Thanks to Larry G. for having me back at Underground on Friday night and for everyone who showed up and hit the dance floor. Some notes on last night’s set: I played the newest additions to my virtual crates really early, so you probably didn’t hear them. Mostly, I wanted to see what “Cadenas de la Infancia” and “I Forget” sounded like in a club. I might stick with them. I might not, but both Mueran Humano’s album, Reemplazante, and Jaako Eino Kalevi’s album, Chaos Magic, have been playing on repeat at home and I absolutely recommend getting both.
I’m so happy to see people digging Pet Shop Boys’ recent single “Loneliness.” It’s a jam. The lyrics are poignant in a way that only PSB songs are. Plus, we’re only two weeks away from the new album and I, for one, can’t wait to hear Nonetheless. And— omg!— Neil Tennant sang “Rebel Rebel” with Johnny Marr in London last night. (And they did “Getting Away With It” too!) Anyhow, here’s the set list.
Mueran Humanos “Cadenas de la Infancia”
Jaakko Eino Kalevi “I Forget”
Ladytron “Paco”
The Human League “Love Action (I Believe in Love)”
DAF “Brothers”
Ministry “Effigy (I’m Not An)”
Depeche Mode “Fools (Bigger)”
Sally Shapiro “Rent”
Optometry “Chameleon”
New Order “Everything’s Gone Green”
Ultravox “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes”
Siouxsie and the Banshees “Dazzle (Glamour Mix)”
Actors “Face Meets Glass”
Spandau Ballet “To Cut a Long Story Short”
Franz Ferdinand “Darts of Pleasure”
The Cure “In Between Days”
OMD “Tesla Girls”
Lebanon Hanover “Sadness Is Rebellion”
Joy Division “She’s Lost Control”
Depeche Mode “Strangelove”
Love and Rockets “So Alive”
Yaz “Situation”
Hercules & Love Affair “Blind”
Mr. Flagio “Take a Chance”
The Human League “Don’t You Want Me (Purple Disco Machine Remix)”
Daft Punk “Around the World”
Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At”
The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers”
Le Tigre “Deceptacon”
Wet Leg “Chaise Longue”
Molchat Doma “Sudno (Boris Ryzhy)”
Twin Tribes “Sangre de Oro”
The Cure “Primary”
Postal Service “Such Great Heights”
Los Prisioneros “Tren al Sur”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Date with the Night”
Peaches “Boys Wanna Be Her”
Crystal Castles w/Robert Smith “Not in Love”
Vitalic “La Rock 01”
New Order “Blue Monday”
Trans X “Living on Video”
Bucketheads “The Bomb”
Blur “Girls and Boys”
Talking Heads “Girlfriend Is Better”
The Clash “Train in Vain”
Animal Collective “My Girls”
Steve Monite “Only You (Monsieur Van Pratt edit)”
My Mine “Hypnotic Tango”
Depeche Mode “Nodisco”
Chromatics “Shadow (Maceo Plex Remix)”
The Killers “Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Remix)”
Phoenix “1901 (Mike Balance Rerub)”
School of Seven Bells “Low Times”
Future Islands “For Sure”
Pulp “Common People”
Chumbawamba “Tubthumping”
Gorillaz “19/2000”
Franz Ferdinand “No You Girls”
Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walking”
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons “Beggin’”
Asha Puthli “I Am Song (Sing Me) (Yuksek Remix)”
Edwyn Collins “A Girl Like You”
Righeira “Vamos a la Playa”
The Smiths “Panic”
New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle”
Pet Shop Boys “Loneliness”
The Horrors “Something to Remember Me By”
Clio “Faces”
Jeanette “Por Que Te Vas”
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.
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