant
2. Jellybelly
3. The Everlasting Gaze
4. White Spyder
5. Tarantula

Labels: all, rock

76: Instrumentals 3

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

DJs (mostly Cut Chemist, as it turns out) deliver this episode's instrumentals.

1. People Under The Stairs - Sunroof
2. Cut Chemist - (My 1st) Big Break
3. Headnodic - The Drive (Instrumental)
4. Jurassic 5 - Swing Set
5. Cut Chemist Meets Shortkut - Moonbase Alpha

Labels: all, instrumentals, rap

75: Guitar Jazz

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Django Reinhardt - Appel Direct
2. Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney - Pivot
3. Herb Ellis & Joe Pass - Seven Come Eleven
4. Wes Montgomery - Four on Six
5. George Benson - My Three Sons

Labels: all, jazz

74: Jazz

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Gang Starr - Jazz Thing
2. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Jazz
3. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
4. fIREHOSE - Relatin' Dudes To Jazz
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)

Labels: all, alternative, funk, rap

73: Yeah!

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Yvonne Fair - Say Yeah Yeah
2. The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
3. They Might Be Giants - Yeh Yeh
4. Zwan - Yeah!
5. small factory - Yeah

("Yeah!" artwork fromThe Drawing Project)

Labels: all, alternative, funk

72: Dates

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Some songs about dates -- not the fruit, and not in chronological order...

1. Minutemen - June 16th
2. Liz Phair - Cinco De Mayo
3. Danger Mouse/Jay-Z - December 4th
4. NOFX - August 8th
5. fIREHOSE - 4.29.92

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap

71: Buzzcocks

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Buzzcocks were one of the most influential -- and in my opinion, one of the best) -- punk bands from the 70s, paving the way for the pop punk explosion (for better or worse...). This podcast follows their music from their first EP in 1976 through this past decade.

1. Breakdown
2. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)? [live]
3. Nostalgia
4. Raison D'etre
5. Keep On

Labels: all, punk

70: Impeach The President

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Well, it's probably too late to do anything about the actual president right now. So instead here's the song by The Honeydrippers and four others that use its often-sampled beat.

1. The Honeydrippers - Impeach The President
2. Nice & Smooth - Funky For You
3. EPMD - Total Kaos
4. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
5. Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

Labels: all, funk, rap

69: Time

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Joe Jackson - Got The Time
2. The Futureheads - Trying Not To Think About Time
3. New Order - Fine Time
4. Hot Hot Heat - Running Out of Time
5. The Pacers - Out of Time

Photo credit:the other Martin Taylor

Labels: all, alternative, rock, ska

68: 2:42

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

In an article forThe Morning News, Joshua Allen did a little "research" to determine that 2 minutes and 42 seconds is the ideal song length.I think he might be right, and here are five songs that clock in at that perfect length.

1. The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
2. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Criminal Piece
4. Weezer - American Gigolo
5. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash

Labels: all, alternative

67: Early Ska

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Some songs from the 1950s/60s so-called "first wave" ofska...

1. The Ethiopians - Train to Skaville
2. Toots & The Maytals - Broadway Jungle
3. Desmond Dekker - Shanty Town
4. Bob Marley - Judge Not
5. The Skatalites - Man In The Street

Labels: all, reggae, ska

66: New Wave Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

90s versions of 80s songs! OK, "No Action" is from the 70s and the lesser-known original "Tainted Love" is from the 60s. But still...

1. The Muffs - No Action (Elvis Costello)
2. The Mr. T Experience - Can't Get There From Here (R.E.M.)
3. Horace Pinker - Our Lips Are Sealed (Go-Go's)
4. The Hi-Fives - Tainted Love (Soft Cell, Gloria Jones)
5. Goldfinger - Rio (Duran Duran)

Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk

65: Instrumentals 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

More lyric-free music, this time with an alt-rock flavor.

1. Frank Black - Tossed
2. The Breeders - Flipside
3. The Cure - Another Journey By Train
4. Reverend Horton Heat - Big Sky
5. fIREHOSE - Tien An Man Dream Again

Labels: all, alternative, instrumentals

64: Superchunk

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I think I'm definitely in the minority for preferring Superchunk's later material to their earlier, punkier stuff. No matter -- here are five great songs from the pride of Chapel Hill.

