It’s been a minute since I’ve DJed at The Mermaid, long enough where I hadn’t seen how the corner near the DJ booth now looks like an underwater cave (see pic above). It’s super cute. Anyhow, last night was an open format set, so you heard everything from new Alison Goldfrapp and Tyler the Creator to oldies from Brenton Wood and Creedence Clearwater Revival to everything in between. Set list is below.
CSS – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
Dynamics – Seven Nation Army (Patchwork’s Holiday Inn Remix)
Tame Impala – Is It True?
Alison Goldfrapp – Find Xanadu
Sally Shapiro – Rent (Extending Mix)
Cerrone, Christine and the Queens, Purple Disco Machine – Supernature MMXXV
Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire
Daft Punk – Digital Love
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
Elastica – Da Da Da
Wet Leg – Catch These Fists
Amyl and the Sniffers – Me and the Girls
The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Los Bravos – Black Is Black
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – Beggin’
Stevie Wonder – Uptight
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Future Islands – For Sure
School of Seven Bells – Low Times
Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver
N8NOFACE – As of Right Now
The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make?
Fontaines DC – Favourite
Spinners – It’s a Shame
Ann Peebles – It’s Your Thing
Say She She – Echo in the Chamber
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Jean Jacques Perrey – E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Deltron 3030 – Positive Contact
Kendrick Lamar – Squabble Up (XL Middleton’s ’92 Backyard Boogie Remix)
Shannon – Let the Music Play
Mary Jane Girls – In My House
The Jets- Crush on You
Nuovo Testamento – Picture Perfect
Fun Fun – Baila Bolero (Krystal Klear Remix)
Sophie Ellis Bextor – Murder on the Dancefloor
Ora the Molecule – Nobody Cares
Icona Pop – I Love It
Sextile – Rearrange
Confidence Man – Angry Girl
Wet Leg – Ur Mum
Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks
Teddybears, Iggy Pop – Punkrocker
Shocking Blue- Send Me a Postcard
Shannon and the Clams- The Moon Is In the Wrong Place
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
Stereolab – Ping Pong
Primitives – Crash
Bob Vylan – Dream Big
Fugazi – Waiting Room
The Clash – Guns of Brixton
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam
Kneecap, Grian Chatten – Better Way to Live
Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Archie Bell and the Drells – Tighten Up Pt. 1
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk in My Shoes
Asha Pulhi- I am Song (Sing Me) (Yuksek Remix)
Gorillaz, Stevie Nicks – Oil
The Weeknd – Gasoline
Tyler the Creator – Sugar on My Tongue
Pixel Grip – Reason to Stay
Marie Davidson – Work It
Mason, Princess Superstar – Perfect (Exeder Vocal Mix)
Daft Punk – Technologic
New Order – Blue Monday
Trans X – Living on Video
Sextile – Women Respond to Bass
Boy Harsher – Pain
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Egyptian Lover – Egypt Egypt
Madonna- Hung Up (SDP Extended Remix)
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Robyn – Dancing on My Own
Beyonce – Virgo’s Groove
FKA Twigs, Koreless – Drums of Death
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death (Soulwax Remix)
Health, Crystal Castles – Crimewave
Mareux – Nonstop Romance
Animal Collective – My Girls
Brenton Wood – Oogum Boogum Song
James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty
Postal Service – Such Great Heights
Los Prisioneros – Tren al Sur (request)
Los Angeles Negros – El Rey y Yo
Love – Alone Again Or
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
Freda Payne – Band of Gold
KC and the Sunshine Band – Boogie Shoes (request)
Boz Skaggs – Lowdown
Chicago – Saturday in the Park
ELO – Last Train to London
Bryan Ferry- Kiss and Tell
David Bowie – Life on Mars
Bee Gees – I Can’t See Nobody
Next up is Yeah Yeah Yeahs x Siouxsie and the Banshees Night at Club Underground on Friday, August 22. Tickets are available now.
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs or listen to the latest Beatique Mix. Follow on Instagram or Bluesky for more updates.
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