"Get Ready For The Light Show, Thunder's Coming..."

Welcome to North America, Jaga Jazzist!
Toronto show on June 30, 2011.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Harry Beckett -- FANTASTIC THINGS -- The Modern Sound Of Harry Beckett (2008, On-U Sound)
Chet Singh -- BIRDS -- Recessionary Revolutionaries (2010, Chet Singh)
Caetano Veloso -- SUMMERTIME -- A Foreign Sound (2004, Nonesuch)
The Lijadu Sisters -- LIFE'S GONE DOWN LOW -- The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria (2010, Soundway)
Beats Antique -- GRANDSTAND -- Blind Threshold (2010, Beats Antique)
Snorri Helgason -- DON'T LET HER -- Made In Iceland IV (2011, Iceland Music Export)
Johnny West -- SLOW BIRDIES -- Gift For A Spider (2011, Tosteestostas)
Casiokids -- VERDENS STØRSTE LAND -- Topp stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Barrington Spence -- CONTEMPLATING MIND -- Musical Fever (1989, Trojan) [orig. 1968]
Scritti Politti -- A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT -- Absolute (2011, Virgin)
Diplomats Of Solid Sound -- B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O -- What Comes Around Goes Around (2010, Pravda)
Anna Atkinson -- ONLY A FIDDLE -- Mooniture (2011, Anna Atkinson)
Scuba -- REVERSE -- Aesaunic EP (2009, Hotflush Recordings)
DobaCaracol -- ÉTRANGE -- Putumayo Presents Québec (2008, Putumayo)
Desmond Dekker -- PRETTY AFRICA -- The Trojan Story Vol. 1 (1980, Trojan) [orig. 1967, Beverley's]
Pigeon Hole feat. D-Sisive -- LIGHT SHOW -- Underground Hip-Hop Vol. 6 (2011, Urbnet)
Battles -- WALL STREET -- Gloss Drop (2011, Warp)
Lon Rogers -- MY GIRL IS A SOUL GIRL -- Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (2007, Numero)
Aline Morales -- VIGNETTE -- Flores, Tambores E Amores (2011, Aline Morales)
Jaga Jazzist -- BANANFLUER OVERALT (Prins Thomas remix) -- Bananfluer Overalt (2010, Ninja Tune)

Thanks for listening!

If you click here, you can listen too.

(Right-click to download, control-click if you're a Mac.)

Something In Egypt, Not Italy

Anubis, from the Temple of Merenptah, Luxor.
Thanks to www.eoluk.co.uk for cool photo.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Scritti Politti -- SKANK BLOC BOLOGNA -- Absolute (2011, Virgin) [orig. 1978]
Wild Man Fischer -- WHICH WAY DID THE FREAKS GO -- An Evening With Wild Man Fischer (1968, Bizarre)
Billy Stewart -- SUMMERTIME -- The Chess Story 1947-1975 (2000, MCA) [orig. 1966, Chess]
FM Belfast -- VERTIGO -- Made In Iceland IV (2011, Iceland Music)
The Diplomats Of Solid Sound -- NO MAN -- What Goes Around Comes Around (2010, Pravda)
Abstract Artform feat. Doodlebug -- SUMMER IN THE CITY -- His Story In The Making (2010, Sound Management)
Shonen Knife -- SUMMERTIME BOOGIE -- Pretty Little Baka Guy/Live In Japan (1990, Rockville) [orig. 1986, Subversive Records]
Aline Morales -- UN CHEIRO QUE ARREPIA -- Flores, Tambores, E Amores (2011, Aline Morales)
The Charmers -- RASTA NEVER FAILS -- The Trojan Story, Vol. 1 (1980, Trojan) [orig. 1971, Green Door]
Len Bowen -- BIG DREAMER -- Underground Hip-Hop, Vol. 6 (2011, Urbnet)
Lykke Li -- I FOLLOW RIVERS -- Wounded Rhymes (2011, Atlantic)
Algernon Blackwood Sabbath -- ANUBIS -- Forest Hall (Algernon Blackwood Sabbath, 2011)
Bing Ji Ling -- MOVE ON -- Shadow To Shine (2011, Tummy Touch)
Aurelio -- BISIEN NU -- Laru Beya (2011, Stone Tree Records/Subpop)
James Reese & The Progressions -- LET'S GO (IT'S SUMMERTIME) -- The Funky 16 Corners (2001, Stones Throw)
Allison Brown -- SOMETHING HOLY -- Viper At The Virgin's Feet (2010, Allison Brown)
U-J3RK5 -- THE ANGLICAN -- U-J3RK5 (1980, Quintessence)
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco -- CÚCALA -- Salsa Explosion! The New York Salsa Revolution 1969-1979 (2010, Strut/Fania)
Del Barber -- COMING HOME WITH THE SUMMER -- Love Songs For The Last 20 (2010, Broken Ground)
The Chemical Brothers -- SWOON (LINDSTRØM & PRINS THOMAS REMIX) -- Another World (2010, Parlophone)

Thanks for listening!

