Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is Track 1 this week, but not by The Flaming Lips, as you might expect. It’s a lovely cover by Joshua Lee Turner, from our Album of the Week – Among Friends: A Musical Travelogue. Moving swiftly through some rock, soul, jazz and afrobeat in just a handful of tracks, this week’s playlist is a strong mix. A slightly relaxed but no less jazzy middle section lets you catch your breath, before an uptempo final few tracks features some hip-hop and more rock. New music this week comes from Jalen Ngonda, Parcels, Fergus McCreadie, Freddie Gibbs and Jordan Rakei. Save, share and listen on Spotify.
Track list
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – Joshua Lee Turner, Kingdom Jasmine, Valley Lopez, Stu Garney, Sam Dorrance
- My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
- Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) – James
- Use ta Be My Girl – The O’Jays
- Green Garden – Laura Mvula
- Good To You – Jonny P
- The Water is Wide – Charles Lloyd
- House of the Rising Sun – Somi
- Something’s Going On – KOKOROKO
- War Dance – KOKOROKO
- Just As Long As We’re Together – Jalen Ngonda
- In Real Life – Vulfpeck
- Safeandsound – Parcels
- Heart Keeping – SynToms, Maisie Crossley
- Leave – Sophye Soliveau
- Sagittarius – Corey Bernhard
- Into The Night – Yazz Ahmed
- To The Moon (feat. André 3000) – Shabaka
- On the Nature of Daylight (Arr. Mackay) – Jess Gillam, Jess Gillam Ensemble
- Geronimo Blues (feat. Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Kae Tempest) – Speakers Corner Quarter
- The Teacher – Revisited – Fergus McCreadie
- Teeth of Time/Mountain – Joshua Burnside
- I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) – Joshua Lee Turner, Chase Eagleson
- Mountains, Trees and Seas – Matthew Halsall
- Yesterday – J Dilla
- How Did You Get Here – Little Simz
- Nobody – Freddie Gibbs
- The Seize – Jordan Rakei
- Grounds for Divorce – Elbow
- Cathedrals – Wunderhorse
Waxing Lyrical 