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Brainwaves goes long-form this week. As in: Every song is part of a lengthy suite of music. Only a few bands this week: 10cc, Pink Floyd, Elton John, No-Man, Spock’s Beard, Arcade Fire, Chicago, the Beatles, Genesis and Yes. If you like long songs with a (mostly) progressive bent, this is your show!

If you enjoyed “Brainwaves A to Z,” the special series of this show playing tunes from Brian’s iTunes collections alphabetically, then you don’t want to miss this retrospective – one song from each letter, in a row. A = A-Ha. B = B-Movie, D = The Dandy Warhols, F = The Feelies, K = Kishi Bashi, P = Paul McCartney, Q = Queen, R = R.E.M., U = U2, W = Willow Mile, X = XTC, Z = Zombies. Plus a surprise bonus at the very end. Get your alphabetical groove on this week with Brainwaves A to Z – the absolutely, very last, never again alphabetical episode.

Brainwaves kicks off this week with a song about all the rowboats, thee start of a four-song set from Brainwaves favorite Regina Spektor. Plus great music from Big Star, Joan Jett, ELO, Josh Pike, Boz Scaggs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn Hitchcock, the Dickies and much more. Get off your rowboat and tune in!

Brainwaves invites you to get turned on this week. With Bromshead Jacket, the Shins, the Tubes and Toy Matinee. The Who never want to cut their hair (maybe they should hook up with America’s Sister Golden Hair Surprise). Nick Heyward used to be into hair, too, heading up the band Haircut 100. Are you a Passionate Friend? The Teardrop Explodes sure hopes so. And there’s a dead skunk heading up our 70s pop flashback. It’s all on Brainwaves this week.

Last week, Brainwaves gave you songs about rain. And guess what, it’s still raining! Coldplay is shivering, while Vanilla Sky needs the umbrella originally made famous by Rihanna. Also on the show: “holy” songs from the Lords of the New Church, Matthew Sweet and the Cure. Two songs about Amy/Amie. Sheena is a punk rocker. The Not Sensibles are in love with Margaret Thatcher. And the Barenaked Ladies wonder what would happen if they had a million dollars. (We do too!) It’s all on this week’s Brainwaves! Tune in.

Brainwaves presents songs for the months of June, July, August, September, October and November. You’ll hear bands and artists like Pete Yorn, Sufjan Stevens, Shlomo Artzi, Counting Crows, The Shins, U2, The National, Green Day and Earth Wind & Fire. Plus a Nada Surf cover of the Moody Blues (and the Moodies themselves). It’s all coming up on this week’s episode. Stay tuned!

It’s the final episode for Brainwaves A to Z, the special series of the show where Brian plays music from his collection alphabetically. (Don’t worry, Brainwaves isn’t going anywhere.) This week, it’s three letters in one: X, Y and Z. Why? How many songs or bands do you know that start with X or Z? Kicking off with two songs from XTC and ending with Zumpano. What’s in the middle? Lots of Y – Yes, Yuck, Yo La Tenga, Yehuda Poliker, Yael Deckelbaum and Yehuda Ledgley. Plus Y songs from Lisa Loeb, the Decemberists, the Bats, Jason Falkner, Shoes, Nik Kershaw and even Al Stewart (remember Year of the Cat?) Celebrate 26 episodes of A to Z music on Brainwaves this week!

No theme this week, just great music from Nina Hagen, the Tubes, Aviv Geffen, Tislam, Annemarie, Regina Spektor, System of a Down, David Bowie, U2, Archers, Pink Floyd, Nik Drake, Cheap Star and much more. That’s just a taste. Tune in for the whole 2 hour shebang!

Brainwaves loves Juliana Hatfield. So we have three songs from the talented songstress to start this week’s show. Plus more great music from Weezer, the Arkells, Kodaline, Wake Owl, Paper Kites, Joy Division, Elbow, Timmy Thomas, Ex-Cops, the Old 97s and so much more. Show us some love and tune in! Band Song Juliana Hatfield […]