Bated Breath – Music That Goes Well With Whiskey

The turning over of a new year can feel a little jarring, like the moment after a record skips when a confused room attempts to regain their collective rhythm. With the mayhem of the holidays now shrinking in the rearview mirror, it’s now the season for exercise regimens marked with a shorter shelf life than that of the bushels of fresh produce bought in earnest but destined to rot in the crisper drawer. As scores of people line up to start a race that few will ever finish, I stand boldly apart, letting myself off the hook in the area of physical improvement, even if my body is starting to resemble something one might find hanging in the window of a Chinese restaurant. 

Instead, my delightfully achievable New Year's resolution involves a shift to more organic music. Having spent the better part of last year compiling mixes of obsessively arranged electronic music, I now find myself craving some audio roughage. In that spirit, this month's mix forgoes laptops and synthesizers for a deliberately inconsistent blend of punk, funk, soul and psych; sounds to fill the silence as we sit with baited breath, waiting to see what the New Year might bring.

Track List

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - You Let Me Be Honest With You

Yuya Uchida & the Flowers - Intruder

The Pixies - Hey

Underworld feat. Brian Eno & Karl Blau - Beebop Hurry

WU LYF - Heavy Pop

Om - Cremation Ghat I

Andwella-s Dream - Cocaine

Mandre - Masked Music Man

Ofege - It’s Not Easy

Mister Holmes and the Brotherhood – Thrift Store Find

Soulphiction - Intermission

13th Floor Elevators – Blue and Peaceful

Paul Parrish - English Sparrow

Idiot Glee - All Packed Up

Nite Jewel - The Kamera Song

Airport One - Two Days

Gil Scott Heron - Where Did the Night Go

Ian France - High Places

David Shrigley – Don’t From Bits and Bobs

The Knife feat Mt. Sims and PlanningtoRock - Coloring of Pigeons

Prince - People Without (Live)

Sarah Webster Fabio - Juju For Grandma

Skull Snaps - It’s a New Day

The South Side Movement - Everlasting Thrill

Bob James - Nautilus

The Crystal Mansion – Somebody Oughta Turn Your Head Around

Moodymann - The Day We Lost the Soul

O.V. Wright - Motherless Child

The Persuasions - Another Night With the Boys

Black Merda - Think of Me

24 Carat Black - I Want to Make Up

Jackie McLean - Soul

Sam Cooke - Medley: It’s All Right/ For Sentimental Reasons