Ni-Ni-Ni-Ninteen
40 tracks FULLY MIXED in podcast above (also available as Soundcloud episode).
UNMIXED playlists on Spotify and Apple Music.
This episode’s highlighted track:
Cat Power - Bad Religion
Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power built her career developing innovative reinterpretations of great songs and in general, my thoughts on artists “covering” songs is predominantly negative—these are usually transparent attempts to ride the coattails of well known classics with flimsy recreations that provide nothing to the listener except a watered-down version of the original. Unfortunately, and more often than not, an artist’s attempt to pay homage to a classic is just an inferior replica. This is not the case with Cat Power; rather than simply performing another artist’s song, Marshall re-interprets it and then turns it on its head. And with Bad Religion, she takes a track from Frank Ocean’s seminal classic, Channel ORANGE, and creates a version that is not only nearly unrecognizable from the original, it is arguably better.
Honorable mention, to These Days, a rare Frank Ocean track that was supposed to be on his never released 2020 album, A Juicy Red Apple, a rarer house record by Skin Up that is sooo catchy, and None of it Matters, the beautiful exit track by my old bandmate Gustav Baller and Dana Boulé.
The setlist:
Artist / Song Name / Album / Year
VanJess & TOKiMONSTA / Say Yes / Homegrown / 2021
Biig Piig & Metronomy / 405 / Posse, Volume. 1 - EP / 2021
Charlotte Adigéry / Paténipat / Zandoli - EP / 2019
Playgroup / Make It Happen (feat. Kyra) / Playgroup / 1997
James Blake / Take a Fall For Me (feat. RZA) / Overgrown / 2013
Frank Ocean / THESE DAYS / These Days - Single / 2020
Cat Power / Bad Religion / Covers / 2021
U.S. Girls / L-Over / In a Poem Unlimited / 2018
Boards of Canada / Roygbiv / Music Has the Right to Children / 1998
Allah-Las / Tell Me (What's on Your Mind) / Allah-Las / 2012
Jamie xx / Obvs / In Colour / 2015
Brijean / Ooo La La / Angelo / 2022
Sexy Sushi / Sex appeal / Marre marre marre / 2008
Freestyle / Vill Ha Dig / Guldkorn Den Kompletta Samlingen / 1981
Midnight Magic / Beam Me Up / Walking the Midnight Streets. / 2012
Ladytron / He Took Her to a Movie / 604 / 2001
Sophie Hunger / Le vent nous portera / 1983 / 2010
Kokoroko / Abusey Junction / KOKOROKO - EP / 2019
Tyler, The Creator / WHAT A DAY / The Estate Sale / 2023
J Dilla / Crushin' (Yeeeeaah!) [Instrumental] / Ruff Draft / 2007
Fujiya & Miyagi / Dishwasher / Lightbulbs / 2001
Bicep / Glue / Bicep / 2017
Caribou / Can't Do Without You / Our Love / 2014
Skin Up / A Juicy Red Apple (Sweet Mix) / A Juicy Red Apple / 1992
Yebba / Evergreen / Evergreen - Single / 2017
Mos Def / No Hay Nada Mas / The Ecstatic / 2009
Santo & Johnny / Sleepwalk / Sweet Lelani / 1959
The Beatnuts / Watch Out Now (Instrumental) / Watch Out Now - EP / 1999
Slave / Just a Touch of Love / Just a Touch of Love / 1977
Roxanne Shanté / Go On Girl / Colors / 1988
Cymande / Anthracite / Second Time Round / 1973
ABRA / PULL UP / PRINCESS - EP / 2016
Jellybean / Sidewalk Talk / 20 #1's: 80's Club Classics / 1984
Cold Crush Brothers / Punk Rock Rap / Tuff City Records: Original Old School Recordings, Vol. 1 / 1983
Paul Hardcastle / 19 (Instrumental V2) / Nineteen and Beyond / 1985
Metronomy / Loving Arm (Prins Thomas Diskomiks Remix) / Green Room (Remixes) / 2012
Thompson Twins / If You Were Here / Quick Step and Side Kick / 1983
Depeche Mode / Useless (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session Version) / Home (Remixes) / 2004
John Maus / Hey Moon / We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves / 2011
Gustav Baller & Dana Boulé / None Of It Matters / OK Versions / 2024
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