Megan and Ari play local music from this week's shows.
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This week's episode of Setlist is all about The Program, a five-day local hiphop marathon at Neumo's on December 18-22 and starring awesome acts such as Blue Scholars, Saturday Knights, Dyme Def, Cancer Rising, and tons more. Megan and Ari talk to Stranger music editor Jonathan Zwickel about what The Program is, which are the best nights to go, and why you should care.
Hear songs from Program artists Can-U, Common Market, D.Black, Cancer Rising, J.Pinder, and Grynch, and a song from band of the week Police Teeth!

Also, listen for instructions on how to win Bayani, this year's album by Blue Scholars!

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It's December! That means Setlist has presents just for you guys, our humble listeners. Our first gift to you is the gift of a special musical guest, PWRFL Power! Maybe you've heard of him? Kaz Nomura is in the studio playing songs, talking about winning Block Star and his upcoming Esurance commercial, and coming on to our technology in a very creepy way.

Setlist exclusive!

Also this week, hear music by Curtains for You, Velella Velella, and more!
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There are three reasons to listen to this week's Setlist:

1. You get to find out why Ari can't go see Les Savy Fav--ever.
2. You get to hear about shows this weekend that are going to be so insane that you'll probably want to wear a raincoat.
3. You get to listen to songs by Math and Physics Club, Inhaste, Pleasureboaters, Gabriel Teodros, and more.

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Full Song List:
Math and Physics Club - "Movie Ending Romance"
Inhaste - "Empty Spaces"
Super Geek League - "Fat Cannibal"
The Reformation - "Give All Your Love to Me"
Pleasureboaters - "S.O.U."
The Hands - "Lies Lies Lies"
Gabriel Teodros - "Sexcapism"
M. Bison - "Slow Atop the Mountain"
Born Anchors - "Casualty"

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This week's "Day After Thanksgiving" Setlist sounds like this:

Kinski - "Hiding Drugs"
Hungry Pines - "Me and the City"
Minivan - "99 Cents"
Feral Children - "Baby Brother"
The Limbs - "All Day Long (the Doggie Gone)"
Diminished Men - "March of Eyes"
Cancer Rising - "Let’s Start Some Shit"
The Luchnow Brides - "History"

E-mail us at setlist@thestranger.com to tell us what you like/what you don't like/what you want to hear.

Hugs and kisses!

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_{The Tallboys}

This week's Setlist songlist:

The Quiet Ones - "Girls & Uniforms"
Pleasureboaters - "Elliptical Realism"
Police Teeth - "Is That Because You’re Adopted?"
The Tallboys - "Track 7" (We don't know the real name; they didn't tell us.)
Imperial Legions of Rome - "Troubador"
Suicide Jack - "Dirty Old Nancy"
Tart - "California"
Johanna Kunin - "Fireflies"
Sera Cahoone - "Couch Song"

Also, Ari Spool unearthed a gem while looking through the Bands Page. It has to do with nitrous oxide. That's all we'll say.

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Boy oh boy, what a good Setlist podcast this week! Not only do Ari and Megan play tons of local favorites like Sunday Night Blackout, Minus the Bear, Coconut Coolouts, You.May.Die.In.The.Desert, and the Purrs, but you can learn so much! For instance, you can find out what credo Megan has committed to memory! And what Ari really thinks about Studio Seven! Plus, all the week's best local shows, news about local bands, shit-talking, and more.

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Full song list:
The Purrs - "She's Gone"
Minus the Bear - "The Game Needed Me"
Sunday Night Blackout - "Set Me Off"
Coconut Coolouts - "(Please Don't Break Me Out of) Party Jail!"
Grynch - "That's Hiphop"
Dylan Morrison - "Bird Size Moth"
White Nights - "Shore Song"
You.May.Die.In.The.Desert - "Oceanfloor Hijinks"

This week's Setlist features songs by Pleasureboaters, Siberian, Mulally, Brides of Obscurity, and more. It's so great, it doesn't need the hard sell, so just listen.

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This is Mulally. He wants to sing for you.

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This week's Setlist features a special exclusive acoustic performance by local musician Levi Fuller. Levi plays a song about colossal squid and a wonderful Jawbox cover for us, and he also fills us in on the upcoming Ball of Wax CD-release party.

