Gert Alert with Ben Gertner:
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Images | New / Special | Approx. start time |
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| Moose |
Slip and Slide
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...XYZ | Virgin | 1992 | Hello and welcome ! |
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0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Double Virgo |
Splashy
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Greatest Hits | Bingethink Records | 2023 | headnodder from the bar italia boys... |
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0:01:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Tania Maria |
It's Only Love
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Forbidden Colors | Capitol | 1988 | Get a lil dancy |
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0:04:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: DJ Shadow |
What Does Your Soul Look Like - Pt. 4
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Endtroducing..... |
Pias |
1996 |
blah blah blah |
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0:09:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Elyse Weinberg |
Houses
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Greasepaint Smile | numero group | 2015 | Neil Young hammering the hell out of those drums. Poor kit |
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0:10:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| youbet |
Seeds of Evil
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Way To Be | Hardly Art | 2024 | you freakin bet |
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0:14:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Cass Elliot |
Didn't want to have to do it
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Parade of Broken Hearts (Heartbreaks By the Number) | Iris | 2007 | oh, my little heart ! |
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0:17:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Natalia Catalan |
2 Boys
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Die Without Makeup | self released | 2025 | Unreleased ! Radio Debut ! Big News ! |
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* *** | 0:21:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Mr. Oizo |
Jo
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Lambs Anger | Ed Banger | 2008 | dance break |
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Music behind DJ: |
blah blah blah |
0:24:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Psychic TV |
Godstar
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Allegory & Self | Dejamus | 1988 | its a hit, i tell ya! |
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| Ladybug Transistor |
Massachusetts
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Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation | Merge | 1999 | how lush, how quaint |
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0:30:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Moe Bandy |
Bandy The Rodeo Clown
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Bandy The Rodeo Clown | GRC records | 1975 | get yer two step on! ps—if anyone knows where I can get a pair of those pants... |
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0:34:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Replacements |
Achin' to Be
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Don't Tell a Soul | Rhino/Warner Records | 1989 | Paul westerberg can write the hell out of a song, that's for sure |
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Music behind DJ: |
yap yap |
0:41:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Chris Cohen |
Monad
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Overgrown Path | captured tracks | 2012 | I want to live inside this song. Everything sounds PERFECT |
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0:42:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| The Church |
Already Yesterday
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Heyday | Emi | 1986 | What a time to be alive. Just four Australians with mullets, wearing matching button ups on a rug. Not a phone in sight, only people living in the moment. |
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0:46:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Stone Temple Pilots |
And So I Know
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Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop | Atlantic | 1996 | I quadruple taked when I realized this was stone temple pilots. They have GROOVE |
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0:50:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Radiohead |
Maquiladora
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High & Dry / Planet Telex EP | XL Recordings | 1995 | For my angsty middle school self |
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0:54:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| 22º Halo |
Storm
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Garden Bed | Sleeper Records | 2021 | Never. Felt. Something. Stronger. Than. That. |
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0:57:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: |
yapping |
1:01:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Bocardo |
OneTwoThree
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Welcome to the Drum&Bass Lounge | Topaz Records | 2001 | I found this album in a trash can. True story. |
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1:03:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Isabella Strange |
Karma 5
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Slick Git - EP | Self Released | 2025 | Amazing new music from some dear Scottish friends. Worth the wait <3 |
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* *** | 1:08:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| PACKS |
Say My Name
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Crispy Crunchy Nothing | Fire Talk | 2023 | one of those one minute songs you'd be happy listening to 60 times in the hour. |
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1:12:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Dianna Lopez |
So I Don't Feel Useless
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Single | Amuseio AB | 2018 | found in my (not so) old days at Wesleyan's own WESU... fond memories, oh, such fond memories. |
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1:13:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Frank Sinatra |
For A While
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Watertown | Capitol | 1970 | croon to me, midlife crisis sinatra |
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1:15:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Blake Mills |
Skeleton is Walking
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Jelly Road | New Deal / Verve | 2023 | Just keep on going... please! |
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1:19:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: |
yap yap |
1:25:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Star Game
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Mind Palace Music | Carpark Records | 2023 | hey |
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1:27:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Minisnap |
New Broom
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Bounce Around | Pocket Music | 2007 | let the kiwis go off! |
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1:29:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Thee SinSeers |
