On the next Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, we’ve got brand-new sounds from Violet Grohl, Future Islands, Matias Aguayo, Love, Burns, Widowspeak, Death Cab For Cutie,The Laughing Chimes, Haylie Davis, Villagerrr, Bella White, Dead Can Dance, Elina Duni and Rob Luft, Seefeel, Laura Misch, Tara Clerkin Trio, poet and musician Aja Monet, and a soulful collaboration from Brian Jackson and Masters at Work.
Along the way we’ll connect the dots with some essential classics and inspired detours from The Jam, Love, T-Bone Burnett, Death From Above 1979, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Destroy All Monsters, Jim Carroll, Grace Jones, High Places, Tater Totz, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Pomplamoose, Quincy Jones, The Last Poets, and a few other surprises.
From psychedelic Los Angeles to post-punk London, from avant-jazz lofts and downtown poetry scenes to contemporary indie bedrooms and late-night electronic experiments, this is a playlist built on curiosity, connection, and discovery. No genres. No fences. No rules. Just great music.
Death Cab For Cutie – Punching The Flowers
The Jam – Start!
Taste – Snap Reaction
Love – Softly to Me
T-Bone Burnett – I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance
Violet Grohl – Cool Buzz
Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Fire
Destroy All Monsters – What Do I Get
Jim Carroll – (No More) Luxuries
Future Islands – Rager
Grace Jones – Love Is The Drug
Matias Aguayo – Sentimientos Encontraos
High Places – Dry Lake
Tater Totz – Rock On
Love, Burns – Wallflower
Nick Drake – Hazey Jane II
Widowspeak – Soft Cover
The Laughing Chimes – Newshound Pageants
Haylie Davis – Lily of the Valley
Neil Young – Tell Me Why
Crosby, Stills & Nash – You Don’t Have to Cry
Villagerrr – What Does It Mean
Bella White – Little Things
Pomplamoose – Lonely People
Dead Can Dance – Mon Amour Sauvage
Elina Duni & Rob Luft – Leili Lullaby
Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner, Django Bates – Endless Wandering
Seefeel – Until Now
Aja Monet – I Came to the Poem
Laura Misch – Siren
Laura Misch – Soften
Tara Clerkin Trio – Slow Island
Aja Monet – Working Class Musicians
Brian Jackson & Masters at Work – Is That Jazz
Quincy Jones – Killer Joe
The Last Poets – Love
Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’
Julie London – My Heart Belongs to Daddy
JJ Johnson & Babs Gonzales – You Need Connections