1. Slack Motherfucker
2. Ribbon
3. Yeah, It's Beautiful Here Too
4. Her Royal Fisticuffs
5. European Medicine

Labels: all, alternative, punk

63: Dub

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Dub evolved out of reggae and is mainly instrumental remixes with additional echo and reverb effects. I don't know why I got so into dub -- maybe because it's kid-friendly music for around the house and easy to work to since they're instrumentals -- but I listened to an awful lot of it last year.

1. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Acapulco Gold
2. Prince Jammy - Shaolin Temple
3. Bob Marley - One Dub
4. Soul Syndicate - This Is The Greatest Version
5. King Tubby - Dub Magnificent

Labels: all, reggae

62: Wire

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Not the bandWire, but simply songs with "wire" in the title.

1. The Meters - Live Wire
2. U2 - Wire
3. Sahara Hotnights - Walk On The Wire
4. Pixies - Hang Wire
5. fIREHOSE - Chemical Wire

Labels: all, alternative, funk, rock

61: Cars

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Gary Numan - Cars
2. Elastica - Car Song
3. Buzzcocks - Fast Cars
4. Beck - Rental Car
5. Beastie Boys - Car Thief

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rap

60: Moving

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

One of the things I dislike most in my life is moving -- I don't like packing, moving or unpacking. I don't like moving myself or helping others move anymore. So I guess it's somewhat odd that I chose this as a topic...

1. The Kinks - I Gotta Move
2. Wire - Start To Move
3. Beastie Boys - The Move
4. The Jam - I've Changed My Address
5. The Smiths - Back To The Old House

Photo credit:curoninja

Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock

59: Sklash

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

This episode features The Clash's reggae influences, including their covers of Junior Murvin's "Police & Thieves" and Coxsone Dodd's "Armagideon Time".

(And yes, I realize that The Clash was influenced by reggae and not specifically ska, but it made for a better title since 35% of all ska bands begin with "Sk-"...)

1. (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
2. Police & Thieves
3. The Guns of Brixton
4. Armagideon Time
5. Revolution Rock

Labels: all, covers, punk, reggae, ska

58: Short Attention Span

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

This'll be real quick...all fives songs under 60 seconds each.

1. Sicko - Attention Span
2. NOFX - Hobophobic (Scared of Bums)
3. Bad Religion - Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
4. Anti-Flag - Bring It To An End
5. Minutemen - Search

Labels: all, punk

57: A Cuppa Joe

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Some songs about coffee, including a bonus cup from the Descendents (since they're such big fans of the stuff).

1. Bob Marley - One Cup Of Coffee
2. Dance Hall Crashers - Java Junkie
3. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Cowboy Coffee
4. Descendents - Kids / Coffee Mug
5. Black Flag - Black Coffee

Labels: all, hardcore, punk, reggae, ska

56: Drinking Songs

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

How about a drink?

1. Laurel Aitken - Bartender
2. They Might Be Giants - Drink!
3. Black Flag - Six Pack
4. Leatherface - Hops And Barley
5. The Queers - I Only Drink Bud

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, punk, ska

55: Green Day

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Five songs from Green Day? Sure, why not? I tried to select some of their less-popular songs for this episode, from their early days to (almost) today.

1. Why Do You Want Him?
2. One Of My Lies
3. Stuart and the Ave.
4. Fashion Victim
5. Take Back

Labels: all, punk

54: Rap Influences

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0000

For this episode, I selected some songs that had a large impact on the formation of rap music. From Kraftwerk's influence on electro and funk, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" (which spawned almost as many DJ's as the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance spawned bands), Art Of Noise's sampling, and of course often-sampled beats like "Funky Drummer" and "The Big Beat".

1. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
2. Herbie Hancock - Rockit
3. Art Of Noise - Beat Box
4. James Brown - Funky Drummer
5. Billy Squier - The Big Beat

Labels: all, alternative, electronic, funk, instrumentals, jazz, rock

53: Rockabilly

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0000

This episode follows some rockabilly through the years...

