Until now, our City Guide podcast series has been focused on the West Coast, but we’ve also got plenty of love for our friends on the other side of the continent. This week we’re sampling the sounds of New York, and who better to survey the Big Apple than our homegirl (and former editor) Vivian Host (a.k.a Star Eyes). Although she’s best known for throttling soundsystems as a member of NY’s Trouble & Bass crew, Host has little trouble bounding from one genre to the next. Whether it’s the disco stylings of Metro Area and DFA, bass-heavy bangers from Drop the Lime and AC Slater, tropical tunes from Uproot Andy and 77Klash, hip-hop anthems from Lil’ Mama and Ja Rule, or dancefloor classics from Larry Levan and Madonna, her Love from NY mix and its cornucopia of sounds capture the freewheeling spirit of New York City nightlife.

01 Gang Gang Dance “House Jam” (Hot Chip Remix) (Social Registry)
02 Adultnapper “Vase” (Clink)
03 Runaway “Poltergeist” (On The Prowl)
04 The Juan MacLean “Happy House (Lee Douglas Remix)” (DFA)
05 Detachments “Circles (Beg to Differ Dub Mix)” (Thisisnotanexit)
06 The Juan MacLean “Happy House” (DFA)
07 Holy Ghost! “Hold On” (DFA)
08 Bumblebee Unlimited “Lady Bug (Larry Levan Disco Remix)” (RCA Victor)
09 Tanlines “Bejan” (Kitsuné)
10 No Regular Play “Things I Know” (Wolf & Lamb)
11 Lauren Flax “You’ve Changed (War Games Remix)” (DANR)
12 The Martinez Brothers & Argy “Debbie Downer” (Objektivity)
13 Cubic Zirconia “Fuck Work (Dance With White Girls Remix)” (The Savant Guard)
14 Bobby Konders “Nervous Acid” (Massive B)
15 In Flagranti “Genital Blue Room” (Codek)
16 The Glass “Wanna Be Dancin” (Plant Music)
17 Sammy Bananas “Dat Funk” (Fool’s Gold)
18 Armand Van Helden & DJ Sneak “The Ultrafunkula” (FFRR)
19 Madonna “Causing A Commotion” (Sire)
20 Metro Area “Miura” (Environ)
21 DJ Ayres “Broke Ass Home” (Money Studies)
22 Dre Skull “I Want You (Dre Skull Remix)” (Mixpak)
23 Kingdom “You” (Fool’s Gold)
24 AC Slater “No Party For Old Men” (Nightshifters)
25 Drop the Lime “New York Massacre” (Trouble & Bass)
26 Lil’ Mama “Lip Gloss” (Zomba)
27 Drop The Lime “Set Me Free” (Trouble & Bass)
28 Larry Tee feat. Princess Superstar “Licky (Herve Remix)” (Ultra)
29 Uproot Andy “Brooklyn Cumbia” (ZZK Sound/Nacional)
30 Udachi & Jubilee “Smoke Rings” (Nightshifters)
31 Michna “Triple Chrome Dipped (Star Eyes & Mayster Liquid Vision)” (Ghostly)
32 Thirstin Howl III “Stole” (Landscape)
33 77Klash (produced by Matt Shadetek) “Mad Again feat. Johnny Osbourne” (Klash City)
34 Ja Rule feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss “New York” (Def Jam)
35 Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Yeah New York!” (Interscope)
36 Matt & Kim “Daylight (Ninjasonik Remix)”
37 Frank Sinatra “New York, New York” (Reprise)

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