“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks.
After dropping a 2-song cover EP in February, Bluesy Brookyln-based punk rocker Shilpa Ray is about to release an 11-track album inspired, in part, by Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Ray, who sings and plays the harmonium alongside her four-piece band, became a phenomenon on the indie rock circuit in 2011 after Nick Cave discovered her act. Her forthcoming album, Last Year’s Savage, will be released on May 19 via Northern Spy Records.
The Temptations – “Plastic Man”
Curtis Mayfield – “Little Child Runnin’ Wild”
Janko Nilovic – “Drug Song”
Muddy Waters – “She’s alright”
Baby Huey – “Hard Times”
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr – “You Can’t Blame Me”
The Parliaments – “The Goose (That Laid The Golden Egg)”
Chubby Checker – “Goodbye, Victoria”
Love – “Dream”
Edwin Starr – “Ball of Confusion”
