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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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Bruce Springsteen The E Street Shuffle The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Columbia R.I.P. Clarence Clemons. 1973 on this one.
Grupo Fantasma Naci de La (Rumba y Guaguanco) Sonidos Gold Aire Sol tonight! at Casbah in Durham! Grammy winners! http://ondacarolina.blogspot.com/2011/06/fantasma-at-casbah-wednesday-622.html
* Sergent Garcia Yo Soy Salsamuffin Una y Otra Vez Cumbancha Paris-based Latin dude. New.
Chocquibtown Pescao Envenenao Oro Nacional de Colombia. Really great record.
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Should I Stay Or Should I Go? La Luz del Ritmo Nacional de Argentia, creo...
* Alexander Abreu y Havana D'Primera Confiésale Haciendo Historia Ahi Nama Cuban... released there in '09, new here
Black Sugar Viajecito (VA) Chicano Power! Latin Rock in the USA 1968-1976 Soul Jazz from Peru actually, but recorded for a Miami label in the 70s
* Gang Gang Dance Thru And Thru Eye Contact 4AD new, "recorded in an old church converted to a recording studio in upstate New York, with a myriad of chimes, drums, and good vibrations"
* Objeks Negative Conversation Messthetics 108: South Coast D.I.Y. and (Very) Indie Postpunk '77-'81 Hyped2Death another disc from the fine series... new
* The Rosebuds Go Ahead Loud Planes Fly Low Merge new from Raleigh
* Brice Randall Bickford On The Caesura Of Paying Attention Brice Randall Bickford Trekky new ex-Durham now DC (basically a new Strugglers record, and a really good one)
* David Lowery Submarine The Palace Guards 429 new solo record from leader of Camper v. B. and Cracker
Hammer No More The Fingers Thunder 'n' Rain Black Shark Churchkey More new local music. Playing tonight at Duke Gardens, hopefully without thunder or rain. http://dukeperformances.duke.edu/series/music-in-the-gardens
Lost In The Trees Time Taunts Me Time Taunts Me Trekky Also playing at Duke Gardens soon (July 13th). See link above.
* De Temps Antan Roma au Lac Bell Les Habits de Papier L-Abe new from Québec
* Frank Fairfield Texas Farewell Out On The Open West Tompkins Square new
Floyd Ming and His Pep Steppers Indian War Whoop (VA) Desperate Man Blues Dust-To-Digital from Mississippi around 1928. From the >25,000 78rpm records collected by Joe Bussard of Frederick, Maryland
Dave & Howard Serves 'Em Fine (VA) Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues, 1927-1931 Old Hat great comp from Raleigh label. Tune from 1931, rec. in Charlotte.
Mission of Burma Weatherbox Vs. Rykodisc 1982
* White Hills No Other Way H-p1 Thrill Jockey great new space rock from NY
Psychedelic Furs Into You Like A Train Talk Talk Talk Columbia 1981. Playing this whole album in its entirety on July 9th at Cat's Cradle
The Suburbs Credit In Heaven Credit In Heaven Twin Tone 1981, Minneapolis
* Pink Flag Spacegirl King Of Scene EP Break Yr Heart new, local
* Wet Hair Tarantula In Vogue Spirit De Stijl new from Iowa City