As if that's not enough, you'll also hear the following fantastic local music:

The Beatniks - "Twist & Shout"
J. Tillman - "Milk White Air"
Bird Show of North America - "Killdeer"
Vindaloo - "Die Emo Die!"
Diminished Men - "Accidental Patient"
Beehive - "Pretty Little Thieves"
Priests and Paramedics - "In My Head"

Here's what you'll hear on this week's Setlist:

Jacob London - "Return to Squirrel Mountain"
Llama - "Alright"
Johanna Kunin - "Fireflies"
Born Anchors - "Casualty"
Dolour - "Cheer Up Baby"
The Quiet Ones - "Girls & Uniforms"
The Limbs - "Five Four"
The Quit - "Six Years"
"Awesome" - "Are You Aware"

Why else should you listen? Because you can win free CDs! And candy!

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Wow! Look at this week's Setlist! Not only do we play amazing local bands like Smile Brigade, North Twin, Pleasureboaters, Shorthand for Epic, and Cancer Rising, but we also have an amazing guest: Stranger contributor Jeff Kirby!

He's got a massive headache. Poor boy.

Also, find out how you can get a copy of the not-even-out-yet new Pleasureboaters record, Gross!

There's only one way to get all this and more:
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What an amazing Setlist for you to listen to this week. Not only do we play our usual assortment of great local bands, like Fleet Foxes, the Kindness Kind, and the Blakes, we also have our first-ever live musical guest! You may know Chris Hong from his byline in the paper, or from his work at Vera, KTUB, and everywhere else cool, but what you didn't know is that he also performs awesome music under the moniker Devoirs. You can only get original recordings like this here on Setlist, so make sure to listen up!

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You know what's awesome? This week's Setlist. It's jam-packed with songs from some of the best bands in the city, such as A Gun That Shoots Knives, "Awesome," Partman Parthorse, and more! Plus, Megan and Ari give away three terrific CDs! Did you hear that? The CDs are Bronze Fawn's Lumber, the Thieves of Kailua's new self-titled release, and the Lonely Forest's Nuclear Winter. And postage is on Setlist. What a deal! But you have to listen to Setlist to find out how to win.

You'll hear songs from these bands:
Born Anchors
A Gun that Shoots Knives
Host
Bronze Fawn
The Lonely Forest
"Awesome"
Mono in VCF
Partman Parthorse

And of course, feel free to e-mail your thoughts and feelings to Megan and Ari at setlist@thestranger.com.

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This week's Setlist is the best Setlist Megan and Ari have ever recorded! Why would we make such a grand statement? Because it's true. We have a very special guest in the "studio": Kris K from Chop Suey! He picks all the songs, shares some booking wisdom, and gives us some tickets to an amazing show (Sea Wolf, Boat, and Fleet Foxes) that we are going to give to you. You can only find out how to win by listening, so why don't you do it already?

Songs Kris K picked to play this week:
Birdwatchers United - "Monsters!"
Sam Squared - "Puppies and Kittens"
Andy Werth - "Back to the Sun"
Don’t Tell Sophie - "Metal Detector"
The Snakebites - "Everybody Feels It When We Get Together"
Yogoman Burning Band - "Street Lights"
Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"
Coconut Coolouts - "(Please Don’t Break Me Out of) Party Jail"

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Setlist this week welcomes guest commenter Mike Nipper, aka the Stranger receptionist, all-star soul DJ, and living legend. Ari and the Nips listen to some songs and he tries to explain why punks get ironic. It confuses and entertains at the same time!

Make sure to click and listen to these great local bands:
Velella Velella
We Wrote the Book on Connectors
Radioshark
World History
Elder Mason
Big Business (yes, we know they live in L.A. now)
Library Science
and Band of the Week: Throw Me the Statue

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OMG! Setlist this week is so bomb-diddly-awesome that it breaks Ari and Megan's hearts to only be able to share the experience of listening to it. Why is it so freaking awesome? Because we have a guest, the world's most perfect human being: Eli Anderson!

