Rat Salad Radio • January 2, 2013

	Alinea by Olekranon from the album Helminth (Inam) drone/rhythm/swooning sonics on a 3" CD. New.
	Song For A Warrior by Swans from the album The Seer (Young God) Karen O. on the vocal here. This was the #1 album on WXDU's 2012 countdown.
	When I'm Gonna Learn by Ralph White from the album The Cuckoo (Ack! Ack! Ack!) New solo material from ex-Bad Livers guy.
	Me And Rowley Bantam by The Lloyd Pack from the  Know Your Lloyd Pack 7" (Siltbreeze) oddball stream-of-consciousness stuff from Dan & Letha Melchior & Russell Walker
	Warm Day In April by Delicate Cutters from the album Ring (Skybucket) New from Alabama.
	Stone Colored by Rhyton from the album Rhyton (Thrill Jockey) Among my favorites from 2012. Lovely gift from my sister-in-law Lori.
	Atem by Kraftwerk from the album Kraftwerk 2 (Crown) 1970
	Be Stiff by Devo from the album Hardcore Devo vol. 2 1974-1977 (Rykodisc) early version, quicksand slow
	Liebe And Romanze (Slow Version) by The Slits from the album Cut (Universal) 1979
	Pesnya Dlya Radio by Noize MC from the album (VA) Lunapark: The Sound of Russia Today (Eastblok Music) New comp that ranges from piano to rock to electroClash to this hip hop
	Witness The Spread Of The Dream / Black Mamba by Cut Hands from the album Black Mamba (Very Friendly) new "afro-noise" project from William Bennett
	Amawalk by Port St. Willow from the album Holiday (self-released) New from Portland OR's Nick Principe. Pitchfork sez his voice meanders through thick "aquatic guitar fog"
	Alamoosook Echoes by D. Charles Speer & The Helix from the album Leaving The Commonwealth (Thrill Jockey) 2011
	Paleophaedon by MEM1 + Stephen Vitiello from the album Age of Insects (Dragon's Eye Recordings) new; sonic tribute to extinct insects
	Smells Like Content by The Books from the album Lost and Safe (Tomlab) 2005
	Good N' Salty by Be/Non from the album Meet The Person Most Responsible For Your Safety (Turnbuckle) Lawrence, KS, 1998.
	Like A Summer Rain by The Ladybug Transistor from the album The Albemarle Sound (Merge) 1999
	Real Deal by Bodo from the album Hits Internationales (Shadoks) 1969 debut from German-born Mexico-based guitarist. He covers and covers and covers on this album somewhat unendingly. Nina Simone song here.
	Stand Up by The Human Instinct from the album Pins In It (Sunbeam) New Zealand, 1971
	Getting Older by The Clean from the album Odditties (Five Four-O) New Zealand, c. 1980-82. New double LP collecting early recordings. Prev. only on cassette.
	More Quickly by Squarehead from the album Out Of Season (split album with So Cow) (Inflated) new from Ireland.
	Arab Spring by Holy Wave from the album Knife Hits (self-released) El Paso guys now based in Austin. WXDU's #65 album of 2012.
	Every Detail by Scott & Charlene's Wedding from the album Para Vista Social Club (Critical Heights) From Melbourne, Australia. 2010 release there but only out in 2012 in the U.S. Lovely slacker pop.
	The Crackle pt. 1 & 2 by Blank Realm from the album Go Easy (Siltbreeze) New from Brisbane, Australia.... three siblings & another dude
	Tiger Tiger by Scientists from the album Rubber Never Sleeps (Bang!) Demos 'n' live tracks from 70s-80s Australian blues-punk-mudsters. Reissue of a cassette-only collection.
	Wipe It Off by The Beets from the album Let The Poison Out (Hardly Art) 2011
	Sequitur by Steve Hauschildt from the album Sequitur (Kranky) New synth-driven psych by SH of Emeralds
	Off by Forma from the album Off/On (Spectrum Spools) new space-synth from Brooklyn