Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators - Light Years Ahead

Asaf Avidan & the Mojos - Small Change Girl

Dead Weather - I Can't Hear You

The band: Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack White (The White Stripes), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs)

Ciba Matto - Spoon + BBQ

90s era duo (with a band including Sean Lennon) now touring again. Most of their original songs dealt with food in one form or another: Spoon! BBQ! (Ciba Matto = Crazy Food in Italian). Often pushing into avant-garde zones, this clip of a recent show is a great groove.

The Original Sound of Cumbia (La Muerte)

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - I Don't Believe A Word You Say

When the Lights Went Out - Superdome

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