gak's back from New York so as he dug through films set in the Big Apple, he opted for a Puerto Rican flair with the 1993 film Carlito's Way. For Vancouverites, Music Waste is this weekend so we also spotlight some of the local acts performing in this long-running festival.

01. Eli Escobar: NY So Hi (Up All Night 12", 2014) Night People NYC 02. Shabason & Gunning: Measures of Fog (Ample Habitat, 2024) Séance Centre 03. David Sanborn: Anything You Want (Hideaway, 1979) Warner Bros 04. David Sanborn: Day Dream (Glengarry Glen Ross OST, 1992) Elektra 05. David Sanborn, Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen: The Weapon (Lethal Weapon OST, 1987) Warner Bros 06. Apollo Ghosts: Sunset Over IKEA (Amethyst, 2024) You've Changed 07. Be Afraid: ICBC (The End Looks Like Prosperity, 2023) Kingfisher Bluez 08. Sleuth: Somewhere Fast (Gold, 2020) Lost Sound Tapes/Jigsaw 09. Jackson Ramsey: Sneak (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 10. La Lune: Despondent (Disparity 12", 2024) Kingfisher Bluez 11. Future Star: Judgement Card (When Will the DJ of Luv Grant Me My 1 Request, 2021) Kingfisher Bluez 12. Devours: Reverse Ombre (Homecoming Queen, 2023) Surviving the Game 13. John Oliver: Far Out Dance 2 (Messages from Beyond the Æther, 2023) self-released 14. Vampire Weekend: Gen-X Cops (Only God Was Above Us, 2024) Columbia 15. Beastie Boys: Ch-Check It Out (To the 5 Boroughs, 2004) Capitol 16. Dick Hyman: [Back in Bobo's Restaurant] Brooklyn Heights Stroll (Moonstruck OST, 1988) Capitol 17. JayWood: Just Sayin' [w.Ami Cheon] (Slingshot, 2022) Captured Tracks 18. Masters at Work: I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (Nuyorican Soul, 1997) Talkin' Loud 19. Captain Planet: Speakin' Nuyorican (Speakin' Nuyorican EP, 2009) Bastard Jazz 20. Master Plan: Electric Baile [Enzo Elia Vocal edit] (Electric Baile/Pushin' Too Hard: Gerd Janson & Enzo Elia Edits, 2020) Running Back 21. Vicky D: This Beat is Mine (1981) Sam 22. Ray Barretto: El Watusi (Carlito's Way OST, 1993) Epic Soundtrax 23. Jellybean Benitez: The Mexican (Wotupski!?!, 1984) EMI 24. Tito Puente: Oye Como Va (Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960s, 2000) Soul Jazz 25. Tito Puente: Tito on Timbales (Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960s, 2000) Soul Jazz 26. Marc Anthony: Parece Mentira (Carlito's Way OST, 1993) Epic Soundtrax 27. Sinoa: Pillow Talk (Carlito's Way OST, 1993) Epic Soundtrax 28. Patrick Doyle: Grand Central (Carlito's Way OST, 1993) Epic Soundtrax 29. The O'Jays: I Love Music (Family Reunion, 1975) Philadelphia International

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