Jeff McCord dives deep into the best new releases and reissues, plus musical milestones from your favorites, a featured classic album tribute, and a look at what’s happening at kutx.org. Give us your feedback on the new music you’re hearing, and make new music suggestions for future programs here.
This week, an interview with Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, along with live tracks from the band. Plus, great new tunes from boygenius, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Arlo Parks, Janelle Monáe, Yves Tumor, Bully, Youth Lagoon (Trevor Powers), Gorillaz, Wednesday, Algiers, The Nude Party, Hannah Jadagu, Kelela, Shame, Meernaa, Arooj Aftab, Dry Cleaning, The Necks, Wesley Joseph, and many more, along with musical milestones from your favorites and a classic The Walkmen album tribute!
What’s Next 3.2.23 Playlist
Hour One | |||
Wednesday | Bath Country | Rat Saw God | |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Nadja | V | |
Youth Lagoon | Idaho Alien | Heaven Is A Junkyard | |
Amber Mark [single released 3.2.2018] | Love Me Right | KUTX Live Vol. 12 | |
Louis VI | Orange Skies (ft. Mick Jenkins) | single | |
US Girls | Only Daedalus | Bless This Mess | |
Dusty Springfield [died 3.2.1999] | Sin of A Preacher Man | Dusty in Memphis | |
The Nude Party | Somebody Tryin’ to Hoodoo Me | Ride On | |
Water From Your Eyes | Barley | Everyone’s Crushed | |
Dry Cleaning | Swampy | Swampy | |
Lou Reed [birthday 3.2.1942] | Kill Your Sons | NYC Man | |
Janelle Monae | Float | single | |
Algiers | I Can’t Stand It! (feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews) | Shook | |
Caramelo Haze [playing our Scholz Garten SXSW morning broadcast] | Something About Goodbye ft. Amalia Mondragón | NOESTASAQUÍ | |
Runnner | Noah Needs A Haircut | Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out | |
Hour Two | |||
Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo | interview | ||
Yo La Tengo | Aselestine | recorded live | |
Yo La Tengo | Fallout | recorded live | |
Yves Tumor | Heaven surrounds Us Like A Hood | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | |
Elvis Costello & the Attractions [released 3.3.1978] | (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea | single | |
Black Belt Eagle Scout | Fancy Dance | The Land , The Water, The Sky | |
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily | To Remain/To Return | Love In Exile | |
The Walkmen [classic album tribute] | Little House of Savages | Bows + Arrows | |
The Walkmen [classic album tribute] | New Year’s Eve | Bows + Arrows | |
The Walkmen [classic album tribute] | The Rat | Bows + Arrows | |
Hannah Jadagu | What You Did | Aperture | |
Arlo Parks | Impurities | My Soft Machine | |
El Michels Affair & Black Thought | Grateful | Glorious Game | |
Ralph Schuckett, Bob Dorough, Richard Butler [Kurt Weill’s birthday 3.2.1900] | Alabama Song | Lost In The Stars | |
Hour Three | |||
Boygenius | Not Strong Enough | The Record | |
Shame | Alibis | Food For Worms | |
The Who [released 3.4.1966] | Substitute | single | |
Kelela | Enough For Love | Raven | |
Meerna | I Believe In You | single | |
Gorillaz | Tormenta ft. Bad Bunny | Cracker Island | |
Buffalo Springfield [formed 3.3.1966] | Out Of My Mind | Buffalo Springfield | |
Movie Club | Spinner | single | |
The Necks | Signal | Travel | |
Robyn Hitchcock [birthday 3.3.1953] | Arnold Layne [demo] | Mojo—Us and Them: A Pink Floyd Companion | |
Skull Practitioners | Ventilation | Negative Stars | |
Bully | Lose You | single | |
Zack Lober | Blues | No Fill3r | |
Yazmin Lacey | Eye to Eye | Voice Notes | |
Wesley Joseph | Sugar Dive ft. Dean | Glow | |
Quasi [interview up at kutx.org] | It’s Hard To Turn You On | Featuring “Birds” |