Mostly Music

If you’re a drug-smuggling, wind-in-the-hair middle America child with a VW van in a wheat field, this will probably be your favorite episode. If not, it will probably be your second favorite because we’re pulling out all the stops to bring you the much needed levity and aural hallucinations required to get through the day with the musical stylings of these songwriting mavens:

The Cure - A Strange DayWeyes Blood - Andromeda Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)Caetano Veloso - SampaTalking Heads - Facts Of LifeSQÜRL & Anika - She Don’t Wanna Talk About ItRoxy Music - If There Is SomethingFazerdaze - Thick Of The HoneyGordon Lightfoot - Carefree HighwayNeil Diamond - Mr. BojanglesPink Floyd - Any Colour You Like

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You can never go back home but you can always revisit the music that informed your identity, for better or worse, and allow yourself a break from contemporaneous mundanity by submitting yourself to the euphonious whims of your intrepid hosts Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark as they get by with a little help from their friends:

Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was EverythingBjörk - Hidden PlaceCandlebox - Far BehindMichael Henderson - SolidREO Speedwagon - Time For Me To Fly!!! - Let It Be BlueLCD Soundsystem - American DreamBeach House - Masquerade Pearl Jam - Immortality Richard & Linda Thompson - The Calvary CrossBuster Brown - Fannie MaeA Perfect Circle - OrestesThe Doors - Summer’s Almost Gone  

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Whether your hunger yearns for new music or pines for classic staples (or is just the opening scene from a Tony Scott movie) we’ve got you covered for the next couple hours with songs that will vibrate in your memory and live within the sense they quicken.

Coming along for the ride:

Ryan Adams - In The MeadowRobert Miles - Fable (Dream Version)Animal Collective - Dragon SlayerA Great Big World - Say SomethingTom Waits - AliceBon Iver - The Wolves (Act I And II)Wet Leg - Piece Of ShitKatie Pruitt - Expectations Leonard Cohen - Light As The BreezePhoebe Bridgers - GeorgiaDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Don’t Worry ‘Bout What I DoThe Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

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In an episode full of earworms, good luck not getting at least one of these tunes stuck in your head.  We’re wrapping up the year with some old and new favorites while also trying to figure out why Ridley Scott hates America.  This is only possible with a little help from our friends:

The Beatles - For You BlueRedbone - Come And Get Your LoveThe Beatles - Two Of UsDjango Django Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Waking UpRich Gang Feat. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan - Lifestyle Vicente Fernández - Guadalajara Elvis Presley - Guadalajara Sigur Rós With Mogwai - LuvstoryDwight Twilley Band - Looking For The MagicMoby Feat. Skylar Grey - The Last DayMarcus King - No PainUnknown Mortal Orchestra - That LifeTangerine Dream - Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

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Comatose hallucinations and bedridden nightmares… Is this the work of Stephen King or merely a day in the life of the Mostly Music hosts?  We know it may not be October yet, but join us and find out where exactly we’ve been these last few months while we syncopate our yarns with the gilded voices of these sonic mavens:

Pop Smoke Feat. Lil Baby & Da Baby - For The NightSwervedriver - DuelThe Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I WantOlivia Rodrigo - BrutalElvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump It UpMooski - Track StarThe Rolling Stones - Can’t You Hear Me KnockingBob Dylan - The Man In MeThe Del Vikings - Come Go With MeLeon Bridges - MotorbikeRebecca Ferguson - Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You BabySunny Day Real Estate - Every Shining Time You ArriveThe War On Drugs - Thinking Of A PlaceLebanon Hanover - Gallowdance 

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Separation anxiety and a love for epic movie scores finds us back together to serve up the good, the sad, and the lovely to fill your hearts and ears with the pertinent sounds and timeless energy that is the dialect of music.