1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
2. Roy Orbison & The Teen Queens - Go! Go! Go!
3. The Cramps - Aloha from Hell
4. Amazing Crowns - Losing Streak
5. Reverend Horton Heat - Bad Reputation

Labels: all, alternative, rock

52: Guitar Hero Wish List

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I recently got Guitar Hero for my birthday, and I'm totally hooked (as a combined music nerd/video game geek should be). I'd have a hard time picking songs I would want to be in the game, but here are five by bands that (I think) have not made it into any of the various versions of GH.

1. The Ventures - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
2. Bad Brains - I Against I
3. Samiam - Viewpoint
4. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
5. Man or Astro-man? - Interstellar Hardrive

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore, instrumentals, punk, rock

51: Covers 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Some covers of bands taking a song and making it their own -- none of these sound very much like the originals.

1. All: Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
2. Quicksand: How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths)
3. Jawbreaker: Into You Like A Train (Psychedelic Furs)
4. J Church: Planet Earth (Duran Duran)
5. Leatherface: Eagle (ABBA)

Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk

50: Sinko's Burning

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Clash - London's Burning
2. Fugazi - Burning Too
3. Horace Pinker - Burn Tempe To The Ground
4. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday
5. Wire - Torch It!

Labels: all, alternative, punk

49: Rickenbacker Guitar

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

A mix of songs performed using the unique jangly sound of the Rickenbacker guitar.

1. Beatles - Ticket to Ride
2. The Who - I Can't Explain
3. R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower
4. The Romantics - When I Look in Your Eyes
5. The Jam - Start!

Labels: all, alternative, rock

48: Instrumentals 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

No words this time...just some funk.

1. The Meters - Cissy Strut
2. The J.B.'s - Hot Pants
3. The Upsetters - Popcorn
4. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Soul Drums
5. Billy Preston - Outa-Space

Labels: all, funk, instrumentals

47: Shoegazy

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I realize that "shoegazer" as a genre isn't really an accurate description, or even a flattering one...but what else can I call this set of songs? "Shoegazy"? Well, I guess I did...

Whatever you want to label them, these bands share the swirling effects-driven guitars and ethereal vocals usually associated with shoegazers.

1. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
2. Lush - De-Luxe
3. Ride - Vapour Trail
4. Luminous Orange - How High
5. Asobi Seksu - Nefi + Girly

Labels: all, alternative

46: Devo Covers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Covers of Devo songs, preceeded by the originals.

1. Devo / Big Drill Car - Freedom Of Choice
2. Devo / Skankin' Pickle - Gates of Steel
3. Devo / Nirvana - Turn Around
4. Devo / Superchunk - Girl U Want
5. Devo / Doc Hopper - Uncontrollable Urge

Labels: all, alternative, covers, punk, rock

45: Another Night

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Allstonians - Another Night
2. New Order - This Time Of Night
3. R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix)
4. Elastica - All-Nighter
5. Rancid - Another Night

Labels: all, alternative, punk, ska

44: Last Night

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

1. Prefuse 73 - Last Night
2. The Cure - A Night Like This
3. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
4. Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Night Rider
5. The Strokes - Last Night

Labels: all, alternative, electronic, rock

43: New Year

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Happy new year! I originally started off this episode with U2's "New Year's Day" but figured that was like shooting fish in a barrel. But here are some other "year"-related songs to kick off 2008.

1. The Breeders - New Year
2. Pinhead Gunpowder - Losers of the Year
3. Sicko - Bad Year
4. Hüsker Dü - These Important Years
5. Asobi Seksu - New Years

Labels: all, alternative, punk

42: Sleep part 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
2. Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
3. Radiohead - Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)
4. J Church - Sleep
5. All - Copping Z

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

41: Sleep part 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

1. The Shins - Sleeping Lessons
2. The La's - I Can't Sleep (live)
3. They Might Be Giants - Sleeping In The Flowers
4. Jawbreaker - Sleep
5. Crimpshrine - Sleep, What's That?

Labels: all, alternative, punk

40: Theme Songs

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Jack Spade:[looks at musicians] "Who are these guys?"
John Spade:"They're my theme music.Every hero's got to have some."

1. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
2. Schoolly D - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme
3. Chisel - Theme For A Pharmacist
4. Man Or Astro-man? - Theme from Eeviac
5. Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme

Labels: all, alternative, electronic, funk, rap

39: Title Tracks 2

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Title tracks is the theme again, this time with more of a rock focus.

