Monthly Mix #15: May 2016

May 2016:
This playlist is all about being excited, probably because summer is nearly here.



1. Mike Doughty - "I'm Still Drinking in My Dreams"
Stoked that one of my favorite Mike Doughty tunes is finally getting a proper release on the remastered Haughty Melodic, one of my favorite albums ever.

2. James Gang - "Walk Away"
Joe fucking Walsh.

3. Fickle Friends - "Swim"
A poppy little ditty with some sweet guitar licks.

4. Rogue Wave - "California Bride"
Rogue Wave just played the best concert I've seen so far this year.

5. Clarence Carter - "Slip Away"
I really only knew Clarence from his risqué groover, "Strokin'," but I heard this playing over the PA before a show.  Dig it.

6. Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
I'm not sure if A Moon Shaped Pool will ever end up on Spotify, so while I would've preferred to include "Identikit" or "True Love Waits," the latter of which almost brought me to tears, I had to settle for the kinetic opening track.  Not a bad option.

7. Honne feat. Izzy Bizu - "Someone That Loves You"
I have a soft spot for male/female duets.

8. Aloha - "Faraway Eyes"
Aloha had always been a band that I thought was just okay, but their latest record, Little Windows Cut Right Through, is currently at the top of my 2016 list.

9. Wilco - "How to Fight Loneliness"
I get to see Wilco for the first time at Mountain Jam next week!

10. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - "Robot Stop"
Ol' Giz & the Liz Wiz dropped a seamlessly loopable psych-rock tour de force with Nonagon Infinity. This is how the maelstrom begins.

Kevin Barnes Le Poisson Rouge Setlist

Review to come.

KEVIN BARNES - 05.24.16 - LE POISSON ROUGE (1 hour, 14 minutes)

SET -

Empyrean Abattoir / Obsidian Currents / Chaos Arpeggiating / Raindrop in My Skull / She Courts Calamities / Thank You, Dylan Thomas (Poem)* / The Color of Terror (Poem)* / Ambassador Bridge / Won't You Always Be There* / Mother (tease) / Nothing Compares 2 U / Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider / Suffer for Fashion > Sink the Seine > Cato as a Pun > Touched Something's Hollow 

ENCORE -

Hang on to Yourself / Gronlandic Edit

Rogue Wave Bowery Ballroom Setlist

Review to come.

ROGUE WAVE - 05.13.16 - BOWERY BALLROOM (1 hour, 22 minutes)

SET -
Take It Slow / Ocean / Kicking the Heart Out (tease) / Look at Me / Endless Supply / Bird on a Wire (tease) / College > Eyes / Salesman at the Day of the Parade / Solitary Gun (tease) / Nourishment Nation / Medicine Ball (tease) / California Bride / What is Left to Solve / Memento Mori / Lake Michigan / Harmonium

ENCORE -

Happy Birthday / Postage Stamp World / Publish My Love / Like I Needed / Chicago x 12 (tease) / 10:1 (tease) / Fame (tease) / California

Honne Standard Hotel Setlist

Review soon.

HONNE - 05.12.16 - STANDARD HOTEL (46 minutes)

SET -

Woman* / I Can Give You Heaven / Warm on a Cold Night / 3 AM / Gone Are the Days / Coastal Love / 'Til the Evening* / Someone That Loves You / The Night

The Revivalists Brooklyn Bowl Setlist

THE REVIVALISTS - 05.11.16 - BROOKLYN BOWL (1 hour, 43 minutes)

SET -

Catching Fireflies / All in the Family / Monster / Amber / It Was a Sin / Move On / Fade Away / Stand Up / Need You / Upright (feat. Lucas Ellman) / Keep Going / Wish I Knew You > Criminal

ENCORE -

King of What / Soulfight / Forgot About Dre (feat. Brandon Niederauer)

Bear Hands Marlin Room Setlist

Review on the way.

BEAR HANDS - 05.07.16 - THE MARLIN ROOM AT WEBSTER HALL (55 minutes)

SET -

Marathon Man / Bone Digger / What a Drag / Like Me Like That / Giants / Pt. II: Bullshit Saviour Complex / Winner's Circle / Boss / Party Hats / Peacekeeper / Chin Ups / Too Young / Agora / 2AM

Lissie Music Hall of Williamsburg Setlist

Review to come.

LISSIE - 04.19.16 - MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (1 hour, 39 minutes)

SET -
Hero / Sleepwalking / Shameless / They All Want You / Stay / When I'm Alone / Oh Mississippi / Bully / Sun Keeps Risin' / Don't You Give Up on Me / Little Lovin' / Everywhere I Go / Daughters / Ojai / Further Away (Romance Police) / Shroud

ENCORE -

In Sleep / Pursuit of Happiness

Monthly Mix #14: April 2016

April 2016:
It's springtime, so I wanted to stack this with fresh tunes.  Most of these were released in the past two months.




1. Big Boi - "Feel Me (Intro)"
"Damn, and that wasn't nothing but the intro."

2. The Heavy - "Not the One"
The brass is where your ears will gravitate on first listen, but pay special attention to that choppy, John Frusciante-inspired guitar part.

3. The Hip Abduction - "Come Alive"
I bought my ticket to see ALO later this year, and these guys are opening.  This song is pretty fun.

4. Brett Dennen - "Only Want You"
I know Brett has a few new singles out, but this one from Smoke & Mirrors has been speaking to me.

5. The Front Bottoms - "Santa Monica"
"I wanna be stronger than your dad was for your mom" is such an audacious and scathing lyric.  Not sure I've ever heard anything like it.

6. White Denim - "Holda You (I'm Psycho)"
Good rock song.

7. Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - "Shine"
Unfortunately, Harper's newest album is not essential, but this is the standout track.

8. Bear Hands - "Marathon Man"
I've been digging Bear Hands a lot recently.  Here's one from You'll Pay for This.

9. Sturgill Simpson - "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)"
I love the trip this song takes in its second half.

10. Charles Bradley - "Changes"
The Screaming Eagle of Soul puts his stamp on Sabbath.