WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Waylon Jennings

Thanks to everyone who tuned in for my Deep Dive of Waylon Jennings on WSND. Here’s the set list:

  1. Waylon Jennings – The Dukes of Hazzard theme (Good Ol’ Boys)
  2. Bob Wills & His Texas Cowboys – Ida Red (live)
  3. Floyd Tillman – I Love You So Much It Hurts
  4. Ernest Tubb – Thanks a Lot
  5. Hank Williams – Lost Highway
  6. Carl Smith – If Teardrops Were Pennies
  7. Dean Martin – Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
  8. Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love with You
  9. Carl Smith – Hey Joe
  10. Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, & King Curtis – Jole Blon (live)
  11. Buddy Holly – You’re the One
  12. Waylon Jennings – The Stage (Stars in Heaven)
  13. Waylon Jennings – Take Me Home (live) (requested)
  14. Waylon Jennings – Another Blue Day
  15. Don Bowman – The World’s Worst Guitar Picker
  16. Herb Alpert – Spanish Flea
  17. Waylon Jennings – Love Denied
  18. Waylon Jennings – Just to Satisfy You
  19. Patsy Montana – Cowboy’s Sweetheart
  20. Bobby Bare – Detroit City
  21. Chet Atkins and Dolly Parton – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
  22. Waylon Jennings – That’s the Chance I’ll Have to Take
  23. Waylon Jennings – Anita, You’re Dreaming
  24. Gordon Lightfoot – For Lovin’ Me
  25. Waylon Jennings – Norwegian Wood
  26. Waylon Jennings – Only Daddy That Will Walk the Line (live)
  27. Waylon Jennings and The Kimberlys – MacArthur Park
  28. Johnny Cash – Big River (live)
  29. Waylon Jennings – Ladies Love Outlaws
  30. Waylon Jennings – Gone to Denver
  31. Waylon Jennings – You Ask Me To
  32. Waylon Jennings – This Time (live)
  33. Waylon Jennings – Bob Wills Is Still the King (live)
  34. Waylon Jennings – Can’t You See
  35. Jessi Colter – I’m Looking for Blue Eyes
  36. Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson – Luckenbach, Texas (live)
  37. Waylon Jennings – Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand?
  38. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson – Don’t Cuss the Fiddle
  39. Waylon Jennings – Working without a Net
  40. Waylon Jennings – Wrong
  41. Waylon Jennings and The Sesame Street Cast – There Ain’t No Road Too Long
  42. Waylon Jennings – Cowboy Movies
  43. Waylon Jennings – Wastin’ Time
  44. The Old Dogs – Rough on the Livin’
  45. Waylon Jennings – Waymores Blues / Shine (live)
  46. Waylon Jennings – Trouble Man (live)

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Pearly Drops release “Ratgirl” from their upcoming third album.

Credit: Maria Kulina & Juuso Malin

Pearly Drops found their footing in an eclectic corner of the Finnish underground, going on to become rising stars in the global indie-electronic circuit. The forward-thinking duo of Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin has worked with artists including Nourished By Time and Vitesse X, in addition to receiving a Teosto Prize. Today, Pearly Drops announce their upcoming full-length The Voices Are Coming Back, which is out August 29, 2025 on Music Website. The album was conceived in Los Angeles through 2023-2024, draws inspiration from time spent during their travels in the “land of opportunity” and serves as a work of autofiction, a surreal, emotionally charged descent through an imagined Los Angeles, filtered through dream logic and internal chaos. Pearly Drops has also shared the single “Ratgirl,” which fully conveys the album’s shape-shifting surrealism. Lyrics about crawling through the walls as a rat tap into Lynchian mysticism, while grappling with themes of the Hollywood fantasy and surreal disillusionment. Supported by a propulsive, electro clash instrumental, “Ratgirl” embodies the sun-soaked weirdness at the heard of The Voices Are Coming Back.

On the track, Pearly Drops share: “‘Ratgirl,’ like the previous single ‘Mermaid,’ drifts further down Talmadge Street, now submerged in a feverish and uncanny night. With a full-on fantasy imagery and certain abruptness — ‘Ratgirl’ is like the weirdest scene in a David Lynch movie. Within this hallucination, becoming a rat crawling through the walls of a luxury Airbnb in Silver Lake feels less like a metaphor and more like a calling. 

