Music For Listeners 02/07/2026

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Garrett T Capps (Feat. Combo Loco)-"SOS HEB"  From the forthcoming album 'I Still Love San Antone'.
3) Arctic Monkeys-"Opening Night"  From the forthcoming compilation album 'HELP 2'.
4) Sugar-"Long Live Love"  From the brand new single for "Long Live Love".
5) The Cribs-"If Our Paths Never Crossed"  From the brand new album 'Selling A Vibe'.
6) Snail Mail-"Dead End"  From the forthcoming album 'Ricochet'.
7) Courtney Barnett (feat. Waxahatchee)-"Site Unseen"  From the forthcoming album 'Creature of Habit'.
8) Jose Gonzalez-"Against the Dying of the Light"  From the forthcoming album 'Against the Dying of the Light'.
9) Lucy Rose-"Scared of Loving Wild Again"  From the brand new single for "Scared of Loving Wild Again".
10) Lande Hekt-"Lucky Now"  From the brand new album 'Lucky Now'.
11) Throwng Muses-"Firepile (Live in Providence)"  From the album 'Live in Providence'.
12) Avalon Emerson-"Jupiter and Mars"  From the forthcoming album 'Written into Change'.
13) Meg Mac-"Outdone"  From the forthcoming album 'It's My Party'.
14) Westside Cowboy-"The Wahs"  From the brand new EP 'So Much Country till We Get There'.
15) Rocketship-"I Love You Like The Way That I Used To Do"  From the album 'A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness'.
16) Hater-"Brighter"  From the forthcoming album 'Mosquito'.
17) Memorials-"In The Weeds"  From the forthcoming album 'All Clouds Bring Not Rain'.
18) Sun Byrd-"True Love"  From the brand new album 'In Paradiso'.
19) The Wave Pictures-"The House Painted Blue"  From the forthcoming album 'Gained/Lost'.
20) Joshua Idehen-"This Is The Place"  From the forthcoming album 'I Know You're Hurting, Everyone is Hurting, Everyone is Trying, You Have Got to Try'.
21) Lime Garden-"23 (Radio Edit)"  From the forthcoming album 'Maybe Not Tonight'.
22) Special Friend-"Breakfast"  From the forthcoming album 'Clipping'.
23) Cootie Catcher-"Puzzle Pop"  From the forthcoming album 'Something We All Got'.
24) Ladylike-"Rome (In Progress)"  From the brand new EP 'It's a Pleasure of Mine, to Know You're Fine'.
25) Paper Sister-"Turn Into Me"  From the brand new single for "Turn Into Me".
26) Living Set-"He's A Clown"  From the brand new EP 'Last Wave'.
27) Being Dead-"Apple Tree"  From the compilation album 'Palestine Solidarity Mix'.
28) Wings-"Arrow Through Me"  From the album 'Back to the Egg'.
29) Buttercup-"Angel Dust"  From the forthcoming album 'Send More Yellow'.
30) La Luz-"News of the Universe (Extra! Extra! Version)"  From the EP 'Extra! Extra!'.
31) Wynona Bleach-"Be Positive"  From the forthcoming album 'Animal Style'.
32) Peter Gabriel-"Been Undone (Bright-Side Mix)"  From the forthcoming album 'O/I'.
33) "The Mid-Morning Recording"       Lush-'Split'
I hadn't listened to this album in a few years, but I was surprised to see it hadn't been played as a MMR. Now it has! Lush is obviously a special band to us here at MFL. - Michael - MFL
34) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.


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Music For Listeners 01/31/26 XTC XTC XTC - Revamped Rebroadcast - Sadness in Minnesota
First Broadcast 09/15/01
Third Rebroadcast - 02/26/22 - War in Ukraine starts
All music by XTC except where noted.