Here's a link if you want to click it, you'll hear this list immediately!
(Right-click to download, Control-click if you're a Mac.)

"For Robin Hood To Be King One Day..."

Statue outta Sherwood...

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Dels -- TRUMPALUMP -- Gob (2011, Big Dada)
Randy Newman -- LUCINDA -- The Randy Newman Songbook, Volume 2 (2011, Nonesuch)

Amon Tobin -- CALCULATE -- Asam (2011, Ninja Tune)
Pinspóló -- SKÆRLITAĐ GŰMMULAĐI -- Made In Iceland IV (2011, Iceland Music Expo)
Vieux Farka Touré -- WONDA GUAY -- The Secret (2011, 6 Degrees Records)
Afuche -- WHO'RE THEY -- Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (2011, Cuneiform Records)

Toots & The Maytals, feat. Bootsy Collins & The Roots -- FUNKY KINGSTON -- True Love (2005, V2 Records)
Fujiya & Miyagi -- CASSETTESINGLE -- Transparent Things (2007, Deaf, Dumb & Blind)
The Love Me Nots -- THE END OF THE LINE -- The Demon & The Devotee (2011, Atomic A Go Go)
Booker T. Jones -- DOWN IN MEMPHIS -- The Road From Memphis (2011, Anti)

Lord Flea & His Calypsonians -- LOVE (LOVE ALONE) -- Swingin' Calypsos
Up, Bustle & Out -- PONCHO CAFÉ -- One Colour Just Reflects Another (1996)
Shugo Tokumaru -- DRIVE-THRU -- Port Entropy (2010, P-Vine Records)
100 Mile House -- EDWARD IV -- Hollow Ponds (2011, 100 Mile House)


The Franco Proietti Morph-Tet -- BUSHIDO -- Morphology (2008, Bongo Beat Records)
Graham Townsend -- FADED LOVE -- Championship Fiddle Favourites (early 60s, London) {Thanks to Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic!}
Big Youth -- RIDE ON -- Jamaica Funk: Original Jamaican Funk & Soul 45s (2007, Soul Jazz)

Scritti Politti -- ROBIN HOOD -- White Bread, Black Beer (2006, Rough Trade)
Anonymous Twist -- PUTTIN' IN WORK -- Underground Hip Hop, Volume 3 (2006, Urbnet)
Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica -- THOR'S ARRIVAL -- Third River Rangoon (2011, Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica)
U-J3RK5 -- U-J3RK5 WORK FOR POLICE -- Vancouver Complication (1977, Sudden Death Records)


Twilight Circus -- 808 DUB PLATE -- Dub Plate Selection (1998, M Records)

Thanks for listening!

You too can hear the music on this list, if you click here.

"I Can Drink Maple Water Anytime..."

Daniel Lanois brings his Black Dub back
to the Magic Stick in Detroit on Thursday, June  9, 2011.
Trixie Whitley, Brian Blade, and Daryl Johnson are also in the band.
If Lanois wears that giant toque in June, he's more Canadian than any of us.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas -- CISCO -- II (2009, Eskimo)

Scritti Politti -- A PLACE WE BOTH BELONG -- Absolute (2011, Virgin)
Beenie Man -- BOOKSHELF -- Kingston To King Of The Dancehall: A Collection of Dancehall Favourites (2005, Virgin)
The Brims -- ANTI GANDJA -- Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, & Progressive Rock & Funk 1970-78 (2011, Now-Again)
Battles -- INCHWORM -- Gloss Drop (2011, Warp)

Vieux Farka Touré -- ALI -- The Secret (2011, Six Degrees)
Black Dub -- I BELIEVE IN YOU -- Black Dub (2010, Sony Canada)
Abstract Artform, feat. Flo Soul & DJ Platform -- HIP HOP (IS WHAT I WAS DOING) -- His Story In The Making (2010, Sound Management)
Booker T. Jones -- THE HIVE -- The Road From Memphis (2011, Anti)

Maxine Sullivan -- 'TAIN'T NO USE -- Putumayo Presents: Jazz (2011, Putumayo World Music)
Junior Boys -- YOU'LL IMPROVE ME -- It's All True (2011, Domino)
The Wave Pictures -- RAIN DOWN -- Beer In The Breakers (2011, Moshi Moshi)

African Head Charge -- GOD WILLING -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)
Amon Tobin -- KITTY CAT -- Isam (2011, Ninja Tune)
Sergio Mendes, feat. Ivette Sangalo -- CHOVE CHUVA -- Celebration: A Musical Journey (2011, Verve)
Spesh K -- MEDIA COVERAGE -- Underground Hip Hop, Volume 3 (2011, Urbnet)
Minotaurs -- LAZY EYE -- The Thing (2010, Static Clang)
The Love Me Nots -- MAKE UP YOUR MIND -- The Demon & The Devotee (2011, Atomic A Go Go)

Tussle -- WARNING -- Telescope Mind (2006, Smalltown Supersound)

Thanks for listening!

To hear this list, just click here, and you will. Immediately.