Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 9, 2014

This episode, it's back to business of exploring and expounding upon the most interesting new music, with one short detour to pay homage to one of the most talented and influential singers to gain prominence on the west coast in the last few decades.

Playlist:

"VHS" – Racing Glaciers
"Somersault" – Dot Hacker
"syro u473t8+e [141.98][piezoluminescence mix]" – Aphex Twin
"EveryLittleThing" – José James
"All Yall" – Childish Gambino
"I Think I Love You" – Lazerdisk
"Georgia On My Mind" – Linda Hornbuckle
"Color Decay" – Júníus Meyvant
"The Birds Of St. Marks" – Jackson Browne

Listen: Dead Wax – Dec. 13, 2013

The final episode of Dead Wax in 2013, and the last before a long hiatus. I take a look back over the past year of music and play a set of songs that I just really like.

"Birth in Reverse" – St. Vincent
"The Rifle's Spiral" – The Shins
"3/4 Angel" – Buoy Larue
"Laid Back" – The Sheepdogs
"You Already Know" – Arcade Fire
"Pretty Hurts" – Beyoncé
"Earth: The Oldest Computer (The Last Night)" – Childish Gambino
"Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say" – Gary Clark Jr.
"Johnson Boulevard" – Amos Lee
"Homeward Bound" – Simon and Garfunkel

Listen: Dead Wax – Dec. 5, 2013

In the penultimate installation of Dead Wax, I play and discuss eleven big and small new songs. Most of them are small.

Playlist

“Full Circle” – Half Moon Run
“South” – Racing Glaciers
“Roving Gambler” – Billie Joe and Norah
“Me and You” – Jake Bugg
“here comes the sweater weather” – Lullatone
“Take Me To Church” – Hozier
“Boogeyman” – Black Casino and the Ghost
“Heart of Gold” – Demarest
“Medusa” – GEMS
“Weird Circle” – Tera Melos
“Storms All The Time” – Some Gifts
“Sweatpants” – Childish Gambino

Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 24, 2013

The music in this episode comes from many different places around the world, but all of it is new, interesting, exciting, and very unique. One of my favorite playlists to date.

Playlist:

“Closer” (with Kurt Hugo Schneider) (Acoustic) – Tegan and Sara
“Long Time Coming” (Live) – Saints of Valory

“I’m Not Myself” – Boardwalk

“Speak a Little Louder” – Diane Birch

“Tiff” (feat. Justin Vernon) – Poliça

“Easy” – Son Lux

“Animal Keeper” – George Barnett

“3005” – Childish Gambino

“Long Time Gone” – Billie Joe and Norah

“Wenu Wenu” – Omar Souleyman

Listen: The End Groove – Apr. 18, 2013

Ten shiny new songs from shiny new albums! Check it out! Next week I will have actually new Phoenix to play and, in the event that the Daft Punk song was not the real thing, I will have the correct version of that.

Playlist:

"The Sword By My Side" - The Thermals

"Spark" - Fitz And The Tantrums

"Let It Go" - The Neighbourhood

"Under The Earth" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

"Look… The Sun Is Rising" - The Flaming Lips

"Entertainment" - Phoenix

"Over The Love" - Florence + The Machine

"When The Moment Comes" - Mia Dyson

"Get Lucky" (hopefully) - Daft Punk

"Think Of Me" - Childish Gambino (Funkmaster Flex)