"We Was Just Little, Itty Bitty Little People In Our Little Tiny Corner..."

Texas Pigbag from Big Boys.
Photo from The Fat Elvis liner notes.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Artist, etc.)
   
Phil Ranelin & Tribe -- SOUNDS FROM THE VILLAGE -- Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976 (2010, Universal Sound) [Orig. 1975]
Rosalyn Sweet & The Paragons -- BLACKBIRD SINGING -- Essential Reggae (2009, Ministry of Sound) [Orig. 1973]
Federico Aubele -- IN YOUR NAME -- Berlin 13 (2011, ESL Music)
  
Al Tuck -- ONE DAY THE WARNER -- All Time Favourite (2010, Youth Club)
Big Boys -- WE GOT SOUL -- The Fat Elvis (1993, Touch & Go) [Orig. 1982]
The Black Mirrors -- THE WORLD ENDS -- The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (2010, Soundway)
Harry Belafonte -- LOVE, LOVE ALONE -- Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean (2008, Golden Stars) [Orig. 1957]
  
Jack-O & The Tennessee Tearjerkers -- SWITCHBLADE COMB -- The Disco Outlaw (2009, Goner)
Ragga Twins -- ILLEGAL GUNSHOT -- Ragga Twins Step Out (2008, Soul Jazz) [Orig. 1990]
The Hypnotics -- RUN JOHNNY RUN -- Soul At Seven (2010, Hypnotics)
Salmonella Dub -- TUI DUB -- Inside The Dub Plates (2001, Virgin)
Cris Derksen -- SMILE AT ME -- The Cusp (2010, Cris Derksen)
   
Bureaucrats -- PASSION BASTARDS -- Bureaucrats ROI (1999, Bureaucrats) [Orig. 1980]
Michael Jackson -- DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH (original demo) -- Off The Wall (2001, Sony) [Orig. recorded 1978]
Fred Astaire -- MUSIC MAKES ME -- The Essential Collection (2006, Avid) [Orig. 1933]
Mr. OK feat. Larose -- YAYA -- Men Mwen (2011, Mr. OK)
   
Tussle -- DISCO D'ORO (2004, Rong)
The Mountain Goats -- FOR CHARLES  BRONSON -- All Eternals Deck (2011, Merge)
Citywide Vacuum -- INTERLUDE -- Pact (2007, Eleven37Music)
Citywide Vacuum -- SWEET KRAUT -- Pact (2007, Eleven37Music)
   
Ammoye & Rise Ashen -- SWING ME -- Haffi Win (2010, Balanced)

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Thanks to Pat for the loan of the Big Boys CD. You'll get it back someday! Plus all the other music...

"I Don't Care, I Don't Care, I Don't Care"

Australia + Sweden + U.S.A. = BBT (Invisible Origins)

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Beaten By Them -- NUSLA NIF -- Invisible Origins (2011, Thrill Jockey)
Jagga Jazzist -- ENDLESS GALAXY -- Ninja Tune XX, Vol. 2 (2010, Ninja Tune)

Lloyd & Glen -- THAT GIRL -- Socking Good Time: Rare & Unreleased Gems From The Trojan Vaults (1999, Trojan)
Red Cross -- I HATE MY SCHOOL -- Red Cross E.P. (1980)
Fruko & Sus Tesos -- MAMBO #5 -- Putumayo Presents Rumba Mambo Cha Cha Chá (2011, Putumayo World Music)
The Chambermaids -- LILY -- Down In The Berries (2011, Modern Radio)

Federico Aubele -- EL MIEDO -- Berlin 13 (2011, ESL Music)
Wordburglar -- S'UP BURG -- Burgie's Basement: Rarities, B-Sides, Remixes (2010, Hand'Solo/Urbnet)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo -- OCÉ -- Cotonou Club (2011, Strut)
The Albertans -- FURNITURE -- New Age (2011, Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill -- LONDON CALLING -- The Clashification of Dub (2011, Echo Beach)
Ronald Reagan Story -- RONNIE (I VOTED FOR YOU) -- Is This Love Or Is This War: The Frank Carlone Story (1981, RRS)
Rah Rah -- COMMUNIST MAN -- Breaking Hearts (2010, Young Soul Records)
Scritti Politti -- LOVER TO FALL -- Cupid & Psyche '85 (1985, Virgin/Warner)

African Head Charge -- AFRICAN BREDDA -- Voodoo of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)
Orlando Fortich Y Su Orquesta -- YOLANDA -- Cartagena! (2011, Soundway)

Black Dub -- SIRENS -- Black Dub (2010, Sony Canada)
Random Recipe -- I DON'T WANT TO WANT YOU -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bon Sound Records)
Bureaucrats -- YOU NEVER WANTED ME (live) -- Bureaucrats roi (1999, Bureaucrats) [orig. Feb. 1980, recorded at Barrymore's in Ottawa]
Lindstrom & Christabelle -- LOVESICK -- Real Life Is No Cool (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
George McCrae -- I GET LIFTED -- Miami Sound: Rare Funk & Soul From Miami, Florida (2003, Soul Jazz) [orig. 1975]

Out Hud -- THE L TRAIN IS A SWELL TRAIN & I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU INDIES COMPLAIN -- S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. (2002, Kranky)

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Jaga video as promised:

"Is This Love Or Is This War?"

