New music including Been Stellar, MJ Lenderman, Naima Bock and Coldplay on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

West of The Fields

I continued delving into recent releases from Goat Girl, Bar Italia, DIIV, John Cale, Beth Gibbons, Cindy Lee, Corridor, Billie Eilish and Amen Dunes on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on the legendary NYC no wave scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s in honor of James Chance of The Contortions, who passed away last month at the age of 71. We’ve got plenty of tracks from Contortions, as well as the other bands who contributed to the Brian Eno-produced “No New York” compilation like Mars and D.N.A., plus key no wave acts like Glenn Branca’s Theoretical Girls, Swans, The Lounge Lizards and more. Plus, there’s also a bonus retro set featuring a bunch of Factory Records bands (A Certain Ratio, Section 25, The Durutti Column). Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

West Of The Fields June 25, 2024

• R.E.M.- Welcome To The Occupation
• Been Stellar- Passing Judgment
• Fontaines D.C.- Favourite
• Picture Parlour- Face In The Picture
• MJ Lenderman- She’s Leaving You
• This Is Lorelei- A Song That Sings About You
• Naima Bock- Kaley
• Charli XCX and Lorde- The Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde
• Mura Masa and Yeule- We Are Making Out
• Jessica Winter and Jonathan Snipes- All I Need
• Coldplay- feelslikeimfallinginlove
• Empire Of The Sun- Cherry Blossom
• Wishy- Triple Seven
• Suki Waterhouse- Supersad
• Sasami- Honeycrash
• Nilüfer Yanya- Method Actor
• Jamie xx and Robyn- Life
• Caribou- Broke My Heart
• Romy- Always Forever
• Goat Girl- Motorway
• Bar Italia- Drumstart
• DIIV- Little Birds
• Contortions- Contort Yourself
• Contortions- Dish It Out
• Mars- Helen Fordsdale
• D.N.A.- Not Moving
• Theoretical Girls- You Got Me
• Glenn Branca- Lesson No. 1 (For Electric Guitar)
• Sonic Youth- I Dreamed I Dream
• Swans- Big Strong Boss
• Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch- Some Velvet Morning
• The Lounge Lizards- Do The Wrong Thing
• Arto / Neto- Pini, Pini
• UT- Evangelist
• Bush Tetras- You Can’t Be Funky
• Liquid Liquid- Cavern
• ESG- Dance
• Lizzy Mercier Descloux- Funky Stuff
• Contortions- I Can’t Stand Myself
• James White and The Blacks- Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix)
• A Certain Ratio- Knife Slits Water (12″ Mix)
• Section 25- Dirty Disco
• Joy Division- Means To An End
• The Durutti Column- Messidor
• The Railway Children- Brighter
• Section 25- Looking From A Hilltop
• The Other Two- Tasty Fish
• Patrick Cowley- Get A Little
• Amen Dunes- Ian
• John Cale- All To The Good
• Beth Gibbons- Oceans
• Kim Gordon- ECRP
• Gesaffelstein- Your Share Of The Night (feat. Yan Wagner)
• A. G. Cook- Soulbreaker
• Peggy Gou- I Go
• Cindy Lee- To Heal This Wounded Heart
• Corridor- Chenil
• Billie Eilish- The Diner
• R.E.M.- Strange

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