Jesse Lortz's project The Dutchess and the Duke is featured on the Agit Reader this week. We hear three songs from their excellent album Sunset/Sunrise. There's also vintage U2, Morrissey, and awesome R&B from the Daptone label.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_29.mp3

Play List:
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens - "What Have You Done?" from Daptone Gold
Morrissey - "It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small" from Swords
Jacuzzi Boys - "Smells Dead" from No Seasons
Pants Yell - "To Take" from Received Pronunciation
World's Greatest Ghosts - "Loudest Speaker" from No Magic
U2 - "Yoshino Blossom" from The Unforgettable Fire
The Dutchess & the Duke - "Scorpio" from Sunset/Sunrise
The Dutchess & the Duke - "Never Had a Chance" from Sunset/Sunrise
The Dutchess & the Duke - "Living This Life" from Sunset/Sunrise

Michael O’Shaughnessy interviews Sian Alice Group on the Agit Reader this week. Hear three more songs from Trouble, Shaken, Etc. There's also new stuff from Annie, Bassnectar, and Tape Deck Mountain.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_28.mp3

Play List:
Annie - "I Don't Like Your Band" from Don't Stop
DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek - "Bebey remix" from Solar Life Raft
Bassnectar - "The Churn of the Century" from Cozza Frenzy
Isaac Hayes - "Theme from Shaft (2009 mix)" Shaft
Tape Deck Mountain - "Scantrons" from Ghost
Sian Alice Group - "Close to the Ground" from Trouble, Shaken Etc.
Sian Alice Group - "First Song—Angelina" from Trouble, Shaken Etc.
Sian Alice Group - "Vanishing" from Trouble, Shaken Etc

Ron Wadlinger talks about his conversation with David Thomas of Pere Ubu. Read his interview with Thomas at agitreader.com. We also hear three tracks from Pere Ubu's "radio play", Long Live Pere Ubu!. There's also music by acts as diverse as Thee Oh Sees, White Denim, Ben Frost, and Slayer.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_27.mp3

Play List:
Brilliant Colors - "Absolutely Anything" from Introducing
Brilliant Colors - "Motherland" from Introducing
Thee Oh Sees - "Sugar Boat" from Dog Poison
Thee Oh Sees - "Voice In The Mirror " from Dog Poison
Weezer - "I'm Your Daddy" from Raditude
White Denim - "Mirrored And Reverse" from Fits
Holopaw - '"The Lazy Matador" from Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness
Ben Frost - "Peter Venkman Pt.I" from By the Throat
Slayer - "Beauty Through Order" from World Painted Blood
Pere Ubu - "Bring Me The Head" from Long Live Pere Ubu!
Pere Ubu - "Road To Reason" from Long Live Pere Ubu!
Pere Ubu - "Snowy Livonia" from Long Live Pere Ubu!

Three reverb-drenched tracks from Real Estate's self-titled release compliment David Holmes' interview with Martin Courtney of Real Estate this week on Agit Radio. Read the interview on agitreader.com. There's also music from Nirvana, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, and A Place to Bury Strangers.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_26.mp3

Play List:
Nirvana - "Negative Creep" from Bleach: The 20th Anniversary Edition
A Place to Bury Strangers - "Keep Slipping Away" from Exploding Head
Kings of Convenience - "24-25" from Declaration of Dependence
Maps - "I Dream of Crystal" from Turning the Mind
Stricken City - "Pull the House Down" from Songs for People I Know
Julian Casablancas - "Tourist" from Phrazes for the Young
Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen - "Selfish Gene" from Inspiration Information
Real Estate - "Green River" from Real Estate
Real Estate - "Black Lake" from Real Estate
Real Estate - "Atlantic City" from Real Estate

Indie Rock pioneers Mission of Burma are the focus of this week's Agit Radio show. Be sure to read Michael O'Shaughnessy's interview with Clint Conley of Mission of Burma on agitreader.com. There's also some appropriately seasonal music from Dead Man's Bones, dance-able tracks from Cold Cave and Flight of the Conchords, and a re-issued classic by Pylon.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_25.mp3

Play List:
Beaten Awake - "Suite Cheetah" from Thunder$troke
Dead Man's Bones - "Pa Pa Power" from Dead Man's Bones
Florence + the Machine - "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" from Lungs
Cold Cave - "Heaven Was Full" from Love Comes Close
Flight of the Conchords - "Fashion is Danger" from I Told You I Was Freaky
Pylon - "Crazy (single version)" from Chomp More
Mission of Burma - "Blunder" from The Sound the Speed the Light
Mission of Burma - "One Day We Will Live There" from The Sound the Speed the Light
Mission of Burma - "After the Rain" from The Sound the Speed the Light

