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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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* Date Palms Night Riding The Skyline Pulse Emitter/Date Palms/Expo 70/Faceplant split LP Immune New double LP, one side per band. Date Palms are from Oakland. Droney with heavy bass line and viola and tanpura.
Flying Saucer Attack Since When (VA) Harmony of the Spheres Drunken Fish Interesting multi-LP we got earlier this year. Long-form psychedelic/experimental stuff. The label was located in San Fran (go Giants!) and existed from 1992 to 1999.
* Simon Scott _Sealevel.4 Below Sea Level 12k English drone/ambient. New.
* Lazy Party City Party City 7" Moniker Kansas City punkers. New!
The Styrenes Drano In My Veins (demo) (VA) Babylon's Burning: The Rough 'N' Ready Rise of Punk Rawk, 1973-1978 Castle Music Mirrors a.k.a. Styrenes
* Bill Wilson The Good Ship Society Ever Changing Minstrel Tompkins Square a lost gem from 1973. Produced by Bob Johnston (Dylan etc) after Wilson knocked on his kitchen door one day.... Reissued this fall.
* C S Yeh Rooms On Fire Transitions De Stijl New. Electronic improviser and violinist covers Stevie Nicks!
* The Raveonettes Curse The Night Observator Vice newest from our Danish friends...
The Ettes You Never Say Wicked Will Krian 2011
* The Baird Sisters Until The Bottle Is Dry Until You Find Your Green self-released New from Meg & Laura
Spider Bags Simona La Ramona Shake My Head Odessa WXDU presents Spider Bags, Sad Horse, and Bad Lovers tomorrow night at Duke Coffeehouse on East Campus. See wxdu.org home page for more info.
MV & EE with The Bummer Road East Mountain Joint Green Blues Ecstatic Peace! MV & EE play tonight at Nightlight in Chapel Hill. Highly recommended!
* Sad Horse Soft Mommy Purple on Purple Makes Purple Water Wing see above! tomorrow at the Coffeehouse!
Mae West A Guy What Takes His Time (VA) Head Over High Heels: Strong & Female 1927 to 1959 Trikont !
Old 97s Timebomb Too Far To Care Elektra Old 97s will play this entire 1997 album (one of their best) in its entirety at Cat's Cradle on Saturday night Oct 27. http://catscradle.com/
Old 97s Just Like California Too Far To Care Elektra "Halfway there just wouldn't be fair..."
The Sadies 10 More Songs Darker Circles Yep Roc Superb set from The Sadies two weekends back at the Cradle.
Southern Culture on the Skids Wig-Out Ditch Diggin' Safe House Saturday night at the Pinhook! http://thepinhook.com/
Dirty Three That Was Was Toward The Low Sun Drag City early 2012 release
Meat Puppets Attacked By Monsters Monsters SST DURHAM MONSTER DASH this Friday night! Co-sponsored by WXDU! durhammonsterdash.org !
* Naked Gods Popsicle Swamp No Jams self-released New from Boone, North Cack.
King Tuff Swamp of Love King Tuff Sub Pop a.k.a. glam-punk-y Kyle Thomas of the state of Vermont. Playing TONIGHT at Duke Coffeehouse, with Whatever Brains and The Intelligence.
King Tuff Bad Thing King Tuff Sub Pop
* A.C. Newman There's Money In New Wave Shut Down The Streets Matador A.C. Newman and The Mynabirds at MotorCo in Durham on Saturday night. http://motorcomusic.com/
Young Fresh Fellows When The Girls Get Here The Men Who Loved Music Frontier 1987
* Unnatural Helpers I Trust It Hurts Land Grab Hardly Art New second album. From Seattle.
Junior Wells Hey Lawdy Mama Hoodoo Man Blues Delmark Killer blues record from 1965.
* Boyd Rivers You Got To Take Sick And Die You Can't Make Me Doubt Mississippi Recorded early 90s. Great LP of generally not-heard-before blues/spirituals.
Boyd Rivers When I Cross Over You Can't Make Me Doubt Mississippi http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/rivers.boyd.html
Boyd Rivers Won't It Be Grand You Can't Make Me Doubt Mississippi
Sam Taylor Heaven On Their Minds (VA) Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal Numero Group Drop dead awesome compilation. This cut from 1975.
Preacher & The Saints Jesus Rhapsody, pt 1 (VA) Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal Numero Group 1974. From Cleveland, Ohio.