Going in and Going out
Carnival is underway, and This Week's Soundtrack highlights some of the many Mardi Gras shows happening this week.
Carnival is underway, and This Week's Soundtrack highlights some of the many Mardi Gras shows happening this week.
This Week's Soundtrack on Spotify
1. "Blank Project" - Neneh Cherry: From the album of the same name, the first solo release from the Swedish artist in 18 years.
2. "Christiansands" - Tricky: Cherry's occasional collaborator, the UK musical chameleon best known for genre-bending trip hop, on his 1996 Pre-Millennium Tension.
3. "Huey Newton" - St. Vincent: A cut inspired by staying awake on Ambien, off Annie Clark's fourth solo album as St. Vincent. The sell-titled work finds the singer/guitarist at her most experimental and her most accessible.
4. "Black Out Days" - Phantogram: The Greenwich duo craft foreboding but indelible pop tunes on its latest, Voices. Phantogram plays the upcoming Buku Music + Arts Festival.
5. "Frozen Stiff" - K-Holes: From the lo-fi New Yorkers' 2012 album Dismania. Band member Vashti Windish DJs for Quintron and Miss Pussycat and a new project from TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone tonight at One Eyed Jacks.
6. "Give Blood" - Rain Machine: Malone's other side project, which released a self-titled debut in 2009.
7. "The Janitor Revealed"- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Off the '90s slacker rock icon's sixth album with the Jicks, released in January. The group plays Thursday at House of Blues.
8. "Heart is a Drum" - Beck: The genre-hopping artist revisits his softer side on his latest, Morning Phase.
9. "Red Eyes" - The War on Drugs: The Philly band with a not-so-Google-friendly name this month releases its latest album of hazy Americana once branded as Bruce Springsteen before going into a kush coma. "Red Eyes" is the sole release from Lost in the Dream thus far.
10. "Northern Sky" - Nick Drake: From the late folk rock legend's 1970 album Bryter Later.
11. "DIvebomber" - Neil Finn: New Zealand's Finn, known for his time in Split Enz and Crowded House, released a solo album in February, featuring this gravity-defying cut.
12. "(You Will) Set the World on Fire" - David Bowie: Another art rock auteur, with Bowie's 2013 album The Next Day.
13. "High Heel Leather Boots" - Baby Bee: Off 2013's The Shaker, the New Orleans rockers play a Lundi Gras show tonight at Circle Bar with Bantam Foxes and Prom Date.
14. "I'm a Rocket" - Spinout: From the 1991 self-titled (maybe?) joke album, the L.A. garage rock quartet's only release.
15. "True Love Kills the Fairy Tale" - The Casket Girls: The Savannah, Georgia, electronic trio featuring a sister pair play Cricle Bar March 18. This is the self-titled track from Casket Girls' latest, out last month.
16. "Hanging Johnny" - The Valparaiso Men's Chorus: From the New Orleans collective's 2012 album, The Straits of Saint Claude. The group plays Saturn Bar tonight.
17. "Goldenshteyn Hora" - Panorama Brass Band: Another Lundi Gras show from a local group, this one at Gasa Gasa. This track is from Panorama Brass Band's 2011 album 17 Days.
18. "6V6 LA" - George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners: The New Orleans bass player and his crew play a March 10 gig at The Maple Leaf Bar.
19. "Nolia Clap" - UTP (Juvenile, Wacko Skip): Title track off the late New Orleans rap trio's 2004 album.
20. "Collard Greens" - Schoolboy Q feat. Kendrick Lamar: Kendrick Lamar is used to stealing the spotlight on most tracks he's guested on lately, but don't forget about Schoolboy Q's latest album Oxymoron, featuring this cut. Schoolboy Q plays Buku later this month.
21. "I Go in on Every Song" - Rich Homie Quan: The Atlanta rapper is on track for a quick ascent into mainstream hip hop stardom, but not before he stops at Mardi Gras World for a Fat Tuesday show.
