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This week I speak with Jinsen Lui of the band 28 degrees taurus about the Boston psych experimental rock festival Deep Heaven Now.

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This is an episode I've been wanting to do for awhile now. Video game scores always have a special place in my music library. In many ways they've shaped most of my tastes in music and our guest this week, Corey Williams, shares the same sentiments. Corey approached me on twitter a month or so back wanting to do the same thing for Shuffled and I gladly obliged to team up for a back and forth about what makes video game music special to us. Be sure to check back on CerebralPop.com for links to download some of these amazing tracks from the original scores and some of the arrangements done by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. One show is barely scratching the surface on this topic, so be on the lookout for more video game themed playlists in the future.

Track List:

The Truth and Reconciliation Suite - Halo: Combat Evolved by Martin O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori

Credit Roll Theme - Final Fantasy VI by Nobuo Uematsu

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by Jeremy Soule preformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki) - Tetris preformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Muse - Advent Rising by Tommy Tallarico preformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Defense for Darkness - Halo 3: ODST by by Martin O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori

The Ocean on His Shoulders - Bioshock by Garry Schyman preformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Top Man - Mega Man 3 by Yasuaki "Bun Bun" Fujita

Dark Flute - Superbothers Sword & Sworcery EP by Jim Guthrie

Through the Valleys of Oblivion - Oblivion Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by Jeremy Soule

The Bones of Jakobson - Dear Esther by Jessica Curry

Termina (Another) - Chrono Cross by Yasunori Mitsuda

Spike in a Rail - Bastion by Darren Korb

Overworld Theme - The Legend of Zelda by Koji Kondo (second part preformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Our theme song was done by Ser Flash, who's music is heavily inspired by video game music. Check out his body of work at smpmusicproductions.bandcamp.com

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This week Shuffled dives into the sound of chiptunes on the floor of PAX East 2012. Matt is joined by James, Rich, Chris, Carl, and Francis for a round-table like discussion about the collective known as Boston8Bit. Enjoy the interview and assembled playlist of their respective acts they preformed at PAX East 2012, and be sure to check out our website, CerebralPop.com, for more info on these and other artists from the chiptune scene as well as where the songs played on this episode can be found.

Track List:

sadnes - For Your Health

Disasterpeace - Adventure (Live cut)

Br1ght Pr1mate - Reach

XC3N - DR011

MisfitChris - Tropico Mud Cat

Show Notes

Find out more about Boston8Bit at www.boston8bit.com

At roughly the 7 1/2 min mark I had to double check my recorder to make sure it was working. Sorry for the fuck up on my end.

As always, a big thanks to Ser Flash for making us a theme song. Find more of his music at smpmusicproductions.bandcamp.com

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Shuffled is back once again with another interview session! This week feature is an interview with the Fitchburg band Sun Sister. There is more to be found at our main site, CerebralPop.com, where there are links to the bands EP, upcoming shows, and their music video. Track List:

All songs are off their EP 'Rich American White Kidz' a free download on bandcamp.

1. Growing ur hair out

2. Sore Eyes

3. Puta, mirame

4. Blonde

Check out more of the music of Ser Flash, the man behind our theme song - smpmusicproductions.bandcamp.com

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Our friendly neighbors to the north send a ton of music our way. You may know bands and acts like Nickelback, Justin Bieber, Arcade Fire Bare Naked Ladies, and Neil Young, but that's just a drop of sweet maple syrup the Canadian music scene has to offer. Enjoy this playlist of some other Canadian musicians.

Track List:

Jim Guthrie Economica Children of the Clone

Ser Flash The Clash Bullet Heaven: The Original Tracks

Murray McLauchlan Billy McDaniells Murray McLauchlan

Cowboy Junkies Ladle Demons

Les Cowboys Fringants Ti-Cul La Grand-Messe

Les Cowboys Fringants Si La Vie Vous Intéresse La Grand-Messe

Propagandhi Fuck the Border Live from Occupied Territory

Zuckuss Ree-Yee's Witherspoontang

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What's in a name? A miserable pile of secrets! No wait, I think I may have my lines crossed.

How important is a name to a band? I know every time I try to figure out one for Rock Band I come up with something lame. This week we take a closer look into bands with similar or the same name. Creating something from scratch, like music, is a tough job. I don't believe in giving flack to the copycats out there when it comes to creating an identity to a specific sound. Just keep making awesome tunes to grove to. That's my philosophy.

I encourage you to look a bit deeper into these bands in the links. Some very good genre compilations and free tracks on our website – Cerbralpop.com

Track List (more than just adding a D and J):

Stations by Hadoken and Spend Your Life by Hadouken! Hungarian Dance by Johannes Brahms and Brought it Out by BRAHMS Mount Celestia by Rolo Tomassi and Thundercock by Rollo Tomasi Tongue Twister by Envy and Shield of Selflessness by Envy

As always, check out Ser Flash's dope music at smpmusicproductions.bandcamp.com

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Also checkout Tyler's website for the weird and offbeat happening in Japan - http://abstractjapan.tumblr.com

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Time for some music! This week on Shuffled, I dive into some of the bands I saw live while out recording interviews for past episodes. All of the featured artists (save for the last track) played as an opener or headliner.  As always, you can buy the tracks by following the links on our website, Cerbralpop.com

Track List:

Radio Control - Hot Audio

Dan Baker - 365 Days

Dukes of Funk (Ratfynkt) - Crystal Isle

Rod Picott - Rust Belt Fields

No Joy - Still

Profugus Mortis - Scarlet to Snow

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It's a new year and a new edition of the Shuffled Interview series! This week I'm pleased to have Math the Band, an electronic punk rock band from Providence, Rhode Island. The two of them, Kevin and Justine, have been part of the local music scene for quite awhile now, and with all the touring they do (in addition to having day jobs) it's amazing to see how much crazy energy they put into their shows and songs.

Subjects included in this episode: England and its goofy accents, American delicacies, Satanism, disembowelment, prank shows, a new Peelander-Z album, and Space.

Track list:

Hang Out/Hang Ten - From Don't Worry

Tour De Friends - From Don't Worry

Dinosaurs Were Made Up By The CIA To Discourage Time Travel - From Math the Band Banned the Math

Don't Do It - From Hair

It's Gonna Be Awesome - From Don't Worry

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It's a whole Shuffled full of Christmas music! There is a lot of Christmas music out there these days, but you aren't going to hear these songs at the mall while you're getting that last minute shopping done. No, these are a different kind of Christmas song. Hopefully there's a bit of something for everyone. Enjoy!

Track List

1. The Hives (w/Cyndi Lauper) - A Christmas Duel

2. Sloppy Seconds - Lonely Christmas (From: Knock Yer Block Off!)

3. Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop

4. Nuclear Rabbit - Santa Claus is Selling Crack (From: Vicuna)

5. Mew - She Came Home for Christmas (From: A Triumph for Man)

6. Morning Glory - Not Another Christmas (From: Demo 08)

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