Hello, typo.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo -- TEGBE -- Cotonou Club (2011, Strut)
Tunng -- BY DUSK THEY WERE IN THE CITY -- ... And Then We Saw Land (2010, Thrill Jockey)

Ronald Reagan Story -- (YOUR LOVE HAS TURNED MY HEART INTO A) HAND GRENADE -- Is This Love Or Is This War: The Frank Carlone Story (1981, RRS)
Mickey & The Soul Generation -- CHOCOLATE -- Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey & The Soul Generation (2004, Cali-Tex Records) [orig. 1969]
Agnes Obel -- RIVERSIDE -- Philharmonics (2010, PIAS Recordings)
Dub Spencer & Trance Hill -- SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO -- The Clashification of Dub (2011, Echo Beach)

Lord Invader & His Calypsonians -- YANKEE DOLLAR -- Calypso In New York (2000, Smithsonian Folkways) [orig. 1946]
Ronald Reagan Story -- REVOLUTIONARY GIRL -- Is This Love Or Is This War: The Frank Carlone Story (1981, RRS)
Abstract Artform feat. Fashawn -- WINNIPEG -- His Story In The Making (2010, Abstract Artform)
The Groupies -- PRIMITIVE -- Nuggets, CD reissue (1998, Elektra) [orig. mid-60s]
Rainbow Arabia -- SAYER -- Boys & Diamonds (2011, Kompakt)

The Low Anthem -- WIRE -- Smart Flesh (2011, Nonesuch)
Federico Aubele -- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY IN BLUE -- Berlin 13 (2011, ESL Music)
It Kills -- NIGHT MAYOR -- It Kills (2010, It Kills)
Cornershop feat. Bubbley Kaur -- NATCH -- Cornershop & The Double 'O' Groove Of (2011, Ample Play)

Ronald Reagan Story -- COLORADO DRIFTER -- Is This Love Or Is This War: The Frank Carlone Story (1981, RRS)
Lied Des Teufels -- NICHTS -- Cloud Cuckooland (2010, Finders Keepers) [orig. 1973]
Dockta Valkus -- LOUNGIN' AT LUNA -- Neferiu Records: Tendown (2010, Neferiu)
African Head Charge -- DOBBYN JOINS THE HEAD CHARGE -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)
Mathias Mental -- EVERYBODY HATES ME NOW -- Teflon Child (2010, Mathias Mental)

Beaten By Them -- VANISHING POINT -- Invisible Origins (2011, Thrill Jockey)

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Benefit For Haiti On April 23, 2011

Get down to Milk Coffee Bar this Saturday, April 23rd for a dance party to benefit the Kay Nou Program of Hearts Together For Haiti.
CJAM alumnus DJ Pat Petro will be spinning great tunes for your listening and dancing pleasure.

There's another benefit the night before. OLD PUNKS take over the FM Lounge on Friday, April 22. All your favourites will perform: Elad, Coma Mike, Tommy Vomit, Heavy Kevy, Ray Maybe, and Lucious Disease. Spys and Dry Heaves material will sound just like new? All proceeds go to the Downtown Rescue Mission.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
   
Kronos Quartet with Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen -- SÄRMÄ -- Uniko (2011, Ondine)
Timber Timbre -- DO I HAVE POWER -- Creep On Creepin' On (2011, Arts & Crafts)
Lloyd & Earl -- IT SEEMS -- Socking Good Time: Rare & Unreleased Gems From The Trojan Vaults (1999, Trojan)
  
Lindstrøm & Christabelle -- BABY CAN'T STOP -- Real Life Is No Cool (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Orange Juice -- LOVESICK -- ...Coals to Newcastle Sampler (2010, Domino)
Cris Derksen -- WE DANCED MOVEMENT I -- The Cusp (2010, Cris Derksen)
Afrocubismo -- LA CULEBRA -- Afrocubismo (2010, Nonesuch)
   
Jaga Jazzist -- LOW BATTERY -- A Livingroom Hush (2002, Ninjatune)
African Head Charge feat. Prince Far I -- TAKE HEED... AND SMOKE UP YOUR COLLYWEED -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)
Chaka Khan -- SOME LOVE -- Chaka (1978, Warner Bros.)
The Spys -- LUDWELL WOODWORK -- Original Punkrock From Canada 1979-1980 (2001, Incognito Records)
Rainbow Arabia -- NOTHIN' GONNA BE UNDONE -- Boys And Diamonds (2011, Kompackt)
   
Minotaurs -- RUNAWAY LANE -- The Thing (2010, Minotaurs)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton -- INCERTITUDE -- Chants Juifs Pour Violoncelle & Piano (2010, naïve)
Jess Hill -- STAGGER -- Orchard (2011, Jess Hill)
Chin's Calypso Sextet -- WALK AND TALK -- Chin's Calypso Sextet Disc 6 (2000s, Chin's)
Birdapres feat. Cadence Weapon & Nestor Wynrush -- RAYS AND BEAMS -- Catch An L (2011, Marathon Of Dope)
The Black Santiagos -- OLE -- Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria (2010, Soundway)
Annie -- HAPPY WITHOUT YOU -- Anneimal (2004, 679)
   
Plastikman -- PLASTIQUE - 10 Classic Smokin' Cuts (2002, Ministry Magazine)

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Obligatory Prince quote:
"Sometimes it snows in April..."
(April 18, 2011)

"Do My Ears Deceive Me?"

