Music For Listeners 04/02/2016

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the CD 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Angel Oak-"I Saw Her Cry"  From the brand new compilation 'Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music'.
3) The Last Shadow Puppets-"Aviation"  From the forthcoming album 'Everything You've Come To Expect'.
4) Bob Mould-"Voices In My Head"  From the brand new album 'Patch the Sky'.
5) Beverly-"Contact"  From the forthcoming album 'The Blue Swell'.
6) Tokyo Police Club-"Not My Girl"  From the brand new EP 'Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness'.
7) James-"Attention"  From the brand new album 'Girl At the End of the World'.
8) Birthh-"Chlorine"  From the brand new album 'Born In the Woods'.
9) Amber Arcades-"Constant's Dream"  From the brand new EP 'Patiently'.
10) Blue House-"Simple Song"  From the brand new digital single for "Simple Song".
11) Violet Skies-"Jealousy"  From the brand new EP 'Dragons'.
12) Shura-"Touch (Four Tet Remix)"  From the brand new digital single for "Touch".
13) Kloe-"Teenage Craze"  From the brand new EP 'Teenage Craze'.
14) Empress Of-"Woman Is a Word"  From the brand new digital single for "Woman Is a Word".
15) (PROFANITY) Sheer Mag-"Can't Stop Fighting"  From the brand new vinyl 7" EP 'III'.
16) Estrons-"Aliens (Demo)"  Demo straight from the band.
17) Eagulls-"My Life in Rewind"  From the brand new digital single for "My Life in Rewind".
18) September Girls-"Age of Indignation"  From the forthcoming album 'Age of Indignation'.
19) The Goon Sax-"Up to Anything"  From the brand new album 'Up to Anything'.
20) DMA's-"Lay Down"  From the brand new album 'Hill's End'.
21) Major Leagues-"Better Off"  From the forthcoming EP 'Dream States'.
22) Moose-"Suzanne"  From the brand new compilation box set 'Still In a Dream: 1988-1995 - A Story of Shoegaze'.
23) A.C. Marias-"One of our Girls Has Gone Missing"  From the brand new compilation box set 'Still In a Dream: 1988-1995 - A Story of Shoegaze'.
24) 14 Iced Bears-"Surfacer"  From the brand new compilation box set 'Still In a Dream: 1988-1995 - A Story of Shoegaze'.
25) Velocity Girl-"I Don't Care if You Go"  From the brand new compilation box set 'Still In a Dream: 1988-1995 - A Story of Shoegaze'.
26) Wilsen-"Centipede"  From the brand new digital single for "Centipede".
27) Laura J Martin-"My Landing Place"  From the brand new album 'On the Never Never'.
28) Mothers-"Burden Of Proof"  From the brand new album 'When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired'.
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording"           Portishead-'Dummy'
This MMR was picked out by Orly. However, I wholeheartedly agree with him on the choice of playing it. When this album was brand spanking new, I dismissed it as a Massive Attack rip-off. I however very quickly realized that they were really contemporaries of the trip-hop movement, and that of course the work is absolutely and incredibly amazing. Orly said on the show that it is most likely in his top five albums ever, so I'm surprised that it took this long for us to play it. After 20 years on, to me it just sounds like the atmosphere I imagine in Bristol, maybe even more so than Massive Attack does. (Even though Massive did release music first). The "Bristol Sound" as it is referred. Apparently there is a melancholy that surrounds the place, but the people there are full of hope, joy, and love due to the history of the city. I've only read about Bristol, and I've never been there myself, but it's albums like this that make me believe that I would embrace it. Bristol "sounds" like a great city, full of hopeful citizens. Some of whom that use the creative process to expand the minds of those who also embrace it. "Cause no one loves me. It's true. Not like you do." - Michael MFL
30) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.