The Needle Exchange
The Needle Exchange
Jim Jewell
The Dilletante DJs - José Amador (he/him), Rob MacGregor (he/him), and Zach Prewitt (he/him) - curate, discuss, and share 10-song playlists built around a common theme. Hosted by Jim Jewell (he/him).
"Dedicated to the One I Love"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hEnDqC4ZWOft2hPH9isnx?si=ee7087a652d64407The Flamingos | I Only Have Eyes for You | I Only Have Eyes For You | 1959the xx | Chained | Coexist | 2012Honeycut | Butter Room | The Day I Turned To Glass | 2006Aretha Franklin | Day Dreaming | Young, Gifted and Black | 1972Khruangbin, Leon Bridges | Doris | Texas Moon | 2022N. Hardem, Briela Ojeda | Volcán | Verdor | 2021Mal Devisa | if I were to fall asleep in your arms | Shade and the little Creature | 2015Jon Bap | Don't Run Into The Dark So Quick | What Now? | 2016Gorillaz, Little Dragon | Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon) | Plastic Beach | 2010The Coup, Silke | BabyLet'sHaveABabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy | Pick A Bigger Weapon | 2006Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wdz9OqRjuzOEvr5gZiYpr?si=2ff5a097c9bd460cTom Tom Club | Genius of Love | Tom Tom Club | 1981Bootsy Collins | I'd Rather Be with You | Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band | 1976Silk Sonic | Skate | An Evening With Silk Sonic | 2021DOMi & JD BECK | SNiFF | NOT TiGHT | 2022Louis Cole | Park Your Car on My Face | Quality Over Opinion | 2022Thundercat | Dragonball Durag | It Is What It Is | 2020Childish Gambino | 3005 | Because the Internet | 2013Parliament | Wizard Of Finance | Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome | 1977Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim, Macy Gray | Cell Block Tango (feat. Lil' Kim & Macy Gray) | Chicago - Music From The Miramax Motion Picture | 2002Giaccomo Puccini, Nicole Heartseeker, Mulo Francel | Muesetta's Waltz | That's Amore | 2022Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IYcwrQv9HtMLmvupUztEJ?si=22e5c65757fc4baaDonny Hathaway | A Song for You | Donny Hathaway | 1971Eva Cassidy | Songbird | Songbird | 1998Clem Snide | I'll Be Your Mirror | I'll Be Your Mirror | 2017Jeff Buckley | Mama, You Been on My Mind - Studio Outtake - 1993 | Grace | 1994John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman | Dedicated To You | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | 1963Cat Power | Sea of Love | The Covers Record | 2000The Magnetic Fields | The Book of Love | 69 Love Songs | 1999Radiohead | I Promise | OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | 2017Richard Ashcroft | You On My Mind In My Sleep | Alone With Everybody | 2000Gustav Mahler, Weiner Philharmoniker, Leanard Bernstein | Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto | Mahler Symphony No. 5 | 1988
Feb 5, 2024
1 hr 28 min
"Bass"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50rc8IhdljJDjfGuzLfyNk?si=2dee9138e5954083Sun Ra | Bassism | The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra | 1962Charles Mingus | Haitian Fight Song | The Clown | 1957Tom Waits | Step Right Up | Small Change | 1976Little Willie John | My Love Is | Sure Things | 1961Jack Elliot, Allyn Ferguson | The Barney Miller Theme | Barney Miller | 1975Sugarloaf | Green-Eyed Lady | Green-Eyed Lady | 1970The Police | Driven To Tears | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980Roxy Music | Love Is The Drug | Siren | 1975Soul Coughing | Collapse | Irresistable Bliss | 1996Violent Femmes | Please Do Not Go | Violent Femmes | 1983SAULT | Think About It | 5 | 2019Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7a3ApfuFz6VxiPv13aOvYs?si=07675186fb9e4dcfMorphine | Buena | Cure For Pain | 1993Barry White | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby | I've Got So Much To Give | 1973Jaco Pastorius | Come On, Come Over | Jaco Pastorius | 1976Stanely Clarke | We Supply | ROCKS, PEBBLES AND SAND | 1980Esperanza Spalding | I Know You Know | Esperanza | 2008John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman | Lush Life | John Coltrane And Johnny Harman | 1963Tennessee Ernie Ford | Funny How Time Slips Away | Country Hits...Feelin' Blue | 1964Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | You