"The Vorpal Blade Went Snicker-Snack!"

Cover art for Bjørn Torske's 2010 LP Kokning,
by Kim Hiorthøy, for Smalltown Supersound.

This week The Snark presents a mini-tribute to Norway.  Fine musicians from the land of fjords appear in every set on the list (in purple). (Canadians are, as always, in red.)

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

The Chemical Brothers -- SWOON (LINDSTRØM & PRINS THOMAS REMIX) -- Another World (2010, Parlophone)

Casiokids -- DET SNURRER I MIN -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)

Leon Spencer -- HIP SHAKER -- Acid Jazz, Volume 1 (1995, Beat Goes Public) [orig. 1972, Bad Walking Woman LP, Prestige]

The Poly Shores -- LLAMA -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011, CJSW)

Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa feat. U-Roy -- NOTHING IS THICKER THAN DUB -- Old School Dubs (2007, Ariwa)

Rosendo Martinez Y Su Orquesta -- EL ALEGRON -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)
Lindstrøm & Christabelle -- SO MUCH FUN (DØLLE JØLLE REMIX) -- Real Life is No Cool (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Crissi Cochrane -- COMING HOME -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)

The Nervous Wrecked -- (YOU'RE RIGHT) (ON TIME) -- Circles (2010, The Nervous Wrecked)
The Interns -- NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE -- Roots Techniques (1995, Pressure Sounds)
Kim Hiorthøy -- TAK -- Fjord Focus: A Norwegian Sampler (2002, Wire)
Johnny West -- SPIDER VENTRILOQUIST -- An Absence of Sway (2009, Tosteestostas)
Minotaurs -- GET DOWN -- The Thing (2010, Minotaurs)

Small Paul -- THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CRYING -- Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (2007, Numero) [orig. 1967]
Bjørn Torske -- BRYGGESJAU -- Kokning (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Lopez Walker -- FLY AWAY -- Children Of Jah: The Chantells & Friends 1977-79 {imaginary title: Phase 1 Records: The Music Produced By Roy Francis} (1999, Blood & Fire)
Five Alarm Funk -- INTERLUDE -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)

Annie -- ALWAYS TOO LATE -- Anniemal (2004, Smalltown Supersound)

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The Snark's semi-impromptu feature on some Norwegian artists from the Smalltown Supersound label is entirely due to my friend Pat's record collection. Casiokids appear (yet again) mainly because they actually toured North America in 2010 and we got to see them LIVE! In Detroit! A memorable night.
Special thanks to Pat for the loan of many great CDs from Norway (among other places).
Why no Jaga Jazzist? (Ask not. No reason.)

Kokning inside cover art by Kim Hiorthøy, 2010.

Anonymous comment (see below) points out that Casiokids are touring the south and east of the United States right now, but Detroit is not on the list of destinations. We are used to having our musical hearts broken this way, but we still don't like it. There's a link in the comments that doesn't work. Use this one: http://www.myspace.com/casiokids instead.

"I'm Rich As Old Croesus When I've Got Ten Pieces"

Kokning cover art by Kim Hiorthey, 2010.

Cheers to Five Alarm Funk, the exceptional 10-piece funk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, currently touring Canada. They chewed up the Phog Lounge last Wednesday. People who couldn't get in were watching through the front window and grooving out in the cold and damp on the sidewalk. Inside was extremely funky, foggy, and fun.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
  
Five Alarm Funk -- GORILLA -- Voodoo Hairdoo (2008, Five Alarm Funk)
Fat Freddys Drop -- ROADY -- Based On A True Story (2005, Kartel)
  
Bjorn Torske -- LANGT FRA AFRIKA -- Kokning (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
DePedro -- NUBES DE PAPEL -- Nubes De Papel (2010, Nat Geo)
Phelps & Munro -- NOTHING TO SEE HERE -- Invaderism: Round Trip Mars Presents A Ten Year Celebration (2010, Round Trip Mars)
Type Monkey Type -- SMOOTH LIKE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011, CJSW)
  
Mr. OK feat. Larose -- YAYA -- Men Mwen (2011, Mr. OK)
Five Alarm Funk -- KING ARTHUR'S COURT -- Five Alarm Funk (2006, Five Alarm Funk)
Toots & the Maytals -- BAM BAM -- Trojan Calypso Box (2002, Trojan) [orig. 1966]
  
Louise Bennett -- CH-CHI BUD -- Jamaican Folk Songs Sung By Louise Bennett (1954, Folkways)
The Minotaurs -- NOTHING NEW -- The Thing (2010, Minotaurs)
Crissi Cochrane -- DARLING, DARLING -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)
The Bees -- WINTER ROSE -- Every Step's A Yes (2010, Fiction Records)
  
Johnny Green & His Orchestra feat. Fred Astaire -- I'D RATHER LEAD A BAND -- The Essential Collection [orig.1936]  {Hear dancing on the radio!}
Five Alarm Funk -- PAYDAY -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)
Franco et l'O.K. Jazz -- BAILA MI CARABINE -- Franco et l'O.K. Jazz (196?)
The Budos Band -- BUDOS DIRGE -- Budos III (2010, Daptone)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra -- I'M GONNA LOCK MY HEART (AND THROW AWAY THE KEY -- Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah! (1994, Sony) [orig. Columbia]
Alton Ellis -- AFRICAN DESCENDANTS -- Studio One Funk (2004, Soul Jazz) [orig. 197?, Coxsone]
  
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frissell -- LÁGRIMAS MEXICANAS -- Lágrimas Mexicanas (2010, Eone)

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