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Music For Listeners 01/29/2011
The 180 - Guest Programmers on MFL
The 180.17 - The Answering Machine

1) The Smiths-"Cemetary Gates"  From the CD 'The Queen Is Dead'.
2) Elbow-"Asleep In the Back"  From the CD 'Asleep In the Back'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part One - A short story beginning.

3) Shout Out Louds-"Very Loud"  From the CD 'Howl Howl Gaff Gaff'.
4) Field Music-"Tell Me, Keep Me"  From the CD 'Field Music'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Two - The first live shows.

5) Good Shoes-"Small Town Girl"  From the CD 'Think Before You Speak'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Three - Starting to turn heads.

6) Belle and Sebastian-"Electronic Renaissance"  From the CD 'Tigermilk'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Four - Making more contacts in Manchester.

7) Polytechnic-"Running Out Of Ideas"  From the CD 'Down til Dawn'.
8) Liam Frost-"She Painted Pictures"  From the CD 'Show Me How the Spectres Dance'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Five - Ben gets the drum machine fired.

9) Sparklehorse-"Comfort Me"  From the CD 'It's a Wonderful Life'. A song dedicated to the newest member of The Answering Machine.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Six - Starting to play outside of Manchester.

10) The Little Ones-"Lovers Who Uncover"  From the CD EP 'Sing Song'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Seven - Writing the first album.

11) LoveLikeFire-"So Be It"  From the CD 'Dust'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Eight - First SXSW Experience.

12) The Lemonheads-"It's About Time"  From the CD 'Come On Feel The Lemonheads'.
13) Pattern Is Movement-"Right Away"  From the CD 'All Together'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Nine - Recording the debut album.

14) The Answering Machine-"Lightbulbs"  From the CD 'Another City, Another Sorry'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Ten - First American tour and releasing the debut and its singles.

15) Casiokids-"Grønt lys i alle ledd"  From the CD compilation 'Topp stemning på lokal bar'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Eleven - Touring with Manic Street Preachers and the first Summer Festivals.

16) The Twilight Sad-"I Became A Prostitute"  From the CD 'Forget The Night Ahead'.
17) The Depreciation Guild-"Dream About Me"  From the vinyl 7" single for "Dream About Me".

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Twelve - Touring in Japan and back in NYC.

18) Pomegranates-"Anywhere You Go"  From the CD 'One of Us'.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Thirteen - Recording the second album.

19) The Answering Machine-"Animals"  From the forthcoming CD 'Lifeline'.
20) Washed Out-"Feel It All Around"  From the CD EP 'Life Of Leisure'. Pat's pick for a new song from a new band.
21) Wild Nothing-"China Town"  From the CD 'Gemini'. Gemma's pick for a new song from a new band.
22) Beat the Radar-"Animals"  From the CD single for "Animals". Ben's pick for a new song from a new band.
23) WRSTLRS-"Long Island"  From the bands Soundcloud page and on their forthcoming untitled album. Martin's pick for a new song from a new band.

The History of The Answering Machine - Part Fourteen - A good future to look forward to...

24) The Answering Machine-"Lifeline"  From the forthcoming CD 'Lifeline'. Pre-order now for the February release.


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