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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 | 09:30 to 11:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
The Iceburn Collective Power of the Lion No. 5 Power of the Lion Southern Lord Utah '97
* Untempered Ensemble If The Drum Is A Woman Tribute to Jayne Cortez: Politics self-released Jazz poet Cortez passed away in late 2012.
* Evan Parker & Joe McPhee What What/If/They Both Could Fly Rune Grammofon elder statesmen of free improv, 2012.
* Mincemeat or Tenspeed Drooman (VA) Feral Grind Submit current sampling of the technoise world
Travis Wammack You Better Move On (VA) Country Got Soul Vol. 1 Casual
Donnie Fritts Short End Of The Stick (VA) Country Got Soul Vol. 1 Casual
* Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Stranger To My Happiness Give The People What They Want Daptone new
Johnny Wyatt I Wouldn't Change A Thing About You (VA) Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Ace/Kent 1963
The Diplomats Cards On The Table (VA) Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Ace/Kent 1963
Camper Van Beethoven We Saw Jerry's Daughter Camper Van Beethoven Cooking Vinyl 1986
Camper Van Beethoven Stairway To Heaven (sic) Camper Van Beethoven Cooking Vinyl 1986
Cloud Becomes Your Hand Felt Beetle Rocks or Cakes Northern Spy new from (where else) Brooklyn
* Big Ben Tribe Tarzan Tarzan Loves The Summer Nights 12" Dark Entries 1984 Italo synth/electronic. From Trieste.
Brent Amaker & The Rodeo Country Sky Year of the Dragon Finders keepers 2013
New Riders of the Purple Sage Kick In The Head The Best of The New Riders of the Purple Sage Columbia/Legacy
* Philip Perkins Bearing Drive Time Body Double / Captured Tracks 1985 album of abstract alternatives to early morning drive time on AM radio - interesting sound collage
Philip Perkins Guitar Hero Drive Time Body Double / Captured Tracks (from San Francisco)
* The Staton Embassy I Hate Computers From My Head to Yours Uuhngreh Schpuggenuh aka Emily Staton of Asheville.
* Solar Halos The Vast White Plains Solar Halos self-released new, local doom-metal with nice melodic drones, a woman singer, great drumming.
* Voidward The Plowman Knives EP self-released more excellent new local metal
* Liquor Store Keys To The Face In The Garden Almost Ready new hard-charging power chord 70s-ish rock N roll from New Jersey
Ruleta Rusa Hipócratica / Desobediencia Aquí No Es Sorry State / Trabue San Fran, 2013
The Love Triangle Red Button Clever Clever Sorry State / Static Shock UK 2013
The Love Triangle Just You Wait Clever Clever Sorry State / Static Shock UK 2013
The Love Triangle The Wait Clever Clever Sorry State / Static Shock UK 2013
* Davidians Bummer Tent 2014 Demos self-released new local, with ex -/- members
* Teenanger Teenanger Singles Don't $ell Telephone Explosion Toronto garagy punk, snotty and catchy at once. Always a good combo.
* Cheap Time Slow Variety Exit Smiles In The Red newww
* The Normals Got You Runnin' Vacation to Nowhere Last Laugh New Orleans melodic punk 1979
The Normals Vacation to Nowhere Vacation to Nowhere Last Laugh
* Epicycle You're Not Gonna Get It You're Not Gonna Get It 1978-1981 HoZac suburban Chicago 1980
* The Sandwitches Sun In Rain (VA) I Need You Bad Polyvinyl comp of "the softer territory of the San Francisco garage rock domain"
Butch Engle & The Styx Hey I'm Lost (VA) Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Rhino San Francisco 1967
* Sapphire Slows As You Know Allegoria Not Not Fun Tokyo-based musician Kinuko Hiramatsu. "Intimate, minimal, but still danceable electronic tunes". Echoey vocals. Really lovely.
Sapphire Slows Can I Get Out Of This Silence? Allegoria Not Not Fun