I continued delving into recent releases from Weyes Blood, Röyksopp, Vera Blue, Phoenix, Christine and the Queens, Alex G and White Lung on the show this week, while the retro alternative set again featured a tribute to a recently deceased musical great, this time Terry Hall of the legendary 2-tone band The Specials, as well as another grab bag of older tracks, ranging from early ’90s Japanese pop (Poison Girl Friend) to ’60s balladeering (Scott Walker) to ’80s alt-rock (Wire). Here’s the tracklist for the full show:
West Of The Fields December 20, 2022
- R.E.M.- Suspicion
- The Smile- The Opposite (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival)
- Jockstrap- 50/50
- Fever Ray- Carbon Dioxide
- Weyes Blood- God Turn Me Into A Flower
- John Cale- Story Of Blood (feat. Weyes Blood)
- Iggy Pop- Strung Out Johnny
- Oliver Sim- Sensitive Child (Soulwax Remix)
- Romy and Fred again..- Strong
- Jessie Ware- Free Yourself
- Nuovo Testamento- Heartbeat
- Caroline Polachek- Welcome To My Island
- Röyksopp- Stay Awhile (feat. Susanne Sundfør)
- Beach House- Runaway
- Sharon Van Etten- Mistakes
- Hatchie- Nosedive
- Hum- Shapeshifter
- Alvvays- Velveteen
- The Orielles- Airtight
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Different Today
- Amber Arcades- Odd To Even
- Special AKA- Gangsters
- The Specials- Rudi, A Message To You
- The Specials- Ghost Town (12″ Version)
- Fun Boy Three- The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
- Fun Boy Three and Bananarama- It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)
- Fun Boy Three- Our Lips Are Sealed
- The Colourfield- Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby
- Ringo Sheena- Shuukyou – Religion
- Gustavo Cerati- Puente
- Poison Girl Friend- Those Were The Days
- Yellow Magic Orchestra- Ballet
- Françoise Hardy- Tous les garçons et les filles
- Scott Walker- Jackie
- Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood- Some Velvet Morning
- Serge Gainsbourg- Lemon Incest
- Gang Of Four- Woman Town
- Icehouse- Can’t Help Myself
- Wire- Kidney Bingos
- Everything But The Girl- The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold)
- Moloko- Cannot Contain This
- Goldfrapp- Tiptoe
- Vera Blue- Trust Fall
- Christine and the Queens- Combien de temps
- Phoenix- My Elixir
- Alex G- Miracles
- White Lung- Bird
- Nova Twins- Not My Day
- R.E.M.- Hallelujah