Want It Darker | 2016The Fairfield Four | Lonesome Valley | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2000Charles Mingus | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Mingus Ah Um | 1959Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JY5AjkDzto0UZO9RV54U3?si=83ea9ce4999c47c0Jaco Pastorius | Portrait Of Tracy | Jaco Pastorius | 1976The Brothers Johnson | Strawberry Letter 23 | Right On Time | 1977Kajagoogoo | Too Shy | White Feathers | 1983Future | Mask Off | FUTURE | 2017Mungo's Hi Fi, Soom T | Jump Up Quickly | Listening Bug EP | 2013Bassnectar | Basshead | Timestretch | 2010GRIZ, LSDREAM | FUNKONAUT | FUNKONAUT | 2022Rezz, Deathpact | Chemical Bond | Chemical Bond | 2021Subtronics, Excision | Asteroid | Asteroid | 2023David Kahn, John D'Amico | over the rainbow | over the rainbow | 2023
Dec 5, 2023
1 hr 5 min
"Guy Fawkes"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5KSe75E0wGaNBXLZ81AcKR?si=b1ef8ec587594471Blaze Foley | Livin' in the Woods in a Tree | The Dawg Years (1975-1978) | 2010Fred Neil | Gone Again | Bleecker And McDougal (US Release) | 1965John Hartford | Gentle On My Mind | Earthwords & Music | 1967Townes Van Zandt | Wild Crazy Things | Be Here To Love Me | 2005Lightin' Hopkins | Wine Spodee-O-Dee | Blues In My Bottle | 1961Mississippi John Hurt | Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor | Today! | 1966Ola Belle Reed | High on a Mountain | Ola Belle Reed | 1973Townes Van Zandt | I Just Had To Fall | Be Here To Love Me | 2005Etta Baker | Railroad Bill | Railroad Bill | 1999Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Hard Travelin' | Jack Elliott Sings The Songs Of Woodie Guthrie | 1961Woody Guthrie | Hobo's Lullaby | Hobo's Lullaby / Boil Dem Cabbage Down | 1944Townes Van Zandt | I Designed It That Way | Be Here To Love Me | 2005Townes Van Zandt | Waiting Around to Die | Townes Van Zandt | 1969Jimmie Rodgers | Hobo Bill's Last Ride | Hobo Bill's Last Ride / That's Why I'm Blue | 1930Harry McClintock | The Big Rock Candy Mountain | The Bum Song - No. 2 / The Big Rock Candy Mountains | 1928José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68jzvO9W1ERMwYIW6cHtKS?si=54f7cd82ec924a63The Art Of Noise | A Time For The Fear (Who's Afraid) | (Who's Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise | 1984The Good, The Bad & The Queen | History Song | The Good, The Bad & The Queen | 2007Jill O'Hara, Hair Ensemble | Dead End | New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater Presents Hair - An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical | 1967SAULT | Money | Today & Tomorrow | 2022PJ Harvey | The Words That Maketh Murder | Let England Shake | 2011IDLES | War | Ultra Mono | 2020The Valentines | Blam Blam Fever (Gunsfever) | Blam Blam Fever (Gunsfever) / The Scratch | 1967Eugene McDaniels | Supermarket Blues | Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse | 1971Killer Mike | Reagan | R.A.P. Music | 2012Fela Kuti | Follow Follow | The Underground Spiritual Game | 2009Rogér Fakhr | Keep Going | Fine Anyway | 2021Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1QBUVPbP4AVyFuX6bxZELM?si=2e2baeb89ea2424cThe Choirs Of Britain's Cathedrals Perform | Once In Royal David's City | Hymns & Songs Of Worship | 2009Constantines | The Mcknight Life | Constantines | 2004Constantines | Steal This Sound | Constantines | 2004Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Neville Marriner, et al | Requiem, K. 626. Confutatis | Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording) | 1984From Monument To Masses | Clinical Features of Rock Trauma | From Monument To Masses | 2003Johannes Brahms, The Monteverdi Choir, et al | Ein deutches Requiem, Op. 45: 4. Choir: "We lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zabaoth!" | Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem | 1991Radiohead | You And Whose Army? | Amnesiac | 2001Arvo Pärt, Choir of King's College, et al | Pärt: Magnificat | Ikos: Sacred Works of Górecki, Tavener, Pärt | 1994Mclusky | To Hell With Good Intentions | Mclusky Do Dallas | 2002George Fridrich Handel, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Choir, et al | Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2:...