1. The Beatles - Help!
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. AC/DC - Back In Black
4. The Police - Synchronicity I
5. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

Labels: all, alternative, rock

38: Thes One

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Thes One is best known as one half of the alternative hip hop duo People Under the Stairs. But he's also a great producer with a cool, relaxed west coast style, working with Giant Panda, Ugly Duckling and others. He's also put out some solo work, including my recent favorite "Lifestyle Marketing", an album of instrumentals using commercials from the 1960/70s (represented here by "Hy-Vee") -- definitely worth checking out.

1. People Under The Stairs - The Dig
2. Raashan Ahmad & Thes One - Alright
3. Giant Panda - With It
4. Thes One - Noonen
5. Thes One - Hy-Vee

Labels: all, rap

37: Ian MacKaye

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:00:00 +0000

With a strong DIY ethic, Ian MacKaye is one of the most influential artists in punk/hardcore. In addition to fronting many bands (including Minor Threat and Fugazi) he founded Dischord Records and helped start the straight edge movement (whether on purpose or not).

1. Minor Threat - No Reason
2. Skewbald - Sorry/Change For The Same
3. Fugazi - Waiting Room
4. Fugazi - Bed For The Scraping
5. The Evens - All These Governors

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore

36: I Can Spell!

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Some artists like to show off their spelling skills.

1. The Cure - Fire In Cairo
2. The Kinks - Cadillac
3. They Might Be Giants - S-E-X-X-Y (remix)
4. Elastica - How He Wrote Elastica Man
5. Anti-Flag - Captain Anarchy

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

35: Rudeboys

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Rudeboys: they went from being all around to "where have they gone?" Maybe they're just waiting for the fourth wave of ska to hit...

1. Joe White - Rudies All Around
2. Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message to You
3. The Specials - Rude Boys Outta Jail
4. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone

Labels: all, alternative, ska

34: Questions Part 3 - Punk Edition

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:00:00 +0000

How about some more questions?

1. Dag Nasty - What Now?
2. Bad Religion - How Much Is Enough?
3. Jawbreaker - Do You Still Hate Me?
4. NOFX - What's The Matter With Kids Today?
5. Propaghandi - Head? Chest? Foot?

Labels: all, punk

33: Rock Radio

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0000

1. Ramones - (Do You Remember) Rock 'n' Roll Radio
2. The Clash - Capital Radio One
3. They Might Be Giants - Greasy Kid Stuff
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Radio, Radio
5. Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

32: Rap Radio

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0000

1. L.L. Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
2. Public Enemy - How To Kill A Radio Consultant
3. Cut Chemist - Lesson 4: The Radio
4. Ice Cube - Turn Off The Radio
5. Jurassic 5 - Radio

Labels: all, rap

31: Wire Covers

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Following up theWire podcast, here are some Wire covers...

1. Fischerspooner - The 15th
2. My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
3. fIREHOSE - Mannequin (live)
4. Henry Rollins - Ex-Lion Tamer
5. Minor Threat - 12XU

Labels: all, alternative, covers, electronic, hardcore

30: Early Wire

Sinko Podcast — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0000

I was going to do a podcast for Wire, but I was having a hard time choosing five songs from their early recordings/b-sides album alone, so I limited this to their early years (before their first breakup). Wire were more of an "arty" punk band in the late 70s, and eventually evolved from their minimalistic guitar-rock sound to incorporate keyboards...not to mention write songs that were longer than a minute or two.

1. Just Don't Care
2. Ex-Lion Tamer
3. 3rd Millenium Girl Rhumba
4. Two People In A Room
5. On Returning

Labels: all, punk

29: Title Tracks 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

If you're going to name your album after a song on it, it had better be a good song. Like these...

1. The Clash: London Calling
2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: Hearts Of Oak
4. Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll
5. Bad Religion: No Control

Labels: all, alternative, punk

28: Television

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Songs about TV (including Man or Astro-man's Talking Heads cover).

