Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Sanctuary by Baltimore’s own Super City.
It’s rare to find a young rock band that aims to create an experience for their audience every time they take the stage – not just getting up there and playing the songs, but really putting on a show. Baltimore’s Super City have made their mark by doing just that, using the energy of dance to heighten the impact of their music, which in and of itself is bold and exciting.
Bottling that kind of electricity in the studio is not easy to do, but Super City have done it on their new album, Sanctuary – the album largely recorded directly into their iPhones, allowing them to capture “that first point of raw inspiration,” as they said in a recent Baltimore magazine feature. While that immediacy is present throughout, Super City’s attention to detail – their unique pop sensibility and songwriting ambition can’t be ignored. From beginning to end, Sanctuary demonstrates the wide range of sounds and styles they’ve become known for, with blazing guitars and hooks for days.
–hour 1—
Baby It’s You – Active Bird Community – Amends
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Johnny – Basement Revolver – Heavy Eyes
Love Said (Let’s GO) – 77:78 – Jellies
Love the Way You Are – Yukon Blonde – Critical Hit
Psykick Damage – School Damage – A to X
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Moon Barks at the Dog – Saintseneca – Pillar of Na
Little Dark Age – MGMT – Little Dark Age
Ache – Trevor Powers – Mulberry Violence
Feel Good (feat. Khruangbin) – Maribou State – Kingdoms In Colour
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Exact Change – Octaves – Exact Change
Polygondwanaland – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
On My Mind – Circles Around The Sun – Let It Wander
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I Won’t Run From It – Big Red Machine – Big Red Machine
Born in the Right Country – River Whyless
–hour 2—
Break-Thru – Dirty Projectors
ABOP – Tunng — Songs You Make at Night
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I’m A Man – Ty Segall – Fudge Sandwich
Cry On Me – Chappo – Do It
Touch – Sweet Spirit
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A Perfect Miracle – Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
It Keeps Us Dancing – The Family Crest – The War: Act I
New Red Pants – Slothrust – The Pact
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Flying Colors – Steady Holiday – Nobody’s Watching
It Was Not Natural – Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
Orlando – Blood Orange – Negro Swan
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Cry Wolf – Skylar Spence
Soft Spoken – Naia Izumi
–hour 3—
Hammer – Tune-Yards – I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
Annihilation Song – Rubblebucket – Sun Machine
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Young Love – Frontperson – Frontrunner
I’ll Be There – Michael Rault – It’s A New Day Tonight
Oh So You’re Off I See – Kane Strang
I’m Desperate – BC Camplight – Deportation Blues
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Hurry – Super City – Sanctuary
Vulture – Super City – Sanctuary
Nice Person – Super City – Sanctuary
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Water – Ohmme – Parts
Raindrop Blue – King Tuff – The Other
Oh My – Natalie Prass – The Future and the Past
Pony Up – The Bamboos – Night Time People
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Anger Plays A Part – Neil & Liam Finn – Lightsleeper