“In the realm of the real world, ‘Ratgirl’ may be our first work that leans more towards Dance music, fragmentarily attempting to recall the New Rave and Electroclash of the early millennium. As always, Pearly Drops’ Indie Disco most likely feels more tailor-made for the record bag of an imaginary DJ. Think of a foggy, empty and dirty club with a strobe light tearing through the dark—kind of eerie, kind of intense. That’s the feeling we wanted to bring into the music video.“

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Review: Paddang – Lost in Lizardland

Imagine you’re in a bleak future where you’re unsure of the loyalties of those around you, as they might be allied with beings intent on your surrender and supplication. Wait…are we already in this place?

Toulouse, France’s Paddang certainly thinks so, as their new album, Lost in Lizardland, is a cautionary tale of sinister forces out to enslave and / or destroy us. The three-man band of Thomas Boquel (guitar and vocals), Rémi Fournier (drums and vocals), and Guirec Petton (bass, synths, and vocals) unleash a wild mix of cosmic rock, psychedelia, and punk chaos to warn us of not just things to come, but also things happening in real time.

“The End of Hanoumane” (an altering of “The End of Humanity?”) is an interesting start, because the “end song” is a setup for an epic journey ahead of us. “Pressure” reminds you of Osees grooves mixed with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard trippy tracks. Heck, “Draconite” even mentions an “altered beast” as the world of our story begins to unravel and reptilian beasts emerge. The slight Middle Eastern touches on Boquel’s guitar are sharp.

“Predator” has the beasts chasing after all of us…or maybe not. “Are they monsters, or are they true? Are they like me, are they like you? Shall we resist or surrender? Brothers, I wish we never become predator(s).” “Lizardland” is about waking up in a world that sort of looks like yours, but you feel something isn’t quite right or know everything is wrong. The breakdown for the outro is great.

“Moros Journey” is the tale of the album’s heroine, Moros, as she tries to navigate the crazy Lizardland world, avoid beasts, and figure just what the hell is happening…and if the golden city she saw in a dream is a real safe haven or a fantasy. It’s a fun, fast track that stomps the gas pedal for the rest of the album. “The Astral Flood” is the album’s heaviest psychedelic track, with lyrics about floating into another plane of existence and the album ends with “Agartha” – a song about finding “energies I can’t ignore, something hidden at the core” (of humanity? Of ourselves? Of the universe? It’s probably all three.). It has plenty of fuzz and fast beats, but there’s a fun pop-rock groove to it you can’t deny.

It’s a wild record, and, I suspect, one that needs to be heard live whenever possible. Get lost in this. You’ll come out of it a bit different.

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Rewind Review: Elephant Stone – Back into the Dream (2024)

I’m late to Elephant Stone‘s last album, Back into the Dream, but they’re certainly not late to their always sharp psychedelic grooves and uplifting lyrics on it.

Robbie MacArthur‘s guitar work on opening track “Lost in a Dream” is outstanding, reaching shining heights above sparkling clouds at some points as even shinier synths bounce like sunlight off a warm lake. “The Spark” features more great guitar work, and “Going Underground” has hints of the band’s love of The Rolling Stones (check out that drum beat by Miles Dupire-Gagnon), with Jason Kent‘s Hammond organ taking a full step forward on the track.

“History Repeating” is almost a shoegaze track with those background guitars and Rishi Dhir‘s smooth bass line throughout it, and “bae” is a shoegaze track with its distorted vocals and enough layers of reverb to make a birthday cake for Roky Erickson. If that track doesn’t take you out of your body, then “Godstar” will as Dhir’s sitar and Shawn Mativetsky‘s tabla pretty much levitate your speakers off the floor, desk, or car doors.

“The Imajinary, Nameless Everybody in the World” is the kind of song that only Elephant Stone can seem to pull off – psychedelic, spiritual, lovely, rocking, and multi-layered without coming off as noodling or tying to force some kind of sound or reaction. It starts off almost meditative and then floats into cosmic jam territory. It’s the rightful centerpiece of the album and is over seven minutes of psych-bliss (and check out that Adam Kinner sax solo!).

