Benjamin Booker joins host Stephen Kallao

Benjamin Booker’s new album, Lower, takes inspiration from post-punk bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain and East Coast hip-hop groundbreakers Mobb Deep. It’s a record that pulls no punches, sonically or lyrically. Find out why he embraced distortion and why there’s no such thing as “bad” equipment.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Michael Stipe “In The Sun” In The Sun – EP
Benjamin Booker “Pompeii Statues” Lower
Benjamin Booker “Same Kind of Lonely” Lower
Benjamin Booker “Rebecca Latimer Ferguson Takes A BBC” Lower
Benjamin Booker “Slow Dance in a Gay Bar” Lower
Benjamin Booker “Happy Home” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” Gorillaz
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Call Me (Whatever You Like)” South of Here
David Bowie “Fashion” Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Kacey Musgraves “Cardinal” Deeper Well

Hour Two
Benjamin Booker “Have You Seen My Son” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Bruce Springsteen “Rain in the River” Tracks II: The Lost Albums
Concrete Blonde “Joey” Bloodletting
Vampire Weekend “A-Punk” Vampire Weekend
B-52’s “Rock Lobster” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Kathleen Edwards “The Logical Song” Covers
Pearl Jam “Wishlist” Yield
Father John Misty “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools Of Us All” Mahashmashana
Faces “Stay With Me” A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Brian Wilson “Going Home” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Chicano Batman “Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)” Freedom Is Free
Fontaines D.C. “Starburster” Romance
Lucy Dacus “Ankles” Forever is a Feeling
Feist “1234” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Catbite “Tired of Talk (feat. Patrick Stump)” Doom Garden
The Stone Roses “I Wanna Be Adored” Stone Roses
Band of Horses “Is There A Ghost” Cease to Begin
George Clinton “Atomic Dog” Computer Games