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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Drive-By Truckers The Righteous Path Brighter Than Creation's Dark New West
Mark Olson & Gary Louris Turn Your Pretty Name Around Ready For The Flood New West forthcoming new album from the original core of the Jayhawks
* Manekinekod Room 302 (VA) 4 Women No Cry vol. 3 Monika from Athens, Greece
* Hilde Marie Kjersem A Killer For That Ache A Killer For That Ache Rune Grammofon from Norway, 2007: "pop music with many twists" "mysterious, seductive, intricate"
She & Him Sentimental Heart Volume One Merge
* Pink Flag Nancy Drew Introducing Pink Flag and the Homewreckers self-released split CD by two local groups
The Suburbs Baby Heartbeat In Combo TwinTone early '80s, Minneapolis
* Barnacled Language Barrier Charles ESP-Disk
* H-Alpha LUyten 726-8 Red Sphere Skirl
* Barry Ulanov's All-Star Modern Jazz Hot House Charlie Parker: Bird In Time, 1940-1947 ESP-Disk Sept 1947 radio broadcast. The band included Parker, near as I can tell from a glance at the liner notes...
* Mike Rep & The Quotas I Was There Songs The Grackles Liked 12-inch Columbus Discount Records
George Jones Seasons Of My Heart Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years Mercury
George Jones Talk To Me Lonesome Heart Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years Mercury
George Jones Don't Stop The Music Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years Mercury
George Jones Everything Ain't Right Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years Mercury
* Samuel Claiborne Broken (Fallow) The Annunciation: Piano Improvisations Sonotrope Sound 2007
Karen Dalton How Sweet It Is In My Own Time Light In The Attic Originally released in 1971
Black Diamond Heavies Must Be Right Every Damn Time Alive 2007 release from a bluesy-trash-rock act featuring only Fender Rhodes and drums
The Cardigans Iron Man First Band On The Moon Stockholm Sweden, 1996. This Black Sabbath cover appeared on their 3rd album, but was not the first time they'd done that. They covered "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" on their debut record.
Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection Polydor
Junie Junie The Westbound Years Westbound 1975
Junie Tight Rope The Westbound Years Westbound 1975
* Ames Harris Desert Water Bag Company People (VA) Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples Numero Group Newest great Numero Group comp, this time focusing on YoDi Enterprises of E. St. Louis, Illinois (and later of Memphis)
* Al Escobar Tighten Up (VA) Welcome To The Party Jazzman California musician... covers the Archie Bell classic here
Billy Ball & The Upsetters Tighten Up Tighter (VA) The Funky 16 Corners Stones Throw Take-off on the same song by this Nashville group, feat. Roosevelt Matthews
All Girl Summer Fun Band Not The One For Me Looking Into It agsfb Music from their latest...
* Ty Segall Oh Mary Ty Segall Castle Face garagy greatness... dunno where from
* Dexter Romweber & The New Romans Stampede Night Tide self-released New! Local! Great!
Crispy Bess Crispy Sells Out Production Music - "100% Killer Filler" self-released Not New! Local! Great!
* Greg Humphreys All You Know Is Blue Trunk Songs Phrex nice acoustic local music from Hobex frontman