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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 | 09:00 to 11:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Thalia Zedek Band Dreamalie Six Thrill Jockey new
Des Ark Two Hearts Are Better Than One WXDU vol. 2 self-released recorded in 2007
Brother Ah Love Piece Sound Awareness Ikef 1972. Featuring Max Roach's impassioned speech/poem about the power of love ...
* Ryan Huber Track 6 Abiff's Gaze self-released RH's ambient works commissioned by artist Erik Waterkotte for an exhibition held in January at UNC Charlotte.
* Dex Romweber Duo Baby I Know What It's Like To Be Alone Images 13 Bloodshot newest from Dex & Sara
Apache Dropout Teenager Apache Dropout Family Vineyard Apache Dropout will play at Pinhook on 4/12 along w/ Pissed Jeans and Thee Tsunamis! Brought to you by XDU and Bull City Records!
Pissed Jeans Pleasure Race King of Jeans Sub Pop
* Steve Gunn and Mike Gangloff Dive For The Pearl Melodies for a Savage Fix Imprec new
* The Seldom Scene My Better Years Long Time…Seldom Scene Smithsonian Folkways new from a band that's been at it for 42 years
Ralph Stanley Black Mountain Rag Classic Stanley Freeland 70s recordings -- Dr. Ralph at Merlefest this month
Ricky Skaggs Think Of What You've Done Bluegrass Rules! Rounder Skaggs at M-Fest too. Fastest pickers you'll ever see.
* John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff Suspicion Everything Except Goodbye self-released new! CD release party this Sat. evening at the Cave!
John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff Why You Been Gone So Long Everything Except Goodbye self-released GREAT cover of Mickey Newbury
JP Harris & The Tough Choices Return To Sender I'll Keep Calling Cow Island playing at Shakori Hills fest later this month. Great honky tonk record from Alabama by way of Vermont
JP Harris & The Tough Choices Gear Jammin' Daddy I'll Keep Calling Cow Island
* Bob Frank She Pawned Her Diamond For Some Gold Bob Frank Light In The Attic/Vanguard 1972 debut by Memphis singer-songwriter. Nice reissue!
* Ai Aso Agenda Lone Ideologic Organ / Editions Mego simple voice/keyboard/guitar pieces, recorded in Tokyo
* Cloud Nothings Quieter Today Here And Nowhere Else Carpark new
Night Beats Outta Mind Sonic Bloom Reverberation Appreciation Society Austin, 2013
La Otracina California Orange Sunshine The Aquarian Wind Who Can You Trust? 2012
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals Midnight Movie African Dub All-Mighty, Chapters 1 & 2 Crazy Joe
Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters Rubba Rubba Words Blackboard Jungle Dub Abraham / Clocktower 1973
* PYPY She's Gone Pagan Day Slovenly Recordings new spazzy slicing loveliness from Montreal
* Good Throb Culture Vulture Culture Vulture 7" Muscle Horse dunno where they are from but the "razor sharp feminist punk spitters" description I am reading is spot on. Terrific.
* Narcoman The Flame Demo Sorry State new from Raleigh. More nice ear-splitting
* Skemata Stagnant Demo Sorry State more of the same!
* Yellow Ostrich Any Wonder Cosmos Barsuk new from Brooklyn