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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Grifs Catch A Ride (VA) Tobacco A-Go-Go Vol. 3: 60s Music in North Carolina Blue Mold 1966
* Red Collar Radio On Pilgrim self-released 2009--new local music
* Western Civ Capitol Steps Shower The People You Love With Gold self-released 2009--new local music
Tooth Moderate Monster Animality Churchkey 2007; local
* Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Looking Out, Looking In Apti Innova great blend of Indian music and modern jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Vandanaa Trayee Apti Innova incredible tabla work at the end of this piece...
Califone Apple Heron King Blues Thrill Jockey 2004
Lena Horne (w/Ray Ellis & Orchestra) The Eagle And Me Here's Lena Now! 20th Century Fox
* La Playa Sextet No Me Dejes (VA) Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica Honest Jons 1960s boogaloo and mambo fills this comp
Caridad Hierrezuelo y Conjunto Caney Saoco (VA) Cuba Classics 2: Dancing With The Enemy--Incredible Dance Hits of the 60's & 70's Luaka Bop 1991 comp
Harlem River Drive Harlem River Drive Theme (VA) Nu Yorica! Culture Clash in New York City: Experiments in Latin Music 1970-77 Soul Jazz 2002 comp
Phosphorescent The Last Thing I Needed (First Thing This Morning) To Willie Dead Oceans Phosphorescent plays next Thurs. night at the Duke Coffeehouse here on E. Campus
The Flatlanders The Heart You Left Behind More A Legend Than A Band Rounder 1972. Lubbock, Texas.
Terry Allen The Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy) Lubbock (On Everything) Sugar Hill 1979.
The Felice Brothers Little Ann The Felice Brothers Team Love 2008. An album that's really growing on me...
* Sparks Intro / Good Morning Exotic Creatures of the Deep Lil' Beethoven their 21st studio album....
Spoon Rhythm & Soul Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Merge Have been re-visiting this album a lot lately...
* A.C. Newman Prophets Get Guilty Matador New. 2nd full-length from A.C.
Neko Case Hold On, Hold On Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Anti- Still haven't had a chance to hear her new one yet.
Angels of Epistemology Fiction Romance (VA) Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records Merge
Television This Tune Television Capitol 1992
Pixies Trompe Le Monde Trompe Le Monde 4AD 1991
Caltrop Dr. Motherfucker Caltrop self-released Local release from 2006
* Embarassing Fruits Nakata Community/Exploitation Trekky New local disc. Their CD release show is this Fri. 3/20 @ Local 506. Opening for Sorry About Dresden, if I remember right...
* Clem Snide Born A Man Hungry Bird 429 Brand new one from Eef Barzelay and crew.
* M. Ward Never Had Nobody Like You Hold Time Merge New. 7th (!) album.
* Frog Holler To Turn Back Now Believe It Or Not ZoBird Brand new from Pennsylvania. Their 6th.
The Band Too Soon Gone Jericho Pyrimid