Nov 19, 2023
1 hr 27 min
"Night of the Living Dead"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/Zach’s list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zj130mzl7qMlXgLURf1Fc?si=211589bbc1544400The Smiths | Cemetry Gates| The Queen is Dead | 1986The Cure | Lovesong | Disintegration | 1989She Wants Revenge | Tear You Apart | She Wants Revenge | 2006Flyleaf | I'm So Sick | Flyleaf | 2006Charlotte Gainsbourg | Hey Joe | Hey Joe | 2014AURORA | Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) – Acoustic | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | 2014The Twilight Sad | There's a Girl in the Corner | Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave | 2014Disasterpeace | Heels | It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2015PJ Harvey | Rid Of Me | Rid Of Me | 1993Dean Man's Bones | My Body's a Zombie For You | Dead Man's Bones | 2009Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Love Will Tear Us Apart | 1980Rob’s list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fbnrOWtidXTq35oRY7Zit?si=a07f3626cc5f4396Too Many Zooz | To the Top | F Note | 2014Basement Jaxx, Meshell Ndegeocello | Right Here's The Spot | Kish Kash | 2003G. Love & Special Sauce | This Ain't Living | G. Love And Special Sauce | 1994EntertainmentLykke Li | Get Some | Wounded Rhymes | 2011Macklemore, Ryan Lewis | Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) | The Heist | 2012Beyoncé, Jack White | Don't Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White) | Lemonade | 2016Mal Devisa | In My Neighborhood | Kiid | 2016The Jim Carroll Band | People Who Died | Catholic Boy | 1980Run The Jewels | Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1 | Run The Jewels 2 | 2014Talking Heads | Burning Down the House – Live | Stop Making Sense (Live) | 1984José’s list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yJrJgkOrtbvHYRDO7GZcn?si=88310c3573ef4527Sound Ideas | Large Horde of Zombies Approaching | Zombies Sound Effects | 2019Screamin' Jay Hawkins | She Put the Wammee on Me | Screamin' The Blues | 1979John Parish, PJ Harvey | Girl | Dance Hall At Louse Point | 1996Bnny | Little Flower | Everything | 2021DJ Muggs, DJ Muggs the Black Goat | Nigrum Mortem | Dies Occidendum | 2021Saul Williams | These Mthrfckrs | These Mthrfckrs: MartyrLoserKing - Remixes, B-Sides & Demos | 2016Sound Ideas | Low Moaning Zombie Ambience | Zombies Sound Effects | 2019Eleni Mandell | Snakebite | Snakebite | 2001Dum Dum Girls | Hold Your Hand |Only in Dreams | 2011the bird and the bee | Lifespan Of A Fly | Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future | 2008Jaks | Damn Bloodsuckers | Here Lies the Body of Jaks | 2005Sound Ideas | Sloppy Gnawing and Chewing on Flesh | Blood and Gore Sound Effects | 2020Jorja Smith | I Am | Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By | 2018Kendrick Lamar | BLOOD. | DAMN. | 2017
Oct 23, 2023
1 hr 12 min
"Who Are You This Time?"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/Jose's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3h2ETQtMbYL0e69sIj5b1r?si=792fe3163e0a4c67The Cool Kids | Bassment Party | The Bake Sale | 2008Nicki Minaj | Come On A Cone | Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded | 2012Beny Moré, Pérez Prado | Pachito E Che | Pachito E Che | 1949The Cool Kids, Chuck Inglish | ICE RICE & BEANS FAMILY DINER (Skit) | BABY OIL STAIRCASE / CHILLOUT | 2022Mulher Melancia (Andressa Soares) | Velocidade 6 | Mulher Melancia | 