Putting the train into Train in Vain.  Finally!
New on Echo Beach Records.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

   

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill -- TRAIN IN VAIN -- The Clashification of Dub (2011, Echo Beach)

Mel Tormé & The Marty Paich Orchestra -- I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME -- Scenes (1991, Barna Records Lab) [orig. 1957]

Kid Koala -- ANNIE'S PARLOR -- Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs (2003, Ninja Tune)

   

Rainbow Arabia -- JUNGLE BEAR -- Boys & Diamonds (2011, Kompackt)

The Albertans -- JACKPOT -- New Age (2011, Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Kim Hiorthøy -- DOKTOR WATSON-TRIKSET -- Melke (2002, Smalltown Supersound)

Chin's Calypso Sextet -- NO MONEY NO MUSIC -- Chin's Calypso Sextext, CD 1, 2nd edition (2009, Chin's) [orig.1950s]

    

Laika & The Cosmonauts -- GET CARTER -- Cosmopolis: 1988-2008 (2008, Yep Rock)

The Bees -- I REALLY NEED LOVE -- Every Step's A Yes (2011, Fiction Records)

Igor Boxx -- RUSSIAN PERCUSSION -- Breslau (2010, Ninja Tune)

David Francey -- WHEN I'M NOT THINKING OF YOU -- Late Edition (2011, Laker Music)

      

Egyptian Hip Hop -- MIDDLE NAME PERIOD -- Some Reptiles Grew Wings (2010, Moshi Moshi)

The Hypnotics -- SOUL AT SEVEN -- Soul At Seven (2010, New Values Records)

Alex Acosta Y Su Orchesta -- LA GOZADERA -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound Of Columbia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)

The Ramones -- I'M AGAINST IT -- All The Stuff (And More), Volume 2 (1990, Sire) [orig. 1978, Road To Ruin, Sire]

Frank Dell -- BABY YOU'VE GOT IT -- Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities (Kent, 2008) [orig. 1967, Valise]

Birdapres -- BUSY SIGNAL -- Catch An L (2011, Marathon of Dope)

   

Junior Boys -- CAUGHT IN A WAVE -- So This Is Goodbye (2006, Domino)

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -- YOU'RE OKAY -- Legends Of Country Music (2006, Sony) [orig. 1947, Columbia]

African Head Charge -- MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)

Mogwai -- SAN PEDRO -- Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011, Sub Pop)

   

Marc Houle -- SELECTION 12 -- Sixty Four (2008, Minus)

    

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Correction:  Laika & The Cosmonauts's album called Cosmopolis: 1988-2008 is not new, as I thought earlier today (while talking into a microphone, of course). The record's actually from 2008. It says so right on the cover. If I ever figure out why it's in CJAM's "currents" library, I'll let you know.

"Old Man Winter's Burnt Mittens..."

Descarga is a jam session or improvised tune...

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
     
Los Seven Del Swing -- CELOSO -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Columbia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway) [orig. 1971]
Beaten By Them -- YO -- Invisible Origins (2011, Logicpole Records)
The Albertans -- PEOPLE DON'T GO -- New Age (2011, Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
    
Birdapres feat. John Smith -- SHOW NO FLAIR -- Catch An L (2011, MoDope)
Aurelio -- LARU BEYA -- Laru Beya (2011, Stone Tree Records/SubPop)
The Diplomats of Solid Sound -- GET OUT OF THE WAY (SO I CAN GET BACK TO MY LIFE) -- What Goes Around Comes Around (2010, Pravda)
Hossam Ramzy & Phil Thornton --- KHOFU'S RETURN -- Egypt Unveiled (2011, ARC Music)
    
My Son The Hurricane -- DOOM BRINGER -- You Can't Do This (2011, My Son The Hurricane)
Shugo Tokumaru -- LAHAHA -- Port Entropy (2011, Polyvinyl)
Random Recipe -- SHIPWRECK -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Random Recipe)
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Junior Jazz & Daddy Lion Chandell -- ONE LIKKLE DRAW -- First Light (2011, Easy Star Records)
     
Gustódio Castelo -- RITOS -- The Art Of The Portugese Fado Guitar -- (2011, ARC Music)
Mantrakid -- I REALLY SHOULD CALL MY DAD -- Neferiu Records: Tendown (2010, Neferiu)
Harry Beckett -- SWITCH UP! -- The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett (2008, On-U Sound)
Killing Joke -- ALMOST RED -- Almost Red 12" (1979, Island)
Ancient Astronauts -- CALVERT STREET ROCK -- Into Bass And Time (2011, ESL Music)
     
Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen -- AVARA -- Uniko (2011, Ondine/Hoedown Arts)
Kathryn Calder -- IF YOU ONLY KNEW -- Are You My Mother? (2010, File Under: Music)
Orchestra OK Jazz -- VEN Y VEN Y VEN -- Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (2009, Honest Jon's)
The Aggrolites -- COMPLICATED GIRL -- Rugged Road (2011, Stomp)
   
