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Thursday, Feb 28 2019, 6AM
Happy Thursday everyone! Star Slinger is a producer and DJ out of Nottingham, UK. The lyrics to this song are excepts from the book "Choose Yourself" by James Altucher.
This remix of Icelandic band Sigur Rós' song "Untilted 1" (sometimes also referred to as "Vaka") comes from Emancipator out of Portland.
Questlove had this to say about The Roots' Grammy nominated album, "In this day and age, I'm kind of noticing that nobody in urban music really has the balls to just stop partying for one second... I mean, partying is good and whatnot, and it's cool to get down, but I really think that 2006 called for a very serious record. This ain't the Debbie Downer record, or the political, save-the-world record, but this is definitely not the MC-based, battle-themed album that the Roots have been known for. This is our most serious record to date."
The songs "Paradise Circle" and "Four Walls" are collaborations between Massive Attack and Burial (William Emmanuel Bevan). They both feature vocals and lyrical contributions from Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star.
Ghostpoet (AKA Obaro Ejimiwe) from London, England has been twice nominated for the UK's Mercury Prize. According to his bandcamp page, his 4th album "'Dark Days + Canapés' is a record that captures the sense of unease felt by so many in recent times." ghostpoetofficial.bandcamp.com
The Cinematic Orchestra recently announced that they will be back with their first album in 12 years, "To Believe", which will be out on March 15th.
Unkle will release their continuation to 2017's "The Road: Part 1" with "The Road: Part 2/ Lost Highway". James Lavelle had this to say about the upcoming album, out on March 29th: "I started doing a show on Soho Radio in 2018, which made me think about playing records in a different way. It wasn’t about trying to make people dance in a nightclub. It was a breath of fresh air, and about playing a more eclectic mix. The Road: Part II was made in the same way – it’s a mixtape and a journey. You’re in your car, starting in the day and driving into the night. The language of it was to be the ultimate road trip." www.stereogum.com
In "Zora" Jamila Woods sings from the perspective of Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Her new album "LEGACY! LEGACY!" will be released on May 10th.
Watch Porter Ray performing live in our studios last year: www.youtube.com
Out of Edinburgh, Scotland, Young Fathers were just here to record an in-studio with us in November. www.youtube.com
Y La Bamba will be here next week (March 6th) at the Tractor Tavern in support of their 5th album, "Mujeres", the first one that singer/songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza has produced.
Brian Weitz, one of the founding members of Animal Collective, said about this song: "Pretty early on in the mixing we realised we were gonna have to find the middle ground, so we would do three mixes, where the vocals would be where we wanted them to be, then one louder where Ben wanted them to be and then one even lower than where we wanted them to be, just in case we changed our mind. It was very, very rare that we went with the loud vocal version. ‘Summertime Clothes’ is the biggest example of where we disagreed. Even after we finished the record we were still thinking maybe the vocals are too loud on that song. And Ben felt the opposite way."
Mason just released his newest solo album "About The Light" last month. He said, “When I listen to this album it feels and sounds like the first ‘legitimate’ record that I have ever made... It’s a beautiful, confident, positive, angry, loving and gentle album which once again moves what I do forward. David Bowie said that you should always be slightly out of your comfort zone if you want to achieve greatness, and for the first time perhaps ever, I deliberately pushed myself into that place.” www.thelineofbestfit.com
"Electric Lady Sessions", is a live album recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It mainly features songs from 2017's "American Dream". Read more about it here: pitchfork.com
DJ Shadow and Run the Jewels collaborated on this track which features an interpolation of "Ol' Man River" by Caterina Valente from the 1927 musical "Showboat".
Singer/Songwriter for The War on Drugs, Adam Granduciel said "Lost in the Dream" was about his struggle to adjust after spending 2011 touring. It features themes of loneliness, depression, and paranoia.
Andrew Bird's latest single is inspired by the Greek Myth of Sisyphus, who had to spend eternity rolling a giant boulder up a mountain, only to have it to slide back down again. Here's the music video, featuring Bird struggling to climb a mountain while wearing a huge stone head: www.youtube.com
This one is going out to Michael in Cincinnati, who is over 25 years sober. Remember: You are not alone!
This song was originally written for Spike Lee's 1989 film "Do The Right Thing" which features themes of racial tension in Brooklyn. Lee said, "I wanted it to be defiant, I wanted it to be angry, I wanted it to be very rhythmic. I thought right away of Public Enemy."
Malibu Ken, a collaboration of Aesop Rock and Tobacco, has just put their self-titled first album.
MC 900 Ft. Jesus sampled James Brown's song "Get Up Offa That Thing" on this track.
This song is for Mark, who lost his battle with addiction last week. Our hearts go out to you Brad, and all of Mark's friends and family.
"Finding Forever" was nominated for a Grammy for best Rap Album in 2007. This song samples "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone.
At the age of 20 George Fitzgerald moved to Berlin to work as a translator, which is where his obsession with house music bloomed. Listen to a remix of this song by Moby here: www.youtube.com
This is a cover of a T. Rex song from their 1972 album "The Slider".
Although most people think this song is about Castle Park in Colchester, where the members of Blur are from, Damon Albarn says this song was inspired by Hyde Park in London. "I came up with the idea for this song in this park. I was living on Kensington Church Street, and I used to come into the park at the other end, and I used to, you know, watch people, and pigeons..."
"Steppin' out" was Joe Jackson's biggest hit in the U.S. and was inspired by the time he spent in New York.
It's The Pool Song!! Featured as the Song of the Day last week: www.kexp.org
The soundtrack for "Pretty in Pink" was released on this day in 1986. It included songs from The Psychedelic Furs, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, AND MORE!!
The "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack made it to #11on Rolling Stone's list of the 25 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time. www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-25-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time-41108/o-brother-where-art-thou-2000-222855/
Songwriter Martin Gore said this song was inspired by the book "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Presley. "It's a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It's about how Elvis Presley was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships; how everybody's heart is like a god in some way, and that's not a very balanced view of someone, is it?"
Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski (drummer in Austra) are reuniting on TR/ST's upcoming album "The Destroyer" out on April 19th. You can catch them at Neumos on May 15th!
After a seven year hiatus, Ladytron is back with their self-titled 6th album.
Quivers are out of Hobart, Australia. quiversss.bandcamp.com
More from the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack! Out on this day in 1986.
Fun fact: At the end of this song Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. This is believed to be the second-longest note in UK chart history, Morten Harket of A-ha's 20-second note in "Summer Moved On" is the longest.
"If You Leave" was written after John Hughes decided to change the ending to "Pretty in Pink" after poor test audience reactions. Hughes had asked the band for a song for the new ending two days before they were due to begin a tour, and "If You Leave" was written and recorded in under 24 hours as a result.
Read all about the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack on its 30th anniversary here: www.stereogum.com
The track was featured as the main theme song in the classic film "Say Anything..."