SpotemGottem - Beat Box

DaBaby - Masterpiece

Loma Prieta - Fly By Night

illuminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA

Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over

Still Woozy - Kenny

Cigarettes After Sex - John Wayne

Iamdoechii - Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

Glass Candy - Digital Versicolor

Donovan - Season Of The Witch

Donovan - Isle Of Islay

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment

Johnny Rivers - Memphis

Ennio Morricone, Gareth Williams - The Thing

Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Ennio Morricone - Al Capone

Ennio Morricone - The Grand Massacre

Ennio Morricone - Navajo Joe

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The intersection of nostalgia and modernity greets us as we navigate through this year of uncertainty while trying to avoid the calamitous clichés that rear their ugly heads in the form of self-inflicted punishment that we must all endure while trying to achieve self-fulfillment in new ways in the midst of catastrophe and inexperience. Sound a bit dramatic? Well, you’re probably right. Let’s just engage ourselves in these sonic stalwarts:

Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Cortez The Killer

Moor Jewelry - True Opera

The Jubalaires - Preacher And The Bear / Noah

Tamikrest - Tisnant An Chatma

The Budos Band - Long In The Tooth

Juan Luis Guerra - Burbujas De Amor

Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz

Travis Scott And Kid Cudi - The Scotts

R.A.P. Ferreira - NONCIPHER

B-Legit, Big Tone, Celly Cel - Mobb Shit

Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker

Bob Dylan - I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You

The Zombies - Time Of The Season

Laura Marling - Held Down

Jerry Rivera - Amores Como El Nuestro

John Prine - I Remember Everything

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A reprieve from the undoubtedly solitary confinement you find yourself in, Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark risk life and limb (and reputation) to bring you this year’s finest collection of musical talents spanning eras and genres, the likes of which have never been seen before on one palette. The task may be daunting, but listening shall be the highlight of your month/quarantine.

Credits:

Grant Green - Talkin’ About

The Equatics - Merry Go Round

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa

Keaton Henson - You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are

Baby Rose - Regrets

Juan Diego Flórez - Cucurrucucú Paloma

Zephaniah OHora - He Can Have Tomorrow (I’ll Take Yesterday)

Idris Muhammad - Piece Of Mind

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

Lucky Daye - Real Games

Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

M83 - Goodbye Captain Lee

The Cactus Blossoms - Boomerang

Dave Matthews Band - Satellite

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At the heart of every album lies a story to be unfolded. Is there a right way to unravel it? Perhaps as importantly, is there a wrong way? Helping us disseminate the mysteries of music is our venerable guest Trevaillé, along with:

Joel Ross - Is It Love That Inspires You?

Cat Power - Still In Love

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

Colin Hay - I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You

Mulatu Astatke - Yekatit

Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard

Doja Cat - Go To Town

Sidney Bechet Quintet - Summertime

Dr. John - Such A Night

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light

Schoolly D - P.S.K. ‘What Does It Mean’?

Trevaillé - (X) Remix

The Cinematic Orchestra - All Things To All Men

Maxo Kream - Roaches

Lil Was X - Old Town Road

Sixto Rodriguez - Sugar Man

Louisiana Red - The Sky Is Crying

Don McLean - Vincent

DJ Malvado - Baile De Favela

Valérie Leulliot - Au Virage

The Cure - Underneath The Stars

The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give

Though not our aim to be wistful, we keep circling back to the concept of "music as a time machine". Join us as we comb through the music of today and yesteryear whilst searching for some order to this chaos.

Helping us out:

Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo

Sharon Van Etten - The End Of The World

Dominic Chianese - Core 'Ngrato

Townes Van Zandt - All I Need

Ryan Adams - Fuck The Rain

Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

King Princess & Fiona Apple - I Know

Better Oblivion Community Center - Didn't Know What I Was In For

King Princess - Pussy Is God

The Cribs - Be Safe

Elizabeth Cotten - Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

Marisa Anderson - Sant Feliu De Guíxol

Shawn Smith - Wrapped In My Memory

Trevor Jones - Promentory

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind

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