Michele K-tel catches up with a big pile of recent new releases including locals Sonny & the Sunsets, The Dodos, The Twerps from Australia, and, after 35 years, the return of The Pop Group. Congrats to the lucky listener who knew The Pop Group began in Bristol back in 1977 and won tickets to their 3/11 show at Great American Music Hall.

Playlist 3.5.15

Mad-A “Aouh Aouh” Peru Bravo – Funk, Soul & Psych (Tiger’s Milk)
Sonny & The Sunsets “Blot out the Sun” Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
Tom Waits “Such A Scream” Bone Machine (Island)
Naked City “I Die Screaming” Radio (Tzadik)

The Twerps “I Don’t Mind” Range Anxiety (Merge)
The Dodos “Goodbyes and Endings” Individ (Polyvinyl)
Gang Of Four “Stranded” What Happens Next (Metropolis)
The Saints “(I’m) Stranded” (I’m) Stranded
The Monkees “All Alone In The Dark” Changes
Paws “Alone” Youth Culture Forever (FatCat)
The Flying Burrito Brothers “All Alone” Out Of The Blue (A&M)
The Broken Family Band “Alone In The Make-Out Room” Balls (state51 Conspiracy)
Dinah Shore “All Alone” Mad About You, Sad Without You
Laura Marling “False Hope” Short Movie (Ribbon)

The Pop Group “St. Outrageous” Citizen Zombie (!K7)
Juçara Marçal “Damião” Encarnado (Tratore)
Les Pachas Du Canapé Vert “Désordre Musical” Haiti Direct – Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978 (Strut)
Songhoy Blues “Al Hassidi Terei” Music In Exile (Transgressive)

Alasdair Roberts “The Final Diviner” Alasdair Roberts (Drag City)
Matana Roberts “Dreamer of Dreams” Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee (Constellation)
Neneh Cherry & the Thing “Dream Baby Dream” The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)
The Soft Boys “Dreams” Underwater Moonlight
Hank Williams “I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay” Rare Demos: First To Last

Polar Bear “Dont Let The Feeling Go” Same As You (Leaf)
Les Sins “Talk About” Michael (Company)
Ikue Mori “Orot” In Light Of Shadows (Tzadik)