Hotels -- THE BAT WATUSI -- On The Casino Floor (2011, Hidden Shoals)
   
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What a beautifully complicated story: Aurelio Martinez is a guitarist and traditional drummer in Honduras.  He plays Garifuna music. And here's where it gets complicated. The Garifuna is a distinct people (Carib/Arawak/African), language, and culture, originating from the island of St. Vincent and now located mainly along the Caribbean coast of Central America. They are descended from the original inhabitants of the Caribbean islands, the Arawaks and Caribs, who intermarried with escaped African slaves. I didn't know about this until I heard the record! To make it still more complicated, on the new album, Martinez blends Senegalese influences into his Garifuna sound.

"Dig That Sound..."

Mike Lenaburg recorded great music in Phoenix, Arizona.
16 years old in this picture!

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Prins Thomas -- UGGEBUGG -- Prins Thomas (2010, Full Pupp)

Cantina Y Su Combo -- SANTA MARTA CUMBIA -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Columbia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)
Jamie Liddell -- WHAT'S THE USE? -- Multiply (2005, Warp)
King Tubby -- KING TUBBY'S CONVERSATION DUB -- King Tubby Meets Scientist In A World Of Dub (1996, Burning Sounds)
Soul Blenders -- BLENDING SOUL -- Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (2006, Numero Group)

Blues Rockers -- CALLING ALL COWS -- Lux & Ivy's Favourites, Volume 2 (1955, Excello)
Johnny West -- DISOWNED UMBRELLAS -- An Absence of Sway (2009, Tosteestostas)
African Brothers Band -- WOSE YEANKO, PART 1 -- Yaa Amponsa Special (1974, African Feeling)
Wanda Jackson -- THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN -- The Party Ain't Over (2011, Third Man Records)
The British Columbians -- BROKE & BUSTED -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2010, CJSW)

Kiran Ahluwalia -- RABBA RU -- Aam Zameen: Common Ground (2011, Kiran Music)
Graham Townsend -- RAKES OF KILDARE -- World Champion Folk Fiddler (1970, Rodeo Records)
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX -- UR SOUL AND MINE -- We're New Here (2011, Young Turks)
Field Assembly -- STILL LIFE -- Broadsides & Ephemera (2009, Field Assembly)
Amp Fiddler / Sly & Robbie -- CRAZY DAY -- Inspiration Information (2008, Strut)

Sul.A -- MINIATURE LUCK -- Iceberg 2011 (2011, cccltd.)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton -- QUESTION -- Chants Juifs Pour Violoncelle et Piano (2010, naïve)
Scritti Politti -- COOKING -- White Bread, Black Beer (2006, Rough Trade)

Lonesome Lefty -- NIGHT OWL -- Souvenir Album, Volume 2 (2010, Lonesome Lefty)

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"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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"To Live My Life The Way I Want, To Sing And Do Whatever I Please"

Female musicians and singers are featured on this episode, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day! So we had some extremely good tunes today, with a special focus on Jamaica, the tiny island of great music, super sound systems, massive amounts of records, and the best singers and players.

Louise Bennett is one of the heroes of independent Jamaica, and this week she sings the mento classic Linstead Market.  Also see the video below from Marcia Griffiths, one of the I-Threes (the back-up singers for Bob Marley and Wailers). Ms. Griffiths sings us a song (that I don't remember hearing before) from the 80s-90s, but apparently Electric Boogie introduced the world to the dance called The Electric Slide. The video is incredibly charming and shows us how easily Jamaica and New York mesh together into total awesomeness. Enjoy!

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

New Age Steppers feat. Ari-Up -- GUIDING STAR -- Action Battlefield (1981, On-U Sound)
Lost Patrol feat. Karen Marrero -- YOU DON'T OWN ME -- Tell No Lies [orig. 1990, casette]
Samantha Robichaud -- MUSICAL PREACHER -- Atlantic Standards: Kitchen Party (2010, Rhino)

Marcia Griffiths -- ELECTRIC BOOGIE -- Carousel (1990, Island)
Brie Neilson -- BOOTS -- Then We Learned To Dance (2009, Brie Neilson)
Bonnie & Sheila -- YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON -- New Orleans Funk, Volume 2 (2008, Soul Jazz) [orig. 1970?]
The Unsettlers, feat. Genevieve Schreier -- THE TRIZZLE -- Blood (2010, Unsettlers)
Louise Bennett -- LINSTEAD MARKET -- Jamaica Before Ska

Luxury Christ feat. Nancy Drew -- BLIX (A LOVE STORY) -- Problematic For The People (1996, Eleven37 Records)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux -- HARD-BOILED BABE -- Press Color (2003 reissue, ZE Records) [orig. 1979, ZE]
Marlena Shaw -- LIBERATION CONVERSATION -- Chess Classics (2005, Mojo) [orig. 1969, Verve]
Dry & Heavy feat. Likkle Mai -- RADICAL STAR -- One Punch (1999, Green Tea)

Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood -- AFRICAN LAND / AFRICA WE WANT TO GO -- Reggae Archive  (1994, On-U Sound) [orig. 1979, Hit Run]
Random Recipe feat. Frannie Holder and Fab -- WONDERWOMAN -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bonsound)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton -- CHANSON -- Chants Juifs Pour Violoncelle et Piano (2010, naïve)
Shadon -- PLACES I WON'T GO -- Chainstore Massacre (2002, On-U Sound)

Dorothy Masuka -- KHAULEZA -- London Is The Place For Me, Volume 4: African Dreams & the Piccadilly High Life (2006, Honest Jons Records)
Annie -- I DON'T LIKE YOUR BAND -- Don't Stop (2009, Smalltown Supersound)
Big Mama Thornton -- I AIN'T NO FOOL EITHER -- The Original Hound Dog (1990, Ace Records UK) [orig. 1950-53?]
Perilelle -- WHO AM I TO COMPLAIN -- Fog Like This (2010, Exchange Bureau Records)

Bonjay feat. Alanna Stuart -- CREEPIN -- Broughtupsy (2010, Mysteries of Trade)

Thanks for listening!

Hey! Here's this blog's magic mantra: "Technology works.  Technology delivers."
You can now CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TODAY'S SHOW.
Or right-click to download (control-click for Mac downloads, eh?).
I'll provide a link at the end of every playlist from now on.

Sherlock's Older, Smarter Brother...

pg.95 of Sleeveface: Be The Vinyl, compiled by Carl Morris & John Rostron.
Artisan/Workman Publishing, 2008.
Photo by Gunnar Bangsmoen.
bob hund, Stenåldern kan börja, Bob Hund Förlag, 2001.

   
Hey! Thanks to cool NewZealand label ROUND TRIP MARS for the free download of Invaderism, a compilation featuring new and unreleased tracks from their roster of green-faced geniuses.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
  
Ancient Astronauts -- ANTI-POP SONG -- Into Bass And Time (2011, ESL Music)
Wanda Jackson -- DUST ON THE BIBLE -- The Party Ain't Over (2011, Nonesuch)
   
Five Alarm Funk -- FACE RIOT -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)
Fujiya & Miyagi -- TAIWANESE BOOTS -- Ventriloquizzing (2011, Yep Rock)
Magic Plants -- I'M A NOTHING -- Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 (????)
Dugong -- PANDEMONIUM, EQUILIBRIUM WALK WITH ME -- Iceberg 2011 (2011, Dugong)
   
Ska Cubano -- CHISPA TREN -- ¡Ay Caramba! (2006, Cumbancha)
Willie Wright -- JACKIE'S SONG -- Willie Wright: Telling The Truth (2011, Numero) [orig. 1977]
Casiokids -- MIN SISTE DAG -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Lee Gaul -- NOTHING AT ALL -- Some Primitive Recordings (2006?, Lee Gaul)
   
Mycroft Holmes -- SIDESHOW VIEWING -- Invaderism: Round Trip Mars Presents A 10-Year Celebration (2010, free download at Round Trip Mars Bandcamp page)
The Wave Pictures -- NOTHING CAN CHANGE THIS LOVE -- If You Leave It Alone (2009, Moshi Moshi)
bob hund -- GRÖNT LJUS ÅT ALLA -- Folkmusik för folk som kan bete sig som folk (2009, bob hund)
Mr. OK -- MEN MWEN -- Men Mwen (2011, Mr. OK)
   
Sonia Wieder-Atherton -- DANSE -- Chants Juifs Pour Violoncelle Et Piano (2010, näive)
Wab Kinew feat. isKwé -- GIVE IT UP -- Manitoba Music 2011 (2011)
Ike & Tina Turner's Kings Of Rhythm -- STEEL GUITAR RAG -- I Like Ike! The Best Of Ike Turner (1994, Rhino) [orig. 1961, Sue]
The Psychic Alliance -- TRI-SCARE-A-TOPS -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011)
Jonathan Richman -- O MOON, QUEEN OF NIGHT ON EARTH -- O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth (2010, Vapor)
   
Five Alarm Funk -- WATERBOAT -- Voodoo Haircut (2008, Five Alarm Funk)
   
Thanks for listening!

FIVE ALARM FUNK is coming to Phog Lounge on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9th, 2011!

gorilla vs. shark: who do you root for?

Click here to listen to the March 1st edition of The Snark.

Right click to download.  Control click if you're a Mac.

