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PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
New | Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | ||
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* | 39 Clocks | Shake The Hippie | Zoned... Recordings 1987-1980...Rewind | De Stijl | |||
Charlie Pickett | Slow Death | Bar Band Americanus: The Best of Charlie Pickett | Bloodshot | ||||
* | New Town Drunks | Sometimes Mariana | The Ballad Of Stayed and Gone | self-released | nice new local disc | ||
Flaco Jiminez y su Conjunto | De Rodillas Quisiera Mirarte | Flaco Jiminez y su Conjunto | Arhoolie | A little ranchera from 1967. Translation: "I'd Like To See You On Your Knees" | |||
The Baseball Project | Satchel Paige Said | The Baseball Project vol. 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails | Yep Roc | Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Minus 5-ers in general. Terrific collection of baseball tunes. Anyone hear the great show on NPR about Satchel Paige a week or two ago? | |||
Rev. Horton Heat | Callin' In Twisted | Revival | Yep Roc | 2004 barnburner of a song | |||
* | Mice Parade | Open Air Dance, Part 2 | (VA) The Present: Soundtrack from the Surf Movie | Brushfire | |||
* | Nickodemus | 2 Sips & Magic (feat. The New York Gypsy Allstars) | Sun People | ESL | nice new one from NYC DJ and producer | ||
Dorothy Ashby | Come Live With Me | Afro-Harping | Cadet/Verve | We've just acquired this at XDU. I'm really glad. 1968 funky laid-back harp jazz... | |||
* | Mos Def | Auditorium | The Ecstatic | Downtown | New | ||
Masta Killa | Old Man | No Said Date | Nature Sounds | MK is from Wu-Tang Clan | |||
Rufus Thomas | The Dog | Do The Funky Somethin': The Best of Rufus Thomas | Rhino | a 1963 hit for the Memphis MAN. Google some photos of him to brighten your day... | |||
* | J.D. Allen Trio | Esre! | Shine | Sunnyside | Striking jazz release that's really captured my attention. Killer bass lines and Mr. Allen's tenor sax.... | ||
* | Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings | What If | Renegades | Delmark | Another stunning jazz release. Flutist Mitchell and a crack ensemble from Chicago. | ||
* | Hermas Zopoula | Courons Courez | Espoir | Asthmatic Kitty | New music from Burkina Faso (nee "Upper Volta"). Heavily influenced by soukous & other central African pop forms | ||
* | Law Of The Least Effort | Lobby Call | Library Catalog Music Series Vol. 2: Music for Measurements | Asthmatic Kitty | seemingly random collection of fun instrumental stuff | ||
The Cliffters | Django | (VA) An Outbreak of Twangin': Phantom Guitars Vol. Two - 26 Cool Early 60s Guitar Instrumentals | Psychic Circle | ||||
James Cotton | Feelin' Good | Feelin' Good | Acrobat | 1963 and 1967 sessions on this record | |||
Lowell Fulson | When Things Go Wrong | Lovemaker | Big Town | Killer 1978 blues record. Sometimes LF recorded as Lowell Fulsom for bizness reasons.... in case you were confused like me... | |||
Roscoe Robinson | Leave You In The Arms (Of Your Other Man) | (VA) Sanctified Soul | Kent | 1969 single on Atlantic | |||
* | Peter Case | Six Nights A Week | (VA) Man Of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney | Yep Roc | |||
* | The Woodlands | King And Queen | The Woodlands | self-released | New from a Portland OR husband-wife duo. Really pretty. | ||
* | I.U.D. | Glo Balls | The Proper Sex | Social Registry | "I.U.D. is Mr. Egglesby and Lil' Pickle," it says on the back of the record. It's Sadie Laska & Gang Gang Dance's Lizzi Bougatsos. | ||
* | The Inner Space | Kamerasong | Agilok & Blubbo | Wah Wah | Movie soundtrack from the band that became Can. 1968. | ||
Can | Sing Swan Song | Ege Bamyasi | Mute | 1972. Recorded at The Inner Space Studio (original band's namesake place) | |||
David Axelrod | The Mental Traveler | Song Of Innocence | Capitol | 1968 acid funk rock orchestral tribute to the English poet William Blake. | |||
* | Floating Action | Edge Of The World | Floating Action | self-released | Great new NC project (Seth Kaufmann et al) | ||
Cheap Time | Glitter And Gold | Cheap Time | In The Red | 2007 | |||
The Future Kind | The Devil Is Gonna Get You | (VA) Dave Hamilton's Detroit Funk: Rare and Unreleased Twisted Funk 1967-1975 | Beat Goes Public | ||||
Sam & Dave | Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody | (VA) The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 6 | Atlantic | ||||
Floyd Newman | Frog Stomp | (VA) The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 3 | Atlantic | ||||
The Van-Dells | The Honey Dripper | (VA) The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 3 | Atlantic |