1. Sunny Day Real Estate: Television
2. Man Or Astro-man?: Television Man
3. Ned's Atomic Dustbin: Kill Your Television
4. Sicko - Mike TV
5. Gorilla Biscuits: Stand Still

Labels: all, alternative, covers, hardcore, punk

27: Weekdays

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

We covered the weekend back inSinko #23. Here's the rest of the week...

1. NOFX: Thank God It's Monday
2. Stevie Wonder: Tuesday Heartbreak
3. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Wednesday Week
4. Asobi Seksu: Thursday
5. Joe Jackson: Friday

Labels: all, alternative, funk, punk, rock

26: Sinko's Back

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Hey, Sinko's back with more podcasts! Enjoy the mixes...

1. Rakim: Guess Who's Back
2. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Jimmy's Back
3. Prefuse 73: Back In Time
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
He's Back (live)
5. Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town

Labels: all, alternative, funk, rap, rock

The Return of Sinko

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Well, I've been wanting to bring back Sinko, so in the coming weeks I'll be doing just that, and hopefully keeping it going as a weekly podcast.

If you're interested, check out the right column for RSS information. In the meantime, feel free to browse the archives.

The End?

Sinko Podcast — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:00:00 +0000

I stared doing Sinko because I wanted to try making a podcast and playing with Garageband. Creating some short "mix tapes" seemed like a fun idea, and it was. But lately it's becoming more of an obligation than the fun little project I started doing, so I'm stopping now.

For those that listened: thanks, and I hope you enjoyed it. Maybe someday I'll start it back up again...

25: Pixies

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0000

I've always liked the Pixies, but over time I've really come to appreciate their music even more. They really helped pave the way for (good) alternative rock, and I was glad they reunited a few years ago so I could see them live. Rather than feature some of their "hits," for this podcast I decided to highlight some of my favorite less-well-known songs.

1. Ana
2. Dead
3. The Holiday Song
4. Alec Eiffel
5. Something Against You

Labels: all, alternative

24: Chali 2Na

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Chali 2Na, one-fifth of Jurassic 5, has one of the best voices in rap today: deep, strong, with a good flow and great rhyming technique. This episode of Sinko highlights some of the work by "the verbal Herman Munster."

1. Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite
2. DJ Format feat. Chali 2Na & Akil - We Know Something You Don't Know
3. Blackalicious - 4000 Miles
4. Chali 2Na & EPMD - Wake-up Show Freestyle
2. Jurassic 5 - What's Golden

Labels: all, rap

23: The Weekend

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0000

A new podcast to start the weekend:

1. Art Brut - Bad Weekend
2. The Cure - 10.15 Saturday Night
3. Wire - Field Day For The Sundays
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Sunday
5. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday

(I know this is St. Patrick's Day and I should have some Irish music podcast -- I guess I'm just not that on top of things...)

Labels: all, alternative, punk

22: Tim Armstrong

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Tim Armstrong might not have a good voice, but it's definitely distinct. He got his start with Operation Ivy (going by the name "Lint"). After that band broke up, he went on to success with Rancid, and recently had a weird rap-punk side project Transplants.

1. Operation Ivy - Unity
2. Rancid - Detroit
3. Bad Religion - Television
4. Rancid - Let Me Go
5. Transplants - Diamonds And Guns

Labels: all, alternative, punk, ska

21: Lyrics of Fury

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Hey, who likes fast rapping?

1. Eric B & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
2. Cypress Hill - Nothin' to Lose (Going' All Out)
3. OutKast - B.O.B.
4. Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
5. MC Paul Barman - The Joy of Your World

Labels: all, rap

20: Lookout! Records

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +0000

I was a big fan of pop-punk growing up, and Berkeley, CA could be considered its birthplace. At the very least, some of the best bands came from the Bay Area. But even if a great pop-punk band wasn't from California (Screeching Weasel from Chicago, The Queers from New Hampshire) they often ended up on Lookout! Records.

Lookout! releases a lot more than just pop-punk, especially in more recent years (although I think they're in financial trouble...how did they mismanage money from Green Day's early releases?). But here are five songs by bands that come to my mind when I think of Lookout.

