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Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
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The Dap-Kings |
I Just Dropped By To See What Condition My Condition Was In |
I Just Dropped By To See What Condition My Condition Was In 7-inch |
Daptone |
Sharon Jones' backup band. Daptone just had a break-in at their HQ and lost a lot of stuff. :( |
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The Staple Singers |
Going Away |
(VA) Oxford American Southern Music CD #10 |
Oxford American |
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Madison's Lively Stones |
It's Time To Make A Change |
(VA) Classic African American Gospel |
Smithsonian Folkways |
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George Smallwood |
Mr. Sunshine |
Lady Disco b/w Mr. Sunshine 7-inch |
Smallwood |
1970s? |
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Crunch |
Funky Beat |
Cruise b/w Funky Beat 7-inch |
Peoples Potential Unlimited |
1980s |
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Chaz Jankel |
I Want You Back (Thank You Very Much) |
Chazablanca |
A&M |
1983. Keyboardist for Ian Dury & The Blockheads |
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Chicks On Speed |
Wordy Rappinghood |
99ยข |
Chicks On Speed |
2003 |
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Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments |
Zoned |
No Old Guy Lo-Fi Cry |
Rockathon |
2000, Ohio |
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The Human Adult Band |
Heartbreaker |
Wantnaut/Wastenaut (Retrospective 1) |
d.i.h.d. |
New Brunswick, NJ band fronted by "Trevor Pennsylvania" |
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Abe Vigoda |
Wild Heart |
Reviver |
Post Present Medium |
Calif. band - new. This is a Stevie Nicks cover (!) |
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Horde of Two |
Conversation In A Berlin Train Station |
Guitar & Bass Actions |
Smarten Up |
a.k.a. David Lester & Wendy Atkinson, from Vancouver. New. |
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Spoon |
The Ghost Of You Lingers |
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
Merge |
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Hotel Lights |
The Mumbling Years |
Hotel Lights |
self-released |
One of my faves from 2005. Local. |
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Josh Rouse |
It's The Nightime |
Nashville |
Rykodisc |
2004 |
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Stillhouse |
It's The Shame |
Through The Winter |
self-released |
2005. Local. |
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Secrets |
Radio Heart |
(VA) Titan: It's All Pop! |
Numero Group |
A departure from Numero Group's usual territory... kinda. Power pop from the Kansas City label Titan. This track, from the "Fave Side," is from 1980. |
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Gems |
Cry |
(VA) Titan: It's All Pop! |
Numero Group |
This one's from the "Rave Side" (disc 2), from 1978. |
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Hot Panda |
Cold Hands/Chapped Lips |
Volcano...Bloody Volcano |
Mint |
from Canada but where 'zactly I dunno |
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A.C. Newman |
The Changeling (Get Guilty) |
Get Guilty |
Matador |
new.... Vancouverite, o' course.... |
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Stevie Wonder |
Maybe Your Baby |
Talking Book |
Motown |
1972 |
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The Dirtbombs |
Maybe Your Baby |
If You Don't Already Have A Look |
In The Red |
Incredible Stevie cover by Mick Collins & crew... one he'd wanted to cover ever since starting The Dirtbombs ~1995 |
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Lee Moses |
Time And Place |
Time And Place |
Castle Music |
late 60s, early 70s. From Georgia. |
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Gilfema + 2 |
LonLon Gnin |
Gilfema + 2 |
Obliq Sound |
Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke & colleagues... |
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou |
Iya Me Dji Ki Bi Ni |
The Vodoun Effect: Funk & Sato from Benin's Obscure Labels 1973-1975 |
Analog Africa |
1973-1975 on this great disc |
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Thad Cockrell & The Starlite Country Band |
Stack Of Dreams |
Stack Of Dreams demo |
self-released |
2000. I was always stunned that he could pull off opening his sets with such a slow quiet song. Captivating. Even when he sang to audiences of 20 at The Cave, you could tell he was going places... |
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Phosphorescent |
Can I Sleep In Your Arms |
To Willie |
Dead Oceans |
One of my favorites this year so far. All Willie Nelson covers. But they don't sound Willie, or all that country, really... Phosphorescent plays at the Duke Coffeehouse on March 26th (Thurs.) |
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Animal Collective |
Daily Routine |
Merriweather Post Pavilion |
Domino |
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Radio Algiers |
Radio Algeria |
Sublime Frequencies |
collage of sounds from shortwave radio, recorded/edited in Algeria in 2005. Excellent stuff. |
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Disco Maghreb |
Radio Algeria |
Sublime Frequencies |
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