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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* The Cravats When Will We Fall The Cravats in Toytown Overground collection of 80s stuff from Brit art-punks
* Eternal Tapestry Marrow Of The Wand Dawn in 2 Dimensions Thrill Jockey new from Oregon space-rockers
Gary Higgins I Pick Notes From The Sky Red Hash Drag City Orig. released in 1973 on Nufusmoon Records.
* Weyes Blood Candyboy The Outside Room Not Not Fun Weyes Blood is Natalie Mering. "Haunted" moody folk
The Ladybug Transistor Oceans In The Hall The Albemarle Sound Merge 1999
The Ultimates Progressive Movement (VA) Carolina Funk: Funk 45s from the Atlantic Coast Jazzman Greensboro, NC. Early 70s.
* Spider Bags Simona La Ramona Shake My Head Odessa New! Local! Great!
Dee Stone & His Melody Hillbillies Mountain Swing (VA) Raw Fiddle Rounder Mt. Airy, NC. 1950.
Bang Boys When Lulu's Gone (VA) Raw Fiddle Rounder Roy Acuff on fiddle and vocal. Recording from 1936.
* Corn and the Colonels You Know A Field Guide self-released new from Durham: "folk/Pan American stringband / acoustic dance" music
The Felice Brothers Greatest Show On Earth The Felice Brothers Team Love 2008
* DIIV Home Oshin Captured Tracks New dream pop from former Beach Fossils guitarist Zach Cole Smith's group
Beach Fossils What A Pleasure What A Pleasure Captured Tracks Jangly, summery! Brooklyn, 2011.
The Moon Mothers and Fathers (VA) Where The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets, 1965-1968 Rhino 1968
* Carlos Niņo & Friends Trance Elation Of Transformance AQUARIUSSSSSSS Porter New looping meditative ambient stuff. Some tracks a bit too New Age but several that are fantassssssstic.
* John Maus My Hatred Is Magnificent A Collection of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material Ribbon Music 2008
* Seiji Buzzcut (VA) Hard Ass Compilation Rough Trade buncha stuff from the Enchufada label
MV & EE Get Right Church Barn Nova Ecstatic Peace! great take on a trad. song
Michael Trent & Cary Ann Hearst Boxcar Shovels & Rope Dual Tone / Shrimp
Martha Scanlan Get Right Church The West Was Burning Sugar Hill 2007. Nuther great take on a trad. song
Lucinda Williams Get Right With God Essence Lost Highway 2001
R.L. Burnside Someday Baby A Bothered Mind Fat Possum w/Lyrics Born!
Lyrics Born I'm Just Raw Same !@#$ Different Day Quannum 2005
* Sarin Smoke 2.1 Vent MIE Music new from Pete Swanson & Tom Carter