Jane Asylum
I’ve set-off around the world a few times as a digital nomad. My favorite places are off-the-beaten-path spaces. I enjoy good food, although I’m a sucker for trying anything once. Discovering new music and artists is a passion, but I adore retro tracks and nostalgic songs. Whether fueled by imagination, or anchored in the real world, I live for adventure, especially when set to the beat of diverse and eclectic playlists.
Ready. Set. Join me on a sonic adventure!
Playlists
enTANGOed
28 June 2021
Discover a little extra somethin’-somethin’ for your tango taste. Rock and pop? When possible. Experimental and fusion? Likely. Trip hop? Occasionally. Tango? Mostly! – featuring artists like Gotan Project • Tom Waits • Grace Jones • Caro Emerald • Portishead • Parov Stelar • Touch & Go • Entangados
Lipstick Fallout
12 June 2021
Break out your black eyeliner, dust off your Docs, and take your post-punk art-rock femisist on for a spy finding adventure that time travels from the 80s to now – featuring artists like Malaria! • Peaches • M.I.A. • Amyl and the Sniffers • Duran Duran • Beastie Boys • Stereolab • Brazilian Girls • Chicks on Speed • Crash Course in Science
Southern Noir
31 May 2021
Put on your seamed stockings or best gearhead shirt, slap your knee, jive, twist and drag race with Jane Asylum – featuring artists like Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind • The Inkettes • Zeno Tornado • Glam Skanks • Tiger Army • ShitKid • The Kills • JD McPherson • Messer Chups • The Detroit Cobras
Cleaning Mode
31 May 2021
Fun, diverse and upbeat playlist to get down and dirty while cleaning your house – featuring artists like The B-52’s • Salt-n-Pepa • Queen • Blondie • Talking Heads • Lil’ Kim • The Go-Getters • Jack White
People – Les Bods
16 March 2021
I can’t believe that it has been just short of a year since Les Bods, a band out of Brighton, England, sent me their first single, “People.” I also can’t believe it has been a year since this COVID-19 shitshow began.
Beam Me Up – Gloria
15 February 2021
While the band is on the verge of releasing a new LP, Sabbat Matters on March 5, 2021, this track is off of In Excelsis Stereo (2016). And if their new album is as great as this one, then we all have some fantastic tunes to look forward to in our near future.
My Ultimately Alternative Relationship with PJ Harvey – Part 3
16 January 2021
I slip out of bed, stagger in the dark, bounce off the door frame to my office, power-up my laptop, stumble to the kitchen, turn on the coffee machine, quickly turn it off, grab a mug from the cupboard, try again.
As much as I’d love to be the kind of person who wakes up beating my chest and singing PJ Harvey’s “Me Jane” to start the day, all I’ve got to motivate me this morning is, “Ahh, coffee.” Which is more than most mornings, at least.
Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
11 January 2021
It’s unlikely that anyone needs to be introduced to the Rolling Stones, or to “Sympathy for the Devil,” for that matter. This specific version is from the 50th anniversary edition of Beggars Banquet, originally released in 1968.
Woman – Down Dirty Shake
4 January 2021
If 2020 were a woman, this blues-rock track — also called “Woman,” from San Francisco-based band Down Dirty Shake — would undoubtedly make for a more than appropriate theme song.
Birds – Crown Lands
8 December 2020
I stumbled across their track “The Witching Hour” a couple of months ago and it sent me flying back in time to the early 90s, sitting in a former cathouse-turned-bar, listening to the likes of Soundgarden over the speakers
My Ultimately Alternative Relationship with PJ Harvey – Part 2
24 November 2020
“Alternative music is a bit vague,” Adam says.
“Embodies the spirit of alternative?” I ask. This is the first time I’ve been able to meet up with both of my fellow expat friends since the pandemic began.
“Grunge?” Lauren pulls a duck face.
Ghosts of music past aside, genres in almost any media are easy to define, but alternative? Even the Grammy organization has changed the definition a half dozen times since 1991, “as recently as last year,”…
What Is Alternative Music?
10 November 2020
We asked our global community of musicto curators the question: “What is Alternative Music?” This playlist is the response. Curated by Jane from Music to Play In Your Vintage Mustang.