Music For Listeners 2006/11/18
Tico Da Costa – Selections from a live set from the Red Room

1) The Beastie Boys-“Country Mike’s Theme” From the CD ‘Anthology’.
2) Wives and Servants-“She Scrubs Up Nice” From the brand new UK CD ‘Plans for Love’.
3) The Aliens-“The Happy Song” From the brand new UK CD single for “The Happy Song”.
4) Lily Allen-“LDN” From the brand new UK CD single for “LDN”.
5) Badly Drawn Boy-“Welcome to the Overground” From the brand new CD ‘Born in the UK’.
6) The View-“Superstar Tradesman” From the brand new UK CD single for “Superstar Tradesman”.
7) Mumm-Ra-“Out of the Question” From the brand new UK CD single for “Out of the Question”.
8) New Young Pony Club-“Ice Cream” From the brand new UK CD single for “Ice Cream”.
9) The Long Blondes-“Once and Never Again” From the brand new UK 7” single for “Once and Never Again”.
10) Voxtrot-“Your Biggest Fan” From the brand new 7” single for “Your Biggest Fan”.
11) The Beatles-“Octopus Garden (Love Version)” From the forthcoming CD soundtrack to The Beatles/Cirque de Soleil Las Vegas show “Love”. Beatles tunes reworked by George Martin and his son. Some are really nice to listen to.
12) Tico Da Costa featuring Robert Gomez and Oliver Glissant – Live at the Red Room Recorded August 17th, 2006 exclusively for broadcast on Music For Listeners. This was his first North American concert in over fifteen years. The 2006 tour started with this wonderful performance, and ended with a performance featuring Phillip Glass at the Blue Note Club in New York City.
13) The Bird and the Bee-“Again and Again” From the brand new CD single for “Again and Again and Again and Again”.
14) Klaxons-“Gravity’s Rainbow” From the brand new US CD E.P. ‘Xan Valleys’.
15) “The Mid-Morning Recording” The Mechanical Walking Robotboy-‘Slow’
A great album from a great band out of San Antonio. Released in 2006, and it will be one of my favorites from this past year as well. There are bands out there that people should hear. Bands that are supported in the hometown, but seem to not get heard in other parts of the world. I hope this album along with a handful of other albums from this city makes that statement change. We here at MFL are trying to make this a reality. This album is certainly radio friendly and there are at least four or five tracks that are single worthy. "Beautiful" is one of my favorite songs ever written in San Antonio. It should be a worldwide single. It should have a great video as well, and one day it will. ;) People from places other than San Antonio should like this one. I'm really surprised that some big label out there didn't hear this gem and put it out with major promotional and distribution. It's a super recording, and it's proof that albums in this modern age can be recorded in a living room and still sound really freakin' great.
Michael - MFL
16) James-“Sayonara” From the CD ‘Wah-Wah’.
BONUS TRACK
17) Dios (Malos)-“All Said + Done (Live at Stubb’s – Nov 2005)" From the Music For Listeners exclusive podcast. Go and listen it to now.