This podcast is for my sister Kat, an early birthday present. I took this picture of her in December, when we agreed to make the year ahead count. One of my resolutions is to put a new podcast up every month. Remind me if I forget, okay?

More kthread spins.

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Playlist:

“Up Up Up” – The Givers

“Shuffle” – Bombay Bicycle Club

“Colours” (Teen Daze remix) – Young Liars

“Let’s Groove” – Teen Daze remix

“Milk” (Amusement remix) – Theme Park

“Baby I’m Yours” – Breakbot remix

“Sodapop’s Blooze” – Black Oil Brothers

“Steady Steady” – North Highlands

“When We First Kissed” – Hellogoodbye

“Serpents” – Sharon Van Etten

“Video Games” – Bombay Bicycle Club (Lana Del Ray cover)

“This Will Be Our Year” – Memoryhouse (The Zombies cover)

“Youth” – Daughter

I know you need new music for the holidays. DJ kthread is here for you. This one is a little uneven, but with punchy, beautiful resolution (much like this time of year). While the playlist began as full of lads, the final version below attempts to represent a wider circle of cheer; the Mountain Goats and Tribes’s tracks seem to me particularly appropriate for those returning “home” for the holidays. Please accept my hearty wishes for your continued health and happiness in the new year. Previous kthread spins sessions are here.

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Playlist:

“Little Blu House” Unknown Mortal Orchestra
“Future Starts Slow” The Kills
“Impossible” G-Side (Javelin remix)
“Cover Your Tracks” Young Galaxy
“No More Words” Anna Calvi
“The Unsinkable Fats Domino” Guided By Voices
“Forever and Ever Amen” The Drums (Saint Etienne remix)
“Where Is My Mind” Glowbug (Pixies cover)
“Damn These Vampires” The Mountain Goats
“Hook You Up” Sylver Tongue
“Nightdriving” (demo) Tribes
“Grey Shirt & Tie” Spector (The Big Pink remix)
“All Waters” Perfume Genius

Big headphones on. DJ kthread is back from sabbatical (that started in February). This is music to gaze at your new school shoes with, to carry you into the crunchy leaves ahead. You’ll notice a sad absence of any covers from the new Muppets album which I find disappointing, and an older cover that holds up well. I’ve been saving a few of these tracks since I saw the fascinating doors of the Sagrada Familia (pictured below) in March. Previous kthread spins sessions are here.

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Playlist:

“Come to the City” The War on Drugs
“Double or Nothing” The Swiss (Louis La Roche remix)
“Love is Terminal” Edinburgh School for the Deaf
“Mahna Mahna” Cake (cover)
“A Long Time” Mayer Hawthorne (Chromeo remix)
“Block after Block” Matt & Kim (Echoes Club edit)
“Somebody That I Used to Know” Goyte feat. Kimbra
“You Could Keep Me Talking” The Leisure Society
“Of Scottish Blood and Sympathies” Edinburgh School for the Deaf
“Better Written Off (Than Written Down” The Leisure Society
“Cruel/Kind” Gold Leaves
“Black Water” Apparat
“Electric Feel” Wild at Heart cover of MGMT

What should go on the next podcast?

Only six more weeks of winter, our groundhog friends indicate. Bookended with my favorite garage band, these are songs about the elements and—with the ice, we are gazing at our shoes. Those tracks are here too, some with animal band names. Wishful playlist below; more podcasts in the kthread spins section.

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“Do You See My Love” – The Dirtbombs

“Fast as a Feather” – It is rain in my face

“Fire to the Ground” (feat. Matt Berninger) – The Forms

“Lemonland” – Sleep Good

“Undercover Martyn Flexin’ It” (Passion Pit remix) – Two Door Cinema Club

“summersun” – galapagoose

“Bite Yr Tongue” – Big Troubles

“Killin The Vibe” – Ducktails

“We All Live Forever” – Paperwolf

“Tell ‘Em” (Diplo remix) – Sleigh Bells

“Bug in the Bassbin” (Kyle Hall remix) – The Dirtbombs

“Hobbies” (feat. Mutual Benefit) – kohwi

“You Will” – Lia Ices

I began the year in sunny Miami, and prospects feel bright for this year ahead. This podcast is full of tributes, the last track explicitly so. Have a lovely Sunday afternoon…(playlist below; more podcasts in kthread spins)

Sunday kind of snow

“The Girl From Ipanema” – (N.A.S.A. remix)
“Never Come Around” – La Sera
“Singer Sing” – Dean & Britta (Scott Hardkiss remix)
“Disque Oh!” – Beataucue (Eumig & Chinon remix)
“Easy” – Deer Tick
“Laws of Gravity” – Rubik
“Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)” – Portland Cello Project featuring Thao
“Area Code” – Toubab Krewe
“Bugalu” – Garotas Suecas
“Sand” – Hush Arbors
“First Snow in Grand Rapids” – La Dispute
“The Things You Notice” – Marnie Stern
“Echo’s Answer” – Broadcast