The California folk charmer Matt Costa wasn't originally drawn to the guitar. As a teenager, Costa dreamed of becoming a professional skateboarder, but an injury derailed him for more than a year. That's when he realized that music was his true calling.
Here is today's playlist:
| Vampire Weekend | Giving Up The Gun | Contra |
| 10CC | Dreadlock Holiday | Bloody Tourists |
| Bryan Ferry | You Can Dance | You Can Dance |
| The Smithereens | House We Used To Live In | Green Thoughts |
| The Decemberists | Down By The Water | The King Is Dead |
| Matt Costa | Drive | Mobile Chateau |
| Matt Costa | Talk | Recorded for the World Cafe |
| Matt Costa | Witchcraft | Recorded for the World Cafe |
| Matt Costa | Can You Tell Me | Recorded for the World Cafe |
| Buffalo Springfield | Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing | Retrospective |
| Keane | Stop For A Minute | Night Train |
| Jukebox The Ghost | Empire | Everything Under The Sun |
| Hayes Carll | I Don't Want To Grow Up | Trouble In Mind |
| Johnny Flynn | Kentucky Pill | Been Listening |
| !!! | AM/FM | Strange Weather, Isn't It |
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Bright Lit Blue Skies | Before Today |
| Del Amitri | Roll To Me | Twisted |
| Jenny & Johnny | Scissor Runner | I'm Having Fun Now |
| Michael Penn | No Myth | March |
| Dan Mangan | Road Regrets | Nice, Nice, Very Nice |
| Amos Lee | Windows Are Rolled Down | Mission Bell |
| Crosby Stills & Nash | Helpless | Déjà vu |
| Fistful Of Mercy | In Vain Or True | As I Call You Down |
| David Gray | Babylon | White Ladder |
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | The Suburbs |
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Ventriloquizzing |
| Konono #1 | Ohnono/Kiwembo | Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers |