It was an honor to DJ at Laurie's Planet of Sound, the great record store in Lincoln Square, for Record Store Day. I went up after Nicholas Tremulis and Bun E. Carlos (yes, that Bun E. Carlos) played a few tunes off the Candye Gold EP. Ended up doing almost 75 minutes of vinyl. Here's the playlist.
M.I.A.- California Dreaming (the SoCal punk band, not the Sri Lankan egotist)
Beastie Boys - Rock Hard (the second rap single from the band is ultra rare, pulled from the market due to unauthorized use of AC/DC's "Back in Black")
Sweet - Paperback Writer (From a BBC Session)
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of Us (acoustic version which was the B-side of the band's awesome 1986 "Change" single).
Think Tree - Hire A Bird (odd band from out East, this song is quasi-industrial pop brilliance)
Mega City Four - Shivering Sand (Stunning single from fourth-wave British punk band fronted by the late, great Wiz)
The Equals - Police On My Back (The original of this tune popularized by The Clash, whose version is defiant, whereas this version, done by an interracial band, including songwriter/guitarist Eddy "Electric Avenue" Grant, is subsumed by resignation)
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again (South African singer. This tune was covered, quite successfully, by Happy Mondays)
The Sugarplastic - Here Comes The Mouth (Hey! Something from this century! A cool song from the awesome Sugarplastic 7 X 7 singles series on the awesome Anna Borg's Tallboy Records)
Wah! - Come Back (This Peter Wylie song is pretty much one gigantic fucking hook)
Dirty Looks - Drop That Tan (This mod-power pop band's debut album was simply awesome. I could easily hear Ted Leo do some of the songs on this platter)
Comateens - Ice Machine (Fantastic white funk dance number from this NYC band)
The Thought - Every Single Day (Album openers don't get much better than this slice of psych-pop from a swell Dutch band)
The Angels - No Secrets (This Aussie band was thinking man's heavy metal, circa 1981. Powerful guitars and the great growl of Doc Neeson)
The Sorrows - I Don't Like It Like That (Most of this NYC band's material was more Merseybeat-tinged power pop. This is more garage rock, but with massive production)
Didjits - Headless (From the 45 version, which has a different vocal than the Hornet Pinata version. For a few years, Didjits were maybe the best punk band in the world)
The Brains - Money Changes Everything (Of course, Cyndi Lauper did a nice version of this, but she didn't capture the desperation of the original, by this fine Atlanta, GA band)
Get Smart - To The Nines (Cool Chicago band with one of the wildest drummers I've ever seen. Top flight post-punk)
Nick Gilder - You Really Rock Me (Mr. "Hot Child In the City" is a glam-pop god. How he didn't have more hits is beyond me, as this song smokes)
Neil Young - Sample And Hold (Stayed Canadian with this mix of dirty guitar and vocoders and synths from the unjustly maligned Trans album)
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History (Ended with the legendary reggae dub poet, which was a pretty good handoff to the next DJ, Mark Richardson of Pitchfork Media, who started off with some R & B jams in what sounded like a good set -- until I had to leave to get some lunch!)
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