2016Fishbone | Hide Behind My Glasses | Bonin' in the Boneyard | 1988Sleater-Kinney | Milkshake n' Honey | All Hands on the Bad One | 2000Black Sheep | U Mean I'm Not | A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing | 1991Dave Frishberg | My Attorney Bernie - Vocal | Dave Frishberg Classics | 1991The Limiñanas | Je suis une gogo girl | The Limiñanas | 2010Ken Nordine | Beige | Colors | 1966Bobby Matos, Joe Bataan | Senor Blues (Vocal) [feat. Joe Bataan] | Ritmo & Blues | 2014Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00ljwHZnaNJ1RMfOv5o5XJ?si=3c548f4ac6c942f2Sting | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles | 1985New York Dolls | Personality Crisis | New York Dolls | 1973Talking Heads | Once in a Lifetime | Remain In Light | 1980Mitski | Best American Girl | Puberty 2 | 2016PJ Harvey | Dress | Dry | 1992Nick Cave | I'm Your Man - Live | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | 2006Radiohead | All I Need | In Rainbows | 2007Catherine Wheel | All Of That | Wishville | 2000Yvonne De Carlo | I'm Still Here | Follies / Original Broadway Cast | 1971Lou Reed | Modern Dance | Ecstasy | 2000Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BMU2GWuceV9LHeO1iuged?si=6b1945e8e48e40d8Tom Waits | Shore Leave | Swordfishtrombones | 1983Yo La Tengo | Tired Hippo | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | 2000The Velevet Underground, Nico | Femme Fatale | The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1967Pixies | Cecilia Ann | Bossanova | 1990Ennio Morricone | Perché? | L'immoralità (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1978The Budos Band | Nobody's Bulletproof | The Budos Band EP | 2009Beastie Boys | Sneakin' Out The Hospital | Hello Nasty | 1998Ennio Morricone I Cantori Moderni Di Alessondroni | Party proibito | I malamondo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1964Ennio Morricone | Perché Simona? | L'immoralità (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1978Mel Tormé | Comin' Home Baby | Comin' Home Baby | 1962Nancy Sinatra | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | How Does That Grab You? | 1966
Oct 13, 2023
1 hr 34 min
"Quiet"
Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/Rob's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3as3H8YvyrprVz3LrCrmSr?si=68acec7c2ef24ec0John Cage | 4'33" | 4'33" | 1991Björk | It's Oh So Quiet | Post | 1995Squirrel Nut Zippers | Put a Lid on It | Hot | 1996Ying Yang Twins | Wait (The Whisper Song) | U.S.A. (United States of Atlanta) | 2005Ishmael Ensemble | Feather | Visions of Light | 2021Pat Metheny | Midwestern Nights Dream | Bright Size Life | 1976Dire Straits | Private Investigations | Love Over Gold | 1982Mac DeMarco | Chamber Of Reflection | Salad Days | 2014Damien Rice | Accidental Babies | 9 | 2006Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gilian Welch | Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2000(You can also read the eulogy here: https://magreggins.com/2023/09/25/the-eulogies-of-howie-jericho-and-melody-vincent/)Jose's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2x5QJYxQQTgMXbTuctLzLQ?si=7383de3a289f42e4Odd Nosdam | Up In Flames | Level Live Wires | 2007Laurie Anderson | Looking for You - Live | United States Live | 1984Karima Walker | Hands in Our Names | Hands in Our Names | 2017David Byrne | I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong | Rei Momo | 1989The KLF, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | Atlantic