New music including Warpaint, Billie Eilish, Roisin Murphy and Arlo Parks on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

I further explored recent releases from Dry Cleaning, Death From Above 1979, Chai and Goat Girl on the show this week, while the retro alternative set deep-dive into ’80s Japanese pop, rock and electronic music continued, along with a quick look back at a quartet of albums released this month 25 years ago. Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

West Of The Fields May 4, 2021

  • R.E.M.- Finest Worksong
  • Billie Eilish- Your Power
  • Lana Del Rey- Tulsa Jesus Freak
  • Phoebe Bridgers- ICU
  • Warpaint- Lilys
  • Cherry Glazerr- Rabbit Hole
  • Chai- Ping Pong! (feat. YMCK)
  • Death From Above 1979- One + One
  • Wolf Alice- Smile
  • Beabadoobee- Last Day On Earth
  • Pale Waves- Easy
  • Jessie Ware- Please
  • Róisín Murphy- Assimilation
  • The Chemical Brothers- The Darkness That You Fear
  • Sleaford Mods- Mork n Mindy (feat. Billy Nomates)
  • Billy Nomates- No
  • Dry Cleaning- Unsmart Lady
  • Goat Girl- Once Again
  • Yellow Magic Orchestra- Cue
  • Yukihiro Takahashi- School Of Thought
  • Akiko Yano- Tong Poo
  • F.O.E- Lunar Gloom
  • Miharu Koshi- L’amour Toujours
  • Rajie- Quatre
  • Chiemi Manabe- Mysterious Girl
  • Yumi Yano- Koi No Kusuri Wa Banshagaran
  • Mioko Yamaguchi- Natsu
  • Yumi Murata- Face To Face
  • Dip In The Pool- On Retinae (West Version)
  • Taeko Onuki- Leave Me Alone
  • Ippu-Do- Moonlight Magic
  • Hajime Tachibana- Rock (New Version)
  • Tomoko Aran- Hannya
  • Pizzicato Five- The 59th Street Bridge Song – Feelin’ Groovy (Club Mix – NightowlL)
  • Susan- Do You Believe In Magic?
  • Mikado- Naufrage en Hiver (Les Colliers de Varech)
  • Telex- L’amour Toujours
  • Dr. Octagon- Blue Flowers
  • Everything But The Girl- Wrong
  • Manic Street Preachers- A Design For Life
  • Imperial Teen- You’re One
  • The Black Keys- Going Down South
  • Dinosaur Jr.- To Be Waiting
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Cars In Space
  • Japanese Breakfast- Posing In Bondage
  • The fin.- Night Time
  • Lucy Dacus- Hot & Heavy
  • The Weather Station- Parking Lot
  • Arlo Parks- Portra 400
  • R.E.M.- Monty Got A Raw Deal

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Travis Gass

About Travis Gass

I'm an editor on the Digital Desk at the Bangor Daily News. I'm also the host of West Of The Fields, a college radio show that has aired continuously on UMaine's WMEB 91.9 FM since 1998.