Music For Listeners 09/16/2023

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) The Staves-"You Held It All"  From the brand new single for "You Held It All".
3) Richard Normal Valentine-"A Little Rain"  From the brand new single for "A Little Rain".
4) Emma Anderson-"Bend The Round"  From the forthcoming album 'Pearlies'.
5) Slowdive-"The Slab"  From the brand new album 'Everything Is Alive'.
6) Modern English-"Long in the Tooth"  From the forthcoming album '1234'.
7) Hot Chip (feat. Yunè Pinku)-"Fire of Mercy"  From the brand new single for "Fire of Mercy".
8) The Soup Dragons (feat. Fred Schneider)-"No Music On A Dead Planet"  From the brand new single for "No Music On A Dead Planet".
9) Whitelands-"The Prophet & I"  From the brand new single for "The Prophet & I".
10) Dream Wife-"Love You More"  From the brand new single for "Love You More".
11) Talking Heads-"Cities (Live) [2023 Remaster]"  From the brand new soundtrack album 'Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)'.
12) The Wedding Present-"X Marks The Spot"  From the compilation album '24 Songs'.
13) Ride-"Moonlight Medicine"  From the album 'Carnival of Light'.
14) Pip Blom-"Get Back"  From the forthcoming album 'Bobbie'.
15) English Teacher-"The Worlds Biggest Paving Slab"  From the brand new single for "The Worlds Biggest Paving Slab".
16) Hannah Cole-"Big Bite"  From the brand new EP 'Big Bite'.
17) Standard Fare-"Philadelphia (BBC Session)"  From the forthcoming EP 'Huw Stephens session 01.07.10'.
18) Dengue Fever-"Room 720"  From the brand new album 'Ting Mong'.
19) XTC-"My Bird Performs"  From the album 'Nonsuch'.
20) R.E.M.-"She Just Wants To Be"  From the album 'Reveal'.
21) Luna-"Going Home (Live)"  From the forthcoming album 'Live Bewitched'.
22) Kate Bollinger-"You At Home"  From the brand new single for "You At Home".
23) Kristin Hersh-"Bewitched Reruns"  From the brand new album 'Clear Pond Road'.
24) Helena Deland-"Bright Green Vibrant Gray"  From the forthcoming album 'Goodnight Summerland'.
25) Snail Mail-"Easy Thing"  From the forthcoming EP 'Valentine (Demos)'.
26) Matthew Halsall-"Natural Movement"  From the brand new album 'An Ever Changing View'.
27) Courtney Barnett-"Start Somewhere"  From the brand new soundtrack album 'End Of The Day (music from the film Anonymous Club)'.
28) Carlos Nino & Friends-"Eightspace 082222 (featuring Kamasi Washington, Surya Botofasina, and Aaron Shaw)"  From the brand new album '(I'm just) Chillin', on Fire'.
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording"        Kate Bush-'The Director's Cut'
I'm looking forward to autumn. This has been a brutal summer for us here in South Texas. I usually associate Kate's music with cooler weather, and maybe I'm looking forward to cooler weather so much, that I started listening to Kate a little more this past week. One album I haven't heard too too much from her is this one. A revisit and recording of some tracks from the album's 'The Sensual World', and 'The Red Shoes'. It took me a while to get used to these versions of the songs, but as time goes on, I'm taking a liking to them more and more. I particularly like the version of "Top of the City", which is pretty much a studio take on the version that would later appear on her live album 'Before the Dawn'. Also, there are a few artists making re-recordings of past work. A new interpretation of classics. This wasn't the first album to do this, but Kate was on to something with this release. I'm sure there are things that some artists would change if they could, but Kate went ahead and did that. It doesn't replace the originals, but the opportunity does offer a glimpse of how an artists would reinterpret their own work later in life. "Take it up to the top of the city." - Michael - MFL
30) James-"Sayonara" From the album 'Wah-Wah'.