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If you’re a drug-smuggling, wind-in-the-hair middle America child with a VW van in a wheat field, this will probably be your favorite episode. If not, it will probably be your second favorite because we’re pulling out all the stops to bring you the much needed levity and aural hallucinations required to get through the day with the musical stylings of these songwriting mavens:
The Cure - A Strange DayWeyes Blood - Andromeda Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)Caetano Veloso - SampaTalking Heads - Facts Of LifeSQÜRL & Anika - She Don’t Wanna Talk About ItRoxy Music - If There Is SomethingFazerdaze - Thick Of The HoneyGordon Lightfoot - Carefree HighwayNeil Diamond - Mr. BojanglesPink Floyd - Any Colour You Like
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You can never go back home but you can always revisit the music that informed your identity, for better or worse, and allow yourself a break from contemporaneous mundanity by submitting yourself to the euphonious whims of your intrepid hosts Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark as they get by with a little help from their friends:
Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was EverythingBjörk - Hidden PlaceCandlebox - Far BehindMichael Henderson - SolidREO Speedwagon - Time For Me To Fly!!! - Let It Be BlueLCD Soundsystem - American DreamBeach House - Masquerade Pearl Jam - Immortality Richard & Linda Thompson - The Calvary CrossBuster Brown - Fannie MaeA Perfect Circle - OrestesThe Doors - Summer’s Almost Gone
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Whether your hunger yearns for new music or pines for classic staples (or is just the opening scene from a Tony Scott movie) we’ve got you covered for the next couple hours with songs that will vibrate in your memory and live within the sense they quicken.
Coming along for the ride:
Ryan Adams - In The MeadowRobert Miles - Fable (Dream Version)Animal Collective - Dragon SlayerA Great Big World - Say SomethingTom Waits - AliceBon Iver - The Wolves (Act I And II)Wet Leg - Piece Of ShitKatie Pruitt - Expectations Leonard Cohen - Light As The BreezePhoebe Bridgers - GeorgiaDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Don’t Worry ‘Bout What I DoThe Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
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In an episode full of earworms, good luck not getting at least one of these tunes stuck in your head. We’re wrapping up the year with some old and new favorites while also trying to figure out why Ridley Scott hates America. This is only possible with a little help from our friends:
The Beatles - For You BlueRedbone - Come And Get Your LoveThe Beatles - Two Of UsDjango Django Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Waking UpRich Gang Feat. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan - Lifestyle Vicente Fernández - Guadalajara Elvis Presley - Guadalajara Sigur Rós With Mogwai - LuvstoryDwight Twilley Band - Looking For The MagicMoby Feat. Skylar Grey - The Last DayMarcus King - No PainUnknown Mortal Orchestra - That LifeTangerine Dream - Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
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Comatose hallucinations and bedridden nightmares… Is this the work of Stephen King or merely a day in the life of the Mostly Music hosts? We know it may not be October yet, but join us and find out where exactly we’ve been these last few months while we syncopate our yarns with the gilded voices of these sonic mavens:
Pop Smoke Feat. Lil Baby & Da Baby - For The NightSwervedriver - DuelThe Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I WantOlivia Rodrigo - BrutalElvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump It UpMooski - Track StarThe Rolling Stones - Can’t You Hear Me KnockingBob Dylan - The Man In MeThe Del Vikings - Come Go With MeLeon Bridges - MotorbikeRebecca Ferguson - Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You BabySunny Day Real Estate - Every Shining Time You ArriveThe War On Drugs - Thinking Of A PlaceLebanon Hanover - Gallowdance
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Separation anxiety and a love for epic movie scores finds us back together to serve up the good, the sad, and the lovely to fill your hearts and ears with the pertinent sounds and timeless energy that is the dialect of music.
SpotemGottem - Beat Box
DaBaby - Masterpiece
Loma Prieta - Fly By Night
illuminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA
Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
Still Woozy - Kenny
Cigarettes After Sex - John Wayne
Iamdoechii - Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
Glass Candy - Digital Versicolor
Donovan - Season Of The Witch
Donovan - Isle Of Islay
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment
Johnny Rivers - Memphis
Ennio Morricone, Gareth Williams - The Thing
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Ennio Morricone - Al Capone
Ennio Morricone - The Grand Massacre
Ennio Morricone - Navajo Joe
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The intersection of nostalgia and modernity greets us as we navigate through this year of uncertainty while trying to avoid the calamitous clichés that rear their ugly heads in the form of self-inflicted punishment that we must all endure while trying to achieve self-fulfillment in new ways in the midst of catastrophe and inexperience. Sound a bit dramatic? Well, you’re probably right. Let’s just engage ourselves in these sonic stalwarts:
Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Cortez The Killer
Moor Jewelry - True Opera
The Jubalaires - Preacher And The Bear / Noah
Tamikrest - Tisnant An Chatma
The Budos Band - Long In The Tooth
Juan Luis Guerra - Burbujas De Amor
Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz
Travis Scott And Kid Cudi - The Scotts
R.A.P. Ferreira - NONCIPHER
B-Legit, Big Tone, Celly Cel - Mobb Shit
Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker
Bob Dylan - I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Laura Marling - Held Down
Jerry Rivera - Amores Como El Nuestro
John Prine - I Remember Everything
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A reprieve from the undoubtedly solitary confinement you find yourself in, Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark risk life and limb (and reputation) to bring you this year’s finest collection of musical talents spanning eras and genres, the likes of which have never been seen before on one palette. The task may be daunting, but listening shall be the highlight of your month/quarantine.
