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January 2021 — “The Other Side”

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Tracklist:

1) “Shake – Remix” — Skillibeng & Jada Kingdom — Shake – Remix
2) “Do It” — Chloe x Halle — Ungodly Hour
3) “As Friends” — Gabzy — Malone
4) “Hurting” — Katie Dey — Mydata
5) “Money Ain’t A Thing (feat. Roy Woods)” — Nines — Crabs In A Bucket
6) “Tendril” — Lyra Pramuk — Fountain
7) “Free” — SAULT — Untitled (Rise)
8) “skate depot” — Channel Tres — skate depot
9) “The Other Side” — Jazmine Sullivan — Heaux Tales
10) “TRINITYVILLE” — Laylow — TRINITY
11) “Lo Vas A Olvidar (with ROSALÍA)” — Billie Eilish — Lo Vas A Olvidar
12) “I’m A Girl You Can Hold IRL” — ML Buch — Skinned
13) “Find You Out (feat. Emily Yacina)” — Phantom Posse — Forever Underground

December 2020 — “Dark Hope”

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Tracklist:

1) “Dark Hope” — DJ Danifox — Verão Dark Hope
2) “Blessed” — Juls, Miraa May & Donae’o — Blessed
3) “Lost One” — Jazmine Sullivan — Lost One
4) “Lunar – Branko Edit” — Deekapz, Ellah — Branko Presents: Enchufada Na Zona Vol. 2
5) “Dead Man Walking” — Brent Faiyaz — Dead Man Walking
6) “Never Really Mine” — dutchavelli — Dutch From The 5th
7) “Replacements” — ADÉ — Replacements
8) “Universe (feat. Kehlani)” — Ty Dolla $ign — Featuring Ty Dolla $ign
9) “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE” — Bad Bunny, ROSALÍA — EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO
10) “Emotionally Scarred” — Lil Baby — My Turn
11) “Tipsy (feat. RAYE)” — Odunsi (The Engine) — Tipsy
12) “LEAVE ME ALONE” — Amaarae — THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW
13) “TWIST & TURN (feat. Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR)” — Popcaan — FIXTAPE
14) “Wildfires” — SAULT — Untitled (Black Is)
15) “Circles” — Megan Thee Stallion — Good News

November 2020 — “Hey, America”

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This month’s mix is overstuffed, a few different threads woven together haphazardly. You know, like now. The main theme, lest it be missed, is guitars.

Later in the year I’ll list my favorite releases of the year, but I should mention now that my favorite and most-listened-two records this year are Eugene McDaniels’s Outlaw and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse. Those albums, released in 1970 and 1971 respectively, work just as well fifty years later. I heard the track that opens this mix for the first time this summer on a show Jeff Parker put together; tellingly, he crops up on NTS all the time.

As always, h/t to Naomi Zeichner’s show this month, which was a balm.

Tracklist:

1) “Love Letter to America” — Eugene McDaniels — Outlaw
2) “El Drip” — Natanael Cano — Corridos Tumbados
3) “Blood On Me” — Sampha — Process
4) “DÁKITI (feat. Jhay Cortez)” — Bad Bunny — EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO
5) “Dos Uno Nueve (219)” — Omar Apollo — Apolonio
6) “Sugar Mami (feat. Albany)” — La Zowi — Sugar Mami
7) “Licking An Orchid (feat. James K)” — Yves Tumor — Safe In The Hands of Love
8) “Black Star” — Radiohead — The Bends
9) “Falta (feat. DaniLeigh & Kris Floyd)” — Tainy — Falta
10) “Disorder” — Joy Division — Unknown Pleasures
11) “Mandy” — Scribz Riley — Mandy
12) “No Me Dan De Comer – En Vivo” — Abraham Vasquez — Puro Pa’DELita (En Vivo)
13) “It’s My Life” — Talk Talk — It’s My Life
14) “JUMPING SHIP (feat. Kojey Radical & Cruel Santino)” — Amaarae — THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW
15) “Steeeam” — Shelly — Shelly
16) “Bizarre Love Triangle” — New Order — Brotherhood
17) “Energy (feat. Mahalia)” — Pa Salieu — Send Them To Coventry
18) “Pretty Girl” — Clairo — Pretty Girl
19) “Loyalty” — Albany — Loyalty

October 2020 — “Spooky, Scary”

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Here is October 2020’s mix, arriving like a now seasonally-inappropriate, but not yet rotten, pumpkin on your stoop.

Our lockdown ended just in time for this very good pumpkin/bat based piece to get painted under a bridge near me between Princess Prince’s Park and Royal Park. If history is any guide, it will be painted over in a week.

h/t to Scary Things, New York Naomi, and Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel.