Stephen flies solo this week and plays three more tracks from Dragonslayer, the new record from Sunset Rubdown, who are the featured band on the Agit Reader this week. We also hear new stuff from the Slits, Atlas Sound, and Lightning Bolt.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_24.mp3

Play List:
Themselves - "Gangsters of Disbelief" from Crownsdown
Fuck Buttons - "Rough Steez" from Tarot Sport
The Slits - "Pay Rent" from Trapped Animal
Atlas Sound - "Walkabout" from Logos
Little Girls - "Salt Swimmers" from Concepts
Lightning Bolt - "Colossus" from Earthly Delights
Sunset Rubdown - "Idiot Heart" from Dragonslayer
Sunset Rubdown - "Black Swan" from Dragonslayer
Sunset Rubdown - "Silver Moon" from Dragonslayer

Stephen interviewed David Yow, front-man of the reunited band The Jesus Lizard, for the Agit Reader this week. Hear three classic Jesus Lizard tracks, plus new stuff from Thomas Function, Antipop Consortium, and Exene Cervenka.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_23.mp3

Play List:
Air - "So Light Is Her Footfall" from Love 2
Antipop Consortium - "New Jack Exterminator" from Fluorescent Black
Neon Indian -"6669 (I Don't Know If You Know)" from Psychic Chasms
Bell Horses - "Still Life" from This Loves Last Time
Exene Cervenka - "Somewhere Gone" from Somewhere Gone
Thomas Function - "Picking Scabs" from In the Valley of Sickness
The Jesus Lizard - "Mouth Breather" from Goat
The Jesus Lizard - "Monkey Trick" from Goat
The Jesus Lizard - "Boilermaker" from Liar

Kevin sits in for Stephen this week and tells us about Kurt Vile, who is the featured artist on the Agit Reader for this week. We hear three songs from Childish Prodigy, Vile's latest record. There's also new music from Lou Barlow, Mission of Burma, Basement Jaxx, and Volcano Choir.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_22.mp3

Play List:
Lou Barlow - "One Machine, One Long Fight" from Goodnight Unknown
Basement Jaxx - "Raindrops" from Scars
Volcano Choir - "Island, IS" from Unmap
Black Heart Procession - " Wasteland" from Six
Mission of Burma - "After the Rain" from The Sound the Speed the Light
Gary Higgins - "Demons" from Seconds
Kurt Vile - "Hunchback" from Childish Prodigy
Kurt Vile - "Overnite Religion" from Childish Prodigy
Kurt Vile - "Amplifier" from Childish Prodigy

This week's edition of the Agit Reader features an interview with Gruff Rhys of the Welsh band Super Furry Animals. We hear three tunes from their latest, entitled Dark Days/Light Years. There's also garage rock, both old and new, from Hearts and Flowers and The Fresh & Onlys. We also feature new selections from Kris Kristofferson, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, and Robin Guthrie.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_21.mp3

Play List:
Kris Kristofferson - "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" from Closer to the Bone
The Drums - "Let's Go Surfing" from Summertime EP
Dinosaur Jr. - "The Backyard" from Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
Robin Guthrie - "Delight" from Carousel
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - "Trouble" from Through the Devil Softly
The Fresh & Onlys - "Dude's Got a Tender Heart" from Grey-Eyed Girls
Hearts and Flowers - "Tin Flower (Will You Ever Come Down)" from Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968
Super Furry Animals - "Mt" from Dark Days/Light Years
Super Furry Animals - "Helium Hearts" from Dark Days/Light Years
Super Furry Animals - "Lliwiau Llachar" from Dark Days/Light Years

We celebrate the release of Times New Viking's fourth full-length release Born Again Revisited this week on the Agit Reader and Agit Radio. We also hear tracks from the The Twilight Sad, the Hidden Cameras, and Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_20.mp3

Play List:
The Twilight Sad- "Reflection of the Television" from Forget the Night Ahead
Castanets- "Worn from the Fight (with Fireworks)" from Texas Rose, the Thaw & the Beasts
The Hidden Cameras- "Colour of Man" from Origin: Orphan
Girls- "Summertime" from Album
Why?- "Against Me" from Eskimo Snow
Cymbals Eat Guitars- "Some Trees" from Why There Are Mountains
Yoko Ono Plastic Band- "Waiting for the D Train" from Between My Head and the Sky
Times New Viking - "City on Drugs" from Born Again Revisited
Times New Viking - "No Time, No Hope" from Born Again Revisited
Times New Viking - "Move to California" from Born Again Revisited

