New music including Local Natives, Broadcast, John Cale and Julia Holter on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

West of The Fields

I continued exploring recent releases from Real Estate, Boeckner, Waxahatchee, Faye Webster, Lime Garden, Bolis Pupul, Kim Gordon and The Last Dinner Party on the show this week, while the retro alternative set followed up last week’s 1977 block with one from 1978, featuring more punk classics (Wire, Magazine, Siouxsie & The Banshees), electronic legends (Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra) and genre-busting mavericks (Scott Walker, Kate Bush). Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

West Of The Fields March 26, 2024

• R.E.M.- Talk About The Passion
• Local Natives- April
• Vampire Weekend- Classical
• Real Estate- Market Street
• Broadcast- Follow The Light
• Bat For Lashes- Letter To My Daughter
• Julia Holter- Something In The Room She Moves
• Wisp- Enough For You
• DIIV- Soul-net
• Boeckner- Ghost In The Mirror
• Waxahatchee- Ice Cold
• Maggie Rogers- So Sick Of Dreaming
• Faye Webster- Tttttime
• Amen Dunes- Boys
• Chanel Beads- Embarrassed Dog
• Caroline Polachek- Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
• Lime Garden- Mother
• The Last Dinner Party- Burn Alive
• St. Vincent- Broken Man
• Kraftwerk- The Robots
• La Dusseldorf- Viva
• Wire- Practice Makes Perfect
• Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita- Cosmic Surfin’
• Yellow Magic Orchestra- Mad Pierrot
• Ryuichi Sakamoto- Plastic Bamboo
• Taeko Onuki- 4:00A.M.
• The Only Ones- Another Girl, Another Planet
• The Adverts- One Chord Wonders
• Penetration- Free Money
• Patti Smith Group- Easter
• Bryan Ferry- Can’t Let Go
• Phil Manzanera- Remote Control
• Ultravox- I Can’t Stay Long
• Magazine- Motorcade
• Siouxsie & The Banshees- Jigsaw Feeling
• Devo- Come Back Jonee
• The Walker Brothers- Nite Flights
• Kate Bush- James and The Cold Gun
• Jane Birkin- Yesterday Yes A Day
• William Onyeabor- Better Change Your Mind
• Black Devil- “H” Friend
• Blondie- Picture This
• XTC- Statue Of Liberty
• Talking Heads- Stay Hungry
• Stereolab- Percolator
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Wild God
• John Cale- How We See The Light
• Kim Gordon- Shelf Warmer
• Justice- Incognito
• The Marias- Run Your Mouth
• Desire- Darkside
• Bolis Pupul- Ma Tau Wai Road (with Salah Pupul)
• Fabiana Palladino- I Can’t Dream Anymore
• R.E.M.- Strange Currencies

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