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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
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