Credits:
Grant Green - Talkin’ About
The Equatics - Merry Go Round
Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Keaton Henson - You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are
Baby Rose - Regrets
Juan Diego Flórez - Cucurrucucú Paloma
Zephaniah OHora - He Can Have Tomorrow (I’ll Take Yesterday)
Idris Muhammad - Piece Of Mind
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
Lucky Daye - Real Games
Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
M83 - Goodbye Captain Lee
The Cactus Blossoms - Boomerang
Dave Matthews Band - Satellite
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At the heart of every album lies a story to be unfolded. Is there a right way to unravel it? Perhaps as importantly, is there a wrong way? Helping us disseminate the mysteries of music is our venerable guest Trevaillé, along with:
Joel Ross - Is It Love That Inspires You?
Cat Power - Still In Love
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Colin Hay - I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
Mulatu Astatke - Yekatit
Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard
Doja Cat - Go To Town
Sidney Bechet Quintet - Summertime
Dr. John - Such A Night
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
Schoolly D - P.S.K. ‘What Does It Mean’?
Trevaillé - (X) Remix
The Cinematic Orchestra - All Things To All Men
Maxo Kream - Roaches
Lil Was X - Old Town Road
Sixto Rodriguez - Sugar Man
Louisiana Red - The Sky Is Crying
Don McLean - Vincent
DJ Malvado - Baile De Favela
Valérie Leulliot - Au Virage
The Cure - Underneath The Stars
The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give
Though not our aim to be wistful, we keep circling back to the concept of "music as a time machine". Join us as we comb through the music of today and yesteryear whilst searching for some order to this chaos.
Helping us out:
Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo
Sharon Van Etten - The End Of The World
Dominic Chianese - Core 'Ngrato
Townes Van Zandt - All I Need
Ryan Adams - Fuck The Rain
Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
King Princess & Fiona Apple - I Know
Better Oblivion Community Center - Didn't Know What I Was In For
King Princess - Pussy Is God
The Cribs - Be Safe
Elizabeth Cotten - Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Marisa Anderson - Sant Feliu De Guíxol
Shawn Smith - Wrapped In My Memory
Trevor Jones - Promentory
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind
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A little country, a bit of blues, and a touch of nostalgia. Join us as we sift through the music permeating our brains. Helping us out, along with an appearance from Zarg AKA The Taste:
Wayne Shorter - Tenderfoot
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
The Byrds - Life In Prison
Katie Pruitt - Grace Has A Gun
ChilledCow - Sampled Mix Livestream
Quintron - Place Unknown
Built To Spill - Terrible/Perfect
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Kokomo Me Baby
Boygenius - Souvenir
Crooks - New Mexico
Camp Cope - The Opener
Tatsuro Yamashita - Sparkle
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Brainbombs - Lipstick On My Dick
At long last our summer hiatus has ended. Join us as we catch you, and each other, up on all the music seeping from our pores.
With a little help from:
Django Reinhardt - Django’s Tiger
Django Reinhardt - I’ll See You In My Dreams
Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
Carole King - You’ve Got A Friend
Kim Jung Mi - Haenim
Hobo Johnson - Peach Scone
Don Babylon - Ow, My Tiny Heart
Sizzle - Thank You Mama
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie
Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
Donnie & Joe Emerson - Good Time
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Can’t No Grave Hold My Body
Gary Numan - M.E.
Sad Lovers & Giants - My Heart’s On Fire
Television - Marquee Moon
We’re getting high (and low). How did we come up with this setlist? Listen and find out.