1. The Mr. T Experience - At Gilman Street
2. Green Day - Disappearing Boy
3. Operation Ivy - Here We Go Again
4. Tilt - One Day
5. The Queers - Another Girl

Labels: all, punk

19: Bass-Playing Lead Singers

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:00:00 +0000

A friend posed the question: besides Geddy Lee (of Rush), who are some lead singers who play bass? My mind quickly went blank, and after thinking for a little while I got the two other obvious ones: Paul McCartney (Beatles, Wings) and Les Claypool (Primus). Here are four others -- after starting off with the band who caused this issue to be raised in the first place.

1. Rush (Geddy Lee) - Kid Gloves
2. The Police (Sting) - Next to You
3. small factory (Alex Kemp) - Expiration Date
4. NOFX (Fat Mike) - Total Bummer
5. Motörhead (Lemmy Kilmister) - Ace of Spades

Labels: all, punk, rock

18: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:00:00 +0000

In the world of rap, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien has an easily identifiable voice and flow. In addition to his solo albums and his work with his crew Hieroglyphics, Del is much sought-after and has lent his voice to various projects including Gorillaz, Deltron 3030, and Handsome Boy Modeling School.

1. Hieroglyphics - At The Helm
2. Del Tha Funky Homosapien - It's About Time
3. Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact
4. Gorillaz - Rock the House
5. Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Missing Link (featuring Dinosaur Jr.)

Labels: all, rap

17: Punk America

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Sorry, no Toby Keith songs for this one...

1. The Clash - I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.
2. Bad Religion - American Jesus
3. Down By Law - USA Today
4. Screeching Weasel - The American Dream
5. Black Flag - American Waste

Labels: all, hardcore, punk

16: Unnecessarily Long Song Titles

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Man or Astro-man? alone have some of the longest song titles in music, including "Spectrograph Reading Of The Varying Phantom Frequencies Of Chronic, Incurable Tinnitus" and "Obligatory Part 2 Song In Which There Is No Presently Existing Part 1, Nor The Plans To Make One". But I chose a different one, along with four others:

1. Minutemen - Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?
2. The Kinks - Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
3. The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
4. Jets To Brazil - "Your X-Ray Results Have Come Back From The Doctor And We Think We Know What The Problem Is"
5. Man Or Astro-man? - Song Of The Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator Stanford University, Stanford, California

Labels: all, alternative, punk, rock

15: Rap Mash-Ups

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Danger Mouse did it best with his Jay-Z/Beatles "Grey Album", but there are plenty mash-ups out there. Unfortunately most are pretty lame; here are some of the more interesting ones I've heard.

1. 2 Many DJs - Unusual Rebel Without a Pause (Public Enemy & Herb Alpert)
2. Beastles - Whatcha Want, Lady? (Beastie Boys & The Beatles)
3. dj BC - Golden Peace Frog (Jurassic 5 & The Doors)
4. Lyrics Born vs. U2 - Callin' On Sunday
5. DJ Danger Mouse - Encore (Jay-Z & The Beatles)

Labels: all, rap

14: Questions Part 2

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:00:00 +0000

More questions for you...

1. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
2. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
3. They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad?
4. The Specials - Why?
5. Public Enemy - Who Stole The Soul?

Labels: all, alternative, rap, rock, ska

13: Electronica

Sinko Podcast — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:00:00 +0000

I'm by no means an expert on electronic music, but I dig some stuff. Like these...

1. Kim Hiorthøy - Politiska Dikten Återvänder
2. Squarepusher - Journey to Reedham
3. Four Tet - A Joy
4. Prefuse 73 - Point To B
5. Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song

Labels: all, electronic, instrumentals

12: Walter Schreifels

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Walter Schreifels got his start writing and playing guitar for New York hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits. After that band broke up, he went on to form Quicksand which moved away from the hardcore of GB for a heavier sound and also featured Walter on vocals. Since Quicksand, his other bands have included Rival Schools and Walking Concert. This podcast follows his evolution through these bands, from NYC hardcore to more melodic indie rock.

1. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotten
2. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
3. Quicksand - Blister
4. Rival Schools - So Down On
5. Walking Concert - The Animals

Labels: all, alternative, hardcore

11: Mr. Lif

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Underground Boston rapper (now residing in Philly) Mr. Lif has a unique voice, good lyrics, and a flow that can be traced back toRakim. This episode plays Lif's solo work and some of his collaborations.

