| Band | Song | Next area appearance | Why them | |
| 01. | The Jayhawks | She Walks In So Many Ways | I love The Jayhawks so much, and was thrilled with their first new album since 2002 and the first one with co-founder Mark Olson since 1995’s masterpiece Tomorrow The Green Grass. | |
| 02. | Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette | Hello | Yeah, I heard it in a commercial, but it’s so catchy. | |
| 03. | Bleu | B.O.S.T.O.N. | This one’s for all my Boston peeps. | |
| 04. | Butterfly Boucher | Not Foolin’ Around Tonight | I’ve liked her for a while, but this track really took me by surprise. | |
| 05. | Jonathan Coulton | Sucker Punch | 02/17/12 Rams Head Live! | Only his second studio album, this time appropriately produced by a member of TMBG. |
| 06. | Rachael Yamagata | Starlight | 03/27/12 Birchmere | Can’t resist her sultry voice. |
| 07. | Pat McGee | Release | 01/07/12 Birchmere | The Virginia native back again with a nice selection. Jill would like you to know she preferred “Juliet” (on the leftovers). |
| 08. | Native Run | Let Me Down Easy | 12/31/11 Jammin’ Java | Can never go wrong with a Todd Wright song. |
| 09. | Butch Walker | Summer Of ’89 | He’s been around for a long time, but this song just grabbed me from the start. | |
| 10. | The Head And The Heart | Lost in My Mind | 03/20/12 Rams Head Live! | This track has a Gomez feel, and the one on the leftovers has a Ben Folds feel. Tough choice. |
| 11. | Dawes | A Little Bit Of Everything | The second coming of Jackson Browne. | |
| 12. | The Joy Formidable | Whirring | An updated Smashing Pumpkins (if Billy Corgan was a woman (but not bald)). | |
| 13. | Blackfield | Blood | I’ve featured them before, but this song has their other singer on vox, Israeli singer Aviv Geffen (great driving song). | |
| 14. | The Naked And Famous | Young Blood | 04/02/12 The National | An Australian band with a cool sound. |
| 15. | Matt Wertz | Someone Like You | I just like the sound of his voice with the guitar and percussion. | |
| 16. | Billy Bauer Band | Maybe Tomorrow | A Herndon Festival alumnus with a DMB feel. | |
| 17. | Thea Gilmore | The Difference | A great song for a good cause. | |
| 18. | Bill Michalski | Little Black Hole | The Mayor of Shantytowne with his first solo EP. |
Leftovers (in no particular order):
A.J. Roach – The Poet
Beth Patterson – Range Rover
Crooked Still – It’ll End Too Soon
Dawes – So Well
Ember Swift – I Could Stay Here
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling On A Line
Hurtsmile – Love Thy Neighbor
John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours – Love Has Made It So
Mates Of State – Palomino
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Pat McGee – Juliet
Red Molly – Hold It All
Sara Radle – The Pins
Shane Hines – Leave It All Behind
Steven Wilson – Postcard
Telekinesis – Car Crash
The Decemberists – June Hymn
The Head And The Heart – Ghosts
The Jane Austen Argument – Holes
The Jezabels – Endless Summer
Tori Amos – Carry
Wax Audio – Thunder Busters