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Mostly MusicPendleton SofaIf you’re a drug-smuggling, wind-in-the-hair middle America child with a VW van in a wheat field, this will probably be your favorite episode. If not, it will probably be your second favorite because we’re pulling out all the stops to bring you the much needed levity and aural hallucinations required to get through the day with the musical stylings of these songwriting mavens:The Cure - A Strange DayWeyes Blood - Andromeda Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)Caetano Veloso - SampaTalking Heads - Fac...2023-05-221h 55
Mostly MusicPalate Cleanser For LifeYou can never go back home but you can always revisit the music that informed your identity, for better or worse, and allow yourself a break from contemporaneous mundanity by submitting yourself to the euphonious whims of your intrepid hosts Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark as they get by with a little help from their friends:Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was EverythingBjörk - Hidden PlaceCandlebox - Far BehindMichael Henderson - SolidREO Speedwagon - Time For Me To Fly2022-08-222h 08
Mostly MusicGoth GranolaWhether your hunger yearns for new music or pines for classic staples (or is just the opening scene from a Tony Scott movie) we’ve got you covered for the next couple hours with songs that will vibrate in your memory and live within the sense they quicken.Coming along for the ride:Ryan Adams - In The MeadowRobert Miles - Fable (Dream Version)Animal Collective - Dragon SlayerA Great Big World - Say SomethingTom Waits - Alice...2022-05-172h 13
Mostly MusicThe Road HomeIn an episode full of earworms, good luck not getting at least one of these tunes stuck in your head. We’re wrapping up the year with some old and new favorites while also trying to figure out why Ridley Scott hates America. This is only possible with a little help from our friends:The Beatles - For You BlueRedbone - Come And Get Your LoveThe Beatles - Two Of UsDjango Django Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Waking UpRich Gang Feat. Young Thug & Rich...2021-12-201h 59
Mostly MusicGet Busy LivingComatose hallucinations and bedridden nightmares… Is this the work of Stephen King or merely a day in the life of the Mostly Music hosts? We know it may not be October yet, but join us and find out where exactly we’ve been these last few months while we syncopate our yarns with the gilded voices of these sonic mavens:Pop Smoke Feat. Lil Baby & Da Baby - For The NightSwervedriver - DuelThe Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I WantOlivia Rodrigo - Bru...2021-09-202h 04
Mostly MusicCouscous On A CrackerSeparation anxiety and a love for epic movie scores finds us back together to serve up the good, the sad, and the lovely to fill your hearts and ears with the pertinent sounds and timeless energy that is the dialect of music. SpotemGottem - Beat BoxDaBaby - MasterpieceLoma Prieta - Fly By Nightilluminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYACrowded House - Don’t Dream It’s OverStill Woozy - KennyCigarettes After Sex - John WayneIamdoechii - Yucky Blucky FruitcakeGlass Candy - Digital VersicolorDonovan - Se...2021-05-032h 04
Mostly MusicCovid Brick RoadThe intersection of nostalgia and modernity greets us as we navigate through this year of uncertainty while trying to avoid the calamitous clichés that rear their ugly heads in the form of self-inflicted punishment that we must all endure while trying to achieve self-fulfillment in new ways in the midst of catastrophe and inexperience. Sound a bit dramatic? Well, you’re probably right. Let’s just engage ourselves in these sonic stalwarts:Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Cortez The KillerMoor Jewelry - True OperaThe Jubalaires - Preacher And The Bear / NoahTamik...2020-12-282h 45
Mostly MusicRecipe For IsolationA reprieve from the undoubtedly solitary confinement you find yourself in, Ignatius Pallafox and The Low Spark risk life and limb (and reputation) to bring you this year’s finest collection of musical talents spanning eras and genres, the likes of which have never been seen before on one palette. The task may be daunting, but listening shall be the highlight of your month/quarantine. Credits:Grant Green - Talkin’ AboutThe Equatics - Merry Go RoundManu Dibango - Soul MakossaKeaton Henson - You Don’t Know How Lucky You AreBab...2020-03-262h 17
