Dress Up began during my second semester with the radio station. I wanted to highlight female musicians, not only because I loved their music but I had also noticed a lack of female artists in the station’s rotation. So, it was a two-pronged effort: play more women and review more women so others could play them. It started out as a solo project, but I currently have K-Midd as a co-host. Our playlists are very diverse — I focus on folk and soul, while K-Midd brings in electronica and R&B-tinged tracks. We usually try to complement each other, and on each show we do a feature set, where we play five tracks each from three artists we really love. Right now, the set-up is one of us plays 30 minutes of “intro” music to the feature, then the other plays the three feature artists, ending with 30 minutes of “outro” music — like a Dress Up sandwich.
Water Fountain — tUnE-yArDs
Turn It Around — Lucius
Archie, Marry Me — Alvvays
Cat Fight — Olivia Jean
Paradise Girls — Deerhoof
Psychosocial — Brooke Fraser
Never Can Decide — Anushka
Murmurs — Hundred Waters
Make Me Lovely — Laura Mvula
Your Love is Killing Me — Sharon van Etten
Wanna Be On Your Mind — Valerie June
Rock-Paper-Scissors — Katzenjammer
Catch of the Day — Sally Seltmann
I’m In Love Again — MoZella
Romanticise — Chela
One Time — Marian Hill
Do Better — Fatima
Incessant Noise — Bells Atlas
Crimson Wave — Tacocat
Feminist Terrorists — Luise Pop