Music For Listeners 04/11/2020

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) John Prine-"Angel From Montgomery"  From the album 'John Prine'.
3) The Beths-"Dying To Believe"  From the forthcoming album 'Jump Rope Gazers'.
4) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever-"Cars In Space"  From the digital single for "Cars In Space".
5) Day Wave-"Starting Again"  From the digital single for "Starting Again".
6) Warm Digits (Feat. The Orielles)-"Shake the Wheels"  From the brand new album 'Flight of Ideas'.
7) Hazel English-"Five and Dime"  From the digital single for "Five and Dime".
8) Laura Marling-"Held Down"  From the album 'Song For Our Daughter'.
9) Anna Burch-"Tell Me What's True"  From the brand new album 'If You’re Dreaming'.
10) Diet Cig-"Thriving"  From the forthcoming album 'Do You Wonder About Me?'.
11) Dream Wife-"Sports!"  From the forthcoming album 'So When You Gonna...'.
12) The Radio Dept.-"You Fear the Wrong Thing Baby"  From the brand new album 'You Fear the Wrong Thing Baby'.
13) Ride-"Clouds of Saint Marie (re-imagined by Pêtr Aleksänder)"  From the forthcoming remix album 'Clouds In The Mirror (This Is Not A Safe Place re-imagined by Pêtr Aleksänder)'.
14) Art Brut-"Moving to L.A."  From the newly remastered edition of their album 'Bang Bang Rock & Roll'.
15) Young Guv-"Luv Always (Live in LA)"  From the forthcoming album 'Live in LA'.
16) Theivery Corporation-"Depth of My Soul (feat. Shana Halligan) [Symphonik Version]"  From the brand new album 'Symphonik'.
17) The Orb-"Honey Moonies (Brain Washed At Area 49 Mix)"  From the brand new album 'Abolition Of The Royal Familia'.
18) Little Dragon-"Kids"  From the brand new album 'New Me, Same Us'.
19) Nadia Reid-"Oh Canada"  From the album 'Out Of My Province'.
20) Margo Price-"Stone Me"  From the forthcoming album 'That's How Rumors Get Started'.
21) The Monkees-"St Matthew (Live)"  From the brand new album 'The Mike and Micky Show Live'.
22) Jordan Mackampa-"Care For Your Mother"  From the brand new album 'Foreigner'.
23) Thee Sacred Souls-"Can I Call You Rose?"  From the brand new compilation album 'Penrose Records Vol. 1'.
24) Demitasse-"Perfect Life"  From the album 'Perfect Life'.
25) Summer Camp-"It Happened One Night"  From the album 'Romantic Comedy'.
26) Kate Davis-"Burning Accidents"  From the album 'Trophy'.
27) Withered Hand-"No Cigarettes"  From the album 'Good News'.
28) Peter Bjorn and John-"Drama King"  From the brand new album 'Endless Dream'.
29) The Mauskovic Dance Band-"The Opposite"  From the EP 'Down In The Basement'.
30) "The Mid-Morning Recording"         David Byrne-'American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording)'
One thing I was thinking of doing before this pandemic started was trying to get to New York City to see if I could see David Byrne on his second run on Broadway. He was, and maybe still is, planning to make another run of his groundbreaking show 'American Utopia' in the autumn and winter of 2020/2021. I was lucky enough to have seen this show twice in one week. Once in San Antonio at the Tobin Center with my friend Jonathan Stevens, who was extremely nice enough to give me a ticket, and once more a couple of days later, in the daytime, at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Both shows were terrific, but of course it worked better in the controlled darkened environment of the concert hall. The show's technical achievements are certainly groundbreaking. Watching it, I was trying to figure out how it was all done wirelessly. I have since seen many different videos about the production, and it is not surprising that the technology involved with it had to be invented in order to make it work as a touring show. I can only imagine what this show is like in a Broadway theater, where everything is planned, tweaked, and tested beforehand. Here's hoping Broadway will come back strong, and here's hoping that more people get to witness this 'utopia' of a stage show. Like "Stop Making Sense" before it, this show is a grand spectacle of musicianship and character, and it is certainly one of most creative concert experiences I've ever had. I hope Spike Lee is doing the film, like the rumors say. "Everybody's coming to my house. Everybody's coming to my house. I'm never gonna be alone, and I'm never gonna go back home." - Michael - MFL
31) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.