What's His Name
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Colemine Records Presents: Brighter Days Ahead | Colemine Records | 2020 | oooooooooooh |
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1:32:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Ulrika Spacek |
Lounge Angst
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Compact Trauma | Tough Love | 2023 | in the running to be my most listened to song this year. |
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1:35:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair |
Near to You
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Words of Wisdom & Hope | Alternative Tentacles | 2002 | for my dear friend Eileen! #1 Jad Fair Fan! |
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1:39:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Wished Bone |
Pat
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Cellar Belly | Self Released | 2018 | mmm. a comfort song. |
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1:43:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: |
blah blah ! |
1:45:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Greg Freeman |
Colorado
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I Looked Out | Transgressive Records | 2022 | first song of my ancient radio row... |
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1:47:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Fred Neil |
Green Rocky Road
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Fred Neil | Capitol | 1966 | fred, I get loving dolphins. I really do! It's truly a great passion, go save the dolphins. But did you really have to quit the biz? |
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| DJ Shadow |
What Does Your Soul Look Like (Pt 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)
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Endtroducing..... | Pias | 1996 | Had the urge to play a full cut. What an album ! |
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1:55:21 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| School Fair |
bald heads crackin
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bird the kid | Self Released | 2025 | Thanks to Ruby for this find! |
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| Bert Jansch |
Oh How Your Love Is Strong
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Bert Jansch | Sanctuary Records | 1965 | Good song, Bert |
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2:05:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: |
time to blabber |
2:10:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Billy Bragg & Wilco |
One By One
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Mermaid Avenue | Craft Recordings | 1998 | fade in, fade out... |
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2:10:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Sparklehorse |
Waiting For Nothing
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Distorted Ghost - EP | Capitol | 2000 | just found this one. What a good cut. |
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2:13:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Blue Smiley |
Glass
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Return | Self Released | 2017 | TRYING TO WAKE MYSELF UP |
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2:16:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Chanel Beads |
Male Friendship
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Zut Alors - EP | ATHAME | 2018 | a little cool down after jumping around the studio to the last track. |
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2:18:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Earl Sweatshirt |
Riot!
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Some Rap Songs | Tan Cressida | 2018 | Another minute long song. 60 times in an hour, I tell ya. I'll do it! |
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2:23:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: |
time to talk ! |
2:24:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Pete Drake |
Forever (Mixed)
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Late Night Tales: Metronomy | Night Time Stories | 2012 | THE talking guitar ! |
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2:25:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Disq |
Communication
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Single | Saddle Creek | 2019 | A rocker, to wake me up in this VERY warm studio. |
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2:28:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Smog |
Drinking at the Dam
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A River Ain't Too Much To Love | Drag City | 2005 | I'm a simple man. Smog, and a cold night. mhm. |
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2:33:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Marshall Allen |
African Sunset
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New Dawn | Week-End / Mexican Summer | 2025 | hundred years young and still killing it. |
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Music behind DJ: |
blah blah |
2:45:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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| Andy Shauf |
Telephone
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Norm | Anti | 2023 | a little andy to unwind |
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2:46:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Evan Wright |
They Say
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Spaghetti Western - EP | Self Released | 2018 | Goodnight and goodbye! Thank You all for listenin ! |
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2:50:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks |
Share The Red
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Mirror Traffic | Matador Records | 2011 | One last one, for good luck... |
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2:54:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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newton:
bengertner:
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Eric the Hat:
San Pedro Girl:
Olivia:
tom tom the pipers son:
San Pedro Girl:
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bengertner:
Colin & Eddie in Durham, UK:
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Andres:
San Pedro Girl:
What has your day been like?
coelacanth∅:
i'd bet there's a somber version out there, but i've never heard it.
northguineahills:
Mark T:
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tom tom the pipers son:
coelacanth∅:
OR a shirt like that!
but my thrift store time was mostly in the northeast, and those lee riders . . .
San Pedro Girl:
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bengertner:
coelacanth∅:
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devlwan:
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Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah:
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devlwan:
There were too many genres, and I could find The Hives.
I think thats the only context you can ask someone if they have the hives.
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coelacanth∅:
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Eric the Hat:
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Eric the Hat:
bengertner:
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coelacanth∅:
well...
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