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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
New | Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | ||
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Television | untitled instrumental | Marquee Moon | Elektra | bonus cut on the CD reissue.... | |||
* | Domenico | Receita (Miguel A. Ferguson Remix) | Cine Privê | Plug Research | New from Brazil. | ||
* | Eric Lanham | No Ordinates | The Sincere Interruption | Spectrum Spools | New electronic from a dude who's played w/ various aliases in the past... | ||
Duke Ellington | Backwards Country Boy Blues | Money Jungle | Blue Note | 1962. Bonus cut from the reissue. Mingus starts off on killer bassline; producer cuts it off; Duke protests/praises "Ah, that was sweet..." | |||
* | Jon Irabagon's Outright! | Camp Douglas 3 | Unhinged | Irabbagast | New from NYC tenor saxophonist; high energy with some interstitial tunes like this one that also feature some electronic glip-glitchery. | ||
* | John Butcher | Padded Shadows | Bell Trove Spools | Northern Spy | Also new. Another saxophonist, one who likes to make his sound interact with sonic qualities of spaces. You can definitely hear him playing with it here. | ||
* | Prince Rama | Blade of Austerity | Top 10 Hits of the End of the World | Paw Tracks | new from Brooklyn sister-duo Nimai & Taraka Larson. | ||
OFS Unlimited | Mister Kidneys | (VA) Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label | Numero Group | Columbus, Ohio, 1973. | |||
Ruby Andrews | You Made A Believer Out Of Me | Just Loving You: The Zodiac Sessions, 1967-1973 | Grapevine | 1969 | |||
Sylvia Hall | Don't Touch That Thing | (VA) Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay | Numero Group | mid 70s? | |||
* | Sonic Youth | Brother James | Smart Bar - Chicago 1985 | Goofin' | new disc, great old live set! | ||
* | Toy Love | Swimming Pool | Live at The Glue Pot 1980 | Goner | another new disc, another great old live set! Toy Love are from New Zealand. | ||
* | The Barbaras | Devour The Jungle Deer / Grey Eggs | 2006-2008 | Goner | from Memphis | ||
* | Flesh Wounds | Bitter Boy | Abrasions, Abscesses & Amputations | All Day | New, local, awesome! Gotta go to Chaz's and buy this. | ||
Lee Fields | Hey Sallie Mae, Get Off My Feet | (VA) Spike's Choice: The Desco Funk 45 Collection | Desco | Lee Fields (NC native) & The Expressions will play at Motorco in Durham on Sat. Dec 8th. http://motorcomusic.com/lee-fields-the-expressions | |||
* | Hot Lunch | Killer Smile | Hot Lunch | Who Can You Trust? | From San Francisco. Album due out in January. | ||
Monotonix | Set Me Free | Where Were You When It Happened? | Drag City | Israel, 2009. Fab song, memory of it triggered by Hot Lunch above... | |||
The Pows | First | Once With Snot & Blood | Permanent | Columbia, Missouri, 'bout 10 years ago | |||
Wolf Eyes | Reaper's Gong | Burned Mind | Sub Pop | 2004 | |||
The Hi-Fives | Skybolt X-66 | (VA) Jabberjaw: Pure Sweet Hell | Mammoth | 1996 | |||
Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden | King of Swords | Bella Neurox | Win | 1999, kinda accordion-fiddle drone, reminds me of bagpipes a little. | |||
* | Treasure Hunt | Six Is | Toys Unatic | Moon Glyph | New, spacy, wonderful. See Moon Glyph website for free download of excellent label comp! | ||
* | Mac Demarco | Robson Girl | 2 | Captured Tracks | new | ||
* | Daniel Bachman | Sun Over Old Rag | Seven Pines | Tompkins Square | Up at the top of WXDU's charts last week, 'long w/ Nathan Bowles. | ||
Townes Van Zandt | Blaze's Blues | The Highway Kind | Sugar Hill | Presumably a song about Blaze Foley. It's worth tracking down & listening to Blaze Foley. Do it. | |||
* | Cahalen Morrison & Eli West | Loretta | Our Lady of the Tall Trees | self-released | Townes Van Zandt cover. New 2nd album from Seattle acoustic duo. | ||
Costa and Nero | Rast'e Tou Teke | (VA) On A Steady Diet Hash, Bread & Salt | Soundyet | This is a superb comp mixing Greek rebetika & western acoustic tunes. Available for free download at http://soundeyet.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-steady-diet-of-hash-bread-salt. | |||
Charlie Parr | South of Austin, North of Lyle | When The Devil Goes Blind | Nero's Neptune | 2010. From south Minnesota ('round Austin) | |||
Delta 5 | Colour | Singles & Sessions 1979-81 | Kill Rock Stars | Danceable post-punk from Leeds, England. | |||
Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Hard-Boiled Babe | Press Color | Ze | Bonus track on the CD reissue of her '79 album |