Music For Listeners 05/21/2016

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the CD 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) The Monkees-"Me & Magdalena"  From the brand new digital single for "Me & Magdalena".
3) Slow Club-"Ancient Rolling Sea"  From the brand new digital single for "Ancient Rolling Sea".
4) Catfish and the Bottlemen-"Glasgow"  From the brand new digital single for "Glasgow".
5) Math and Physics Club-"Coastal California, 1985"  From the brand new compilation album 'In This Together'.
6) Oscar-"Beautiful Words"  From the brand new album 'Cut and Paste'.
7) The Hayman Kupa Band-"Someone to Care For Me"  From the brand new digital single for "Someone to Care For".
8) Mercury Girls-"Ariana"  From the brand new vinyl 7" single for "Ariana".
9) Dream Wife-"Kids"  From the EP '01'.
10) Kid Canaveral-"First We Take Dumbarton"  From the forthcoming album 'Faulty Inner Dialogue'.
11) PAWS-"N/A"  From the forthcoming album 'No Grace'.
12) Delivery Girl-"Polly Jean"  From the brand new EP 'Delivery Girl'.
13) Peach Club-"Equivocator"  From the brand new EP 'The Bitch Diaries'.
14) Esper Scout-"Gaps In The Border Fence"  From the forthcoming split 7" single for "Gaps In The Border Fence"/"International Waters".
15) The Staves-"Outlaw"  From the brand new EP 'Sleeping in a Car'.
16) Radiohead-"Ful Stop"  From the brand new album 'A Moon Shaped Pool'.
17) Shura-"The Space Tapes"  From the forthcoming album 'Nothing's Real'.
18) CHVRCHES-"Warning Call"  From the brand new digital single for "Warning Call (Theme from Mirror's Edge Catalyst)".
19) Sir Was-"Falcon (Radio Edit)"  From the brand new digital single for "Falcon".
20) Alma Elste-"Limitless"  From the brand new digital single for "Limitless".
21) Whyte Horses-"Peach Tree Street"  From the brand new album 'Pop Or Not'.
22) Trudy and the Romance-"He Sings"  From the forthcoming digital single for "He Sings".
23) Her's-"What Once Was"  From the brand new digital single for "What Once Was".
24) Babeheaven-"Friday Sky"  From the brand new digital single for "Friday Sky".
25) Jake Bugg-"Love, Hope And Misery"  From the brand new digital single for "Love, Hope And Misery".
26) Those Pretty Wrongs-"Thrown Away"  From the brand new album 'Those Pretty Wrongs'.
27) Pumarosa-"Priestess"  From the digital single for "Priestess".
28) Jean Michele Jarre (featuring Yello)-"Why This, Why That and Why"  From the brand new album 'Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise'.
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording"            R.E.M.-'Monster'
There are some who claim that R.E.M. weren't good after their first album. There are some who claim that they weren't good after "Fables of the Reconstruction". There are even more who claim that they weren't good after "Document". I myself feel that R.E.M. weren't any good after they broke up. I like every album from the band until they ended their recording career under the R.E.M. moniker. This 90's album in particular is a gem, and a highly overlooked, almost forgotten album by them really. It's pretty sexual, full of strange characters, and boy does this album rock. I remember being incredibly surprised by it when it came out. It was a way different approach to the previous two albums, and it almost felt like the band was just trying to have some fun again. Pretty much every song on this record is up there with their best work. It reminds me of my younger days of visiting pool halls, putting it on the jukebox, and knocking back a few beers. Something I don't do at all these days. "I'd settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need." - Michael - MFL
30) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.