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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Allen Toussaint Egyptian Fastasy The Bright Mississippi Nonesuch Wishing Louisiana and New Orleans the best at this hour. Song from Sidney Bechet and John Reid.
Allen Toussaint West End Blues The Bright Mississippi Nonesuch Terrific New Orleans record from 2009.
Jelly Roll Morton Freakish Jelly Roll Morton vol. 5 JSP recorded in July 1929
Jelly Roll Morton Burnin' The Iceberg Jelly Roll Morton vol. 5 JSP recorded in July 1929
Amédé Ardoin Valse a Alice Poulard I'm Never Comin' Back: Amédé Ardoin - Pioneer of Louisiana French Blues 1930-34 Arhoolie 1930. Recorded in New Orleans.
Luderin Darbone's Hackberry Ramblers Jolie Blonde Jolie Blonde Arhoolie 1963
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Evangeline Two-Step Bon Rêve Rounder 2004
Pine Leaf Boys Blues de Cajun Back Home Valcour 2010. Excellent young band playing trad. Louisiana styles.
* Steve Gunn Trouba (VA) On A Steady Diet of Hash, Bread, and Salt Soundeyet/Free Music Archive Search for this excellent compilation on http://freemusicarchive.org/ . You can download it there!
* The Old Ceremony Feet Touch the Ground Fairytales and Other Forms of Suicide Yep Roc New, local.
* Padang Food Tigers Ready Country Nimbus Ready Country Nimbus Bathetic ambient folk + found sounds from London. New.
* Fennesz Sasazuka AUN: The Beginning and the End of all Things Ash International Austrian/Japanese film by same name
Beaver Nelson Saturday Night Macro/Micro Freedom New from Austin's Beaver Nelson. Like the prev. track, it's music that goes w/ a film. He will perform it in front of the film tonight at The Cave, Chapel Hill, 7:30pm (the Early show)
Beaver Nelson Sunday Morning Macro/Micro Freedom More info: http://www.beavernelson.com/
Beaver Nelson I Wish That I Was Missing You Again Macro/Micro Freedom
Sugar Gee Angel File Under: Easy Listening Merge FU:EL! Bob Mould & Co. in 1994.
* Redd Kross Uglier Researching the Blues Merge Newest from Jeff & Steven McDonald. First new material in ~15 years.
* Young Gov + The Scuzz To Lose A Love Too Strong EP Southpaw
* Leisure Birds Rediscovery of Man, Pt. 1 Globe Master Moon Glyph new "sci-fi garage" from idunnowhere. Leaning more sci-fi on this track, I s'pose.
The Bubble Puppy Hot Smoke & Sassafras (VA) Never Ever Land: 83 Texan Nuggets from International Artists Records, 1965-1970 Charly nice comp centered around the likes of 13th Floor Elevators & the like.
* Thomas Koner 2 Novaya Zemlya Touch Album named for far-northeastern Russia archipelago that was the site of the most powerful nuclear weapons test detonation in history. Bleak. Sounds like it's from there.
Kinky Cornman Kinky Nettwerk Mexico, 2002. Monterrey, I think?
* Mexican Institute of Sound My Buddy @julps Politico Nacional New from Mexico City. Awesome. Indie-electro combined w/ trad. Mexican sounds.
Mexican Institute of Sound Tipo Rara Politico Nacional
* Las Malas Amistades Volverte A Ver Maleza Honest Jons New from Bogotá
* Fergus & Geronimo Planet Earth Is Pregnant for the 5th Time Funky Was the State of Affairs Hardly Art New from Denton, TX by way of NYC
Fergus & Geronimo No Parties Funky Was the State of Affairs Hardly Art
Sparks (She Got Me) Pregnant Exotic Creatures of the Deep Lil' Beethoven 2008
* Milk Maid Dopamine Mostly No Fat Cat New from Manchester
Cheater Slicks Destination Lonely Gutteral: Live 2010 Columbus Discount Playing Hopscotch 2012
Thee Oh Sees Heavy Doctor Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP In The Red Playing Hopscotch 2012
The Jesus And Mary Chain Sowing Seeds Psychocandy Reprise Playing Hopscotch 2012