“Pilgrimage” is another lovely one, with the band’s synths, piano, and saxophone putting down perfect sounds for a late night trip that’s taking you to a sunrise you’ve wanted to see for quite some time. “On Our Own” has the band embracing their admitted love of The Beatles, and album closes with the soft, short, subtle “Another Year Gone” as Dhir reminisces about past prophets, past choices, past loves, and future joys and mysteries to come.

Elephant Stone have another gem in their catalog with Back into the Dream. It’s both another fun record for us long-time fans and a good entry point if you’re new to them. Sit back and enjoy it.

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Rewind Review: Mavis Staples – Only for the Lonely (1970)

Mavis Staples‘ second solo album, Only for the Lonely, is a heartfelt, heartbreaking, and heart-lifting record, with the songs expressing a lot of emotions and moments Staples was living through at the time.

“I Have Learned to Do Without You,” with its slow-dance guitar and drums and soulful string arrangements, automatically lets you know this album is going to be full of songs to which anyone who’s been through heartbreak can relate. Staples sings, “I got over you!”, but you’re not sure if that’s 100% accurate. “How much water can you pour in a boat before that boat begins to sink?” Staples asks on “How Many Times” – in which her exasperation with a lover comes through in every note.

She finds better times on “Endlessly,” as she sings, “You were made for my arms to surround.” to a lover to whom she’ll be “as faithful as the sunrise.” The horn section on “You’re the Fool” is a great backup to Staples’ powerful and soulful voice. On “Since I Fell for You,” her gospel vocal training shines and makes you pay attention.

“What Happened to the Real Me” is a powerful anthem for jilted lovers everywhere, with Staples’ backing band putting down a solid groove while horns and strings charge behind her voice. “Since You Became a Part of My Life” and “It Makes Me Wanna Cry” are back-to-back, going from praise of a lover and how they changed Staples’ outlook on life to Staples being crushed after his departure. It shows how well she can sing either type and make you feel all those emotions. The closer, “Don’t Change Me Now” has Staples thanking her lover for taking the time to build the love they have, and pleading that he doesn’t screw it up. You’ll think, “Yep. That guy’s an idiot if he thinks he’ll find better.”

Only for the Lonely is a perfect title for the record, as Staples sings to those of us (all of us?) who have felt that emptiness and hope cycle of love again and again.

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WSND DJ set list: Manic Monday – June 09, 2025

Thanks to all the listeners and those who made requests for my latest “Manic Monday” show on WSND. Here’s the all-80s set list:

  1. Blue Murder – Blue Murder (1989) (requested)
  2. Billy Idol – Eyes without a Face (1983)
  3. New Order – Blue Monday (12″ single) (1983)
  4. Johnny Cash – The Chicken in Black (1984)
  5. Black Sabbath – The Mob Rules (1981) (requested)
  6. The Meteors – Psycho for Your Love (1981)
  7. Wham! – Everything She Wants (1984)
  8. George Michael – Father Figure (1987)
  9. Berlin – The Metro (1982) (requested)
  10. Vangelis – Tales of the Future (1982)
  11. Maxi Priest – Wild World (1987)
  12. Public Image Ltd. – 1981 (1984)
  13. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) (1985)
  14. The Who – Baba O’Riley (live) (1982) (requested)
  15. Romeo Void – A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing) (12″ single) (1984)
  16. Nona Hendryx – Keep It Confidential (1983)
  17. Loz Netto – Fade Away (1983)
  18. Eddie Rabbitt – You Can’t Run from Love (1982)
  19. Robert Ellis Orrall & Carlene Carter – I Couldn’t Say No (1983)
  20. Barry Manilow – Some Kind of Friend (1982)
  21. Planet P – Why Me? (1983)
  22. Walter Egan – Fool Moon Fire (1983)
  23. Neal Diamond – Front Page Story (1982)
  24. Patrick Simmons – So Wrong (1983)
  25. Kenny Loggins – Heartlight (1982)
  26. Devo – Through Being Cool (1981)
  27. U2 – With or Without You (1987)
  28. Teena Marie – Behind the Groove (M&M 12″ mix) (1980)
  29. INXS – Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) (1985)
  30. David Bowie – Up the Hill Backwards (1980)
  31. Motörhead – Emergency (1984)
  32. Goo Goo Dolls – Sunshine of Your Love (1987)
  33. Diana Ross – That’s How You Start Over (1983)
  34. Quarterflash – Harden My Heart (1981) (requested)
  35. Alice Cooper – Clones (1980) (requested)
  36. The Cramps – I’m Cramped (1980)
  37. Alphaville – Forever Young (1984)
  38. A Flock of Seagulls – Heartbeat Like a Drum (1986)
  39. Echo & The Bunnymen – Do It Clean (1980)

