Sunday, May 5, 2013

Rat Salad Radio • April 17, 2013

 

Guiding Dub / Cheating Dub / E.T. Special / Soulful Dub / Ordinary Version Dub by Impact Allstars
from the album
Java Java Java Java (Impact!)
1973

 

Smoke & Mirrors by Overmountain Men
from the album
The Next Best Thing (Ramseur)
newish NC album in which Mr. David Childers tells it like it is, as usual.

 

Sun, Arise! by Phosphorescent
from the album
Muchacho (Dead Oceans)
new from Matthew Houck 'n' co.

 

Ride On / Right On by Phosphorescent
from the album
Muchacho (Dead Oceans)

 

Bird Song by The Men
from the album
New Moon (Sacred Bones)
comin' soon to The Pinhook!

 

Nullarbor by Lower Plenty
from the album
Hard Rubbish (Fire)
lo-fi folky twang, new from Melbourne, Australia.

 

A Song For The System by Everyone Involved
from the album
Either/Or (Guerssen)
1972 British folk

 

Cheerwine Easter by Hiss Golden Messenger
from the album
Haw (Paradise of Bachelors)
new, beautiful

 

Hark Maker (Glory Rag) by Hiss Golden Messenger
from the album
Haw (Paradise of Bachelors)

 

Busted Note by Hiss Golden Messenger
from the album
Haw (Paradise of Bachelors)
Just love this string of three songs running on side B of the record. So, I played them all.

 

The Washer Woman by Locust
from the album
You'll Be Safe Forever (Editions Mego)
first new material from Locust since 2001

 

How Does It Feel (To Be The Mother Of A Thousand Dead)? by Crass
from the album
How Does It Feel? 7" (Crass)
1982. Had to truncate it a bit to skip the lyrics at the end, but you get the feel. A small counterbalance to the opulence on display in London today.

 

House of Illusions by Grant Evans
from the album
Jewels from the House of Worms (A Guide To Saints/Room40)
Tennessee-based longform drone/ambient. New. Only play about half of the 18-minute track...

 

Toyour Tha'Ira (Revolutionary Birds) by Fadi El Khoury
from the album
(VA) Khat Thaleth, Third Line: Initiative for the Elevation of Public Awareness (Ninja Tune)
new collection of left-field political hip hop from around the Middle East and North Africa.

 

Souret Sourya (Chapter of Syria) by Rass
from the album
(VA) Khat Thaleth, Third Line: Initiative for the Elevation of Public Awareness (Ninja Tune)

 

Jani by Omar Souleyman
from the album
Highway to Hassake: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria (Sublime Frequencies)
fantastic 2007 release!

 

Ghoroobaa Gashangan by Ramesh
from the album
Ramesh (Pharaway Sounds)
pre-revolutionary Iranian diva, apparently killed in the late 70s political turmoil.

 

Sedayeh Del by Sattar
from the album
(VA) Sedayeh Del: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop From the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation (Pharaway Sounds)
A whole comp of pre-revolutionary Iranian pop. Very fine. Very cheery. Over at the Light In The Attic online record shop, you'll find this: "Vivacious ladies with sassy Dorothy Hamill haircuts and skin-bearing pantsuits were once plastered across Tehran's newsstands. Those gorgeous sirens and their hunky male counterparts made all the teens sway to hand drums that boinked in 6/8 time."

 

Visions In Dust by Barn Owl
from the album
Ancestral Star (Thrill Jockey)
2010

 

Drag Jam by Drag Sounds
from the album
Feelin' It (Drugmoneytapes)
new from Greensboro

 

Fisherman by Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family
from the album
My Ancestors (QDK Media)
1970s Zambia

 

Tube City by The Raunch Hands
from the album
Black Jack b/w Tube City 7" (Relativity)
1986. Cover of the Trashmen.

 

Bangzilla by Mix Master Mike
from the album
Bangzilla (Scratch Recordings)
2004

 

Toe Cutter/Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees
from the album
Floating Coffin (Castle Face)
new

 

Satchel Paige Said by The Baseball Project
from the album
The Baseball Project vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (Yep Roc)
play ball!

 

Dark To Light by Telekinesis
from the album
Dormarion (Merge)
new(ish)

 

Fast Track by Rick Hayward
from the album
Rick Hayward (Sunbeam)
1972 guitar pickin'

 

Two Pillow Sleeper by Daniel Romano
from the album
Come Cry With Me (Normaltown)
brand new old style country

 

The Hurt In My Heart by Conway Twitty
from the album
Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits (MGM)
sez on the back of the record jacket: "Favorite Dish: Twittyburgers (cheeseburgers smothered with mustard, bacon, grilled pineapple, tomato and dill pickle)". OK then.

 

Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell Beer by Jim Ford
from the album
The Sounds of Our Time: The Harlan County album, rare singles, and previously unreleased masters (Bear Family)

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