"This Amply Repays All The Wearisome Days We Have Spent On The Billowy Ocean"

Detail from the back cover of At Home With The London Underground, 1983.
Sleeve design by The London Underground & Kishi Yamamoto.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
  
London Underground -- MOTIVATION -- Compilation 80-84 (1989, On-U)
  
Maurice & Mac -- OH WHAT A TIME -- B-side, 7" single (1969, Checkers)
LCD Soundsystem -- US V THEM (London Session) -- London Sessions (2010, EMI)
Andy Creeggan -- VIOLA NO.2 -- Andiwork II (2004, Bongo Beat)
Tipica Leal '79 -- DONDE ESTABAS -- Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua De Chicago (2011, Numero) [orig. 1970s]
  
Gorillaz -- DETROIT -- The Fall (2010, Sub-Division download)
Ian King -- AH ROBIN, GENTLE ROBIN -- Panic Grass & Fever Few (2010, Fledg'ling)
Kiran Ahluwalia -- SAFFAR -- Aam Zameen: Common Ground (2011, Kiran Music)
Mr. Chill & The Witnesses -- WEEPING WILLOWS -- Cold Testament (2005, Mr. Chill)
Fat Freddys Drop -- PULL THE CATCH (live) -- Live At Roundhouse (2010, The Drop)
   
George Manury -- THE TRAVELLER -- George M (2010, Vstuff)
Santa Mamba -- PUERTA DEL CIELO -- Senseo (2008, Holy Snake Music)
Crissi Cochrane -- LONELY FOR ME -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force -- LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT -- 12" single (1982, Tommy Boy)
  
One Love -- STAND UP -- One Love (1981, One Love)
  
Thanks for listening!

"Oh, You Vex Me..."

British illustrator and non-smoker, George Cruikshank, 1867.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Gang Of Four -- A FRUITFLY IN THE BEEHIVE -- Content (2011, Yep Rock)
Marva Whitney & Osaka Monaurail -- SOUL SISTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE -- I Am What I Am (2006, Shout!)

Wanda Jackson -- RUM & COCA-COLA -- The Party Ain't Over (2011, Nonesuch)
Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers -- CHEMICAL SPECIALIST -- Dub Xperience: The Dread Operators (1996, Cleopatra) [orig. 1981]
Kiran Ahluwalia -- MUSTT MUSTT -- Aam Zameen: Common Ground (2011, Kiran Music)

Willie Wright -- I'M SO HAPPY NOW -- Willie Wright: Telling The Truth (2011, Numero Group) [orig. 1977, Hotel Records]
Cris Derksen -- POW. WOW. WOW -- The Cusp (2010, Cris Derksen)
Lord Tanamo -- YOU'LL NEVER KNOW -- Rock A Shacka, Volume 19: You'll Never Know - 18 Caribou Ska Selection (sic) (2010, Drum&Bass Records) [orig. 1960s, Caribou]
Ladner -- WARPENHEIMER -- Ladner E.P. (2010, Ladner)

Suns Of Arqa -- ANANTA SNAKE DANCE -- Revenge Of The Mozabites (2010, Sony) [orig. 1980, Rock Steady Records]
Mogwai -- MEXICAN GRAND PRIX -- Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011, Sub Pop)
Lonesome Lefty -- BACK TO THE SUGAR CAMP -- Souvenir Album, Volume 2 (2010, Lonesome Lefty)
Maurice & Mac -- YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING -- Mojo: Chess Classics (2005, Mojo) [orig. 1968, Checkers]

Ammoye & Rise Ashen -- HAFFI WIN -- Haffi Win (2010, Balanced)
Andy Creegan -- VIOLA NO. 3 -- Andiwork II (2004, Bongo Beat)
Crissi Cochrane -- MEXICO -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)
Dandy -- RAINING IN MY HEART -- Tighten Up, Volume 3 (1970, Trojan) [orig. 1970, Down Town]
New Country Rehab -- CAMEO -- New Country Rehab (2010, New Country Rehab)
Fujiya & Miyagi -- YOYO -- Ventriloquizzing (2011, Yep Rock)
The Meters -- JUST KISSED MY BABY -- New Orleans Funk (2000, Soul Jazz) [orig. 1974, Reprise]

Gang Of Four -- I PARTY ALL THE TIME -- Content (2011, Yep Rock)

Thanks for listening!

I blanked on Maurice and Mac this afternoon. Maurice McAlister and McLauren Green jumped ship from The Radiants, a Chicago group, to record as a duo for Checkers from 1967 to 1970. They are great and so is their song! I only have the one ("You Left The Water Running") so far;
I'm looking for more.

McLauren Green & Maurice McAlister

52 shows, folks! One year on the air!

"Tell Me This, Do You Ever Open A Book At All?"

originally published 1939,
this edition 1981.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Fujiya & Muyagi -- CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE -- Ventriloquizzing (2011, Yep Rock)
Cris Derksen -- WHAT DID YOU DO BOY? -- The Cusp (2010, Cris Derksen)

Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 -- JEUN KO KU (CHOP 'N' QUENCH) -- Nigeria 70 (2001, Strut)
Jonathan Richman -- SA VOIX M'ATISSE -- O Moon, Queen Of Night On Earth (2010, Vapor)
Pee Wee King -- STEEL GUITAR RAG -- The King Of Western Swing (courtesy of Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic){If you click over, please scroll down for Lefty's post on Pee Wee King.}
Bad Brains -- LEAVING BABYLON -- Babylon Central (1996, Bad Brains) [orig. 1982, ROIR cassette (!)]

