Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Rat Salad Radio • July 31, 2013


 

Visions of the Past, Present and Future by White Hills
from the album
Heads on Fire (Rocket Recordings)
2011

 

Chimay Blues by Desert Heat
from the album
Cat Mask at Huggie Temple (MIE Music)
new from Steve Gunn & John Truscinski, teamed up with Dublin guitarist Cian Nugent.

 

1993 by Scott and Charlene's Wedding
from the album
Any Port in a Storm (Fire)
new

 

Calm Down by The Love Language
from the album
Ruby Red (Merge)
new

 

In Gray by Hildur Gudnadottir
from the album
Mount A (Touch)
Icelandic cellist. 2006. Beautiful stuff.

 

McGee's A Minor Waltz by David Greely
from the album
Sud du Sud (Give and Go)
Louisiana fiddler mentored by the great Dewey Balfa. Nice slow one here, from 2008.

 

Rising High Water Blues by Ramblin' Jack Elliot
from the album
A Stranger Here (Anti-)
from 2009's Joe Henry-produced album.

 

A Flare by Aquarelle
from the album
August Undone (Students of Decay)
aka Ryan Potts of St. Paul, MN

 

Baby Come Back by Buggs Durant
from the album
(VA) The Bristol Reggae Explosion, 1978-1983 (Bristol Archive)

 

Restriction by Restriction
from the album
(VA) The Bristol Reggae Explosion, 1978-1983 (Bristol Archive)

 

The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug by Digable Planets
from the album
Blowout Comb (Modern Classics Recordings)
1994

 

Everything Will Change by Near Paris
from the album
Near Paris (Medical)
Reissue of 1985 EP + prev. unreleased stuff. Columbus Ohio synth pop.

 

Confused/Don't Ask by Joint D≠
from the album
Strike Gently (Sorry State)
2012

 

Muscle Man by Ty Segall
from the album
Slaughterhouse (In The Red)
2012

 

Kind of Guy by King Tuff
from the album
Was Dead (Burger)
2008

 

I'm Coming Back by Hunx & His Punx
from the album
Street Punk (Hardly Art)
new

 

Home Hat Placement by Arnold Dreyblatt & Megafaun
from the album
Appalachian Excitation (Northern Spy)
collaboration recorded last fall...

 

The Big Dream by David Lynch
from the album
The Big Dream (Sacred Bones)
new "modern blues" veering toward dark electronica. Well alright, then.

 

Jinglin' Baby by Eddie Burns
from the album
(VA) Chess Blues (Chess)
1966. Pride of Belzoni, Mississippi.

 

The Louisville Lip by Eddie Curtis
from the album
(VA) Hits And Misses: Muhammad Ali & The Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting (Trikont)
?year. This Eddie's from Galveston.

 

Tip Toe Thru The Tulips With Me by Eddie Peabody
from the album
(VA) Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust and Contempt from the 1920s and 1930s (Dust-to-Digital)
spendid wrap-up of all-Eddie sequence!

 

We Won't Be In Your Way Anymore by Irma Thomas
from the album
In Between Tears (Alive)
New reissue of Irma's 1973 album. Includes two bonus tracks (incl. this one) from a 1971 single. Duane Allman on that great guitar. Produced by Swamp Dogg.

 

A Gift To You by Eric Mercury
from the album
(VA) More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country (Trikont)
Mercury's 1972 album contained "Funky Sounds Nurtured In The Fertile Soil of Memphis That Smell Of Rock." OK?

 

Dusted Down by Date Palms
from the album
The Dusted Sessions (Thrill Jockey)
new

 

Through The Fog by Jenks Miller
from the album
Spirit Signal (Northern Spy)
new