1) Chomsky-"Rollers" From the CD 'Onward Quirky Solders'. I know, I said XTC, but this is the most XTC influenced song that Chomsky has made so far. "I'm only just trying to make it through".
2) "John Peel Intro" From CD one of 'Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions'. The first XTC box set.
3) "Towers of London" From the CD 'Black Sea'.
4) "Life Begins at the Hop (BBC Session) " From the CD one of 'Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions'.
5) "This World Over" From the vinyl LP 'The Big Express'.
6) "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" From the CD 'Nonsvch (Nonsuch)'.
7) "Hold Me My Daddy" From the CD 'Oranges and Lemons'.
8) "Jason and the Argonauts" From the CD 'English Settlement'.
9) "I'd Like That" From the CD 'Apple Venus Volume One'.
10) "Heaven is Paved With Broken Glass" From the CD 'Rag & Bone Buffet:Rare Cuts & Leftovers'.
11) "You and Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful (Demo) " From the CD 'Homegrown: Wasp Star Home Demos'.
12) "Melt the Guns" From the CD 'English Settlement'.
13) "Ballet For a Rainy Day" From the vinyl LP 'Skylarking'.
14) "1000 Umbrellas" From the vinyl LP 'Skylarking'.
15) "Living Through Another Cuba" From the CD 'Black Sea'.
16) "A New Town Animal In a Furnished Cage" From their first vinyl LP 'White Music'.
17) "Another Satellite (BBC Session) " From CD one of 'Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions'.
18) "Beating of Hearts" From the vinyl LP 'Mummer'.
19) "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" From the CD 'Oranges and Lemons'.
20) "Battery Brides" From the vinyl LP 'Go 2'.
21) "Boarded Up" From the CD 'Wasp Star: Apple Venus Volume Two'. 22) The Colonel-"I Need Protection" From the XTC CD 'Rag & Bone Buffet:Rare Cuts & Leftovers'. Not really an XTC song though. This is a side project of Colin Mouldling done in 1980. He just needed some time away it seems.
23) "My Bird Performs" From the CD 'Nonsvch (Nonsuch)'
24) "Statue of Liberty" From the vinyl LP 'White Music'. Their second single.
25) "Senses Working Overtime" From the CD 'English Settlement'. Most likely the first
XTC song I heard way back in 1983.
26) "Burning With Optimism's Flame" From the CD 'Black Sea'.
27) "Dear God" From the vinyl LP 'Skylarking'. The first big hit in America. Andy didn't think this was one of his better songs. It wasn't even put on the first pressing of 'Skylarking' in the U.S.
28) "One of the Millions" From the CD 'Oranges and Lemons'.
29) "Extrovert" From the XTC CD 'Rag & Bone Buffet:Rare Cuts & Leftovers'. B-side of "Grass" in the UK.
30) "Your Dictionary" From the CD 'Apple Venus Volume One'.
31) "Earn Enough For Us" From the vinyl LP 'Skylarking'.
32) "Leisure" From the CD 'English Settlement'.
33) "Making Plans for Nigel" From the vinyl LP 'Drums and Wires'. Their first big hit in England.
34) "Respectable Street" From the CD 'Black Sea'.
35) "Here Comes President Kill Again" From the vinyl LP 'Oranges and Lemons'.
36) "Down In the Cockpit" From the 2 X vinyl LP 'English Settlement'.
37) "Playground" From the CD 'Wasp Star: Apple Venus Volume Two'.
38) "Church of Women (Demo) " From the CD 'Homegrown: Wasp Star Home Demos'.
39) "No Language In Our Lungs" From the CD 'Black Sea'. Possibly the best lyrics of any XTC song. That's saying a lot.
40) "Punch and Judy" From the CD 'Rag & Bone Buffet:Rare Cuts & Leftovers'. Originally a B-side on the "Ball and Chain" 12 inch single.
41) "Dame Fortune (Demo) " Unreleased song. Plucked from a CD that an fellow XTC fan burned from me. Great song...hopefully will be made available on the next XTC record.
42) "Love at First Sight" From the CD 'Black Sea'.
43) "Snowman" From the CD 'English Settlement'. Anyone that has heard this song likes it. It's so well put together.
44) Chomsky-"Up" From the CD 'Onward Quirky Solders'. A song about being alright "up against it". Needed to be played as well.

If you're curious to see the lyrics to these songs then go here:
http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/i_song.html
I think all the songs I played are on there. There is also a really good book called XTC: Songs and Stories. It's co-written by the band, and is a song by song account of every song they've made thus far. It let's you know a lot about these lyrics and how the songs were recorded. I wish every band would put out a book like that.

Peace to you all. Take care of yourself.
Michael


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