City to Philadelphia | Come Down Dawn | 2021The KLF, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | Philadelphia to Baltimore | Come Down Dawn | 2021Amon Tobin | Slowly | Supermodified | 2000Solange | Beltway | When I Get Home | 2019The Flaming Lips | Vein of Stars | At War With the Mystics | 2006The Creatures | Morriña | Boomerang | 1989Yo La Tengo | Night Falls on Hoboken | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | 2000Zach's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Xzx2xZrnCLu69j6LH2jpP?si=c579c23d93f34ba8Cliff Martinez | Is That What Everybody Wants | Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2002Elliott Smith | Between the Bars | Either/Or | 1997Boris | My Machine | Pink | 2006Grouper | Headache | Paradise Valley | 2016Tom Waits | Rainbirds | Swordfishtrombones | 1983Tori Amos | Hey Jupiter | Boys for Pele | 1996Jon Hopkins | Dawn Chorus | Piano Versions | 2021Gustav Mahler, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | IV. Urlicht. Sehr feirlich, aber schlicht | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" | 1987Jóhann Jóhannsson | A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder | Orphée | 2016Talk Talk | Wealth | Spirit of Eden | 1988
Sep 29, 2023
1 hr 10 min
"First World Problems"
Our pilot episode! Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/Jose's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sKKV8AsMcIqkQWSf1CEdo?si=ca59f4b2f8ea434cStyx | Why Me | Cornerstone | 1979George Harrison | Got My Mind Set on You | Cloud 9 | 1987CAN | Vitimin C | Ege Bamyası | 1972Elvis Costello | Watching the Detectives | My Aim is True | 1977Don Henley | Dirty Laundry | I Can’t Stand Still | 1982De La Soul | A Little Bit of Soap | 3 Feet High and Rising | 1989The Beatles | Nowhere Man | Rubber Soul | 1965The Beta Band | Round the Bend | The Beta Band | 1999“Weird Al” Yankovich | Buy Me a Condo | In 3-D | 1984Mike + The Mechanics | The Living Years | The Living Years | 1988Rob's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MiprBprFylQ8sgNm1zWqV?si=f5865ab6822f4414Dan Bern | Tiger Woods | Fifty Eggs | 1998DOMi & JD BECK | U DON’T HAVE TO ROB ME | NOT TiGHT | 2022JPEGMAFIA | Free The Frail | All My Heroes Are Cornballs | 2019Nina Simone | The Other Woman | The Other Woman (Single) | 1959CAN | Vitamin C | Ege Bamyası | 1972Handsome Boy Modelling School | Modeling Sucks | So…How’s Your Girl? | 1999Cults | Oh My God | Cults | 2011Björk | Army Of Me | Post | 1995Primus | Too Many Puppies | Frizzle Fry | 1990Unknown Mortal Orchestra | American Guilt | Sex & Food | 2018Van Morrison | Ring Worm | BANG! Contractual Obligation Album | 1968Zach's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2VJel5WTpi8bO7bZquvyxF?si=b77de96e115a4013Huey Lewis & The News | I Want a New Drug | Sports | 1983The Dandy Warhols | Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth | The Dandy Warhols Come Down | 1997Nickelback | Rockstar | All the Right Reasons | 2005Puddle Of Mudd | She Hates Me | Come Clean | 2001Joe Jackson | Is She Really Going Out With Him? | Look Sharp! | 1979Pulp | Common People | Different Class | 1995Descendents | Parents | Milo Goes To College | 1982Antrax | Milk – Ode to Billy | Attack of the Killer B’s | 1991Best Coast | Goodbye | Crazy for You | 2010Taylor Swift | Anti-Hero | Midnights | 2022Help us make this show great by filling out our audience survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R3G3Z38
Sep 13, 2023
53 min