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It’’‘s my birthday and I.ll podcast if I want to. Yes, dear readers, May 8 is the date of my arrival onto this planet, and so me and President Harry S. Truman will be partying it up tonight. Our soundtrack? Only the best in sweet-toned indie rock and sad-hearted folk. There might even be a few upbeat pop numbers to get things going—after all, to paraphrase Lucky Soul, one kiss don’t make a birthday.

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1. The Broken West: “So It Goes”

• (0:01 – 3:08)
• from I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On (Merge; 2007)

2. The Clientele: “Bookshop Casanova”

• (3:09 – 6:59)
• from God Save the Clientele (Merge; 2007)

3. Math and Physics Club: “Darling, Please Come Home”

• (7:00 – 10:10)
• from Math and Physics Club (Matinee; 2006)

4. Arrah and the Ferns: “Science Books”

• (10:11 – 13:23)
• from Evan is a Vegan (Standard Recording Co.; 2006)

5. The Autumn Defense: “This Will Fall Away”

• (13:24 – 17:53)
• from The Autumn Defense (Broadmoor; 2007)

6. Lewis & Clarke: “Before It Breaks You”

• (17:54 – 27:53)
• from Blasts of Holy Birth (La Société Expéditionnaire; 2007)

7. The Sea and Cake: “Crossing Line”

• (27:54 – 30:37)
• from Everybody (Thrill Jockey; 2007)

8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: “Emily Jean Stock”

• (30:38 – 34:36)
• from Some Loud Thunder (Self-released; 2007)

9. Evangelicals: “Hello Jenn, I’m a Mess”

• (34:37 – 39:34)
• from So Gone (Misra; 2006)

10. The One AM Radio: “Your Name”

• (39:35 – 41:39)
• from This Too Will Pass (Dangerbird; 2007)

11. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: “Half Awake (Deb)”

• (41:40 – 43:56)
• from Not Worth Fighting 7” (Polyvinyl; 2007)

12. Lucky Soul: “One Kiss Don’t Make a Summer”

• (43:57 – 47:47)
• from The Great Unwanted (Ruffa Lane; 2007)