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40 tracks FULLY MIXED in podcast above (also available as Soundcloud episode).

UNMIXED playlists on Spotify and Apple Music.

This episode’s highlighted track:

Cat Power - Bad Religion

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power built her career developing innovative reinterpretations of great songs and in general, my thoughts on artists “covering” songs is predominantly negative—these are usually transparent attempts to ride the coattails of well known classics with flimsy recreations that provide nothing to the listener except a watered-down version of the original. Unfortunately, and more often than not, an artist’s attempt to pay homage to a classic is just an inferior replica. This is not the case with Cat Power; rather than simply performing another artist’s song, Marshall re-interprets it and then turns it on its head. And with Bad Religion, she takes a track from Frank Ocean’s seminal classic, Channel ORANGE, and creates a version that is not only nearly unrecognizable from the original, it is arguably better.

Honorable mention, to These Days, a rare Frank Ocean track that was supposed to be on his never released 2020 album, A Juicy Red Apple, a rarer house record by Skin Up that is sooo catchy, and None of it Matters, the beautiful exit track by my old bandmate Gustav Baller and Dana Boulé.

The setlist:

Artist / Song Name / Album / Year

VanJess & TOKiMONSTA / Say Yes / Homegrown / 2021

Biig Piig & Metronomy / 405 / Posse, Volume. 1 - EP / 2021

Charlotte Adigéry / Paténipat / Zandoli - EP / 2019

Playgroup / Make It Happen (feat. Kyra) / Playgroup / 1997

James Blake / Take a Fall For Me (feat. RZA) / Overgrown / 2013

Frank Ocean / THESE DAYS / These Days - Single / 2020

Cat Power / Bad Religion / Covers / 2021

U.S. Girls / L-Over / In a Poem Unlimited / 2018

Boards of Canada / Roygbiv / Music Has the Right to Children / 1998

Allah-Las / Tell Me (What's on Your Mind) / Allah-Las / 2012

Jamie xx / Obvs / In Colour / 2015

Brijean / Ooo La La / Angelo / 2022

Sexy Sushi / Sex appeal / Marre marre marre / 2008

Freestyle / Vill Ha Dig / Guldkorn Den Kompletta Samlingen / 1981

Midnight Magic / Beam Me Up / Walking the Midnight Streets. / 2012

Ladytron / He Took Her to a Movie / 604 / 2001

Sophie Hunger / Le vent nous portera / 1983 / 2010

Kokoroko / Abusey Junction / KOKOROKO - EP / 2019

Tyler, The Creator / WHAT A DAY / The Estate Sale / 2023

J Dilla / Crushin' (Yeeeeaah!) [Instrumental] / Ruff Draft / 2007

Fujiya & Miyagi / Dishwasher / Lightbulbs / 2001

Bicep / Glue / Bicep / 2017

Caribou / Can't Do Without You / Our Love / 2014

Skin Up / A Juicy Red Apple (Sweet Mix) / A Juicy Red Apple / 1992

Yebba / Evergreen / Evergreen - Single / 2017

Mos Def / No Hay Nada Mas / The Ecstatic / 2009

Santo & Johnny / Sleepwalk / Sweet Lelani / 1959

The Beatnuts / Watch Out Now (Instrumental) / Watch Out Now - EP / 1999

Slave / Just a Touch of Love / Just a Touch of Love / 1977

Roxanne Shanté / Go On Girl / Colors / 1988

Cymande / Anthracite / Second Time Round / 1973

ABRA / PULL UP / PRINCESS - EP / 2016

Jellybean / Sidewalk Talk / 20 #1's: 80's Club Classics / 1984

Cold Crush Brothers / Punk Rock Rap / Tuff City Records: Original Old School Recordings, Vol. 1 / 1983

Paul Hardcastle / 19 (Instrumental V2) / Nineteen and Beyond / 1985

Metronomy / Loving Arm (Prins Thomas Diskomiks Remix) / Green Room (Remixes) / 2012

Thompson Twins / If You Were Here / Quick Step and Side Kick / 1983

Depeche Mode / Useless (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session Version) / Home (Remixes) / 2004

John Maus / Hey Moon / We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves / 2011

Gustav Baller & Dana Boulé / None Of It Matters / OK Versions / 2024

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