New music including Phoenix, The Afghan Whigs, The Japanese House and Future Islands on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

I premiered new tracks from Gorillaz, Sylvan Esso and Slowdive on the show this week, while the retro set explored alternative rock classics from the year 1990. Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

West Of The Fields May 1, 2017

  • R.E.M.- Tongue
  • Phoenix- J-Boy
  • Gorillaz- Strobelite (feat. Peven Everett)
  • Sylvan Esso- The Glow
  • Grace Mitchell- Now
  • MØ- Nights With You
  • The Japanese House- Saw You In A Dream
  • Pale Waves- There’s A Honey
  • Slowdive- Don’t Know Why
  • Waxahatchee- Silver
  • The Courtneys- Virgo
  • The War On Drugs- Thinking Of A Place
  • Ween- Don’t Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)
  • Broken Social Scene- Halfway Home
  • The Afghan Whigs- Arabian Heights
  • Beth Ditto- Fire
  • The Jesus & Mary Chain- Black And Blue
  • Lana Del Rey- Lust For Life (feat. The Weeknd)
  • Maggie Rogers- On + Off
  • Electronic- Getting Away With It
  • Happy Mondays- Loose Fit
  • Nitzer Ebb- Lightning Man
  • Depeche Mode- Halo
  • The Sisters Of Mercy- More
  • The Mission UK- Butterfly On A Wheel
  • Cocteau Twins- Iceblink Luck
  • Ride- Kaleidoscope
  • Sonic Youth- Dirty Boots
  • Teenage Fanclub- Everything Flows
  • Concrete Blonde- Caroline
  • Feist- Any Party
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Sick Bug
  • The New Pornographers- Colosseums
  • Future Islands- Shadows (feat. Debbie Harry)
  • Little Dragon- Push
  • Gorillaz- Charger (feat. Grace Jones)
  • Mew- Nothingness And No Regrets
  • R.E.M.- We All Go Back To Where We Belong


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Travis Gass

About Travis Gass

I'm an editor on the Digital Desk at the Bangor Daily News. I'm also the host of West Of The Fields, a college radio show that has aired continuously on UMaine's WMEB 91.9 FM since 1998.