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Thursday, August 4, 2011 | 14:00 to 16:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Miya Masaoka While I Was Walking I Heard A Sound... parts 1 & 2 While I Was Walking I Heard A Sound... Solitary B a cappella choral work for 3 choirs and 9 soloists spatialized in balconies. Amazing.
Dinosaur Jr. Blowing It Green Mind Sire 1991. (started off the 2pm hour w/ this)
* Milk Music Be Here Now Beyond Living Perennial new from Olympia WA
* The Ettes Excuse Wicked Will Krian New from Nashville (nee L.A.)
Mika Bomb Hero No. 1 Hellcats Damaged Goods London, 2005
The Soviettes The Land Of Clear Blue Radio The Soviettes LP Adeline Minneapolis, 2003
The Donnas Gimmie My Radio American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine Lookout! ?1998?
* Las Kellies Keep The Horse Kellies Fire new from Buenos Aires!
* Serpentina Satellite Fobos Mecanica Celeste Rocket new, from somewhere in South America. Fine spacerock.............
* Purling Hiss Karaoke Night Lounge Lizards Mexican Summer new from Philadelphia
Dan Melchior's Broke Review Black Light Bitterness, Spite, Rage and Scorn In The Red 2007
Pierced Arrows Shades Straight To The Heart Tombstone 2008
Freakwater Harlan Springtime Thrill Jockey 1997
Charlie Poole Good-Bye Booze You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music Columbia/Legacy 1926
Ramblin' Jack Elliot Soul Of A Man A Stranger Here Anti- 2009
Son Volt Cocaine & Ashes American Central Dust Rounder 2009. I'm not a big Son Volt fan but really enjoy this album.
Whiskeytown Angels Are Messengers From God Rural Free Delivery Mood Food This one is a shout-out to The Brewery, torn down yesterday. R.I.P.
* Ryan Trevor Prelude/Nights In The City Introducing Ryan Trevor Galactic Zoo Disk/Drag City New Zealander who landed in L.A. This is his only album... from 1977.
Billy Nicholls Daytime Girl (Coda) / London Social Degree Would You Believe Immediate lovely psych/pop/rock gem from 1968
Hope Tomorrow (VA) Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands Numero Group 1972. Comp documenting the scene around Beaumont TX and other gulf coast towns down there.
* The Happy Thoughts Indiana Girls The Happy Thoughts HoZac new from Indiana
* Dex Romweber Duo Brazil Is That You In The Blue? Bloodshot new from HERE!
Minutemen This Road What Makes A Man Start Fires? SST 1983
Minutemen Polarity What Makes A Man Start Fires? SST
Cold Sides Profiles (VA) Compulation, vol. 1: Songs From North Carolina Pox World Empire
* Pure X Dry Ice Pleasure Acephale love this new one
The Jesus And Mary Chain Sugar Ray Honey's Dead Blanco Y Negro 1992
* The Parasites of the Western World Mo The Parasites of the Western World De Stijl/Criminal 1978, now newly-reissued. From Portland.
* Brice Randall Bickford The Lamberth Annex / Danville Brice Randall Bickford Trekky new
* Ed Askew Boy With A Hat Imperfection Galactic Zoo Disk/Drag City reissue of his 1984 album... missed him at Local 506 the other week... oh well
Roberto Conrado & Piero Montanari Save Up (VA) Flipper Psychout Vampisoul