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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Valient Thorr Vernal Equinox Immortalizer Volcom Entertainment Great local rock that just missed my top 10 list for this year.
Valient Thorr Red Flag Immortalizer Volcom Entertainment "
* Pink Flag Fight Song Introducing Pink Flag and The Homewreckers Break Your Heart new local split release
Johnny Otis Orchestra Happy New Year, Baby (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1947
Lonnie Johnson Happy New Year Darling (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1947
Rev. J.M. Gates Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail? (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1929
Blind Lemon Jefferson Happy New Year Blues (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1928
* The Misled Children and Odean Pope Uno The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope Porter new, niiice
Mulatu Astatqé Yekermo Sew (VA) Ethiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Intrumentale 1969-1974 Buda Musique
Ayalew Mesfin Hasabé (VA) Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis, 1969-1974 Buda Musique
* Sonny Rollins Blossom Road Shows Vol. 1 Doxy Recorded in Sweden, 1980
Flying Circus Bety June (VA) Yee-Haw! The Other Side of Country Normal 2001 comp. This song from 1970.
* Miss Lana Rebel Yes Is Better Than No All I Need Wantage New from Oregon. She's playing "whiskey-sippin' cowboy-kissin' classic country" now, but she used to play bass in a "sludgy, noisy math-metal band."
Miss Leslie (& Her Juke Jointers) To Get Through This Day Between The Whiskey & The Wine Zero Label My favorite pure honky tonk record of the year.
Liam Finn Fire In Your Belly I'll Be Lightning Yep Roc Among my top 10 albums for 2008
* Her Space Holiday The Truth Hurts So This Should Be Painless XOXO, Panda and The New Kid Revival Mush new one
* Wembley Crumbs Wembley self-released new, local
Seth Kauffman Not Much Left To Give Research Park The Van Among my top 10 albums for 2008. Seth lives in Black Mountain, near Asheville.
* Parts & Labor The Ceasing Now Receivers Jagjaguwar/Brah "...a magnificent noise-pop fireworks display" per one reviewer...
* Squarepusher Quadrature Just A Souvenir Warp new
Shelby Lynne Just A Little Lovin' Just A Little Lovin' Lost Highway My favorite album all year, at least if measured by how many times I listened to it. She absolutely nails all these Dusty Springfield songs.
Vetiver Sleep A Million Years Thing Of The Past Gnomonsong Among my top 10 albums for 2008.
The Strugglers The Latest Rights The Latest Rights Acuarela Among my top 10 albums for 2008. The Strugglers = Randy Bickford, from Durham.
* Lud One More Dollar V Fractured More nice local music from '08.
Left Lane Cruiser Mr. Johnson Bring Yo' Ass To The Table Alive Great one from 2008. Ft. Wayne, IN.
* Awesome Color Eyes Of Light Electric Aborigines Ecstatic Peace new from Michigan. Love it.
Roy Milton Solid Senders New Year's Resolution Blues (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1947 again. Happy New Year, everybody.