Mostly MusicListener ErrorAt the heart of every album lies a story to be unfolded. Is there a right way to unravel it? Perhaps as importantly, is there a wrong way? Helping us disseminate the mysteries of music is our venerable guest Trevaillé, along with:Joel Ross - Is It Love That Inspires You?Cat Power - Still In LoveGin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy Colin Hay - I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over YouMulatu Astatke - YekatitJacob Miller - Tenement YardDoja Cat - Go To TownSi...2019-06-173h 47
Mostly MusicFuture NostalgiaThough not our aim to be wistful, we keep circling back to the concept of "music as a time machine". Join us as we comb through the music of today and yesteryear whilst searching for some order to this chaos. Helping us out:Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo Sharon Van Etten - The End Of The WorldDominic Chianese - Core 'NgratoTownes Van Zandt - All I NeedRyan Adams - Fuck The RainKlaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary CraftKing Princess & Fiona Apple - I Know ...2019-03-112h 03
Mostly MusicTex-ArkansasA little country, a bit of blues, and a touch of nostalgia. Join us as we sift through the music permeating our brains. Helping us out, along with an appearance from Zarg AKA The Taste:Wayne Shorter - TenderfootOld Crow Medicine Show - Wagon WheelThe Byrds - Life In PrisonKatie Pruitt - Grace Has A GunChilledCow - Sampled Mix LivestreamQuintron - Place UnknownBuilt To Spill - Terrible/PerfectMazzy Star - Fade Into YouBukka White - Parchman Farm BluesMississippi Fred Mcdowell...2019-01-212h 03
Mostly MusicEpisode 16 - New Beginnings & New EndsAt long last our summer hiatus has ended. Join us as we catch you, and each other, up on all the music seeping from our pores. With a little help from:Django Reinhardt - Django’s TigerDjango Reinhardt - I’ll See You In My DreamsElliott Smith - Between The BarsCarole King - You’ve Got A FriendKim Jung Mi - HaenimHobo Johnson - Peach SconeDon Babylon - Ow, My Tiny HeartSizzle - Thank You MamaMance Lipscomb - FreddieRadioh...2018-10-151h 55
Mostly MusicEpisode 15 - T-Bones And FalsettosWe’re getting high (and low). How did we come up with this setlist? Listen and find out.Ellis Marsalis - Little JoyJohn Lennon - Mother Abuse of Power - View Of The FewThe Blood Brothers - This Adultery Is RipeBen Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy In This LandSongs: Ohia - The Old Black HenCharley Patton - Circle Round The MoonPinback - BooTom Waits - Temptation The Four Seasons - SherryChildish Gambino - This Is AmericaSheck Wes...2018-05-291h 50
Mostly MusicEpisode 14 - War & Peace Of MindWars and Typhoons and Veils and boots full of water. Sure, it's a bit maudlin, but cut through the fog of Spring with these artists:Art Blakey - In The BasementTyphoon - EmpiricistSunny War - ViolentSunny War - If It Wasn't BrokenBeck - The Golden AgeRyan Adams - Too Tired To CryThe Veils - Axolotl Boards Of Canada - SixtyninerNeil Young - Come On Baby Let's Go DowntownJeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come OverTownes Van Zandt - Tower...2018-03-161h 47
Mostly MusicEpisode 13 - Siren SongWe are pleased to be joined by our esteemed guest, the smoky, sultry, sensational, and slightly salacious, VinCi Vibe. Join us as we celebrate the women in music who have shaped our lives and changed the spiritual and emotional landscape of our souls. Would we willfully launch a thousand ships and plunge them into a shore of rocks? For these artists, yes. With a little help from:Mary Lou Williams - A Grand Nite For SwingingThe Cranberries - LingerRhiannon Giddens - JulieVinCi & Her Groove Sector - Sweet Surrender...2018-01-191h 29
Mostly MusicEpisode 12A new year and a new episode, replete with slurred speech and the pain that only comes with the 1st of January. Indulge us while we indulge ourselves with music old and new in an attempt to discover the cure for the common hangover.Helping us out:Alice Coltrane - Gospel TraneBlues Traveler - HookJames Cotton - South Side BoogieNeutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The SeaBjörk - Arisen My SensesHank Williams - I'm A Long Gone DaddyTownes Van Zandt - O...2018-01-031h 49
