Aimee Mann joins host Raina Douris

Aimee Mann looked to the Susannah Kaysen memoir Girl, Interrupted when crafting her latest album, Queens of the Summer Hotel. She discusses exploring mental illness in the new songs and how her writing process changed in order to capture some of the more intense moments and characters in the book.

*Luna “Tiger Lily” Bewitched
Aimee Mann “You Fall” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Aimee Mann “Burn It Out” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Aimee Mann “Suicide Is Murder” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Aimee Mann “I See You” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Brittany Howard “Stay High” Jaime
Wilco “Heavy Metal Drummer” Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Kacey Musgraves “Justified” Star-Crossed
Foals “Wake Me Up” Wake Me Up (single)
M83 “Midnight City” Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
The Velvet Underground “Femme Fatale” The Velvet Underground

Hour Two
*Peter Gabriel “That Voice Again” So
Father John Misty “Funny Girl” Funny Girl (single)
Jackson Browne “Linda Paloma” The Pretender
Courtney Barnett “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” Things Take Time, Take Time
The Pixies “Here Comes Your Man” Doolittle
Lo Moon “Dream Never Dies” Dream Never Dies (single)
Beach House “Once Twice Melody” Once Twice Melody
Hozier “Nina Cried Power” Wasteland, Baby!
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Can’t Let Go” Raise The Roof
Cosmic Guilt “Urge For Going” Urge For Going (single)
Big Thief “Time Escaping” Dragon New Warm Mountain
Rilo Kiley “Portions For Foxes” More Adventurous
The Head And The Heart “Rhythm & Blues” Signs Of Light

*Optional Song