30 the beatles - everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey

29 sufjan stevens - the black hawk war, or, how to demolish an entire civilization and still feel good about yourself in the morning, or, we apologize for the inconvenience but you're going to have to leave now, or, i have fought the big knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!

28 firstkiss - art exists for people to take pictures in front of (rain sounds-interlude)

27 ui - run? i jolly well won't run. i'll be happy to get you chaps another ball

26 sufjan stevens - oh god where are you now? (in pickerel lake? pigeon? marquette? mackinaw?)

25 niels frevert - ich würde dir helfen, eine leiche zu verscharren, wenn's nicht meine ist

24 mary rogers & stephen sondheim - the boy from tacarembo la tumbe del fuego santa malipas zacatecas la junta del sol y cruz (sung by linda lavin)

23 tortoise - a simple way to go faster than light that does not work

22 tortoise - in sarah, mencken, christ, and beethoven there were women and men

21 strand - las dudas emocionales no son un problema, el racismo sí

20 american music club - what godzilla said to god when his name wasn't found in the book of life

19 sotd: the muppet jug band - does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost over night? (lonnie donegan cover)

18 checkpoint charlie - er fährt nicht mehr nach thailand, weil er sein girl in sachsen fand

17 bright eyes - oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place

16 the sea and cake - a man who never sees a pretty girl that he doesn't love her a little

15 sleeping states - the sleeping states, or who has been rocking my dreamboat

14 tom waits - jitterbug boy (sharing a curbstone with chuck e. weiss, robert marchese, paul body and the mug and artie)

13 wir sind helden - ich werde ein leben lang üben, dich so zu lieben, wie ich dich lieben will, wenn du gehst

12 cloudkicker - he would be riding on the subway or writing formulas on the blackboard or having a meal or (as now) sitting and talking to someone across a table, and it would envelop him like a soundless tsunami

11 the flaming lips – my cosmic autumn rebellion (the inner life as blazing shield of defiance and optimism as celestial spear of action)

10 egg - the song of mcgillicudie the pusillanimous (or don't worry james, your socks are hanging in the coal cellar with thomas)

09 matching mole - starting in the middle of the day we can drink our politics away

08 lana del rey - hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it

07 pink floyd - several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict

06 four tet - the track i've been playing that people keep asking about and that joy used in his ra mix and daphni played on boiler room

05 sufjan stevens - the vivian girls are visited in the night by saint dargarius and his squadron of benevolent butterflies

04 the faces - you can make me dance, sing or anything (even take the dog for a walk, mend a fuse, fold away the ironing board, or any other domestic shortcomings)

03 red sparowes - like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe

02 peterlicht - wir sind jung und wir machen uns sorgen über unsere chancen auf dem arbeitsmarkt

01 roh - ich möchte nicht mehr mit der kelly-family verwechselt werden