Playlist 566 - Sept 2025: goodbye to summer

the search for new sounds does not have to be a treadmill

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Playlist
1. CV Vision – R.T.B. (Bureau B)
2. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records)
3. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey)
4. The Saxophones – Too big for California (Full Time Hobby)
5. Joasihno – Characo orb. (Alien Transistor)
6. Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music)
7. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent) (playing The Folk House, Bristol, Oct 31)
8. Cian Nugent – I am asleep and do not wake me (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV)
9. Ailbhe Reddy – Align (Don Giovanni Records)
10. Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (Duophonic/Warp) (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Feb 19)
11. Linda Smith – So long ago (Upset The Rhythm)
12. Cardiacs – Downup (The Alphabet Business Concern)
13. Me Lost Me – Ancient summer (Upset The Rhythm)
14. Chantal Acda – Hit the verge (Starman Records)
15. Clock DVA – Consent (Mute)
16. EERA – Honey, do you see me (Test Card Recordings) (playing The Lexington, London, Oct 14)
17. Emma Pollock – Future tree (Chemikal Underground) (playing Oran Mor Auditorium, Glasgow, Oct 29)
18. Franklin Gothic – Bygones (bandcamp)
19. Faten Kanaan – Afternoon (Fire Records)
20. Les Imprimés – Untainted love (Big Crown Records)
21. Johnny Burgos – Look at you (LRK Records)
22. TULPA – Let’s make a Tulpa! (Skepwax) (playing Kamera, Manchester, Nov 1)
23. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records)
24. Nation of Language – Silhouette (Sub Pop) (playing Opium, Dublin, Nov 6+7)
25. Emil Friis – Zero (130701)
26. Markus Mehr – Late (Hidden Shoal)
27. Lael Neale – Some bright morning (Sub Pop) (playing Ivy House, London, Dec 6)

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