Earlier this month, I read a review of The New Eves album The New Eve Is Rising, which referenced The Slits and The Wicker Man, on Bandcamp and promptly bought the album based on my love of post-punk and the original 1973 The Wicker Man, which is the only version of the film that matters and, yes, I’m including that overhyped waste-of-time Midsommer when I say that. But, back to The New Eves. The album is killer and I’ve been wanting to play “Highway Man,” but haven’t because it seemed like the first play should be for a very specific crowd. That brings us to Underground on Friday night. I was playing upstairs. It wasn’t packed or anything, but there were a handful of goths in flowing skirts dancing to “Christine,” the Siouxsie and the Banshees song, and, I thought, if anybody is going to get The New Eves, it’s them. So, I played the song and every single one of them stayed on the dance floor for the whole three minutes and 43 seconds.
I finally got around to playing Confidence Man’s new track, “Gossip,” as well. It did pretty well and someone came up to the booth and asked about it, which is a good sign. The same person then mentioned a mashup that I played way back in the day that was Ladytron and Kylie Minogue. I love that one, but, I said, I literally only have it on vinyl. There’s a story behind that record too that I’ve been meaning to post, but you’ll have to wait for it.
Anyhow, the set list is below. New/ish tunes are in bold.
The Cure – A Strange Day
Chromatics – Cherry
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wolf (Boy Harsher Remix)
Gesaffelstein – Viol
FKA Twigs, Koreless – Drums of Death
Liasons Dangereuses – Los Niños del Parque
Depeche Mode – Happiest Girl
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hall of Mirrors
Visage – Fade to Grey
Holy Ghost! – I Wanted to Tell Her
Boy Harsher – Send Me a Vision
Golden Boy, Kittin – Rippin Kittin
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
New Order – Sub-Culture
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Paradise Place
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Bang
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Yaz – Don’t Go
Depeche Mode – Nodisco
Chromatics – Shadow (Maceo Plex Remix)
Chelsea Wolfe – House of Self-Undoing (Boy Harsher Remix)
Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia
TR/ST – Sulk (request)
Mareux – Lovers from the Past
Twin Tribes- Cauldron of Thornes
The Cure – The Walk
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Slowdive
She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart
Bloc Party – Banquet
Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf
Depeche Mode – Photographic
Molchat Doma – Toska
Joy Division – Digital
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine
The New Eves – Highway Man
Peaches – Fuck the Pain Away
Sextile – Rearrange
Benny Benassi – Satisfaction
Mason vs. Princess Superstar – Perfect
Confidence Man & Jade – Gossip
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
Pixel Grip – Reason to Stay
Boy Harsher – Pain
New Order – Blue Monday
Alice Glass – Catch and Release
Actors – Face Meets Glass
She Past Away – Kasvetli Kutlama (request)
B Movie – Nowhere Girl
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Human League – Sound of the Crowd
The Cure – Lovesong
Bronski Beat- Smalltown Boy
Trans X – Living on Video
Sextile – Women Respond to Bass
Kittin and the Hacker – Frank Sinatra
Nitzer Ebb – Join in the Chant
Boy Harsher- Machina
Yaz – Situation
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Crystal Castles, Health – Crimewave
Mareux – Nonstop Romance
Raf – Self Control
Nine Inch Nails – Closer
Fontaines DC – Starburster
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Red Light
Mazzy Star – Fade into You
After upstairs closed, I played a short end-of-the-night set downstairs:
The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control
Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Killing Jar
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Skeleton
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