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Today's show will feature new music from Simon Says No (Oslo, Norway), Spiral Beach (Toronto, Canada), Blue Horns (Portland, OR), Golden Bear (Austin, TX), Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys (Akron, OH), The Prodigy (Braintree, England), The Matinees (San Francisco, CA), The Priddle Concern (Ontario, Canada), The Tallest Man On Earth (Dalarna, Sweden), Titus Andronicus (Glen Rock, NJ), The Boxer Rebellion (London, England), Golden Boots (Tucson, AZ), and Cut Off Your Hands (Auckland, New Zealand).

Please tune in this and every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. You can reach me with requests, comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

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Meat Puppets/ Trainwreck Riders/ Shaky Hands
@ Bottom of the Hill 11/16/09

Meat Puppets


Trainwreck Riders


Shaky Hands

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest, just updated!): http://bagelradio.com/shows

1/23 The Raveonettes/ The Soft Pack @ Bimbo's
*1/23 The Knitters/ Dead Rock West @ Slim’s
1/23 Tapes 'n Tapes/ Wild Light/ Wavves @ Great American
1/25 Department Of Eagles/ Cave Singers @ Cafe du Nord (2 shows)
*1/25 Jay Reatard/ Nobunny @ The Independent
*1/25 Peachcake/ Th' Moonlight Sexy/ Get Back Loretta @ Bottom of the Hill
1/28 The Album Leaf/ Black Mamba @ Bottom of the Hill
1/29 Missing Persons @ Red Devil Lounge
1/30 John Vanderslice/ Magik*Magik Orchestra/ DJ Aesop Rock (Tiny Telephone 10th Anniversary) @ Great American
1/30 Fruit Bats/ Sera Cahoone @ Bottom of the Hill
1/30 The Music Lovers/ Harbours @ The Hemlock Tavern
1/30 & 1/31 DeVotchKa @ The Fillmore
1/30 -2/1 Bobby Hutcherson @ Yoshi’s Oakland
1/31 West Indian Girl/ Loquat @ Bottom of the Hill
1/31 Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) @ Slim’s
2/2 Matt & Kim/ Hawnay Troof @ Cafe du Nord
2/2 Nickel Eye (Nikolai of the Strokes)/ Low Vs Diamond @ The Independent
2/3 Dean & Britta (Luna) "13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" 13 silent film tests (including Nico, Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and Edie Sedgwick) with live performance from Dean & Britta presented by SF Film Society @ Palace of Fine Arts

2/4 BAGeL Radio Presents... The Rumble @ Harlot (RSVP here for free admission or $5 at the door) featuring The Ringers/ Music For Animals/ DJ Omar (Popscene)/ DJ Ted (BAGeL Radio)

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists at http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists