"Isn't calling yourself a geek sort of the male cultural equivalent of dressing up as a sexy witch for Halloween?"

Jonathan Coulton was on Jesse Thorne's The Sound of Young America yesterday talking about his new album Artificial Heart, along with They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, who produced the album. While I'm not really in Camp Coulton—I saw him once and it was fun, but as a rule I don't like it when people with guitars try to be funny—the show has some worthwhile tangents about geek culture and the current state of the music industry.

And! Here's a single from the new album, featuring the Long Winters' John Roderick:

LISTEN:

Jonathan Coulton - "Nemesis"

It's time to kick up your heels with a new episode of Your Radio Sucks! Or, if you don't have heels, a comfy pair of cross trainers will do... Sandals? Okay, if you must. Listen to music from Parts & Labor, Church, the Sea and Cake, Dragonette (pictured), El Guincho, Tobacco, Times New Viking, Soft Tags, the Felice Brothers, and Menahan Street Band. It's like a foot massage for your ears!

The new episode of Your Radio Sucks is like a gust of fresh wind in your face. Okay, there's a little moisture, and oooch, watch out for cinders flying in your eye. Still, you can take it. There's music from Hot Lava (pictured), Women, Pretty and Nice, Eulogies, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, Department of Eagles, Slaraffenland, These Are Powers, Gregory & the Hawk, Land of Talk, and Chairlift. Oh, what the... Did something just fly into your mouth? Gross!

The new episode of Your Radio Sucks will play with your heart, toying with your emotions like a cat swatting a ball of yarn. It'll love you, then mistreat you, then beg you for forgiveness. Take a ride on the emotional roller coaster with new music by Koufax (pictured), Frightened Rabbit, the Streets, Fucked Up, Jolie Holland, the Rosebuds, Grails, Castanets, Vivian Girls, and Daniel Martin Moore. There will be ups and downs, for sure, but you wouldn't have it any other way.

We know. Times are tight, what with the collapse of the dollar and the country's financial market in ruins. Chin up! Your Radio Sucks offers plenty of pleasant diversion for you, and it doesn't cost one thin dime! Listen to music from Noah and the Whale (pictured), Santogold, Born Ruffians, Narwhal vs. Narwhal, Peter Broderick, Dungen, Reporter, Brightblack Morning Light, and Ponytail. Now, if you need us, we'll be stuffing what's left of worldly possessions under the mattress.

It's a whodunit this week on Your Radio Sucks! Was it the creepy butler, or the saucy chambermaid? Perhaps it was the scorned heiress, or the opium-smoking litigator, or even your gibberish-talking host Ned Lannamann. Listen to the testimony of suspects like TV on the Radio, the Week That Was (pictured), Friendly Fires, Blitzen Trapper, Astronautalis, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Holy Sons, the Standard, and High Places. Now put on that detective hat and get sleuthing!

This is just a routine examination. Please relax. Good. Now breathe in, and out, and in, and out. Good. Hold this week's episode against your heart, and listen to music by Passion Pit (pictured), Envelopes, Ruby Isle, Freshkills, Kellarissa, the Girls, Talkdemonic, Lost in the Trees, the Ettes, the Lovely Sparrows, and Mogwai. Now turn your head and cough!

Hello everybody. We have begun our initial descent into the greater Your Radio Sucks area. Please put your tray tables and seat backs in the upright position. Your flight crew will be circulating through the cabin to collect any trash, and your host Ned Lannamann will be playing songs by Bound Stems, Chad VanGaalen, Damien Jurado, Shaky Hands, Emiliana Torrini (pictured), the New Year, Calexico, Horse Feathers, Okkervil River, and the Donkeys. Please turn off any electronic devices you may be using—except for this one, of course. Thank you.

For some strange unknown reason, there are a whole bunch of bands playing shows this week. We have no idea why! This week's episode of Your Radio Sucks features music from some of these bands, including Colour Revolt, Matt Sheehy, the Muslims, TK Webb & the Visions, Starfucker, Death Vessel, Throw Me the Statue, Monotonix, Sleepercar, and Spoon. And now, for absolutely no reason, here is a picture of a big red M using the bathroom.

Combing the alleyways and sidewalks of today's music scene, Your Radio Sucks chisels new songs off the pavement, puts them in a paper bag, lights it on fire, and leaves it flaming on your doorstep. Get those expensive new shoes dirty with the likes of Kristoffer Ragnstam, the Moondoggies, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Old Growth, Human Highway, Brimstone Howl (pictured), Plushgun, LKN, A.A. Bondy, and the Walkmen. It's the oldest trick in the book!

Sometimes we get a little carried away. This super deluxe edition of Your Radio Sucks features so much new music, it's bursting at the seams! So sit back and loosen that belt a notch or two, as your host Ned Lannamann plays songs by System and Station, 31Knots, Lykke Li, These United States, the Upsidedown, David Vandervelde (pictured), the French Semester, Jaguar Love, Doubledutch, Hypatia Lake, Eef Barzelay, and Apollo Sunshine. Mmmm! That's a lotta panna cotta! Get your taste here.

It's the summer's biggest blockbuster! This week's episode of Your Radio Sucks is packed to the gills with explosions, action, romance, suspense, and the best damn music you can listen to for free. All you need to do is click play on your browser! Your host Ned Lannamann plays tunes by the Rumble Strips (pictured), Oxford Collapse, Shannon McArdle, the Lord Dog Bird, the Weather Machines, the War on Drugs, Ida, the Marked Men, Manhattan Love Suicides, and the Golden Bears. It's a laugh-a-minute thrill ride for the whole family*! Check it out here.

*except for Grandma, who prefers Bing Crosby, and is virtually deaf anyway.

Some days, you just want it in the ear. Today, we give you just that. This episode of Your Radio Sucks features music by the likes of Correcto, David Vandervelde, White Denim, Jared Mees & the Grown Children, the Weight, Starfucker, Conor Oberst, Apollo Sunshine, and Blitzen Trapper (pictured). Give your ear some love.

Your Radio Sucks combines the finest minerals and manure to give your growing plants the nutrients they need. Look how green they are! Our resident green thumb, Ned Lannamann, plays music from the Loved, CSS, Titus Andronicus, Ida Maria, Chikita Violenta (pictured), Azeda Booth, Ponytail, and Harvey Milk. If your plant could talk, it would say, "Turn it up!" Or, it might say "Feed me, Seymour!" and then eat you alive.

Get your listening on here.

This week on Easier Than Reading, your host Andrew R. Tonry delivers a PDX Pop-Tastic episode, as he outlines his picks from this weekend's PDX Pop Now! music festival. Preview music from Tu Fawning, Panther, Nurses (pictured), Starfucker, Eat Skull, and White Fang. Then head out this weekend and catch some great local bands for FREE! Listen here.

You can hear that familiar sound from blocks away! It's the Your Radio Sucks truck, and every kid in the neighborhood comes running. We've got the frostiest, sweetest treats for all to enjoy—even if you're lactose intolerant! Your host Ned Lannamann plays music from Dr. Dog, Azeda Booth, CSS (pictured), Brendan Canning, Bodies of Water, Lackthereof, High Places, Titus Andronicus, and the Zombies. Go on, take a lick!

Have you been injured by inferior music? Have you suffered trauma from listening to the same mediocre crap over and over? Your Radio Sucks is the podcast you can trust, and your host Ned Lannamann is on your side, with cheap suit and bad comb-over, fighting for your rights. This week, listen to eight new songs and one old one, with music by the Hold Steady (pictured), the War on Drugs, Diplo and Dark Meat, the Capstan Shafts, Chad VanGaalen, Matt Sheehy, Dungen, Wolf Parade, and the Kinks. (Works on contingency; license pending.) Ready for healing and compensation? Listen to Your Radio Sucks here.

Oh happy day! The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and Andrew R. Tonry delivers a brand new episode of Easier Than Reading. Listen in and get a sneak peak at the live music happening around town this week. On today's show, you'll hear tunes from the Lifesavas, Nick Jaina, Burning Brides, Soda Pop Kids (pictured), and more. Listen here.

We've just sprayed Your Radio Sucks on the sliding glass door, so now it's squeaky clean! Your host Ned Lannamann has been slaving with the spray bottle and paper towels to get rid of all the dirt and grime, for a streak-free, fresh-smelling finish. Now you can clearly hear music from Wire, BOAT, Tu Fawning, Beck, the Dutchess and the Duke, Love is All (pictured), Son Ambulance, Abe Vigoda, and Foghorn Duo. And how many times do we have to tell you? Don't put your greasy handprints on the glass! Oh, for the love of...

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It's the feel-good podcast of the year! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll turn up the volume on your computer speakers slightly. The brand new episode of Your Radio Sucks remixes your heart with songs from Wolf Parade, Brendan Canning, Air France, Blind Pilot, Ratatat, Death Vessel (pictured), Studio with Shout Out Louds, and Sigur Ros. Listen to it with someone you love.

O joy! O rapture! O happy day! It's time for a new episode of Your Radio Sucks, where your host Ned Lannamann injects "feel good" straight into your "bloodstream." It only hurts for a second! And then, you ride the blissful wave of new music from Ponytail (pictured), the Impossible Shapes, the Saturday Knights, Mugison, Adem, the Low Lows, Typhoon, the Interiors, and the War on Drugs. It's an explosion of delight!

Photo by Frank Hamilton.

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This week, listener-approved podcast Your Radio Sucks includes music from Sloan, Sigur Ros, the Notwist, Lexie Mountain Boys, Dianogah (pictured), Joan as Police Woman, King Khan & the Shrines, the John Henrys, and the Hold Steady. Listen here.

Welcome to the 25th episode of Your Radio Sucks! Since your radio's not getting any better--at least not until the new MetroEast station begins broadcasting--we're still your source for the most exciting new music. For our silver anniversary, your host Ned Lannamann plays a set of all-local, all-Portland music, with songs by Derby, Blue Giant, the Estranged, Matt Sheehy (pictured), Lackthereof, Lasers All the Time, Diesto, Rollerball, Foghorn Duo, and Au. Check out some awesome new bands that just might live on your block.

Photo by Alicia Rose.