New music including Lorde, Clairo, MØ and Sigrid on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

I continued delving into recent releases from Wolf Alice, Lucy Dacus, Sleater-Kinney, Squid and Black Midi on the show this week, while the retro alternative set again paired up two of my current obsessions, Italo disco and Japanese city pop, New Wave and electronic music from the early ’80s. Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

West Of The Fields June 15, 2021

  • R.E.M.- Crazy
  • Lorde- Solar Power
  • Clairo- Blouse
  • Billie Eilish- Lost Cause
  • MØ- Live To Survive
  • Sigrid- Mirror
  • Cannons- Bad Dream
  • Jessie Ware- Eyes Closed
  • Róisín Murphy- Simulation
  • Desire- Bizarre Love Triangle
  • Olivia Rodrigo- Brutal
  • Pale Waves- Change
  • Wolf Alice- How Can I Make It OK?
  • Inhaler- It Won’t Always Be Like This
  • Sleater-Kinney- Tomorrow’s Grave
  • Lucy Dacus- Brando
  • Japanese Breakfast- Paprika
  • Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen- Like I Used To
  • Den Harrow- Don’t Break My Heart
  • Miko Mission- How Old Are You?
  • Cyber People- Void Vision
  • Fancy- Slice Me Nice
  • Yellow Magic Orchestra- La Femme Chinoise
  • Yukihiro Takahashi- Blue Colour Worker
  • Akiko Yano- Genkotsuyama No Onigurisama
  • Yumi Murata- Pygmalion no Gosan
  • Ippu-Do- Sumire, September Love
  • Susan- You’re My Number One
  • Chiemi Manabe- Targeted Girl
  • Asami Kobayashi- Tsukikage No Paranoia
  • Rajie- Kanashimi no Erefanto / Sad Elephant
  • Miharu Koshi- La Belle Tristesse
  • Yumi Yano- Marmalade Flight
  • Tomoko Aran- Last Good-bye
  • Chvrches and Robert Smith- How Not To Drown
  • Garbage- The Creeps
  • Clinic- Fine Dining
  • St. Vincent- …At The Holiday Party
  • Lana Del Rey- Chemtrails Over The Country Club
  • Arlo Parks- Caroline
  • Black Midi- Hogwash And Balderdash
  • Squid- Boy Racers
  • Dry Cleaning- More Big Birds
  • Goat Girl- Sad Cowboy
  • Yves Tumor- Jackie
  • R.E.M.- Wolves, Lower

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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.