Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Rare Birds by Jonathan Wilson, out now on Bella Union.
Jonathan Wilson has been releasing music as a solo artist for over a decade, but most of his accolades are the result of his work with others as both a producer and touring/session musician. In recent years he produced Father John Misty’s Grammy nominated Pure Comedy and Conor Oberst’s critically acclaimed Upside Down Mountain, and back in 2009 he produced Dawes’ breakout debut, North Hills. He also keeps busy as a hired gun for Roger Waters, both in the studio and on stage. That being said, 2018 is shaping up to be his biggest year to date with the release of Rare Birds.
Jonathan Wilson’s wide-ranging skills are on display over the course of 13 expansive and beautifully produced tracks, recorded during the time he was in studio with Waters, which could explain the gentle Pink Floydian psychedelia that graces the album. Amazing songs are taken to new heights by Wilson’s prowess as a producer, and it’s easy to hear why he’s become one of the premier collaborators in L.A..
—hour 1—
Those Last Words – High Sunn – Missed Connections
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From One Another – Totally Mild – Her
Boyfriend – Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
Hey – Alvvays – Antisocialites
Pain Killer – Iceage – Beyondless
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Understanding! or Understanding The Mysteries of the Universe Via Spiritual and Sexual Awakening! – Sunbears!
Dream State – Son Lux – Brighter Wounds
Hallelujah (So Low) – Editors – Violence
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I Was Biting – THYLA
Warm and Low – Quicksand
The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra – Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic
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The Club – Hinds – I Don’t Run
Serve The Rich – PINS
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Hammer – Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life
Cry! – Caroline Rose – LONER
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Pictures of You – Sonny Smith – Rod For Your Love
Into the Night – Death By Unga Bunga
Further – Django Django – Marble Skies
Not For Me – Forth Wanderers – Forth Wanderers
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Vamps – Prism Tats – Mamba
Standing On The Edge of Tomorrow – The Damned
Guilty Party – The National – Sleep Well Beast
Night Time – Superorganism – Superorganism
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Gasoline and Dirty Sheets – David Byrne – American Utopia
Satan – D.D. Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
Hell-On – Neko Case – Hell-On
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Before We Were Together – Margaret Glaspy – Born Yesterday EP
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Heartbreak Junky – Kyle Craft
Big Cloud – Wavves & Culture Abuse
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It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul) – Tom Misch – Geography
Leech – The Cactus Channel – Stay a While
Cry On Me – Chappo – Do It
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—— FITTING ROOM——
Over The Midnight – Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
There’s A Light – Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
Sunset Blvd – Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
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Riddles – Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Riddles
Nightclub – The Vaccines – Combat Sports
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Nonbeliever – Lucy Dacus – Historian
