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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Robes Dead Sound Robes Potluck new local synth-pop. real nice.
Gene Clark With Tomorrow White Light Sundazed 1971
Daughters The First Supper Daughters Hydra Head Providence RI spas-rock, 2010
Miles Davis Bags' Groove (take 1) Bags' Groove Prestige recorded 1954
Plant and See Witches Brew Plant and See Paradise of Bachelors Superb re-release of a 1969 NC treasure. Band fronted by the late Willie Lowery. Played at Love Valley in '70, opening for the (very young) Allmans. Integration-wise, way ahead of America's curve: The band had one Lumbee (Lowery), one black, one white, and one Latino... and it was 3 men and 1 woman. Stream entire album at http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2012/jun/20/album-stream-plant-and-see/
* CAN A Swan Is Born The Lost Tapes Mute Terrific new set, spanning '68-'77
Megafaun Impressions Of The Past Gather, Form & Fly Hometapes Playing @ Duke Gardens TONIGHT 7pm
* Young Mother Motorway (Western Strip, 1918) Future Classics Telephone Explosion Debut album from Toronto band, crossing post-punk and krautrock. New.
* Curumin Blimblim Arrocha Six Degrees New one from Brazilian percussionist, producer, multi-instrumentalist. Blends dub, tropicalia, hip hop, funk, jazz & more.
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals Angola Crisis African Dub Almighty: Chapter One & Two Crazy Joe 1977
Basement Jaxx Magnificent Romeo The Singles Special Edition Beggar's Banquet
* Oppossom Girl Electric Hawaii Fire new from New Zealand
The Finches June Carter Cash Human Like A House Dulc-i-Tone San Francisco, 2007
* Dirty Projectors Gun Has No Trigger Swing Lo Magellen Domino new!
* Giving Up Glue, Green Glitter peace sign/frown face Sophomore Lounge new from Iowa
Black Ivory Mainline (VA) LeRoy Burgess Anthology, vol. 2: The Producer Soul Brother 1979, orig. on Buddah Records. LeRoy as singer and producer on this song.
* Rebecca Gates & The Consortium & & & The Float 12XU New album from 1/2 of the 90s group The Spinanes
Don Pardo Please Stand By (VA) Television's Greatest Hits: 65 TV Themes from the 50's and 60's! TeeVee Tunes
Jacques Dutronc Hippie Hippie Hourah Et Moi Et Moi: Jacques Dutronc 1966-1969 RPM
* Kostas Skarvelis Pain Without Pity (VA) Bed of Pain Mississippi/Change/Canary Rebetika music from the 1930s-1950s by Greek ex-pats
* Costa and Nero Rast'e Tou Teke (VA) On A Steady Diet of Hash, Bread and Salt Soundeyet/Free Music Archive fab comp; you can download the whole thing here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soundeyet/On_A_Steady_Diet_of_Hash_Bread__Salt/
* Six Organs of Admittance Close To The Sky Ascent Drag City WOW. This is even more killer than usual. New album!
* The Drift Hello From Everywhere Blue Hour Temporary Residence new instrumental rock soundscapes
* Corpus Callosum The Ogre and the Elephant Corpus Callosum self-released San Fran "post-industrial folk noir" , sounding a bit like being at the circus
Califone Michigan Girls Quicksand/Cradlesnakes Thrill Jockey 2003. I *love* Califone.
Little Feat Roll Um Easy Dixie Chicken Reprise 1973