#42 - School!

HOUR ONE

"St. Pierre & Miquelon" - Adrean Teacher

"High School" - Jeremy Fisher

"Educated Guess" - Ani Difranco

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"Hey, Modern School Girl" - The Awkward Stage

"Rockist Pt. 1" - School of Language

"Sweet Pretty Art Teacher" - Jerome Lebel

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"Oh L'Amour" - Erasure

"Broken Rule" - Duotang

"Old School" - McEnroe

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"This Old Man/ABC123" - Jackson 5

HOUR TWO

"Sun Shower" - Cadence Weapon (Busdriver remix)

"Know Your Enemy" - Rage Against the Machine

"Campus" - Vampire Weekend

"Waiting for the Bus" - Violent Femmes

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"ABC's" - K'naan

"Be True to Your School" - Beach Boys

"Cello Song" - The Books feat. Jose Gonzalez

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"Teen Lovers, Don't Wait" - Poor Little Rich Girl

"Come On Teacher" - Joel Plaskett

"(If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To" - Weezer

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"So Far I Have Not Found the Science" - Soul Coughing

"Crushes" - Andy Shauf

"My Old School" - Steely Dan

HOUR THREE

"Let's Shake" - Teenage Head

"Metaphysical" - Handsome Boy Modeling School

"The Art Teacher" - Rufus Wainwright

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"Book of Love" - Magnetic Fields

"Art School Paper" - Porter Hall

"High School Confidential" - Rough Trade

"So Begins Our Alabee" - Of Montreal

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"Who Am I" - Miss Kitten

"Book Smart, Street Stupid" - Sarah Slean

"End of Part One" - Violet Archers

"Favourite Kisses" - Henri Faberge & The Adorables

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"By Purpose Not By Plan" - Ninja High School

"En Francais" - DJ Kila

#41 - Bedhead Classic

HOUR ONE

"Days Like This" - Kim Taylor

"Eyes Won't Shut" - Cale Parks

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"Halo" - Rachelle Van Zanten

"Crazy" - Shawn Colvin

"Kiss My Name" - Antony & The Johnsons

"Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" - The Magnetic Fields

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"The Collected Works" - A.C. Newman

"Ain't Misbehavin'" - Willie Nelson

"Bye Bye Blackbird" - Miles Davis

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"The End is Near" - Fiery Furnaces

"Hockey Sweater" - DALA

"Black Gold" - Southeast Engine

HOUR TWO

"We All Wanna Be Prince" - Felix Da Housecat

"Dang" - Buck65

"To Kingdom Come" - Passion Pit

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"Sunlight" - Harlem Shakes

"Plastic" - Portishead

"You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Arms" - Boats

"Neighbours Don't Mind" - Immaculate Machine

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"All I Need Tonight (is You)" - Gentleman Jesse

"Downtown Blues" - The Embracers

"Poor Young Things" - Peter Elkas

"Lay Down in the Tall Grass" - Timber Timbre

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"The Butcher" - Final Fantasy

"Song Up in Her Head" - Sarah Jarosz

"Big Bird in a Small Cage" - Patrick Watson

HOUR THREE

"Ancestors" - Throw Me the Statue

"Clich Hot" - Radio Radio

"The Golden Trumpet" - The Peter Project

"My Chinchilla" - CUB

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"Walk On" - The Hidden Cameras

"Pastel" - Sill Life Still

"The Gaze" - Bell Orchestre

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"Rabid Bits of Time" - Chad VanGaalen

"This is It" - Wheat Pool

"High Noon" - The Albertans

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"Destroyer" - Young Galaxy

"Mololotladi" - BLK JKS

"That Moon Song" - Gregory Alan Isakov

#40 - Back in the Saddle!

HOUR ONE

"Night Blindness" - David Gray

"Fade into You" - Mazzy Star

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"Blanchard" - Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

"Scout Leader" - Bryan Borcherdt

"Ragged Wood" - Fleet Foxes

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"Cold Canadian Road" - Rob Lutes

"B's Song" - Rob Szabo

"Humaita" - Hey Ocean!

