“Glasshouse” (1985) By Party Day

“Our Lips Are Sealed” (1983) by Fun Boy Three (1981-1983)

Formed after Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding left The Specials.

Wendy Carlos

“Eighties” (1985) by Killing Joke (1978-1996; 2002-present)

Nirvana definitely listened to these guys:

“Come As You Are” (1991) by Nirvana (1987-1994)

“Dayvan Cowboy” (2005) by Boards Of Canada (1986-present)

Boards of Canada is a duo from Edinburgh, Scotland.

“If The Kids Are United” (1978) by Sham 69 (1975-1979; 1987-present)

“After Laughter (Comes Tears)” (1964) by Wendy René (c. 1962-1967; 2010)

René sang backup for Otis Redding (who came up with her stage name) and was scheduled to fly out with him and The Bar-Kays on December 10, 1967. She decided to back out at the last minute due to her new motherhood. This would prove to be a life saving decision as that was the flight that took Redding’s life. The sole survivor of the crash was trumpeter Ben Cauley. Bassist James Alexander lucked out as he was on a separate flight. René just recently passed away of a stroke on December 16th.

“After Laughter” was sampled on Wu-Tang Clan’s “Tearz”

“Map Ref 43 Degrees North 110 Degrees W” (1979) by Wire (1976-1980; 1985-1992; 1999-present)

“Wildflower” (2012) by Roman Ruins (2007-present)

This track comes off the album Homebuilding. The brains behind this act is Graham Hill, who also drums for Beach House.

“Experience” (1996) by Bisk

Hailing from Japan, this electronic project’s brainchild is Naohiro Fujikawa. You can download his latest album Twisted for free.

NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.