Brainwaves – April 19, 2022 – An episode not to pass over
Written by Brian Blum on 19/04/2022
It’s Passover week and you know what that means – two hours of eclectic alternative indie music for the holiday. Themed songs all about Egypt, slaves, princes, snakes, frogs, blood, bread and an ol’ man named (Amos) Moses. It’s coming up on this week’s annual Brainwaves Passover special!
| Band | Song |
| Sufjan Stevens | Out of Egypt |
| Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians | So You Think You’re in Love |
| The Puppini Sisters | Walk Like an Egyptian (cover: The Bangles) |
| Neko Case | The Pharaohs |
| Pharaoh’s Daughter | Enpesare |
| Oingo Boingo | Not My Slave |
| Porcupine Tree | Slave Called Shiver |
| Desmond Dekker | The Israelites |
| Siouxie and the Banshees | Israel |
| Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World |
| Prince | Raspberry Beret |
| St. Vincent | Prince Johnny |
| Rich Kids | Ghosts of Princes in Towers |
| Rufus Wainright | Rebel Prince |
| Frightened Rabbit | Snake |
| TV21 | Snakes and Ladders |
| Snakefinger | Save Me from Dali |
| Jim Stafford | Spiders and Snakes |
| Jerry Reed | Amos Moses |
| Rilo Kiley | Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight |
| Belle and Sebastian | Funny Little Frog |
| Weezer (feat. Hayley Williams) | Rainbow Connection (cover: Kermit the Frog) |
| The Cure | The Blood |
| Editors | Blood |
| Blackfield | Blood |
| Morrissey | Irish Blood English Heart |
| Paul Westerberg | Stain Yer Blood |
| Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| Pinback | Bloods on Fire |
| BC Camplight | Blood and Chocolate |
| Bread | Too Much Love |
| Blitzen Trapper | Gold for Bread |
| Minus the Bear | Potato Juice and Liquid Bread |
| Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Desert Song |
| Kishi Bashi | Atticus in the Desert |
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