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"Morning Train" - Matthew Barber

"You are Soda" - Audio Ahdeo Awdio

"she mountain" - Elfin Saddle

HOUR TWO

"High School Confidential" - Rough Trade

"I Don't Wanna Get Over You" - The Magnetic Fields

"Moody Motorcycle" - Human Highway

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"Ride On" - Dragon Fli Empire

"Sewn Together" - Meat Puppets

"Taller Children" - Elizabeth & the Catapult

"Has it Come to This" - The Streets

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"One Voice" - Wailin' Jennys

"Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

"Clap Hands" - John P. Hammond

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"Nobody in Town Can Bake A Jelly Roll Like Me" - Bessie Smith

"Love O' Love" - Nina Simone

"You Are What You Love" - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins

HOUR THREE

"Rock n Roll (could never Hip Hop Like this)" - Handsome Boy Modeling School

"Psychic City (Voodoo City)" - Yacht

"Elevator Hoppy" - Kid Koala

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"Into the Hillside" - Cassettes Won't Listen

"Dreamsucker" - Grooms

"I Will Follow You into the Dark" - Amy Millan

"Hallmark Poultry Ltd." - Portico

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"Dominos" - The Big Pink

"True Romance" - Noah23

"Computer Love" - Kraftwerk

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"Hold the Line" - Major Lazer

"Sunshine & Clouds (and Everything Proud)" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

"No Heaven" - DJ Champion

"Child of Man, Son of God" - Deastro

"Pour un Infidele" - Couer de Pirate

#39 - Calgary!

HOUR ONE

"Synthesized Society" - Nuclear Ramjet

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"Melina's Bath" - Rembetika Hipsters

"Worth the Drive" - Ayla Brook

"People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long)" - Alejandro Escovedo

"Last Year" - Akron/Family

"Naked City" - Imani Coppola

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"Fool's Gold Rope" - Violet Archers

"Olympic Airwaves" - Foals

"Life in the City" - Michael Franti

HOUR TWO 

"Hurtin' Albertan" - Corb Lund Band

"All We Want, Baby, Is Everything" - Handsome Furs

"99 and a half" - Mavis Staples

"Pollution of the Mind" - Miss Kitten

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"Little Boxes" - The Shins

"Not a Doll" - Carolyn Mark

"Scattered & Small" - Amelia Curran

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"Time Running" - Tegan & Sara

"Pretty Lies" - The Dudes

"Give Me Wine or Money" - Mekons

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"God Made the Automobile" - Iron & Wine

"The Bicycle Song" - The Consonant C

"The Gaze" - Bell Orchestre

HOUR THREE

"Bare Feet on Wet Grip Tape" - Chad VanGaalen

"Sweet Loving Man" - Jolie Holland

"Day Job" - Dragon Fli Empire

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"Symphony #1: In the Barrel of a Gun" - Emily Wells

"Queen Bee" - Lee Harvey Osmond

"Racing Rats" - The Editors

"Sleep Today" - Hot Little Rocket

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"Virtual Life" - Paul Brandt

"Fender Bender" - Kid Koala

"Ships Bound to Sink" - Jane Vain & The Dark Matter

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"How to Defeat a More Powerful Enemy" - Apostle of Hustle

"Sunny Boy" - Beija Flor

"Blue Ridge Mountains" - Fleet Foxes

"I'm a Mountain" - Sarah Harmer

#38 - Kids!

HOUR ONE

"Jizzfrock" - Kids are Sexy

"Diddle Daddle Day" - Nathaniel the Grublet

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"Chicken Train" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

"Grandma's Bicycle" - Kinnie Starr

"Old World" - Burning Hell

"Children Play with Earth" - Arrested Development

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"Kneecaps" - D-Sisive

"The Cat Came Back" - Fred Penner

"I'm Not There" - Sonic Youth

"Popcorn" - Barenaked Ladies

"Take You Ridin' in My Car" - Bruce Springsteen

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"The Chocolate King" - Don Kerr

"Kindergarden" - Bill Cosby

"Don't Be So Mean, Jellybean" - Justin Rutledge

HOUR TWO

"See You on the Moon" - Great Lake Swimmers

"Pinball Number Count" - Pointer Sisters

"My Children, Be Joyful" - Rock Plaza Central

"The Thirsty Camel" - Snailhouse

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"Blustery Day" - Winnie the Pooh

"You'd Better Sit Down, Kids" - The Union Gap

"Digital Monkey" - Balkan Beat Box

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"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.1" - Flossie & the Unicorns

"Dear God" - XTC

"ABC, 123" - Jackson 5

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"Ouch! (Hurts, Don't It?)" - Swift K.I.D.

