Rocket Science #8:06

This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon—come, Armageddon! Come, Armageddon! Come!




1: Ether - Mogwai
2: Happiness - Pet Shop Boys
3: Up the Down Escalator - The Chameleons
4: Berlin Got Blurry - Parquet Courts

5: Catcher in the Rye - The Dandy Warhols
6: Do It, Try It - M83
7 The Noise Came From Here - Saul Williams
8: Are You Serious - Andrew Bird
9: Sugar Daddy - Sturgill Simpson
10: Planned Obsolescence - 10,000 Maniacs
11: Out of Control - Lush
12: Wasted on You - Bleached
13: First Girl from Wales in New York - Helen Love

14: Two Kids - Laura Gibson
15: Mudslide - The Bluetones
16: Baby Let Me Scream At You - Adam Ant
17: Colour - Higher Authorities
18: Hot Coals - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
19: New Year Of Grace (feat. Marissa Nadler) - Ben Watt

Portrait of an Artist #2: Bowie

1: The London Boys (Mono) (from David Bowie)
2: London Bye Ta Ta (Bowie At The Beeb)
3: The Man Who Sold The World (The Man Who Sold The World)
4: Queen Bitch (Hunky Dory)
5: Hang On To Yourself (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars)
6: Panic In Detroit (Aladdin Sane)
7: See Emily Play (Pin Ups)
8: 1984 (Diamond Dogs)
9: Win (Young Americans)
10: Weeping Wall (Low)
11: Moss Garden ("Heroes")
12: Repetition (Lodger)
13: Fashion (Scary Monsters)
14: Without You (Let's Dance)
15: Buddha Of Suburbia (The Buddha Of Suburbia)
16: Hallo Spaceboy (Outside)
17: Little Wonder (Earthling)
18: Sunday (Heathen)
19: Lazarus (Blackstar)

Book of the Month (June)

Album of the Month (June)

Helen Love

- Smash Hits -

(Alcopop released June 17th)

Book of the Month (May)

Album of the Month (May)

Various Artists

- Day of the Dead -

( 4AD released May 20th)

An eclectic mix of artists pay tribute to the Grateful Dead

The compilation is produced by Aaron Dessner and co-produced by Bryce Dessner and Josh Kaufman. Several songs feature the house band: the Dessners, Scott and Bryan Devendorf (also of the National), Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, Sam Cohen, and Walter Martin (the Walkmen). 

Rocket Science #8:05

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called life

1: Set Me Free - The Kinks
2: Paisley Park (Remix) - Prince
3: Singularity (Mark Reeder's Individual Remix) - New Order
4: Overcome (feat. Nile Rodgers) - Laura Mvula
5: Ballad of the Hungover Stuntmen - The Hungover Stuntmen
6: Farmyard Cat - Prefab Sprout

7: Disappointed - Field Music
8: Consolation Prize - Orange Juice
9: Melancholy Mood - Bob Dylan
10: Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack & Peace
11: Voodoo In My Blood - Massive Attack & Young Fathers
12: Temptation - M Ward
13: Thank God for Girls - Weezer
14: Don't Come Close - The Ramones
15: Where the Light Gets In - Primal Scream
16: Silly Me - Yeasayer
17: Good to Love - FKA twigs

18: I Exhale - Underworld
19: I Would Die 4 U - Chvrches