1. Mr. Lif - Jugular Vein
2. 7L & Esoteric - Operating Correctly (feat. Mr.Lif)
3. Asamov - Supa Dynamite (feat. Mr. Lif)
4. Perceptionists - People 4 Prez
5. Push Button Objects - 360 Degrees

Labels: all, rap

10: Trains

Sinko Podcast — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Well, a new podcast is well overdue. I decided on this theme while riding the train (if you couldn't have guessed).

1. Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line
2. R.E.M. - Driver 8
3. The Who - 5.15
4. The Allstonians - B-Train To Allston
5. Scotty - Draw Your Brakes

Labels: all, country, reggae, rock, ska

09: Back to School

Sinko Podcast — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Although I did enjoy having my summers off, I'm glad I don't have to go back to school...

1. Chuck Berry - School Days
2. The Jam - Art School
3. Nirvana - School (live)
4. Pixies - U-Mass
5. The Hi-Fives - Class Dismissed

Labels: all, alternative, rock

08: Good Morning

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Wake up!

1. Built To Spill - In The Morning
2. The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning
3. Elastica - Waking Up
4. Jets To Brazil - Morning New Disease
5. Radiohead - Morning Bell

Labels: all, alternative, rock

07: Questions, Part 1

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Let me ask you a few questions...

1. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
3. Green Day - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
4. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)?
5. Frank Black - Whatever Happened To Pong?

Labels: all, alternative, punk

06: Walk, Don't Run

Sinko Podcast — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Written by Johnny Smith, made popular by The Ventures (twice), and covered by many others across different genres. Here's the original, the version everybody knows, and three more.

1. Johnny Smith - Walk, Don't Run
2. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run
3. Mike Auldridge - Walk, Don't Run
4. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Walk, Don't Run
5. Chet Atkins - Walk, Don't Run

Labels: all, country, covers, instrumentals, jazz, rock

05: Fives

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0000

For the fifth podcast of Sinko, it seems fitting that we listen to five songs with the number "five" in their title.

1. Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising
2. Perceptionists - 5 O'Clock
3. Beck - High 5 (Rock the Catskills)
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - 5ive Gears In Reverse
5. Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)

Labels: all, alternative, country, rap, rock

04: Bob Mould

Sinko Podcast — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0000

I really like Hüsker Dü, and I am a huge fan of Sugar. In between and after those two bands, Bob Mould released solo albums. Sinko episode 04 follows Bob's career in five songs.

1. Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today
2. Hüsker Dü - Friend, You've Got To Fall
3. Bob Mould - See a Little Light
4. Sugar - Fortune Teller
5. Bob Mould - Paralyzed

Labels: all, alternative, punk

03: Drummers

Sinko Podcast — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Who doesn't like a good drummer? Sinko podcast #3 listens to five great drummers -- guys who don't just keep the beat but add energy, personality, and subtle fills that I love to hear. These are songs I like to hear just to concentrate on the drums.

1. The Police (Stewart Copeland) - One World (Not Three)
2. Sunny Day Real Estate (William Goldsmith) - Theo B
3. Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlain) - Cash Car Star
4. Sinkhole (Chris Pierce, who also sings) - Leaner Days
5. The Bad Plus (David King) - And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation

Labels: all, alternative, jazz, punk, rock

02: Rakim

Sinko Podcast — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Hands down, Rakim is the world's greatest MC. There is no discussion about this, so don't get me started by trying to bring up Tupak or Biggie Smalls. If these five songs don't prove it, then there's something wrong with you.

1. Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke
2. Eric B & Rakim - Lyrics of Fury
3. Eric B & Rakim - Microphone Fiend
4. Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
5. Rakim - Guess Who's Back

Labels: all, rap

01: Dave Smalley

Sinko Podcast — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0000

For this episode I focus on an old favorite of mine, punk rock vocalist Dave Smalley.

Dave started with Boston hardcore band DYS, but my song choices begin with his second band, DC's great Dag Nasty, go through his days with All and his band Down By Law, and end with a cut from 2002's Dag Nasty reunion.

1. Dag Nasty - Values Here
2. All - Skin Deep
3. Down By Law - Right or Wrong
4. Down By Law - No Equalizer
5. Dag Nasty - Bottle This

Labels: all, punk