"Little Hands" - Mother Mother

"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.2" - Flossie & the Unicorns

"Jellybean Man" - Vitamins for You

HOUR THREE

"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" - Tom Waits

"The Green Giraffe" - Mandarin Movie

"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.3" - Flossie & the Unicorns

"Paper Route Days" - Kid Koala

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"Peter & the Wolf" - Leonard Bernstein

"Fake-Believe" - They Might Be Giants

"Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye" - Greycoats

"Spirit of Youth" - Last Gang

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"Bellybutton" - Heather Bishop

"Like a Child" - Junior Boys

"For Halloween" - No Kids

"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" - Johnny Cash

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"In Search of the Youth Crew" - Cadence Weapon

"We're Not Going to Take It" - Bif Naked

"& Down" - Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize

#37 - Festivals!

HOUR ONE

"Mr. Turner" - Corey Harris

"girl of mine" - Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

"I Thought You Knew" - The Ebony Hillbillies

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"What Sad Old Song?" - Po' Girl

"Gotta Get Right With God" - Lucinda Williams

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"It's Time" - Arrested Development

"Get Up" - Shad

"Until We Burn In the Sun (The Kids Just Want a Love Song" - Bedouin Soundclash

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"Stay for an Hour" - Serena Ryder 

"Sun It Rises" - Fleet Foxes

"The Party's Crashing Us" - Of Montreal

HOUR TWO

"Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" - Iron and Wine

"Til the Morning" - Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few

"Good Man" - Josh Ritter

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"New Goodbye" - Hey Rosetta!

"Oyeme" - Pacifika

"Beauty Boy" - Oh Susanna

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"B-Boy Stance" - K-OS

"Music for Morning People" - Kid Koala

"In the Night" - Basia Bulat

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"Energy of Death" - Apostle of Hustle

"Tip Toes (Insane Agendas)" - Volcanoeless in Canada

"Your English is Good" - Tokyo Police Club

HOUR THREE

"Juliet" - Royal Wood

"You Can't Get it Back" - Gentleman Reg

"Catcher Son" - Great Lake Swimmers

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"Second Ring" - Moses Mayes

"New Kind of Love" - Plants and Animals

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"In the End it's Your Friends (San Serac Remix)" - Shout Out Out Out Out

"I Play My Kazoo" - Grand Analog

"Get on the Bus" - Delhi 2 Dublin

"I Love You" - Intergalactic Virgin

"Mexico City" - Balkan Beat Box

"Flowers on the Stones" - Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few

#36 - Nation!

HOUR ONE

"1st Mment, 5th Symphony (Shostakovich)" - New York Philharmonic

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"True Patriot Love" - Joel Plaskett Emergency

"Soul Station" - Animal Nation

"My Body is a Cage" - Arcade Fire

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"Loving Country" - The Supremes

"Oh...Canada" - Classified

"Parables" - Rebekah Higgs

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"Hello Bonjour" - Michael Franti

"Moi et Toi" - Abdel Ali Slimani

"Stripes" - Heads, Hands & Feet

HOUR TWO

"Tis of Thee" - Ani Difranco

"My Country Tis of Thy People" - Buffy Sainte Marie

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"Entitlement" - Computer Nation 

"Border Crossings" - Greentara

"Cannot Get, Started"  - Handsome Furs

"Simmer Down" - Chris T

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"Young Americans" - David Bowie

"America (feat. Mos Def & Chali 2na) - K'naan

"Leiley (Transglobal Underground Remix)" - Dania

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2

"It's a Small World" - Sugar Minott

HOUR THREE

"Fake Empire" - The National

"Happy Nation" - Ace of Base

"Degenerations" - Mes Aieux

"Coyote Dance" - Robbie Robertson

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"Seven Nation Army" - White Stripes

"En Berne" - Les Cowboys Fringats

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"La Paix Des Braves" - Samian

"Canadian Bush Party" - Kinnie Starr

"Dynamite Walls" - Hayden

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"Oh, Alberta" - Elliot Brood

"The Mothership & The Fatherland" - Coil

"Wilkommen" - Cabaret