Host 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.
This week, new music from St. Vincent, Killer Mike GTO, Jane Leo, Font, NxWorries, Tindersticks, DEHD, Kamasi Washington, Pom Poko unofficial, MRCY, Mdou Moctar, METZ, Quivers, John Cale, Rachel Chinouriri, Amen Dunes, Pillow Queens, Gastr del Sol, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Jessica Pratt, Les Savy Fav & many others, plus tributes to DJ CHICKEN GEORGE and Steve Albini, lots of music milestones from your favorites, and a classic The Beach Boys album tribute!
What’s Next 5.16.24 playlist
Hour One | ||
Tindersticks | New World | Soft Tissue |
Potatohead People | Secret Mission (feat. Frank Nitt & Reggie B) | Eat Your Heart Out |
St. Vincent | Violent Times | All Born Screaming |
Eno [birthday 5.15.1948] | Third Uncle | Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy |
Jane Leo | Diamond Hands | single |
Third Root [DJ Chicken George died 5.10.2024] | Soul Force (feat Da’Shade, Riders Against the Storm, Bavu Blakes, Vocab) | Libertad |
Niki | Too Much of a Good Thing | Buzz |
Font | Hey Kekule | single |
Dehd | Alien | Poetry |
Tony Joe White [released 5.16.1968] | Polk Salad Annie | single |
Quivers | Apparition | Oyster Cuts |
Killer Mike | EXIT 9 ft. Blxst [remix] | single |
King Floyd [recorded 5.17.1970] | Groove Me | single |
John Cale | Shark-Shark | Poptical Illusion |
Mrcy | California | Same Mistake Twice |
Tom Petty [house deliberately buned down on 5.17.1987] | I Won’t Back Down | Full Moon Fever |
Hour Two | ||
Rachel Chinouriri | It Is What It Is | What A Devastating Turn Of Events |
Arab Strap | Strawberry Moon | I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore |
Pom Poko | Champion | Champion |
Big Black [Steve Albini died 5.7.2024] | Kerosene | Atomizer |
Metz | Entwined (Street Light Buzz) | Up On Gravity Hill |
Six Organs of Admittance | Spinning in a River | Time Is Glass |
Beach Boys [classic album tribute] | Waiting For The Day | Pet Sounds [released 5.16.1966] |
Beach Boys [classic album tribute] | God Only Knows | Pet Sounds [released 5.16.1966] |
Beach Boys [classic album tribute] | Wouldn’t It Be Nice? | Pet Sounds [released 5.16.1966] |
Nxworries | From Here (Ft. Snoop Dogg & October London) | Why Lawd? |
Amen Dunes | Boys | Death Jokes |
Jessica Pratt | Life Is | Here In The Pitch |
Hour Three | ||
Bob Dylan [recorded 5.17.1966] | Like A Rolling Stone | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The ‘Royal Albert Hall’ Concert |
Mdou Moctar | Oh France | Funeral For Justice |
Les Savy Fav | Legendary Tippers | Oui, Lsf |
Modern Lovers [Jonathan Richman’s birthday 5.16.1951] | Old World | The Modern Lovers |
Pillow Queens | February 8th | Name Your Sorrow |
Gastr Del Sol | The Bells Of St. Mary’s | We Have Dozens Of Titles |
Nirvana [Krist Novoselic’s birthday 5.16.1965] | Heart Shaped Box [original Steve Albini mix] | In Utero |
Tom Vek | Say | Confirm Yourself |
Kamasi Washington [here 5.17] | Get It (ft. George Clinton, D Smoke) | Fearless Movement |
Carsie Blanton | Ain’t We Got Fun | After The Revolution |
King Crimson [Robert Fripp’s birhtday 5.16.1946; Bill Bruford’s birthday 5.17.1949] | The Mincer | Starless and Bible Black |
Jake Xerxes Fussell | Leaving Here, Don’t Know Where I’m Going | When I’m Called |
Riri Shimada [composer Erik Satie’s birthday 5.17.1866] | Satie: Gymnopédies – 1. Lent Et Douloureux | Satie: Piano Works |