Bell, Big Star, and the Undead
This Week's Spotify Soundtrack celebrates James Booker, thinks dirty, and counts off the things that make W. Kamau Bell mad.
This Week's Soundtrack previews shows by Sonny Vincent, Ricky B, W. Kamau Bell and more.
1. Oceans - Jay Z w/ Frank Ocean: From Jay Z's new, post-hyphen Magna Carta ... Holy Grail
2. I-69 - Roman GianArthur: At Essence Music Festival, GianArthur performed this advertisement for mutual pleasure.
3. 69 Année Erotique - Serge Gainsbourg: The great Gainsbourg thinks along similar lines.
4. Qui Est "In" Qui Est "Out" - Serge Gainsbourg
5. Black Heart - Calexico: When Calexico played Jazz Fest, they performed with a New Orleans horn section. On the new Spiritoso - originally released on vinyl for National Record Store Day - pairs the band with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
6. Kanga Roo - Big Star: On July 30, the documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me will be screened at the Contemporary Arts Center, presented by New Orleans Film Society.
7. One for Booker - Tom McDermott: Later this summer, songwriter/producer/arranger Van Dyke Parks will nationally release an anthology of music by Tom McDermott.
8. One of These Days - Pink Floyd: While Radiohead is pulling out of Spotify, Pink Floyd has opted in.
9. Love is a Bourgeois Construct - Pet Shop Boys: From Pet Shop Boys' new album, Electric.
10. Japan Air - Anamanaguchi: EDM from the band that played the Hi Ho Lounge last Saturday.
11. Hit Void - Primal Screen: The new album More Light by one of the signature bands of Scotland in the '90s.
12. I Wanna Be Forgotten - Bass Drum of Death: From the self-titled new album by the One Eyed Jacks regulars.
13. Knifeman - Sonny Vincent: A first generation New York punk who plays Siberia Tuesday.
14. Dead Bite - Hollywood Undead: Monday the rap rock band plays the House of Blues' 20th anniversary show Monday.
15. Shake Fa Ya Hood - Ricky B: First generation bounce artist Ricky B plays Tipitina's free Friday night with The Stooges Brass Band.
16. Kamau Reads the Shortlist of Things That Make Him Upset - W. Kamau Bell: The comedian will air his show Totally Biased daily on FXX starting this fall. He'll perform at The Howlin' Wolf Thursday.