Manic Monday returns June 16th at 9pm Eastern!

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Review: Lorenzo Dada & Leo Benassi – Island EP

Don’t let the cartoonish cover fool you, Lorenzo Dada and Leo Benassi‘s Island EP is a solid house record with plenty of bounce and bump in it.

The opening bass of “Midnight Piano” alone will make your head turn and your hips shake. The tapping beats of “Slow Ride” mix with subtle horns and softer bass for a smooth make-out groove.

Apparently, there are “No Flamingos in Salinas,” but there are plenty of smooth, lush beats and grooves on this track. It’s bright and bouncy and something you’ll probably slide into a dozen mixes this summer. The EP ends with the dreamy “Dream On,” bringing in bubbly beats and looping synths to create a groove that I’m sure a lot of hip hop DJs will slow down and sample.

I’m sure you’ll dig this and drop it into many sets of your own, too.

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Boz Scaggs

Thanks to all who got groovy with me on the Deep Dive of Boz Scaggs on WSND last night. Here’s the set list:

  1. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
  2. Ray Charles – Unchain My Heart
  3. Jimmy Reed – Honest I Do
  4. Bobby “Blue” Bland – Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
  5. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
  6. Chuck Berry – Promised Land (live)
  7. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
  8. T-Bone Walker – Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong (live)
  9. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Baby Please Don’t Go (live)
  10. Boz Scaggs and Booker T and The Mrs – As the Years Go Passing By (requested) (live)
  11. The Ardells – Blues Jam / Charlena (live)
  12. Boz Scaggs – Gangster of Love
  13. Steve Miller Band – Baby’s Callin’ Me Home
  14. Steve Miller Band – My Friend
  15. Boz Scaggs – I’m Easy
  16. Allman Brothers Band – Don’t Keep Me Wondering (live)
  17. Mother Earth – Stop the Train
  18. Boz Scaggs – We Were Always Sweethearts
  19. Boz Scaggs – Monkey Time
  20. Boz Scaggs – Dinah Flo (live)
  21. Johnny Bristol – Hang on In There Baby
  22. Boz Scaggs – Let It Happen
  23. Steely Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  24. Toto – Hold the Line
  25. Boz Scaggs – It’s Over
  26. Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle (live)
  27. Rita Coolidge – We’re All Alone
  28. Bee Gees – Staying Alive
  29. Boz Scaggs – Hollywood
  30. Ray Parker, Jr. – A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
  31. Boz Scaggs – Breakdown Dead Ahead (live)
  32. Boz Scaggs – Look What You’ve Done to Me
  33. Boz Scaggs – Heart of Mine
  34. Boz Scaggs – Fly Like a Bird
  35. Boz Scaggs – T-Bone Shuffle
  36. Boz Scaggs – Vanishing Point
  37. Boz Scaggs – How Long Has This Been Going On?
  38. Boz Scaggs – Speak Low
  39. Dukes of September Rhythm Revue – Who’s That Lady? (live)
  40. Boz Scaggs – Little Miss Night

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WSND DJ set list – Manic Monday – June 02, 2025

Thanks to all who listened to my latest all-80s music show on WSND. Here’s the set list:

