On this edition: Michele K-tel returns with new sounds from Sneaks, West Africa’s Tal National, dreamy Chicano kid CUCO, plus Mauskovic Dance Band space disco (and more songs about CLOUDS).

Playlist 3.20.18

The Mauskovic Dance Band “Down In The Basement” Down In The Basement EP
Starlight “Picnicing” Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa
Tal National “Entente” Tantabara

Cuco “Melting”
Yo La Tengo “Above the Sound” There’s a Riot Going On
Silver Jews “Send In The Clouds” American Water
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band “The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye)” Lick My Decals Off, Baby
XTC “You And The Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful” Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Pt. 2)
Robert Scott “Giddy Clouds” RePort
Sonore “Dark Cloud Blues” Call Before You Dig

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts “Brain Cloudy Blues” Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down “Clouds For Brains” We the Common
Julian Cope “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” 20 Mothers
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx “My Cloud” We’re New Here
Cibo Matto “Clouds” Stereo Type A
Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project “Clouds In My Heart” Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project
Broadcast “Ominous Cloud” Haha Sound
Protomartyr “Dope Cloud” The Agent Intellect
Richard Buckner “…& The Clouds’ve Lied” Impasse
Marisa Anderson “Cloud Corner” Cloud Corner

Hollie Cook “Stay Alive” Vessel of Love
The Slits “Slits Tradition” Revenge Of The Killer Slits
The Slits “Spend, Spend, Spend (8 Track Demo)” Cut (Deluxe Edition)
Au Pairs “We’re so Cool” Stepping Out of Line: The Anthology
The Sneaks “Act Out” It’s a Myth
Shopping “My Dad’s a Dancer” The Official Body

Sudan Archives “Water”
Roger Robinson “New Maps” Dog Heart City
Jeb Loy Nichols “Moving Time” Long Time Traveller
Adrian Sherwood “Trapped Here” Survival & Resistance
Yoko Ono “I’m Moving On” Double Fantasy
Lambchop “So I Hear You’re Moving” Jack’s Tulips