Eli is the assistant booker at Crocodile Cafe, and on this week's Setlist he picks the bands and tells you what you have to do to get a show at the Croc (synopsis: don't be a jerk). Tune in to listen to Ari and Megan swoon and let someone else do some of the talking for once.

Some of the bands Eli picked that you will enjoy listening to:
The Quiet Ones
The Moondoggies
Tall Birds
Fleet Foxes
Siberian
Throw Me the Statue

and much, much more (we mean it!).
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Listen in as The Stranger's music staff—Jonathan Zwickel, Eric Grandy, Megan Seling, and Ari Spool—discuss their picks for Bumbershoot (and, of course, talk about Fergie and her urination).

You'll hear music by Art Brut, the Whore Moans, the Avett Brothers, and many more.

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Did you know that Megan and Ari are capable of feeling old? Or that Megan has never seen the most important movie in the entire canon of comedic music films?

Do you want to win a copy of the Blakes' new EP, Streets? Wanna listen to some sweet songs by local bands Blicky, Love Battery, Boat, the Apple War, the Green Pajamas, and the Scheme?

All this and so much more is on this week's Setlist podcast.
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Remember, e-mail setlist@thestranger.com with your feelings, gripes, and general malaise.

Ari says this is the weirdest show we've ever done. Is she right? Click here to find out.

Here's what you'll hear:
The Little Ones - "Cha Cha Cha"
Bang the Mantra - "Endless Wanting"
The Dimes - "Forget Me"
Paris Spleen - "My Bedroom"
Sunday Night Blackout - "The Succubus"
Penetration Camp - "The Shiner"
Upwell - "Lotus"
Open Choir Fire - "Things We Have to Do"

Hey look, it's the Dimes!

Look at this crazy line up for Setlist this week! We throw you all some curveballs with songs from...
Lama
Open Choir Fire
The Pale Pacific
Claymore
The Starlings
Iamthethorn
Blicky
Bad Dream Good Breakfast
and Branden Daniels & Everybody Gets Laid, our band of the week!

Remember, if you want your band to get played on Setlist, set up a Stranger Bands Page for your band at http://www.thestranger.com/bands. In the meantime, give these bad boys a listen!
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You can e-mail Megan and Ari, the hosts of this program, at setlist@thestranger.com. Thanks for listening!

This week join us as Megan and Ari bring the local rock straight to your computer, and from there into your ears.
This episode's bands include:
Hollywood Lightweights
Police Teeth
The Maldives
The Lonely Forest
and more!

Remember, you can get a chance to be played on Setlist by setting up a band page at www.thestranger.com/bands, and you can send Ari and Megan an e-mail with a request or a haiku at setlist[at]thestranger.com. Thanks for listening!
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This week on Setlist:

It's the Capitol Hill Block Party Episode!
Listen to bands playing the Block Party.

Speaker Speaker - "Loveland, CO"
Grynch - "Soft Rains"
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - "Beard Lust"
PWRFL Power - "It's Okay"
Boat - "I'm a Donkey for Your Love"
Gabriel Teodros - "Chili Sauce"
Sunday Night Blackout - "The Succubus"
The Moondoggies - "Keep Her On the Line"

This week on Setlist:

Paper Dolls - "Maybe Never"
K. Garrard - "Resonate"
The Apple War - "Organ Song"
Braden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid - "Lay Low"
Lund Bros. - "Paybacks"
Priests and Paramedics - "The Paces You Keep Me In"
Hey Marseilles - "To Tavels and Trunks"
Hungry Pines - "Blood Eagle"

Also: Win tickets to the Capitol Hill Block Party!

^{Priests and Paramedics}

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Listen to local bands playing Seattle this week.

Setlist! Yes!

Here's what you'll hear:

Half Acre Day-“Dead Man’s Hill”
Biography of Ferns- “The Charmer”
Last Slice of Butter-“Lumberjack”
Novy Mir-“What the Hell’s Going On”
Patience Please-“Unpublished”
Tea Cozies-“Stir the Cup”
In Caves-“Tomato”
1-2-1-2-“Firm Eye Flex”
Black Bear-“In the Arboretum”

Also, win tickets to the Capitol Hill Block Party! Listen to find out how.

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