Brainwaves – June 8, 2021 – Planetary rock and roll
Written by Brian Blum on 07/06/2021
Cheap Star rules! One of Brainwaves’ favorite bands kicks off this week’s show. Plus Cheap Star influences: Teenage Fanclub, the Posies, Nada Surf and Ken Stringfellow. Then get set for a trip around the solar system with music about Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune from Paul McCartney, Train, Blackfield, M. Ward and R.E.M.
| Band | Song |
| Cheap Star | Sugar and Candy |
| Cheap Star | Willing Reason |
| Ken Stringfellow | Sparrow |
| The Posies | Under Easy |
| Teenage Fanclub | Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything |
| Yehuda Poliker | Cheap Romantic |
| Nada Surf | I Like What You Say |
| The National | ADA |
| Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes | Om Nashi Me |
| The Polyphonic Spree | Oh I Feel Fine |
| Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus Three | ‘Cause it’s Love |
| Superchunk | Fractures in Plaster |
| Supergrass | Late in the Day |
| Supertramp | Just Another Nervous Wreck |
| Laurie Anderson | O Superman |
| The Shocking Blue | Venus |
| Paul McCartney and Wings | Venus and Mars/Rock Show |
| Blackfield | Jupiter |
| Train | Drops of Jupiter |
| R.E.M. | Saturn Return |
| M. Ward | Neptune’s Net |
| American Music Club | If I Had a Hammer |
| Amir Yakobi | Planet Earth |
| Tomihira | All Ringer’s Off |
| The Stills | Changes are no Good |
| Cursive | The Recluse |
| Bloc Party | V.A.L.I.S. |
| The Cure | High |
| The Shakes | Goodbye New York |
| What Made Milwaukee Famous | Sweet Lady |
| Republica | Ready to Go |
| Deaf School | What a Way to End it All |
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