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Polyphonic Perversity 11/13: Film Music

This Sunday on Polyphonic Perversity (noon-2pm), we'll explore film music by composers who you don't normally think of as film composers.  So no Ennio Morricone or Bernard Hermann, just fantastic film music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Toru Takemitsu, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, and Alfred Schnittke.  This program is preparation for the upcoming Duke New Music Ensemble concerts, titled "Old Film | New Music," on Sunday, November 11, at 8 p.m.

 

Top 100 of 2010

1. Love Language...Libraries...Merge
2. Deerhunter...Halcyon Digest...4AD
3. Last Year's Men...Sunny Down Snuff...Church Key
4. Books...The Way Out...Temporary Residence
5. Beach House...Teen Dream...Sub Pop
6. Caribou...Swim...Merge
7. Portastatic...Make It Sound In Tune EP...Merge
8. Happy Birthday...Happy Birthday...Sub Pop
9. Various Artists...Psychedelic Disaster Whirl...Past & Present
10. Various Artists...Fire In My Bones: Raw Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007...Tompkins Square
11. Love...Love Lost...Sundazed
12. Spoon...Tranference...Merge
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Top 100 countdown 1/1/11

Tune in tomorrow for the xth anual WXDU top 100 countdown!  We'll be going through the top records of the year from 9am to 11pm.  Here's the schedule:
 
9am-10am Andy R plays some of the top jazz releases
10-noon Andy B (100-81)
noon-1pm Georg looks at the best world music releases
1-2 Georg (81-71)
2-4 Kelly (70-51)
4-5 Wendy (50-41)
5-6 Wendy goes through the top RPM releases
6-9 Dan, Dave, and Matt (40-11)
9-10 J (10-1)
10-11 J plays the top hip hop albums
 

 

 

The Bad Plus Residency

Jazz trio extraordinaire The Bad Plus, who's new album Never Stop has been gracing our airwaves for the past few weeks, will be hanging out in Durham on Monday, October 25 and Tuesday, October 26.  There are lots of events planned, a full listing of which is available here.  A couple events stand out as being of particular interest to you WXDU-ites.  On Monday evening, the group will host a listening party at the Pinhook.