Tracklist:

1) “Why Must I” — The Heptones — Fattie Fattie
2) “Isabella (with Lucy Daucus)” — Hamilton Leithauser — Isabella
3) “Said N Done” — 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — SAVAGE MODE II
4) “Air Forces” — Mustafa — Air Forces
5) “Gloria” — Tierra Whack — Gloria
6) “Useless” — Omar Apollo — Apolonio
7) “B1llionz” — M1llionz — B1llionz
8) “Machote” — Arca — KicK i
9) “Clouded” — Brent Faiyaz — Fuck The World
10) “Memphis” — Blanco — Memphis
11) “Unkown Number” — Belly Squad — Unknown Number
12) “la luz(Fin) (feat. Jhay Cortez)” — Kali Uchis — la luz(Fin)
13) “Crash” — Nilüfer Yanya — Crash
14) “Tan Lejos” — Décima Víctima — Los Que Faltan
15) “NIC (feat. Tiggs Da Author)” — Nines — Crabs In A Bucket
16) “Princess Cuts (feat. Young T & Bugsey)” — Headie One — EDNA
17) “Come Over (feat. Popcaan)” — Jorja Smith — Come Over
18) “Rudy, A Message To You” — Dandy Livingstone — Suzanne Beware of the Devil

September 2020 — “lockdown (en casita)”

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A mix for the indoor-outdoor chiringuito in your life.

h/t New York Naomi, Mina & Popcaan.

Tracklist:

1) “EN CASITA (feat. Gabriela)” — Bad Bunny — LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR
2) “Del Mar – Solo Version” — Ozuna — ENOC
3) “Boys Don’t Cry (feat. Bobby Raps)” — KEY! — I Love You Say It Back
4) “Relación – Remix (feat. Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, ROSALÍA & Farruko)” — Sech — Relación (Remix)
5) “COOL AS THE BREEZE/FRIDAY” — Chronixx — COOL AS THE BREEZE/FRIDAY
6) “Lockdown” — Koffee — Lockdown
7) “Kamikaze” — Omar Apollo — Kamikaze
8) “Outlandish” — dvsn — A Muse In Her Feelings
9) “Mr. Universe” — Skillibeng — Mr. Universe
10) “Ain’t It Different (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)” — Headie One — Ain’t It Different…
11) “Repeat (feat. Coffee)” — J Hus — Big Conspiracy
12) “Way Too Big” — Burna Boy — Twice As Tall
13) “FRIENDS LIKE THESE” — Popcaan — FIXTAPE
14) “Woman” — Rema — Woman
15) “Pull Up (feat. Good Gas & FKi 1st)” — Louise Chantál — Pull Up
16) “Say Less (feat. Medz Boss)” — Nailah Blackman — Bad Summer Riddim
17) “Gimme De Ting (feat. Stefflon Don)” — Gimme De Ting
18) “FEM” — Davido — FEM

August 2020 — “hands off”

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This month, I continued listening to Outlaw and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse on repeat. This mix is an excuse to include “The Parasite…” along with songs I heard on NTS shows like Passport, Intl Blk, You Need This!, Diddy Wah, and a guest show by Rahill.

Tracklist:

1) “August 10” — Khruangbin — Con Todo El Mundo
2) “Morning Sunrise” — Weldon Irvine — The Sisters
3) “Petit Sékou” — Bembeya Jazz National — Discothèque 76
4) “79rs Bout to Blow” — 79rs Gang — Expect the Unexpected
5) “Dirty Water” — Trombone Shorty — Parking Lot Symphony
6) “Love and Happiness” — Graham Central Station — Now Do U Wanta Dance
7) “Water No Get Enemy – Edit” — Fela Kuti — Best of The Black President
8) “Bad Girl Pt. 1” — Lee Moses — Bad Girl
9) “The Charade” — D’Angelo — Black Messiah
10) “A Message to Pretty” — Love — Alone Again Or
11) “The Parasite (for Buffy)” — Eugene McDaniels — Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
12) “Strange Things Happening Every Day” —Sister Rosetta Tharpe — Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 2 1942–1944

July 2020 — “tnp”

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I listened to a lot of music this month, most of which is not in this mix. Key among the songs that inspired it, but are not here, is “Pig Feet” by Terrace Martin with features from Denzel Curry, Daylyt, Kamasi Washington, and G Perico. The Quietus’ “Albums of the Year So Far” was a big influence as well. It led me to Jeff Parker, whose NTS guest show led me to Eugene McDaniels.  Outlaw and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse are both great in the same way that late-1960s Scott Walker is great.

H/t to other NTS shows this month including Scary Things and Mount Kimbie.

