Month: July 2025

WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Sly and The Family Stone

Thanks to all who listened to my Deep Dive of Sly and The Family Stone on WSND. Here’s the set list in case you missed it!

  1. Sly and The Family Stone – Everyday People
  2. The Stewart Four – On the Battlefield
  3. The Viscaynes – Yellow Moon
  4. Danny (Sly) Stewart – A Long Time Alone
  5. James Brown – Love Don’t Love Nobody
  6. Booker T and The MG’s – Green Onions
  7. Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
  8. The Impressions – People Get Ready
  9. Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It
  10. The Beau Brummels – Laugh Laugh
  11. The Mojo Men – Dance with Me
  12. Bobby Freeman – C’mon and Swim
  13. The Great Society – Somebody to Love
  14. Dionne Warwick – Don’t Make Me Over
  15. Sly and The Family Stone – Let Me Hear It from You
  16. The Dirtbombs – Underdog
  17. Sly and The Family Stone – Dance to the Music
  18. The Four Tops – Reflections
  19. The Undisputed Truth – California Soul
  20. Sly and The Family Stone – M’Lady
  21. Sly and The Family Stone – Into My Own Thing
  22. Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice
  23. The Jackson 5 – Stand!
  24. Sly and The Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song (live)
  25. Little Sister – Somebody’s Watching You
  26. Sly and The Family Stone – Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Todd CD mix)
  27. Daryl Hall & Sharon Jones – Hot Fun in the Summertime (live)
  28. Sly and The Family Stone – Higher / Music Lover (live)
  29. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Put It On
  30. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
  31. Sly and The Family Stone – Luv ‘n’ Haight
  32. Iggy Pop – Family Affair
  33. Sly and The Family Stone – In Time
  34. Red Hot Chili Peppers – If You Want Me to Stay
  35. Sly and The Family Stone – Time for Livin’ (alternate version)
  36. Rose Banks – Darling Baby
  37. Graham Central Station – Your Love
  38. Sly Stone – The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)
  39. Earth, Wind & Fire – Good Time
  40. Sly Stone – His Eye Is on the Sparrow

I’m back July 13th with a Deep Dive of The Beach Boys!

Keep your mind open.

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Review: Rival Consoles – Landscape from Memory

Ryan Lee West, known to many as the man behind Rival Consoles, has put together his ninth album, Landscape from Memory, “from a scrapbook of discarded audio snippets” (according to a press release sent me) and synths and sounds made in hotel rooms and other spaces after taking a year off from music and, for a little while, losing his creative spark.

Thankfully, Rival Consoles found the energy and drive again and has released a fine record of ambient music, dance grooves, and atmospheric sonics. “In Reverse” starts the album with Radiohead-like synth bumps and bubbles and acoustic guitar that drifts in and out of those synths like happy birds coasting between trees. The beautiful “Catherine” is a song for West’s love, who helped him rediscover his love for composition and creating soundscapes.

“Drum Song” is well-named for its thumping, bumping beats. “Soft Gradient Beckons” is the sound of a happy, robotic bird waking up with the sun. It perfectly floats into “Gaivotas,” and that nicely drifts into the almost-industrial dance track “Coda.” “Known Shape” is an almost weightless dance track that feels like something you’d hear in a spaceport lounge. The fade out of “Nocturne” will make you feel like you’re calmly walking into or out of a fog.

“Jupiter” pulls you in like its namesake’s gravity and gets your toes tapping as you slide into orbit and feel your molecules vibrating. “In a Trance” (made in a New York hotel room) might put you there, and the ethereal “If Not Now” will help you stay in that meditative state for a while longer. The synths on “2 Forms” sound like they’re half-awake but still helping you dance at 3am.

“Tape Loop” has a twinge of suspense to it, and the title track closes the album with an uplifting energy – the kind that West found while making the track and the rest of the album while dealing with…well, everything everyone is dealing with right now.

Memory is often fuzzy, and creating or describing a landscape from it is often wrought with inaccuracies. This landscape created by Rival Consoles, however, feels lush and familiar…even in the darker parts. It feels like the right place at the right moment – which is right now.

Keep your mind open.

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[Thanks to George at Terrorbird Media.]