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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Aerial M Safeless The Peel Sessions Drag City Recorded Feb 4, 1998 and aired on BBC Radio 1 on March 3, 1998
Tortoise The Taut & Tame Millions Now Living Will Never Die Thrill Jockey David Pajo on guitar (from Aerial M)
Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin Tre Ghosted II Drag City
* Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Song of the Lake Wild God PIAS
* Carpenter / Cohen Teeth and Airways Carpenter / Cohen self-released Josh Carpenter is from Asheville and Finn Cohen is from Raleigh; they played in The Nein in the late 2000s. Carpenter has released 4 solo albums. Finn has played in many local bands, e.g., Dreamless, 300 Dog Night
* Bill Callahan First BIrd Resuscitate! Drag City Live recording from March 6, 2023 at Thalia Hall in Chicago with Matt Kinsey on guitar, Jim White on drums, Dustin Laurenzi on tenor sax, mostly playing songs from his REALITY album.
Benny Golson The New Killer Joe Killer Joe Columbia 1977 release; RIP Benny Golson, tenor sax player
Maze While I'm Alone 7" Capitol Records 1977 release; RIP Frankie Beverly
Massive Attack Three Protection Virgin This album was released 30 years ago today
* Seefeel Antiskeptic Everything Squared Warp First new release in 14 years. Their debut was in 1993. They are now a duo of Sarah Peacock & Mark Clifford, with DJ Scotch Egg guesting on bass on two tracks.
* Kraków Loves Adana Real For Once I Saw You I Saw Myself Self-Released Duo out of Germany
Yaz Ode to Boy You and Me Both Sire 1993 release
* Loula Yorke Loula Yorke - speak, thou vast and venerable head - 06 lie dreaming, dreaming, still speak, thou vast and venerable head quiet details
* Jamie xx Dafodil (feat. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier & Panda Bear) In Waves Young
Taana Gardner Work That Body (Larry Levan Mix) 12" vinyl West End 1979 release
Gemini Sounds R U Afraid 12" vinyl Chiwax Classic Edition Chicago house classic, originally released in 1998 on Earth Recordings out of Atlanta, it got a 2015 reissue
* Nala Sinephro Continuum 7 Endlessness Warp Follow up to her highly lauded 2021 debut "1.8"
Sam Gendel and Sam WIlkes I SING HIGH Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs Leaving
Makaya McCraven The Locator Highly Rare International Anthem Junius Paul (bass), Ben Lamar Gay (cornet, voice, didley bow), Nick Mazzarella (alto sax), McCraven on drums. 2018 release.
* Setting IV at Eulogy Self Released Nathan Bowles (banjo, keyboards, tape, percussion), Jaime Fennelly (harmonium& synths), Joe Westerlund (drums, percussion).
* Gibson & Toutant Carolina Shred On the Green Sleepy Cat
The Raincoats Odyshape Odyshape Rough Trade 1981 release
Young Marble Giants Searching For Mr Right Colossal Youth Domino
The Slits I Heard It Through the Grapevine Cut Universal 1979 release
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem C'est Normal Mobilisation Generale: Protest & Spirit Jazz from France 1970-1976 Digger's Digest/Born Bad Records 1973 recording
* Gardens & Villa Back to the Garden Ultra Terrestrial Self-Released
* Liz Meredith B Repro - Ext Hard Return