Music For Listeners 02/03/2024

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Folk Bitch Trio-"I Heard"  From the 7" AA single for "Analogue"/"I Heard".
3) Camera Obscura-"Big Love"  From the forthcoming album 'Look to the East, Look to the West'.
4) Wynona Bleach-"Swim in the Bay"  From the brand new single for "Swim in the Bay".
5) Wishy-"Spinning"  From the brand new EP 'Paradise'.
6) Liam Gallagher and John Squire-"Mars To Liverpool"  From the brand new single for "Mars To Liverpool".
7) Corridor-"Mourir Demain"  From the forthcoming album 'Mimi'.
8) Borough Council-"Casino"  From the forthcoming single for "Casino".
9) The Beths, Pickle Darling & Car Seat Headrest-"Brand New Colony"  From the brand new single for "Brand New Colony".
10) The Smile-"Friend of a Friend"  From the brand new album 'Wall of Eyes'.
11) English Teacher-"Albert Road"  From the forthcoming album 'This Could be Texas'.
12) Regina Spektor & Jack Dishel-"We're Not Supposed To Be Lovers"  From the brand new tribute album 'Moping in Style'.
13) Vera Ellen-"Imposter"  From the album 'Ideal Home Noise'.
14) Courting-"Throw"  From the brand new album 'New Last Name'.
15) Colatura-"The Met"  From the album 'And Then I'll Be Happy'.
16) Strawberry Launch-"Sweet Basil"  From the single for "Sweet Basil".
17) Neon Waltz-"Thoughts Dreams Regrets"  From the album 'Holy Now'.
18) Airu-"Coloco los Pies"  From the album 'Con lo bueno y con Pena'.
19) Fontaines DC-"In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix)"  From the expanded edition of the album 'Skinty Fia'.
20) Kneecap (feat. Grian Chatten)-"Better Way To Live"  From the single for "Better Way To Live".
21) Birthday Problem (feat. Ailbhe Readdy)-"E.L.E."  From the brand new single for "E.L.E.".
22) Chalk-"Claw"  From the forthcoming EP 'Conditions II'.
23) The Umbrellas-"Three Cheers"  From the brand new album 'Fairweather Friend'.
24) Jane Weaver-"Perfect Storm"  From the forthcoming album 'Love In Constant Spectacle'.
25) Beach Bunny-"Gone"  From the album 'Emotional Creature'.
26) The Jesus and Mary Chain-"Chemical Animal"  From the forthcoming album 'Glasgow Eyes'.
27) Jade Bird (feat. Mura Masa)-"Burn the Hard Drive"  From the single for "Burn the Hard Drive".
28) Reevah-"Call Me Up"  From the album 'Daylight Savings'.
29) Declan McKenna-"Mulholland's Dinner and Wine (Clean Edit)"  From the single for "Mulholland's Dinner and Wine".
30) Gently Tender-"Country Folk"  From the single for "Country Folk".
31) "The Mid-Morning Recording"      Billy Bragg and Joe Henry-'Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad'
Looking for albums that we haven't played, I was surprised to see this one hadn't been played as an MMR yet. Three songs on this album were recorded right here in San Antonio. It's the only time I know of that either of these two master singer/songwriters have performed in San Antonio. So they need to return to play for an audience. This album was recorded mainly in train stations along two U.S. train routes. The Texas Eagle from Chicago to San Antonio, and the Sunset Limited from San Antonio to Los Angeles. Both of which I've ridden from San Antonio and back. The song "Waiting for a Train" was recording in the Gunter Hotel here in SA, in same room that Robert Johnson recorded half of his recorded output. It not only a tribute to the U.S. train system, but also to the folk songs influenced by the train. I was saddened that they didn't come back to Texas for the tour of this album, being that half of it was recorded in Texas, a fourth of it in our home city of San Antonio. A wonderful, atmospheric album.
"That you're wavin' from the back roads by the rivers of my memories. Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind." - Michael - MFL
32) James-"Sayonara" From the album 'Wah-Wah'.