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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Calico Haunts Shallow Seas After All Borderlord local, 2009. Great album!
The Comas All Over The School A Def Needle Yep Roc local, ?2001-ish
Radar Bros. Painted Forest Fire (VA) Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records Merge lovely 2004 comp
Portastatic Some Small History (VA) Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records Merge
* American Cloud Songs Solar Initiation AUM Dais new from Daniel Higgs & Robert Ryan. Kinda meditative w/ piano and drony stuff but some strings and horns and banjo and what not as well.
* Wishgift Pillow Is Trash Talk Folk Twain EP Sophomore Lounge sludgy prog-rock-jazz carrying on
* JEFF The Brotherhood Master Of The Universe Upstairs At United Vol. 3 453 Music Playing @ Berkeley Cafe tonight in Raleigh! Hawkwind song here on this new release.
* Dan Melchior Done With Thingy Excerpts (& Half-Speeds) Kye Check out the cover. It's a painted-over Joe Cocker record.
Filthybird Warm Womb Southern Skies Red Strings 2007. Welcome to Durham, y'all.
Michael Chapman Not So Much A Garden - More Like A Maze Rainmaker Light in the Attic Reissue of his 1969 classic album. Had the great pleasure of seeing him play last night at Pinhook & greeting him afterward.
Fairport Convention The Deserter Liege & Lief A&M Another great English record from 1969.
Megafaun These Words Megafaun Hometapes Also last night at Pinhook was Hiss Golden Messenger w/ Brad & Phil Cook in the fold. Nice.
Hiss Golden Messenger Dreamwood Poor Moon Paradise of Bachelors Still haven't bought this yet but after last night's gig, it's at the top of my list. M. C. Taylor et al, Pittsboro NC.
Hiss Golden Messenger Balthazar's Song Poor Moon Paradise of Bachelors
* John Fahey (performing as Blind Thomas) John Henry Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years (1958-1965) Dust-to-Digital From the new box set.
John Fahey (performing as Blind Thomas) High Hill Blues Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years (1958-1965) Dust-to-Digital These two tunes records April 15, 1960 in Frederick, MD with Fonotone Records dude Joe Bussard.
Taj Mahal Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixe Giant Step Columbia 1973
Taj Mahal Take A Giant Step Giant Step Columbia
* Carolina Chocolate Drops Po' Black Sheep Leaving Eden Nonesuch Their newest. Hard to believe they played in this room a few years ago in front of two of us.
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals Midnight Movie African Dub Almighty: Chapter One & Two Crazy Joe mid-70s dub as good as it comes
* The New Bloods I Found A Love/That's Where It's At (VA) The Sultans of Soul Wind Hit New comp of soul & funk produced by Hadley Murrell. 1964 on this one from Phoenix. Set goes up thru late 70s.
* Crocodiles No Black Clouds For Dee Dee Endless Flowers Frenchkiss new from San Diego
* Dent May Rent Money Do Things Paw Tracks lovely new synth-loopy-beats Beach Boys-ish record
Brian Wilson Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Smile Nonesuch
The Old Ceremony All At Once Tender Age Alyosha Playing tonight at 7pm in Duke Gardens, rain or shine. Info at dukeperformances.org
Organos First Night Concha self-released Local release from early this year by Maria Albani. Playing at Salamandra's (Hillsborough Rd., Durham) on Friday night 'long w/Airstrip.
* Wood Ear Beastless Burden Steeple Vultures Churchkey new (out yesterday) from Carrboro
* Mike Scheidt When Time Forgets Time Stay Awake Thrill Jockey new