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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Nurt Kto Ma Dzis Czas (Who's Got The Time) Nurt Sound by Sound Warsaw, 1972
* Maryam Olomi Aure (VA) Harafin So: Bollywood Inspired Film Music From Hausa Nigeria Sahel Sounds / Little Axe Northern Nigeria, ~2011
King Sunny Ade E Wele Synchro System Mango Southern Nigeria, 1983
* Cheikh Mohamed Riffi Sidi M'bark (VA) Kassidat: Raw 45s from Morocco Dust-to-Digital late 50s or sometime in the 60s
James Brown Intro / I'll Go Crazy / Try Me James Brown Live At The Apollo Polydor Oct 24, 1962
Ken Boothe Lonely Teardrops A Man And His Hits Studio One Jamaica, 1970
* The Numerators Finally Sees Dead b/w Finally Sees 7" Suicide Squeeze Lubbock band relocated to Brooklyn like everyone else.
* Jacco Gardner Always On My Mind (VA) 4-Way Split 7" Trouble in Mind Record Store Day split featuring covers of cool 60s tunes. This tune by Billy Nicholls.
Billy Nicholls Come Again Would You Believe? Immediate A lovely listen, this record from 1968.
Billy Nicholls Girl From New York Would You Believe? Immediate
* Mikal Cronin See It My Way MCII Merge new, his IInd.
* Pandercakes André Breton Paint By Number EP Fork and Spoon new from Columbia, So. Cack.
* La Luz Call Me In The Day Call Me In The Day b/w Easy Baby 7" Water Wing retro-y Seattle quartet. New 7".
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs Big Boss Man Long Distance Damaged Goods 2012
The Golden Lemons Fender Stratocaster Punkrock Jetset German pop-punk 1996
* Jack Endino Rumble Rumble 12" Finders Keepers new from longtime Seattle producer/musician
* D-Town Brass Slideways Golden Belt self-released go D-Town! new! local! great.
* Sao Paulo Underground Ol' Dirty Hummingbird Beija Flors Velho E Sujo Cuneiform new. Chicago. Rob Mazurek and co.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Rhythm-A-Ning Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Atlantic 1958
* Double Dagger The Mirror 333 Thrill Jockey disbanded 3-piece from Baltimore
* No Love Live Fast Die Bass Wolf demo self-released new collab from Triangle punk scene
* Bass Drum Of Death Way Out Bass Drum of Death Innovative Leisure Mississippi garage slop yum yum. New.
* Brother JT T. Rex Blues The Svelteness of Boogietude Thrill Jockey new
* Rich Rastagno God's In The Chips What Would It Be Like To Be Rich Drag City early 80s lo-fi guy from Detroit
Bill Wilson Black Cat Blues Ever Changing Minstrel Tompkins Square 1973
* Golden Gunn Vysehrad Golden Gunn Three Lobed Recordings New Record Store Day collab. tween Steve Gunn and MC Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger). A beauty!
* Marisa Anderson Austin, Eureka and Ely Mercury Mississippi Great guitarist from Portland OR. Her newest.
Marisa Anderson Old Names Mercury Mississippi Marisa Anderson has walked across the US nearly two full times. That is truly cool.
Blind Alfred Reed How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? (VA) Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships Yazoo comp of 20s & 30s songs. Mr. Reed was from West Virginia.
Lane Hardin Hard Time Blues (VA) Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships Yazoo Nobody seem to know much bout Mr. Hardin. Maybe he's from St. Louis, or at least been there once.