Rent Boys Inc. -- BEAUTY IS ABOVE THE LAW -- Squeal For Joy, 12" E.P. (1983, Rent Boys Inc.)
Baskerville Hounds -- SPACE ROCK, PART 2 -- Lux & Ivy's Favourites, Volume 12 [orig. 1967, Tema Records]
Bob Marley -- BUS DEM SHUT (PYAKA) -- Songs of Freedom (1992, Tuff Gong/Island) [orig.1967, Tuff Gong]
New Country Rehab -- STATE TROOPER -- New Country Rehab (2011, New Country Rehab)
U-J3RK5 -- U-J3RK5 WORK FOR POLICE -- Vancouver Complication (1977, Sudden Death Records)

Gaspel Lawal -- KITA KITA -- Nigeria 70 (2001, Strut)
The Vaselines -- OLIVER TWISTED -- The Way of The Vaselines: A Complete History (1992, Sub Pop) [orig. 1989]
Andy Creeggan -- BELLE -- Andiwork III (2010, Bongo Beat)
Leadbelly -- HAM AN' EGGS -- The Definitive Leadbelly (2008, Not Now Music) [orig. 1940?-43?]

Contradance -- TROUBLE IN THE DARKNESS -- Black Preppies E.P. (1982, Dancing Note Records)
The Glass -- HEAVY DISCO -- At Swim Two Birds (2010, Plant Music)
Random Recipe -- SHIPWRECK -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Random Recipe)
Jackie Mittoo -- BATHURST STREET YANK -- The Money Makers (1979, Jackie Mittoo)

Pierre Tchana & Orchestre Poly Rhythmo -- IL N'EST JAMAIS TROP TARD -- Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (2009, Honest Jon's)

Thanks for listening!

No, I have not read this book.
I read Third Policeman twice instead.

"Hey! Where Are My Argyle Socks Anyway?"

Windsor New Wave from 1982!

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Random Recipe -- A MOMENT WITH THE LAST DINOSAUR -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Random Recipe)
Lonesome Lefty -- RHYTHM KING -- Souvenir Album, Volume 2 (2011, Lonesome Lefty)

Lord Invader with Felix & His Internationals -- OUT THE FIRE -- Calypso In New York (2000, Smithsonian Folkways)
The Bug feat. Roger Robinson -- NIGHT STEPPA -- Pressure (2003, Rephlex Records)
Bad Brains -- SAILIN' ON -- Bad Brains (1996, Bad Brains) [orig. 1982, ROIR cassette(!)]
Johnny West -- GIVING UP THE GHOST -- Medium-Fi Music For Mentally Unstable Young Lovers (2011, Tosteestostas)
Deep City Band -- MASTERPIECE -- Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City (2007, Numero)

Fujiya & Miyagi -- MINESTRONE -- Ventriloquizzing (2011, Yep Rock)
Salmonella Dub -- JUSTICE -- Killervision (1999, Salmonella Dub)
Howlin' Wolf -- WANG DANG DOODLE -- His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997, MCA) [orig. 1960, Chess]
The Souljazz Orchestra -- MISTA PRESIDENT -- Freedom No Go Die (2007, Do Right! Music)

Deerhoof -- I DID CRIMES FOR YOU -- Deerhoof vs. Evil (2011, Polyvinyl)
The Apples -- RUN THIS TOWN -- Buzzin' About (2008, Freestyle)
The Residents -- EASTER WOMAN -- The Commercial Album (1997, The Cryptic Corporation) [orig. 1980, Ralph Records]
The Residents -- THE NAMELESS SOULS -- The Commercial Album (1997, The Cryptic Corporation) [orig. 1980, Ralph Records]
The Unsettlers -- CINCINNATI SHAKEDOWN -- Oil & Blood (2010, The Unsettlers)

The Go! Team -- LAZY POLTERGEIST -- Rolling Blackouts (2011, Memphis Industries)
Cinnamon Toast Funk -- DID A LITTLE DIGGIN' -- Feels Much Better (2010, Cinnamon Toast Funk)
Contradance -- BLACK PREPPIES -- Black Preppies: Look Buffy, 4 Songs Just For Us! E.P. (1982, Dancing Note Records)
Darwin Deez -- UP IN THE CLOUDS -- Darwin Deez (2011, Lucky Number)

Random Recipe -- PACK YOUR BAGS -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Random Recipe)

Thanks for listening!
 
Thanks to CJAM's Tom Fleming of "The Freedom Principle" (heard every Friday from 5-6:30 p.m.) for his digital transfer of the Contradance EP.

Random Recipe are supposed to play Phog Lounge in Windsor on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. Snow storms can't stop people from Montréal, right?

Nice to hear Bad Brains again... next time, one of their reggae numbers...

Punky reggae from 1977-84.

"...Saying: Yo! Have You Ever Said A Pretty Word?"

Robert Burns, b. Jan. 25, 1759
The Ploughman Poet, Bard of Ayrshire

"Is there for honest poverty..."

