Fontaines D.C. dropped a new track last week, “It’s Amazing to Be Young” and the song was one of two from the Irish band to turn up in my set for Splash! at the Mermaid last night. Another new-ish tune worth mentioning is “The Silence That Remains” by The Horrors, which is from their forthcoming album, Night Life. It’s out on March 21 and I’m really looking forward to it.
Recent releases from Optometry, Mogwai, Dustbowl Champion and FKA Twigs also made it into the Splash! set, but since there are no genre limitations for this night, I tend to play whatever is stuck in my head in the days leading up to the gig. Tracey Ullman’s cover of “They Don’t Know” was that song earlier last week until it was dislodged by the most persistent earworm I’ve had in a while. I’ll reveal what that song is tomorrow, but it is somewhere on this five-hour set list, so maybe you’ll figure it out before then.
Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam
MIA – Paper Planes
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
Fontaines DC – Starburster
Dr. Octagon – Earth People
Outkast – Ms. Jackson
James and Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Comin’
Jet – Are You Going to Be My Girl?
The Jam – A Town Called Malice
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Interpol – Obstacle 1
Mogwai – Fanzine Made of Flesh
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Caifanes – Viento
Los Bravos – Black Is Black
Edwin Starr – 25 Miles
Primal Scream – Rocks
The Clash – Rock the Casbah
The Specials – Gangsters
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Gorillaz – Feels Good Inc.
The Horrors – The Silence That Remains
The Cure – In Between Days
The Creation – Making Time
Shocking Blue – Send Me a Postcard
Lush – Ladykillers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
John + Jane Q Public – Watermelon
Fitz and the Tantrums – Out of My League
Berlin – The Metro
Optometry – Never Coming Back
Twin Tribes – Sangre de Oro
Dustbowl Champion – Coup de Chance
The Smiths – Girl Afraid
Spinners – It’s a Shame
Thee Heart Tones – No Longer Mine
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Jean-Jacques Perrey – E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Blondie – Rapture
Stevie Wonder – Signed Sealed Delivered
Brenton Wood – Baby You Got It
Tracey Ullman – They Don’t Know
Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed
ABC – Poison Arrow
Vicious Pink – Cccan’t You See
Magneto – Vuela Vuela
Fun Fun – Baila Bolero (Krystal Klear remix)
DJ Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
Kano – It’s a War (Purple Disco Machine, Lorenz Rhode Remix)
Daft Punk – Technologic
Missy Elliott – Lose Control
Egyptian Lover – Egypt Egypt
Stacey Q – Two of Hearts
Tapps – My Forbidden Lover
The Flirts – Danger
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Trans X – Living on Video
New Order – Blue Monday
Tiga, Zyntherius – Sunglasses at Night
Depeche Mode – Get the Balance Right
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
The Supremes – Keep Me Hanging On
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk in My Shoes
Asha Puthli – I Am Song (Yuksek Remix)
The Dynamics – Seven Nation Army (Patchworks Holiday Inn Remix)
Animal Collective – My Girls
The Beatles – It’s All Too Much
Chromatics – Cherry
FKA Twigs – Drums of Death
Mareux – DTLA
M83 – Midnight City
MGMT – Time to Pretend
White Town – Your Woman
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Chemtrails.- Join Our Death Cult
B-52s – Private Idaho
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walking
Marie Laforet – Paint It Black
Madness – One Step Beyond
The Strokes – Juiceboxx
Spiritual Cramp – Talkin’ on the Internet
Joy Division – Transmission
Fontaines D.C. – It’s Amazing to Be Young
Future Islands – For Sure
School of Seven Bells – Low Times
Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs or listen to the latest Beatique Mix. Follow on Instagram for more updates.
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