January 10th, 2010

Little Feat // Whiskey And Bad Cocaine

Little Feat // Whiskey And Bad Cocaine
Lowell George

Little Feat
Ultrasonic Studios
Hempstead, New York
September 19, 1974


MP3: Rock n’ Roll Doctor
MP3: Two Trains
MP3: The Fan
MP3: On Your Way Down
MP3: Spanish Moon
MP3: Skin It Back
MP3: Fat Man In The Bathtub
MP3: Oh Atlanta
MP3: Willin’



January 9th, 2010

Friday Into Saturday // Volume #33

Friday Into Saturday // Volume #33

MP3: Bokoor Band – You Can Go
MP3: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Agnon Dekpe

Download
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de – Echos hypnotiques Vol. 2 (emusic)
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-91 (emusic)



January 8th, 2010

Recently Announced Shows

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The Cave Singers

Recently Announced Shows.

Bootleg Theater
1/26: The Union Line
2/10: Buffy Sainte-Marie
2/20: The Entrance Band / Lights / Pocahaunted
3/10: Delta Spirit

The Echo
1/16: AA Bondy
1/27: Rev Payton’s Big Damn Band / The Donkeys
2/16: Magic Kids with Pearl Harbor
3/12: The Cave Singers with The Dutchess and The Duke

The Echoplex
2/11: Eyedea and Abilities
3/11: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
3/14: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4/22: Japandroids

El Rey Theatre
4/29: Rogue Wave

The Music Box @ Fonda
1/23: Lissie

The Mint
2/16: Leo Nocentelli of The Meters presents Namm Funk
2/13: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
3/2: Backyard Tire Fire

Recently Announced Shows



January 7th, 2010

Asthmatic Kitty Records // Thanks for 2009 – Sampler

 Asthmatic Kitty Records // Thanks for 2009   Sampler

Asthmatic Kitty Records is offering a free digital sampler with at least one selection from every AKR release in 2009. Some of the artists on the sampler include: Sufjan Stevens, Helado Negro, Hermas Zopoula, DM Stith and Yuuki Matthews, to name a few. Click here to download the free mix.

MP3: Helado Negro – Deja
MP3: Hermas Zopoula – Alpha et Omega
MP3: 900X – 101805
MP3: Royal City – A Belly Was Made for Wine
MP3: Casey Foubert-James McAlister – Big Moth



January 7th, 2010

Jim James To Launch Record Label

Jim James To Launch Record Label

Jim James has announced plans to launch a new record label, Removador Recordings and Solutions, with his cousin and collaborator Johnny Quaid. Removador’s first collection of releases will include Boys by Courtney Tidwell, The Ravenna Colt by Quaid, and Mercury by Follow the Train. For further information on the venture (click here).



January 7th, 2010

Strut Records // Next Stop Soweto – Volume 1

Strut Records // Next Stop Soweto   Volume 1

Strut Records just sent over a killer track “Kuya Hanjwa” from their South African compilation Next Stop Soweto Volume 1 due out February 2nd. Next Stop Soweto is a three-part series exploring underground South African music during the late ‘60s and ‘70s. Volume 1 focuses on the township jive sound, Volumes 2 and 3, released across Spring and Summer 2010, cover rare South African soul, funk & Hammond R&B and the country’s jazz scene.

MP3: S. Piliso & His Super Seven – Kuya Hanjwa



January 7th, 2010

Old iPod Playlist

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I found an old iPod while I was at home over the holidays. My favorite playlist was entitled “Blogs,” which contained tracks from blogs that I was following at the time: My Old Kentucky Blog, Aquarium Drunkard, I Am Fuel, You Are Friends, Some Velvet Blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear, The Late Greats and Berkeley Place. Good stuff.

West Indian Girl – To Die In LA
The Black Angels – Black Grease
The Ponys – Fall Inn
Alela Diane – Pieces Of String
Your 33 Black Angels – Town & Country
Vietnam – Priest, Poet & The Pig
Ray’s Vast Basement – California’s Gone (Grapes Of Wrath)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Songs That We Sing
Clinic – Harvest (within you)
Bang Gang – Find What You Get



January 6th, 2010

Black Man’s Cry :: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti

Black Mans Cry :: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti

On Monday, January 11th, Now and Again Records is offering an exclusive pre-sale of their Fela Kuti-inspired anthology Black Man’s Cry on Stones Throw’s website. You’ll be able to buy the album digitally, in hardbound 20-page book with CD format, and in a limited edition 4 x 10″ vinyl box set with booklet. “Women Pin Down” is the first single off of the album. [via – SVB]

MP3: Dan Satch and his Atomic 8 Dance Band – Women Pin Down
MP3: Fela Kuti – No Agreement

Download:
Fela Kuti – Best of the Black President (iTunes)