Mostly MusicMostly Music Episode 11Why Drive to Twin Peaks when you can Inherit Vice from a Legend of The Craft? Listen, or There Will Be Blood. A quasi film soundtrack episode, by popular demand, with a little help from:Bud Powell - Tempus FugitBud Powell - So Sorry, PleaseSlowdive - Sugar For The PillGlass Candy - Digital VersicolorKavinsky, Lovefoxxx - NightcallMatthew Sweet - Dark SecretRadiohead - Talk Show HostJonny Greenwood - Adrian PrussiaPrimitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My...2017-11-171h 47
Mostly MusicMostly Music - Episode 10Reunited and it feels so good. No, we are not joined by Peaches & Herb, but rather our dear old friends Mandinga aka Zero-Tech and XR aka Family Juelz. Join us as we run off the rails on life, love, red-flags, and, oh yeah, music. Helping us out:J.J. Johnson - Blue TromboneSiouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong GardenThe Glove - A Blues In DragBrian Eno - Spider And IFrank Ocean - Self ControlPortishead - StrangersLives Of Angels - Golden AgeLink...2017-09-171h 55Mostly MusicMostly Music - Episode 9Lost all hope for the current state of music? We're here to help. There is a ray of light at the end of this contemporary morass... Sun Ra - Plutonian NightsRadiohead - The National AnthemSlowdive - Catch The BreezeBhai Nirmal Singh Nagpuri - Toon Karta Sachyar Maida SaiColdplay - We Never ChangeThe Sound - Skeletons Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The PainSebadoh - Soul And FireThe Deslondes - Hurricane ShakedownCayetana - Hot Dad CalendarLuke Bell - Hold MeCowboy...2017-08-0802 min
Mostly MusicMostly Music - Episode 8You know you wanna listen...Featuring:Herbie Hancock - Fat MamaHerbie Hancock - Cantaloupe IslandMestre Suassuna - Luana ÉSharon Van Etten - TarifaRobert Miles - Children (Dream Version)Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"M.I.A. - Paper PlanesThe Clash - Straight To HellThe Magnetic Fields - I Don't Believe In The Sun2017-06-2002 min
Mostly MusicMostly Music - Episode 7Did you know Jean Cocteau had a twin that was blind, dumb, and deaf? Well, that may not be the whole truth, so listen and find out...In This Episode:Dexter Gordon - I Hear MusicThe Cure - Siamese TwinsNew Order - Blue MondaySisters Of Mercy - LightsRiblja Corba - Dobro JutroTim Eriksen & Riley Baugus & Tim O'Brien - I Wish My Baby Was BornAli Chukwumah - HenriettaCocteau Twins - Blind Dumb DeafSandy Bull - No Deposit-No Return BluesThe...2017-04-271h 38
Mostly MusicMostly Music - Episode 6There are many paths to enlightenment... Here's a brief cheatsheeet/step in the right direction:Featuring:Nat King Cole Trio - Jumpin' At CapitolBrenton Wood - Me And YouThe Valentinos - Couldn't Hear Nobody PrayBobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely NowSturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way DownShot Jackson & Buddy Emmons - Honky Tonk AngelsPinback - Bloods On FireRyan Adams - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)The Flying Burrito Brothers - Close Up...2017-03-181h 32Mostly MusicMostly Music Episode 5In obsequious fashion, we yield and once again pay homage to the musicians currently infiltrating our (and now your) brain. Enjoy:Ray Charles and Milt JacksonDinosaur Jr.Bob Dylan and the BandRobert JohnsonSigur RosFaith No MoreEddie VedderNirvanaPharoah SandersMadnessJ.J. CaleThe PoguesThe Barley BoysThe CranberriesJames BlakeCurren$y AKA Spitta Andretti2017-03-141h 32Mostly MusicMostly Music Episode 4 Part 2Feeling a bit Modest? We certainly are. Episode 4 continues...2017-01-1253 minMostly MusicMostly Music Episode 4 Part 1With a little help from Chubby Checker, Gloria Estefan, and Glenn Danzig, Ignatius Pallafox and TheLowSpark examine the nature of the universe with special guest XR.2017-01-111h 19Mostly MusicMostly Music Episode 3Sex, Drugs, and Millennials. What do Bradley Nowell, Björk, and Rowland S. Howard have in common? Listen and discover.2016-12-201h 30
Mostly MusicMostly Music Episode 2Ignatius Pallafox and TheLowSpark talk music, film and life. Featuring special guest Jane Doh, the resident millennial.2016-12-131h 37Mostly MusicMostly MusicIgnatius Pallafox and TheLowSpark talk music, film and life. Featuring special guest Jane Doh the resident millenial2016-12-041h 27