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#34: Cronchy & Jangly
Guest: Gem Spear
This week we welcome back Gem Spear to BFF.fm, as she shares a playlist of tracks from 1999, inspired by a conversation with a Lyft driver in Portland. It tangles perfectly with a show filled with crunchy guitars from our featured record of the week, Sleater-Kinney's The Center Won't Hold. With production from Annie Clarke it's an impressive hybrid record from the band, simultaneously channelling their 90s tone with synthy highlights reminiscent of St. Vincent's MASSEDUCTION.
Enjoy all of that, plus new tracks from Temples, Gruff Rhys, and Supergrass.Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
Playlist
2′30″ When I'm With You (I Feel Love) by Nancy & The Mysterious Visions on When I'm With You (I Feel Love)/Unforgettable (B3SCI Records)
11′22″ Bad Dance by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
13′54″ Mexican Dress by Blood Red Shoes on Get Tragic (Jazz Life)
17′49″ Next to You by Supergrass on The Strange Ones: 1994-2008 (The Echo Label)
28′29″ Astro by The White Stripes on The White Stripes (Third Man Records)
31′06″ Western Star by Frank Black & the Catholics on Pistolero (spinART)
34′29″ You Don't Wanna Call by The Donnas on Get Skintight
45′02″ A Dream Is All I Need To Get By by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on This Is The Place EP (Sour Mash)
48′51″ Digidigol by Gruff Rhys on Pang! (Rough Trade)
57′06″ The Future Is Here by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
61′16″ The Morning After by Spiritualized on And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum)
67′50″ Context by Temples on Hot Motion (ATO)
75′07″ Math Wiz by Luna on The Days of Our Nights
78′49″ I Took Her Love For Granted by Hefner on The Fidelity Wars (Too Pure)
81′15″ Harness Your Hopes by Pavement on Brighten the Corners: Niceene Creedence Edition (Matador)
84′38″ Coffee And TV by Blur on 13 (Parlophone UK)
93′21″ A New England - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983 by Billy Bragg on Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC (Cooking Vinyl)
96′48″ LOVE by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
99′00″ I Told Her On Alderaan by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex)
102′07″ Los Ageless by St. Vincent on MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
114′57″ Eye in the Wall by Perfume Genius on Eye in the Wall (Matador)
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By Ben WardGuest: Gem Spear
This week we welcome back Gem Spear to BFF.fm, as she shares a playlist of tracks from 1999, inspired by a conversation with a Lyft driver in Portland. It tangles perfectly with a show filled with crunchy guitars from our featured record of the week, Sleater-Kinney's The Center Won't Hold. With production from Annie Clarke it's an impressive hybrid record from the band, simultaneously channelling their 90s tone with synthy highlights reminiscent of St. Vincent's MASSEDUCTION.
Enjoy all of that, plus new tracks from Temples, Gruff Rhys, and Supergrass.Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
Playlist
2′30″ When I'm With You (I Feel Love) by Nancy & The Mysterious Visions on When I'm With You (I Feel Love)/Unforgettable (B3SCI Records)
11′22″ Bad Dance by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
13′54″ Mexican Dress by Blood Red Shoes on Get Tragic (Jazz Life)
17′49″ Next to You by Supergrass on The Strange Ones: 1994-2008 (The Echo Label)
28′29″ Astro by The White Stripes on The White Stripes (Third Man Records)
31′06″ Western Star by Frank Black & the Catholics on Pistolero (spinART)
34′29″ You Don't Wanna Call by The Donnas on Get Skintight
45′02″ A Dream Is All I Need To Get By by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on This Is The Place EP (Sour Mash)
48′51″ Digidigol by Gruff Rhys on Pang! (Rough Trade)
57′06″ The Future Is Here by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
61′16″ The Morning After by Spiritualized on And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum)
67′50″ Context by Temples on Hot Motion (ATO)
75′07″ Math Wiz by Luna on The Days of Our Nights
78′49″ I Took Her Love For Granted by Hefner on The Fidelity Wars (Too Pure)
81′15″ Harness Your Hopes by Pavement on Brighten the Corners: Niceene Creedence Edition (Matador)
84′38″ Coffee And TV by Blur on 13 (Parlophone UK)
93′21″ A New England - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983 by Billy Bragg on Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC (Cooking Vinyl)
96′48″ LOVE by Sleater-Kinney on The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)
99′00″ I Told Her On Alderaan by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex)
102′07″ Los Ageless by St. Vincent on MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
114′57″ Eye in the Wall by Perfume Genius on Eye in the Wall (Matador)