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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Accra Trane Station Topographies of the Dark, 1 Another Blue Train Voxlox 647a and leading up til 7...
Sun City Girls Parade Aglow Box of Chameleons Abduction 1988
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Hawk's Nest The Lionel Hampton Story Proper 1947 feat. Mingus on bass just after joining the band.
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Mingus Fingers The Lionel Hampton Story Proper ditto
Black Sabbath Supernaut Black Sabbath Vol. 4 Reprise This album came out 40 years ago late Sept. Still sounds great!
* Myrrh Untitled VIII Myrrh Soft Abuse New heavy psych stuff from Minneapolis
* Church of Zann Industry Of Fools I self-released new, local
Espers Flowery Moontide Espers Locust 2004
* The Baird Sisters Tracks Until You Find Your Green self-released New. Meg (of Espers) and Laura (Duke alumna who put in some WXDU time...)
Bert Jansch 3 A.M. A Rare Conundrum Drag City/Charisma 1977
The Paperhead Can't Keep My Eyes Open The Paperhead Trouble In Mind Nashville, 2010. The Paperhead is one of the bands WXDU's music directors, Andy & Dave, chose for a new CMJ Preview Mix on NPR music. You can hear the mix at: http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162165483/the-mix-your-guide-to-cmj-2012. Listen for Andy talking about Double Negative!
The Gosdin Brothers Bowling Green Sounds of Goodbye Capitol Nashville (probably), 1968
The Vaselines Dying For It (The Blues) Enter The Vaselines Sub Pop orig. from their album "Dum Dum," 1989. This is an excellent 2-disc look-back.
* Chris Cohen Don't Look Today Overgrown Path Captured Tracks New solo album from Cohen (ex-Deerhoof)
* PacificUV Chemical Chrysalis Mazarine New from Athens, GA. Really like this one. Pop/haziness alway welcome in my ears. Stream it: http://pacificuv.bandcamp.com/album/e-p-chrysalis
* Halasan Bazar Shine Away How To Be Happy Ever Moon Glyph Fits in same category as PacificUV, sorta. Stream it: http://halasanbazar.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-be-ever-happy
Los Straitjackets Time Bomb Supersonic Guitars in 3-D Yep Roc Yep Roc celebrates 15 years this weekend with a blowout series of nights at Local 506 tonight (sold out) and Cat's Cradle Thurs, Fri., Saturday! http://www.yr15.com/
* Moon Duo Circles Circles Sacred Bones Sweeeet new one
* Dead Luke If You Love Me God Takes LSD Moon Glyph new from Wisconsin
* Mariee Sioux Homeopathic Gift for the End Almost Musique/Whale Watch new Vashti-ish stuff from Nevada City, Calif.
* The Union Electric Necklace of Shoes Time Is Gold Rank Outsider New from St. Louis. Channeling Uncle Tupelo (Farrar tunes). A song about the dude who threw his shoes at George Bush a few years ago.
Q65 There Was A Day Singles A's & B's Hunter late 60s, The Netherlands
* Wiccans Invocation Field II Katorga Works New loudness from Denton, TX
Wire Three Girl Rhumba Pink Flag Harvest 1977
The Maxines Drugstore Drugstore International Pop Underground 2012
Imperial Teen Water Boy Imperial Teen Custom 1996
* Thee Oh Sees Goodnight Baby Putrifiers II EP In The Red new from San Fran - John Dwyer & Co.
Porter Wagoner Julie The Rubber Room Omni Recordings How about a little murder-suicide waltz, everyone?!? 1967.
The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt If You Were Mine To Lose The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt Yep Roc 1999. John Howie & Tift meltin' some hearts. Will they sing together at YR15? Hmmmm.
Patsy Cline She's Got You Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline: Greatest Hits RCA
Robbie Fulks Fountains of Wayne Hotline Fountains of Wayne Hotline single Yep Roc You gots to hear this if you never have. Hilarious! http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Fountains+Of+Wayne+Hotline+Single/418393
Fountains of Wayne Joe Rey Fountains of Wayne Atlantic/TAG 1996. Playing at Yep Roc's 15th anniv bash (see link above)
Fountains of Wayne Denise Utopia Parkway Atlantic 1999.
Wavves Post Acid King of the Beach Fat Possum 2010
Weezer Photograph Weezer Geffen 2001
Prince Far I & The Arabs Black Weh Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3 Pressure Sounds Goin' into overtime since Stingy ain't here to take over the helm...
Delroy Wilson Pretty Girl (VA) Joe Gibbs Anthology: Love of the Common People 1967-1979 Trojan terrific comp from 2001
John D. Loudermilk Poor Little Pretty Girl The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk Omni Recordings Durham born. So many good songs....
* The Raveonettes You Hit Me (I'm Down) Observator Vice new from Denmark
Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit She Don't Love Nobody The Rose of England Columbia 1985. Nick Lowe also plays at Yep Roc's 15th anniv bash.
Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit Love Like A Glove Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit Columbia 1984.
Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll) The Rose of England Columbia back to '85
* Twerps Work It Out Work It Out EP Chapter/Underwater Peoples New from Melbourne, Australia
Camper Van Beethoven We're A Bad Trip Cigarettes & Carrot Juice - The Santa Cruz Years spinART From their 2nd album (called "II & III"), 1986. Yes, that last song DID sound like Take The Skinheads Bowling. So, CVB!
Boykiller Get Get Get Get self-released new, local
* Neneh Cherry & The Thing Cashback The Cherry Thing Smalltown Supersound new
Young-Holt Unlimited Wah Wah Man (VA) What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves, 1967-1977 Rhino
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie Georgia's After Hours Extrasensory Perception Dusty Groove America reissue of 1974 record orig. on ABC Records. Dig the string section 'hind that ass-shakin' disco beat
* Kid Koala 5 Bit Blues 12 Bit Blues Ninja Tune descontructions of the blues....