Mixtape 238 • Maragato
Club Makumba is hot, the drinks are strong, and you’re not ready to leave just yet.
Club Makumba is hot, the drinks are strong, and you’re not ready to leave just yet.
Holiday Ghosts bring you that refreshing fizzy jangle in a tall frosted glass.
When you set out to record a song that’s been famous, or popular, or claimed in some other way by some other artist, you are taking a shortcut with great risks and great rewards. Rarely can you pull it off the way Chicks On Speed do with their rendition of Cracker’s “Euro Trash Girl,” with a radical approach to deconstructing and reassembling the indie country hit. You’ll just have to hear for yourself.
Tonight, we start with a special presentation of My Favorite Lies, a one-hour collection of songs about untruths, deception, fakery, and more. Moving on, we filled the rest of the evening with the usual variety of genres, mostly from the last few months. Of particular note are new releases from Holiday Ghosts, Adrienne Lenker, and Alejandro Escovedo.