Ellis Marsalis - Little Joy
John Lennon - Mother
Abuse of Power - View Of The Few
The Blood Brothers - This Adultery Is Ripe
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy In This Land
Songs: Ohia - The Old Black Hen
Charley Patton - Circle Round The Moon
Pinback - Boo
Tom Waits - Temptation
The Four Seasons - Sherry
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
Avicii - Ryu (Laidback Luke Edit)
Hardrive - Deep Inside
T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World
Ravi Shankar - Karmady
Wars and Typhoons and Veils and boots full of water. Sure, it's a bit maudlin, but cut through the fog of Spring with these artists:
Art Blakey - In The Basement
Typhoon - Empiricist
Sunny War - Violent
Sunny War - If It Wasn't Broken
Beck - The Golden Age
Ryan Adams - Too Tired To Cry
The Veils - Axolotl
Boards Of Canada - Sixtyniner
Neil Young - Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
Townes Van Zandt - Tower Song
A Perfect Circle - Orestes
Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
Chicano Batman - Jealousy
The Young Rascals - I've Been Lonely Too Long
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
Waxahatchee - Catfish
We are pleased to be joined by our esteemed guest, the smoky, sultry, sensational, and slightly salacious, VinCi Vibe.
Join us as we celebrate the women in music who have shaped our lives and changed the spiritual and emotional landscape of our souls. Would we willfully launch a thousand ships and plunge them into a shore of rocks? For these artists, yes.
With a little help from:
Mary Lou Williams - A Grand Nite For Swinging
The Cranberries - Linger
Rhiannon Giddens - Julie
VinCi & Her Groove Sector - Sweet Surrender
Sonic Youth - I Dreamed I Dream
Early Monarchs - Why
The Courtneys - Tour
Portishead - The Rip
Sade - Never As Good As The First Time
Björk - Possibly Maybe
Esther Suarez - Amor Bonito
Lianne La Havas - Green & Gold
Kandace Springs - The World Is A Ghetto
Emmylou Harris - Feelin' Single-Seein' Double
A new year and a new episode, replete with slurred speech and the pain that only comes with the 1st of January. Indulge us while we indulge ourselves with music old and new in an attempt to discover the cure for the common hangover.
Helping us out:
Alice Coltrane - Gospel Trane
Blues Traveler - Hook
James Cotton - South Side Boogie
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Björk - Arisen My Senses
Hank Williams - I'm A Long Gone Daddy
Townes Van Zandt - Only Him Or Me
Karen Dalton - It Hurts Me Too
Glassjaw - New White Extremity
Morrissey - My Love, I'd Do Anything For You
Miguel - Harem
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow
Lil Pump - Gucci Gang
The Pack - Vans
Goapele - Cool Breeze
Why Drive to Twin Peaks when you can Inherit Vice from a Legend of The Craft? Listen, or There Will Be Blood. A quasi film soundtrack episode, by popular demand, with a little help from:
Bud Powell - Tempus Fugit
Bud Powell - So Sorry, Please
Slowdive - Sugar For The Pill
Glass Candy - Digital Versicolor
Kavinsky, Lovefoxxx - Nightcall
Matthew Sweet - Dark Secret
Radiohead - Talk Show Host
Jonny Greenwood - Adrian Prussia
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
Luke Bryan - Light It Up
Fleetwood Mac - Crystal
Boris - Absolutego
Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough
Lindsey Buckingham - Time Bomb Town
Badly Drawn Boy - Life Turned Upside Down
Desire - Under Your Spell
Slowdive - Slomo
Reunited and it feels so good. No, we are not joined by Peaches & Herb, but rather our dear old friends Mandinga aka Zero-Tech and XR aka Family Juelz. Join us as we run off the rails on life, love, red-flags, and, oh yeah, music.
Helping us out:
J.J. Johnson - Blue Trombone
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
The Glove - A Blues In Drag
Brian Eno - Spider And I
Frank Ocean - Self Control
Portishead - Strangers
Lives Of Angels - Golden Age
Link Wray - Rumble
Link Wray - Take Me Home Jesus
Post Malone - Feeling Whitney
Aphex Twin - Xtal
Aphex Twin - Iz-Us
Lee "Scratch" Perry - People Funny Boy
The Congos - Open Up The Gates
Arcade Fire - Good God Damn
Arcade Fire - Electric Blue
Link Wray - Juke Box Mama
Lost all hope for the current state of music? We're here to help. There is a ray of light at the end of this contemporary morass...
Sun Ra - Plutonian Nights
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Slowdive - Catch The Breeze
Bhai Nirmal Singh Nagpuri - Toon Karta Sachyar Maida Sai
Coldplay - We Never Change
The Sound - Skeletons
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain
Sebadoh - Soul And Fire
The Deslondes - Hurricane Shakedown
Cayetana - Hot Dad Calendar
Luke Bell - Hold Me
Cowboy Junkies - See You Around
Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals
The Cactus Blossoms - Mississippi
You know you wanna listen...
Featuring:
Herbie Hancock - Fat Mama
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Mestre Suassuna - Luana É
Sharon Van Etten - Tarifa
Robert Miles - Children (Dream Version)
Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
The Clash - Straight To Hell
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Believe In The Sun






















