Yo La Tengo
Aquarium Playlist, 2/8/22
EPISODE #473: CANCELED CONCERTS III The omicron variant caused a large spike in COVID cases, resulting in a new batch of canceled events.Peter Holsapple — “Cancelled” [ALTERNATE THEME]Joy Cleaner — “False Alarm”The Ergs — “Every Romance Language”Shellshag — “Driving Song”John Cozz & the Rippers — “Italian Meats”The Exbats — “Best Kiss”Baby Shakes — “Sweet ’n’ […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/1/22
EPISODE #472: GROUNDHOG DAY (SHADOWS) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Rolling Stones — “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow”Beat Happening — “Cast a Shadow”My Teenage Stride — “Cast Your Own Shadow”Au Revoir Simone — “Shadows”Yo La Tengo — “Shadows”Rufus Wainwright — “Shadows”Velvet Monkeys — “Shadow Box” Pale Lights — “Port of […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/11/20
EPISODE #395: SHARK WEEK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Yo La Tengo — “Season of the Shark”The Shivas — “Swimming With Sharks”Trøn & DVD — “Shark Blood”Dickie Goodman — “Mr. Jaws”Quilt — “Arctic Shark”Morphine — “Sharks”Girly-Sound (Liz Phair) — “Dead Shark”Kevin Dunn — “Sharks”UUVVWWZ — “Shark Suit”Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin — “Reverse Shark Attack”Louis […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/5/20
EPISODE #381: CINCO DE MAYO (FIVE) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Elvis Costello & The Roots featuring La Marisoul — “Cinco Minutos Con Vos”Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — “Five”Spit-take — “Five or Six”Radiator Hospital — “Five & Dime”Angel Olsen — “Hi-Five”Mull Historical Society — “5 More Minutes”Igloo — “Five Hours”Yo La Tengo — “Five […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/17/19
EPISODE #361: THE 2019 HOLIDAY SPECIAL Darlene Love — “Christmas Baby (Please Come Home)” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Hives and Cyndi Lauper — “A Christmas Duel”Jack Black — “Oh Hanukkah”Yo La Tengo — “Eight Candles”The Swingin’ Neckbreakers — “Santa Claus Ain’t Comin’ This Year”Jennifer O’Connor — “Merry 4 Christmas”The Effettes — “Jingle Joy”Macrofone — “2.8 GPA for […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/19/19
EPISODE #357: CLOTHING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jonathan Richman — “Everyday Clothes”American Music Club — “Blue and Grey Shirt”Sparks — “Angst in my Pants”Cake — “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”Lisa Germano — “You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses”Yo La Tengo — “Autumn Sweater”Belle & Sebastian — “Long Black Scarf”Sharkmuffin — “Leather Gloves”Don and Dewey — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/17/19
EPISODE #348: FASCINATING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fresh & Onlys — “Fascinated”R.E.M. — “Fascinating”The Feelies — “Deep Fascination”Human League — “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”The Cure — “Fascination Street”The Pixies — “I’m Amazed”Kimberley Rew — “I’m Amazed”White Town — “Bewitched”Jeff Lynne — “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”Wilco — “Magnetized”Stag — “The Bedazzler”Daniel Johnston with Yo La […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/19
EPISODE #346: FORMED A BAND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Art Brut — “Formed a Band” (early version)Butterglory — “She Clicks the Sticks”They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell — “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)”Rob Wasserman featuring Willie Dixon and Al Duncan — “Dustin’ Off the Bass”Owls of Now — “Lead Singer”Peter Holsapple & […]
Aquarium, 5/28/19
EPISODE #332: CIGARETTES The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Benny Spellman — “Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)”Karyn Kuhl — “Cigarette Song”Karl Hendricks Trio — “Some Girls Like Cigarettes”Spoon — “My Little Japanese Cigarette Case”The Insomniacs — “The Long Cigarette”Hefner — “The Hymn for the Cigarettes”My Bloody Valentine — “Cigarette in Your Bed”The Minus 5 — “Cigarettes […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/8/19
EPISODE #314: FOREVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Johnny Ace — “Pledging My Love”Yo La Tengo — “Forever”Sam Cooke (as Dan Cook) — “Forever”Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River — “Forever”Pinact — “Forever”The Ballroom — “Forever”Roy Wood — “Forever”The Explorers Club — “Forever”The Beach Boys — “Forever”Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers — “The Wild One, Forever”Todd […]
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