Ron Wadlinger chats with David Kilgour of the Clean this week on the Agit Reader. We hear three more tracks from Mister Pop on this week's Agit Radio, plus new music from A Sunny Day in Glasgow, the Hi-Nobles, Grand Archives, and Amy Millan.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_19.mp3

Play List:
Dappled Cities - "Answer Is Zero" from Zounds
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "The White Witch" from Ashes Grammar
The Hi-Nobles - "Shake" from Shake
Manic Street Preachers - "Marlon JD" from Journal for Plague Lovers
Grand Archives - "Silver Among the Gold" from Keep In Mind Frankenstein
Amy Millan - "Day to Day" from Masters of the Burial
Simian Mobile Disco - "Audacity of Huge" from Temporary Pleasure
The Clean - "Are You Really on Drugs?" from Mister Pop
The Clean - "In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul" from Mister Pop
The Clean - "Factory Man" from Mister Pop

Yet another '90s indie rock band has reunited. This time it's Polvo and we hear three tunes from their new record called In Prism. There's also new stuff from Vivian Girls, Os Mutantes, and Yo La Tengo.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_18.mp3

Play List:
Vivian Girls - "The End" from Everything Goes Wrong
Wild Beasts - "The Fun Powder Plot" from Two Dancers
HEALTH - "Die Slow" from Get Color
Monotonix - "Spit It On Your Face" from Where Were You When It Happened?
Os Mutantes - "O Careca" from Haih or Amortecedor
Drive-By Truckers - "George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues" from The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rareties 2003–2008)
Yo La Tengo - "Nothing to Hide" from Popular Songs
Polvo - "Right the Relation" from In Prism
Polvo - "The Pedlar" from In Prism
Polvo - "Beggar's Bowl" from In Prism

Michael O'Shaughnessy joins us this week as we look at Elephant Six alum Will Cullen Hart's project, Circulatory System. We also discuss the clean production values of The Dodos, The Clean and AA Bondy. And there's some vintage skate punk, courtesy of Thrasher Magazine.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_17.mp3

Play List:
Datarock - "True Stories" from Red
Robert Glasper - "Festival" from Double-Booked
Minus One - "The Kids Don't Skate Here" from Thrasher Magazine's Skate Rock Volume 1
The Faction - "Boredom Awaits" from from Thrasher Magazine's Skate Rock Volume 1
The Clean - "Tensile" from Mister Pop
The Dodos - "Troll Nacht" from Time to Die
AA Bondy - "I Can See the Pines Are Dancing" from When the Devil's Loose
Circulatory System - "The Spinning Continuous" from Signal Morning
Circulatory System - "Overjoyed" from Signal Morning
Circulatory System - "Woodpecker Greeting Worker Ant" from Signal Morning

The Antlers recently remastered and re-issued their Hospice release. David Holmes interviews Peter Silberman of the Antlers this week on agitreader.com, and we hear three tracks from Hospice. Our weekly round-up of reviewed releases include new discs by Pissed Jeans, Arctic Monkeys, Marmoset, and Dolores O'Riordan.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_16.mp3

Play List:
Pissed Jeans- "False Jesii Part 2" from King of Jeans
Arctic Monkeys- "Pretty Visitors" from Humbug
Marmoset- "Peach Cobbler" from Tea Tornado
Dolores O'Riordan- "It's You" from No Baggage
Reigning Sound- "Stick Up for Me" from Love and Curses
39 Clocks- "DNS" from Pain It Dark
The Antlers- "Kettering" from Hospice
The Antlers- "Two" from Hospice
The Antlers- "Shiva" from Hospice

We hear more from Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do by Major Lazer. Click-thru to the interview with the Major himself, done by Kevin Elliott on agitreader.com. There's also new stuff from Box Elders, Japandroids, and Jay Reatard, plus a classic Stone Roses track.

Download: http://www.agitradio.com/podcast/09/agit_radio_15.mp3

Play List:
Box Elders - "Isabella" from Alice and Friends
Jay Reatard - "Man of Steel" from Watch Me Fall
Tantric - "Desert Me" from Mind Control
Patrick Wolf - "Thickets" from The Bachelor
Japandroids - "Rockers East Vancouver" from Post-Nothing
The Stone Roses - "Elephant Stone (12" version)" from The Stones Roses: 20th Anniversary Edition
Major Lazer - "Cash Flow" from Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Major Lazer - "I'll Make Ya" from Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Major Lazer - "Anything Goes" from Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do