The Monday Lineup #80: pouring one out for FYF

Like many things in 2018, FYF super fans like myself had the rug pulled out from under us when this glorious LA music festival was suddenly cancelled in May, allegedly because of low ticket sales.

As the LA Times wrote, this was especially disappointing because after FYF parted ways with its founder Sean Carlson (who turned out to be an awful guy), the festival was taken over by a team of women who worked hard to build a lineup with two female headliners and a far more gender-inclusive lineup than what can be found at most music festivals.

And while I'm not so upset to wake up rested and refreshed this morning instead of with my usual post-festival depleted physical state, it is truly a shame that this excellently curated, genre-spanning, female-driven festival never got a chance to come to life. I sincerely hope we'll see the return of FYF in the near future.

In the meantime, like my mom always told me, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Or a radio show! So here we are... memorializing what could have been at FYF 2018.

Playlist

  1. If by Janet Jackson on Janet (Virgin)
  2. Yes, I Know by Daphni on Jiaolong (Merge)
  3. We Like to Party by Michael Mayer, Roman Flügel on & (!K7)
  4. Feel It Out by Yaeji on yaeji (GODMODE)
  5. Don't You Want My Love by Moodymann on Forevernevermore (Peacefrog)
  6. Glue by Bicep on Bicep (Ninja Tune)
  7. Deadly Valentine by Charlotte Gainsbourg on Rest (Because Music)
  8. Digital Witness by St. Vincent on St. Vincent (Seven Four Entertainment)
  9. Spectrum by Florence + The Machine on Ceremonials (Universal)
  10. Love Is Stronger Than Pride by Amber Mark on Conexão - EP (PMR)
  11. After the Storm (feat. Tyler, the Creator & Bootsy Collins) by Kali Uchis on Isolation (Virgin EMI)
  12. Next Time / Humble Pie by The Internet on Hive Mind (Columbia)
  13. Come Meh Way by Sudan Archives on Sudan Archives (Stones Throw)
  14. Bodys by Car Seat Headrest on Twin Fantasy (Matador)
  15. Velvet 4 Sale by U.S. Girls on In a Poem Unlimited (4AD)
  16. All Melody by Nils Frahm on All Melody (Erased Tapes)
  17. mourning song by serpentwithfeet on soil (Secretly Canadian)
  18. Body to Flame by Lucy Dacus on Historian (Matador)
  19. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC by Rhye on Spotify Singles (Loma Vista)
  20. If You're Going to Break Yourself by Unknown Mortal Orchestra on Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
  21. Crystalized by The xx on xx (XL Recordings)