  1. Julian Cope – Trampolene (1987)
  2. Roxy Music – The Main Thing (1982)
  3. Brian May – Star Fleet (1983) (requested)
  4. Thompson Twins – Don’t Mess with Dr. Dream (Smackattack mix) (1985)
  5. Soul II Soul – Back to Life (1989)
  6. Ravi Shankar – Friar Park (1987)
  7. The Clash – Know Your Rights (1982)
  8. Big Audio Dynamite – Ticket (1986)
  9. Blondie – Orchid Club (1982)
  10. The Psychedelic Furs – Soap Commercial (1980)
  11. Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills (1982)
  12. Accept – Midnight Mover (1985) (requested)
  13. Whitesnake – Fool for Your Loving (1989 version)
  14. Feelabeelia – Feel It (1984)
  15. Paul McCartney – Tug of War (1982)
  16. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (12″ mix) (1986)
  17. David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (1982)
  18. Sammy Hagar – Piece of My Heart (1982)
  19. ABBA – The Visitors (1981)
  20. John Denver – Shanghai Breezes (1982)
  21. The Go-Gos – We Got the Beat (1981)
  22. The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame (1981)
  23. Atlantic Starr – Circles (1982)
  24. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (1981)
  25. The Beatles – Movie Medley (1982)
  26. Smokey Robinson – Old Fashioned Love (1982)
  27. Buddy Guy and Junior Wells – The Things That I Used to Do (live) (1984) (requested)
  28. Lou Reed – Xmas in February (1989)
  29. Re-Flex – The Politics of Dancing (12″ mix) (1983)
  30. House of Large Sizes – Man Overboard (1989)
  31. Pink Floyd – Your Possible Pasts (1983) (requested)
  32. Treat Her Right – I Think She Likes Me (1986)
  33. Randy Travis – The Storms of Life (1986)
  34. Gerhard Heinz – Samba Tropical (1981)
  35. Denice Williams – Let’s Hear It For the Boy (1984)
  36. Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says (live) (1987)
  37. The Moody Blues – The Voice (1981)
  38. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Something Big (1981)
  39. Change – Paradise (1981)

I’m back with Manic Monday on June 09, 2025 at 9pm Eastern time. Don’t miss it!

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of The Jesus and Mary Chain

Thanks to everyone who tuned in for my Deep Dive of The Jesus and Mary Chain on WSND last night. Here’s the shoegaze-loaded set list:

  1. The Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies
  2. The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting for the Man
  3. The Pastels – Million Tears
  4. The Stooges – Down on the Street
  5. New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
  6. Suicide – Ghost Rider
  7. Einstürzende Neubauten – Interim Lovers
  8. The Shangri-Las – Out in the Streets
  9. Siouxsie and The Banshees – Spellbound
  10. The Monkees – Mary, Mary
  11. Muddy Waters – Mississippi Delta Blues
  12. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Upside Down
  13. Pink Floyd – Vegetable Man
  14. Primal Scream – Movin’ on Up
  15. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Never Understand (live)
  16. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (live)
  17. The Ronettes – Be My Baby
  18. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Kill Surf City
  19. Jan & Dean – Surf City
  20. Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love?
  21. Can – Mushroom
  22. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
  23. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Sidewalking (extended version)
  24. The Sugarcubes – Birthday (Jesus and Mary Chain remix)
  25. Erasure – Drama!
  26. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Blues from a Gun
  27. Pixies – Head On
  28. Jimmy Eat World – The Authority Song
  29. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Rollercoaster
  30. Starlings – Loch Aangeless Monster
  31. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Far Gone and Out
  32. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Sugar Ray
  33. The Jesus and Mary Chain w/ Hope Sandoval – Sometimes Always (live)
  34. Lush – For Love
  35. The Jesus and Mary Chain – I Love Rock and Roll
  36. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Cracking Up
  37. Lazycame – Unfinished Business
  38. Freeheat – The Two of Us
  39. The Jesus and Mary Chain – All Things Pass
  40. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Girl71
  41. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Silver Strings
  42. The Jesus and Mary Chain – In a Hole (live)

Be sure to tune in on June 08, 2025 for a Deep Dive of Boz Scaggs!

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