Never fear!

Don't worry, we understand.
You were curing cancer.
Your souffle was burning.
You had that thing with that guy that you just couldn't miss because you've had it scheduled for like, EVER.
These are all pressing matters you could have been attending to between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. EST yesterday evening. So for all those super busy, cancer-curing pastry chefs out there who missed the first Vibrations of Nations of the season, we got you covered. Below this exceedingly witty and intelligent post, you will see a nifty little player, and on that nifty little player, a swell little "play" button. Click it. I dare you. Fortune goes to the bold!



While we expect you to listen to it all the way through, relishing every moment of our melodic voices (and some other people's melodic voices too, I guess), here are some first show highlights:

-Wyatt's tie was colorful and embodied his chic sense of fashion, not to mention his impeccable taste in music.

-The new Throw Me the Statue album, Creaturesque, is the only sophomore effort this summer in which the band producing said album (cough Grand Archives cough) made musical progress. This undoubtedly has something to do with the addition of Pedro the Lion's Casey Foubert to the now quartet. Well done. TAKE THAT PITCHFORK.

-"Little Bitty Pretty One" is our theme song. This is not because we wish we were Matilda and could move all the CDs in the studio around our heads as we do our spinny office chair dance....

-There's only two things to do in Minnesota: 1) Get smashed. 2) Make music. Actually three. But we couldn't say the third one on air. I'll give you a hint: Sometimes getting smashed and a little music, not to mention it being -35 outside, makes it seem like a real good idea. These are not mutually exclusive, but I know Adam Young of Owl City does at least one.

-SURPRISE! We like hip-hop. It's true, we're not entirely indie-hipsters. We premiered a brand new band out of LA, Warm Brew, to a great reception on Facebook. Tune in for more of these guys in the next few weeks!

-PIXIES ARE TOURING. PIXIES ARE TOURING. PIXIES ARE TOURING. It's true-the Pixies have planned a U.S. tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Doolittle. (I think I might've said 10th year on the air-okay, so I wish it were still 1999 and I could bedazzle something.) You can find out when they're coming to a city near you here. It must be the apocalypse, because life can only go downhill from there.

-"Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros was the best song of the summer. Period.

Oh, and in between all this witty banter, we decided to play some music, ya know, just for kicks. See how the people liked it. Turns out that's why the tune in....

1. Heartbreaker-Ray Charles
2. We Made Our Way, We Amtrakked-Pas/Cal
3. Mathar-Dave Pike
4. Hi-Fi Goon-Throw Me The Statue
(witty banter)
5. You Don't Have to Believe Me-Eric Hutchinson
6. Dig That Crazy Grave-Grand Archives
7. Driving Nails in My Coffin-Those Darlins'
8. I Want You!-Peter Bjorn and John
(more witty banter)
9. Little Bitty Pretty One-Thurston Harris
10. Franklin's Tower-Grateful Dead
11. Timebomb-Old 97s.
12. Cannibal Resource-Dirty Projectors
(witty banter, the third)
13. Walk Like An Egyptian-The Puppini Sisters
14. Fireflies-Owl City
15. International-Lack of Afro
16. Here to Fall-Yo La Tengo
(the wit! the banter!)
17. Talkin' Trash-DJ Format
18. Acorn Factory-The DoDos
19. I Just Fell in Love Again-Quantic and His Combo Bombaro
20. Oh Baby (Feat. Hugh Augustine MC)-Warm Brew
(mr. wit and mrs. banter)
21. Home-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
22. Hey-Pixies
(bantering wittily, for the last time)
23. Out of Time- The Duke and the Duchess

Well now that I've saved you from being deprived of musical satisfaction, you can go back to that thing with that guy. And remember, we're good souffle-baking background music. Invite that guy over for a little dessert and Vibrations of Nations. Who knows. You could end up in Minnesota.

You're all lovely.