Y-Not Playlist 4.21.25
We laughed, we cried, we learned a bit about ourselves, didn't we?
Bounced all over the place tonight, jumping from one love to another. There are some classics you know and love, some treats you might not have heard in a minute, and some new jams that might just be your new favorite song.
The Playlist (4.21.25)
Time Artist Song Title
16:51 Sunflower Bean Champagne Taste
16:54 Working Men's Club Cut
17:01 OK GO A Stone Only Rolls Downhill
17:04 Girlpuppy Champ
17:07 Soft Play Slushy (feat. Kate Nash)
17:11 Oasis Wonderwall
17:18 Dominic Angelella Short End Of The Stick
17:23 HotWax Strange To Be Here
17:26 Alex Lahey Sucker For Punishment
17:28 Jeff Buckley & Shudder to Think I Want Someone Badly
17:31 Sleigh Bells This Summer
17:36 Julien Baker & TORRES Sylvia
17:39 Weezer Susanne
17:41 Savoir Adore Holding on Together
17:45 Delivery Digging The Hole
17:50 Sports Team Bang Bang Bang
18:02 Art d'Ecco True Believer
18:05 SASAMI Slugger
18:12 Ida Maria More
18:17 Lambrini Girls Love
18:20 1990s See You At The Lights
18:23 A Tribe Called Quest Award Tour
18:26 Bartees Strange Sober
18:31 Sacred Paws Turn Me Down
18:35 Ben Folds Five Jackson Cannery
18:38 Travis Gaslight
18:41 We Are Scientists Please Don't Say It
18:46 Courting Pause at You (C U’ around)
18:49 Bleeding Rainbow So You Know
18:53 FIZZ Strawberry Jam
18:57 Bria Salmena Rags
19:00 Scowl Not Hell, Not Heaven
19:03 Beastie Boys Sabotage
19:06 Japandroids Chicago
19:10 John Faye Something Divine
19:15 Matt Berninger Bonnet Of Pins
19:20 Ladytron The Island
19:24 Blondshell Two Times
19:29 Craig Finn People Of Substance
19:33 Daft Punk Around The World
19:37 cinnamon Star
19:41 Gully Boys Love Me 2
19:45 illuminati hotties Pool Hopping
19:48 Aly & AJ What It Feels Like
19:53 The Dead Milkmen When Daddy Drinks
19:57 Nada Surf WeightlessNotes, Observations, Songs, etc…
They released the soundtrack to Jesse Peretz‘s film FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES that Shudder to Think put together with guest vocalists ranging from Liz Phair to Robin Zander of Cheap Trick to Billy Corgan (who is here on Substack:
) and so many other greats. Easily the best track on the whole record is the Jeff Buckley collaboration, “I Want Someone Badly.” When I chatted with Craig on the podcast last year, I asked if he had access to Jeff’s isolated vocals. He said he didn’t and that he wished he had all of the masters to be able to slightly clean up the mix. And now it’s out on vinyl a year later. So I’m going to pretend that I made that happen.Going into my last full block, I threw on the Illuminati Hotties track, “Pool Hopping” in honor of their BANGER of a Tiny Desk performance. Sarah wrote about the experience on her Substack and capped it off by asking the readers to “…drop a comment and let me know what you’re listening to.” And I confessed to how much I’ve been vibing with everything I’ve heard so far off of the upcoming Aly & AJ record, Silver Deliverer, to which she replied… “i stan aly & aj!!!!” So, in honor of that, I played the most “Nate” back to back of awesomeness.
Two Kevin Smith nods in tonight’s show. First, an all time favorite of mine. “Susanne” by Weezer, featured on the soundtrack to Kevin’s film MALLRATS. That song has filled me with joy for almost 30 years now, and even tonight all this time later, still left me with a big ol’ smile on my face. Second, the recently released debut single “Star” from the band cinnamon who, for those of you who may not know, is fronted by Kevin’s daughter (and Beardless D*ckless Me cohost) Harley Quinn Smith! Harley was in an incredible band called The Tenth, and they rocked supreme, and it appears with the new act, she’s going to keep said rocking supreme going.
Always love getting to play pal and former podcast guest John Faye on the show! Super excited for the upcoming IKE reunion at Milkboy coming up in May on the 17th for the Asian American Pie II show in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Ticket still available for that one in you are in the Philly area!
Ok. I’ve said enough. I’ll be back on the air on May 5th, so set your calendar, schedule yourself a reminder and come join me for the tunes. Maybe for the next show, I’ll try out a livestream here and see if there’s any interest in that.
‘Til then!
// Nate