Photo by Stephanie Tacy/KUTX.
This summer, Spoon has stayed busy revisiting some of their earlier work. Their reissue campaign with Matador Records, Slay On Cue, brings the Austin band’s debut Telefono and follow-up Soft Effects E.P. to vinyl for the first time in almost two decades, alongside four other discography highlights. August 29 also sees the release of All the Weird Kids Up Front, a fan-curated best-of compilation and part of Record Store Day 2020.
This week on My KUTX, Spoon frontman Britt Daniel returns as our guest DJ to celebrate the reissues. He picks an hour of songs sung by some of his all-time favorite vocalists, from Amy Winehouse and John Lennon to Public Enemy and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. Hear My KUTX on Saturday, August 29 at 6 p.m. or listen anytime in the player above.
–Art Levy // producer, My KUTX
Playlist:
1. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – “Be-Bop-A-Lula”
2. Bob Dylan – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
3. Sister Nancy – “Bam Bam”
4. Prince – “The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker”
5. Public Enemy – “Welcome To The Terrordome”
6. Amy Winehouse – “Love Is A Losing Game”
7. Frank Sinatra – “Strangers In The Night”
8. Toots & The Maytals – “Pressure Drop”
9. Stevie Wonder – “I Was Made To Love Her”
10. Johnny Mathis – “Chances Are”
11. The Pretenders – “The Buzz”
12. Dee Dee Warwick – “You’re No Good”
13. Joe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War – “Trash City”
14. John Lennon – “I Found Out”