Party on, Scotland.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Ghetto Priest -- IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY -- I Murder Hate (2009, On-U)
Graham Townsend -- LORD ATHLONE'S MARCH -- World Champion Folk Fiddler (1970, Rodeo Records)
Trashcan Sinatras -- I HUNG MY HARP UPON THE WILLOWS -- In The Music (2010, Lo-Five)

Love Trio In Dub feat. U-Roy -- HARD LIVIN' -- The Dark Mixes (2006, Nublu Records)
New Country Rehab -- TRAIN '45 -- New Country Rehab (2011, New Country Rehab)
Fat Freddy's Drop -- ERNIE -- Based On A True Story (2005, Quango)
The Modern Men -- GET ON MY SEGUE -- The Sensual Sounds Of... (2010, The Modern Men)

The Flying Lizards -- RUSSIA -- The Flying Lizards (rereleased 2010, Micro Werks) [orig. 1979]
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas -- ALL SO MUTE -- Weird Looking Women In Too Many Clothes (2010, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas)
Johnny West -- WICKED TOWN -- Medium-Fi Music For Mentally Unstable Young Lovers (2011, Tosteetostas Music)
Yale Strom & Hot Pastrami -- BOSNIAN VALS -- Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer (2006, Transcontinental Music)
Belle & Sebastian -- COME ON SISTER -- Write About Love (2010, Matador)

Roots Manuva -- LET THE SPIRIT (Hot Chip Remix) -- Ninja Tune XX, Vol. 2 (2010, Ninja Tune)
Orange Juice -- I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE TOO SENSITIVE -- ... Coals To Newcastle Sampler (2010, Domino)
Willie Nelson -- BUBBLES IN MY BEER -- You Don't Know Me: Songs Of Cindy Walker (2006, Lost Highway)
The Glass -- FOUR FOUR LETTER --  At Swim Two Birds (2010, Plant Music)

The Vaselines -- MOLLY'S LIPS (live) -- Enter The Vaselines (2009, Subpop)
Lonesome Lefty -- BLIND MAN'S REEL -- Souvenir Album, Vol.2 (2011, Lonesome Lefty)
Big Daddy A & The Merves -- SCOTTISH SONG -- We Stole Your Wallet (1998, 1984 Records)


Bran Van 3000 -- GRACE (LOVE ON THE BLOCK) -- The Garden "Dubstrumentals" (2010, Audiogram)

Thanks for listening!

"I Am But Mad North-North-West: When The Wind Is Southerly I Know A Hawk From A Handsaw."

2 CD release from Tectonic provides both the originals and the Scientist versions!

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
    
Kraftwerk -- METROPOLIS -- The Man Machine (1978, Capitol)
The Souljazz Orchestra -- MAMAYA -- Rising Sun (2010, Strut)
   
Abstract Artform feat. Fashawn-- WINNIPEG (Clean Version) -- His Story In The Making (2010, Abstract Artform)
A Hawk & A Hacksaw -- PASTELKA ON THE TRAIN -- Darkness At Noon (2005, The Leaf Label)
Modern Superstitions -- VISIONS OF YOU -- All The Things We've Been Told (2010, Pink Noise)
Andy Creeggan -- SMILEYS A -- Andiwork III (2011, Bongo Beat)
   
Shackleton -- MARSHES -- Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space (2010, Tectonic)
The Deadlies -- MORGAN SPEAKS -- Meet The Deadlies (2010, The Deadlies)
Bran Van 3000 -- COWBOY HOOT -- The Garden Dubstrumentals (2010, Audiogram)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band -- PACHUCO CADAVER -- Trout Mask Replica (1969, Reprise)
   
Tara Watts -- PERCHED -- About Love (2009, Tara Watts)
Daedelus -- TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL D -- Ninja Tune XX (2010, Ninja Tune)
The Black Santiagos -- OLE -- Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria (2010, Soundway)
The Vaselines -- SEX WITH AN X -- Sex With An X (2010, SubPop)
   
The Revolutionaires -- HEART ACHE -- Disco Dub 12" (1978, Island)
Seu Jorge & Almaz --CALA BOCA, MENINO -- Seu Jorge & Almaz (2010, Cafuné)
Leon McAuliffe -- PANHANDLE RAG -- History Of Country & Western Music (2008, Phantom Sound & Vision)
   
K.C. Accidental -- THEM (POP SONG #3333) -- Anthems For The Could've Bin Pills (2010, Arts & Crafts)
   
Thanks for listening!

Good cover, eh?

Martin, my visiting co-host, was thwarted by a bad Wikipedia article during our broadcast. He's asked me to tell you about it.
There he was, conscientiously doing a web-search on the band A Hawk and A Hacksaw, who take their name from a famous quote about "a hawk and a handsaw." OK. We knew the hacksaw was supposed to be a handsaw, but were unable to recall from what literary work the phrase is lifted.
I assumed it was from Lewis Carroll, but I didn't mention this to Martin until we were leaving the CJAM studios. "It sounds like something the Mad Hatter would say, n'est-ce que pas?" Ah, the seed of doubt is planted. "Get me to a library!" he exclaimed.
Y'see, Martin had told everybody in radioland that the quote was from Don Quixote, another madman, yes, but not the right one. Turns out, it's from Hamlet (Act II, sc. ii).
Now, my poor co-host feels like an impostor, as though he should give back his English degree! Ha ha! For myself, I don't mind momentarily confusing four words and three great books... (but I don't have the same degree as him).
I'm also going to assume it was some well-meaning but misinformed Hawk-and-Hacksaw-fan who wrote up that Wiki-error. It couldn't be the band, right? They couldn't get the origin of their own name wrong! Oh boy...

Guildenstern: O, there has been much throwing about of brains.