Tracklist:

1) “America” — Sufjan Stevens – America
2) “Sagittarius Red” — Eugene McDaniels — Outlaw
3) “The Bigger Picture” — Lil Baby — The Bigger Picture
4) “Cliche” — Jeff Parker — The New Breed
5) “High Speed” — G Herbo — PTSD
6) “My Way – Remastered” — Nina Simone — Here Comes the Sun
7) “Freeze Tag (feat. Kamasi Washington & Phoelix)” — Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper & 9th Wonder — Dinner Party
8) “Surf & Turf” — Boldy James & The Alchemist — The Price Of Tea In China
9) “Enough!!” — A Tribe Called Quest — We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
10) “Summerhouse” — Kota the Friend — EVERYTHING
11) “Shippūden” — Blanco — Shippūden
12) “Lies” — Terrace Martin — Sinthesize
13) “It Is What It Is” — Thundercat — It Is What It Is
14) “I Know The End” — Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
15) “myheartHURT.” — Pink Siifu — NEGRO

June 2020 — “pt. ¿1?”

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This started its life as “May pt. 2,” now it might be “June pt. 1,” or it might just be “June.” I made it, disconnected, with the winter solstice in view. I just bought a grill and now I stand outside in the dark at 6pm, grilling things, listening to this.

As always, h/t to some NTS shows, like this episode of R.I.P. FM, and as (almost) always New York Naomi.

Tracklist:

1) “Ya No Te Hago Falta” — Sen Senra — Ya No Te Hago Falta
2) “Dolerme” — ROSALÍA — Dolerme
3) “Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé)” — Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé — Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé)
4) “La Difícil” — BadBunny — YHLQMDLG
5) “LA CANCIÓN” — maye — LA CANCIÓN
6) “Baby Bye Bye” — Kablito — Baby Bye Bye
7) “Imagine U” — Omar Apollo — Imagine U
8) “Lotus” — Lil Uzi Vert — Eernal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. The World 2
9) “Pink Dust” — A.CHAL — Pink Dust
10) “Pricetag” — Mozzy, Polo G, Lil Poppa — Pricetag
11) “Bebesita Lo Siento” — Yung Beef, Galdiel, Mitchel — Bebesita Lo Siento
12) “Cosa Rara” — Albany, Yibril Rue — Cosa Rara
13) “Designer Boi” — A$AP NAST, D33J — Designer Boi
14) “i want war (BUT I NEED PEACE)” — Kali Uchis — TO FEEL ALIVE EP
15) “You’re Not Good Enough” — Blood Orange — Cupid Deluxe
16) “Dear April (Side A – Acoustic)” — Frank Ocean — Dear April (Side A – Acoustic)

May 2020 pt. 1 — “Coffee Shop AU”

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There will be two mixes this month. Both share some inspirations, but I’ve separated them out for reasons that will become obvious (?). Those inspirations include, but are not limited to:

1) leaving my apartment and getting coffee
2) learning what a coffee shop AU is
3) this playlist Rosalía made
4) the movie Babylon
5) the weather (it’s “cold” and “rainy” because it is fall autumn)

Here is part one.

Tracklist:

1) “Reflejo de Luna – Instrumental” — Paco de Lucía — Fuente y caudal
2) “Warrior Charge” — Aswad — Crucial Tracks
3) “Spanish Bombs” — The Clash — London Calling
4) “Town Cryer” — Elvis Costello & The Attractions — Imperial Bedroom
5) “Depression” —Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
6) “Lucha de Gigantes” — Nacha Pop — El momento
7) “As It Is When It Was” — New Order — Brotherhood
8) “Ramírez 19022017b” — Refree — Jai Alai Vol.01
9) “Riding For The Feeling” — Bill Callahan — Apocalypse
10) “Bassackwards” — Kurt Vile — Bottle It In
11) “Fantasma Vaga” — Helado Negro — This Is How You Smile
12) “Grito Peleo” — Sílvia Pérez Cruz — Grito Pelao
13) “Cayendo (Side A – Acoustic)” — Frank Ocean — Cayendo (Side A – Acoustic)

April 2020 — “Perth”

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If you don’t know, now you know.

Tracklist:

1) “Perth” — Bon Iver — Bon Iver
2) “Too Many Birds” — Bill Callahan — Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
3) “Souvenirs” — John Prine — Diamonds In The Rough
4) “Heathens” — Drive-By Truckers — Decoration Day
5) “Only Children” — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Reunions
6) “Dotted Line” — Pinegrove — Marigold
7) “bloodstream” — Soccer Mommy — color theory
8) “Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers — Kyoto
9) “This Boy Is Exhausted” — The Wrens — The Meadowlands
10) “Modern Leper” — Frightened Rabbit — The Midnight Organ Fight
11) “Clove Cigarette” — Andy Shauf — The Neon Skyline
12) “Arkadelphia” — Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud
13) “Dreams-Come-True-Girl” — Cass McCombs — Catacombs
14) “Full Control” — Snail Mail — Lush