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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Stiff Little Fingers Go For It Anthology EMI B-side of a 1981 single, on Rough Trade I think
Stiff Little Fingers Bloody Sunday Anthology EMI B-side of a 1979 single
Operation Ivy Sound System Operation Ivy Lookout! 1989
* Dirty Little Heaters Mexico Way Fatty Don't Feel Good Churchkey new, local, excellent
Tear Gas Love Story Tear Gas Renaissance from the UK, around 1970
* Midnite Snake In The Grass Shaving The Angel Birdman new from Pittsburgh
* Blitzen Trapper War On Machines Furr Sub Pop new
* Catherine MacLellan Too Easy Church Bell Blues True North OK singy-songwriter stuff from PEI, Canada. Was hoping it would be better.
* Jolie Holland You Painted Yourself In The Living And The Dead Anti- Really pretty album from JH, who was one of the founders of Be Good Tanyas.
* Cheb Zergui Ana Dellali (VA) 1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground Sublime Frequencies "Cheb" means "young." Young Z brings some tasty electric guitar with wah-wah pedal to this cool North African sound
Tinariwen Eh Massina Sintadoben Amassakoul Independent Records Ltd. 2003. From nearby Mali.
Duane Eddy Ramrod The Vintage Years Sire 1958
AC/DC Rock 'n' Roll Singer High Voltage Atlantic 1976 (1st intl. release)
* Lucinda Williams It's A Long Way To The Top Little Honey Lost Highway AC/DC cover (!!!!?!), from the same record played above
Mark Kozelek What's Next To The Moon What's Next To The Moon Badman brilliant set of acoustic AC/DC covers
* The Dixons Broken Hearted, Lovesick And Blue Still Your Fool Cow Island new from Brooklyn
Webb Pierce Slowly King Of The Honky-Tonk Country Music Foundation 1953
Kitty Wells Heartbreak, U.S.A. Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Kitty Wells MCA 1960
* Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya Dirt Don't Hurt Transdreamer new
Sir Douglas Quintet She's Gotta Be The Boss The Prime of the Sir Douglas Quintet Westside
* Les Hou-Lops Good Good Lovin' (VA) I Gotta Be Me: 20 Garage Missiles From the USA Psychic Circle comp of 60s heavy garagy stuff. These dudes are from Quebec.
* Squarepusher The Coathanger Just A Souvenir Warp new & sweet
* Mikkel Metal Newson Five Peaks and Troughs Echochord
* Odean Pope Odean Hopkins The Misled Children Meet odean pope Porter new & sweet
Gabby La La Backpack Be Careful What You Wish For Prawn Song
Lou Ann Barton Shake Your Hips (VA) Oxford American Southern Music Sampler 1999 Oxford American
* Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina Siboney Live At The Village Vanguard Calle 54 Valdés is 90--an elder statesman of Cuban music. This is a live recording from 2005, issued this year.
Cuba L.A. La Mora Dos Narada blend of charanga & Afro-Cuban jazz ... from L.A., perhaps? Not sure.
* Zuco 103 Beija A Mim After The Carnaval Six Degrees new Brazilectro
Loretta Lynn Always Wanting You Home MCA 1975