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)

Thanks for listening!

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

"Sha La La La Boom Boom!"

Who are these singing hipster chicks?

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Pointer Sisters -- SEND HIM BACK -- After Hours 3: More Northern Soul Masters From the Vaults of Atlantic, Atco, Loma, Reprise, & Warner Bros. Records 1965-74 (2005, Warner UK) [orig. 1972, Atlantic]
Gregory Isaacs -- WE DON'T PET SOUND BOY -- Trojan Creole Reggae Box (2004, Trojan)

DePedro -- TRAMUNTANA -- Nubes de Papel (2010, Nat Geo)
Trashcan Sinatras -- I WISH YOU'D MET HER -- In The Music (2010, Lo-Five Records)
Natacha Atlas -- LAHAZAT NASHWA -- Mounqaliba (2010, Six Degrees)
Osaka Monaurail -- CHANGES I WANNA MAKE -- Rumble'n Struggle (2001, RD Records)

Afrocubismo -- ELIADES TUMBAO 27 -- Afrocubismo (2010, Nonesuch)
Dark Dark Dark -- WILD GO -- Wild Go (2010, Supply & Demand Music)
Black Dub -- SING -- Black Dub (2010, Jive Records)
Graham Townsend -- ZAPOROZICH -- World Champion Folk Fiddler (1970, Rodeo Records) (Thanks, Lefty!)
Sigur Rós -- INNÍ MÉR SYNGUR VITLEYSINGUR -- Með Suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008, XL Recordings)

Beats Antique -- MERRY GO ROUND -- Blind Threshold (2010, Antique Records)
Minotaurs -- CRYSTAL CAVE -- The Thing (2010, Static Clang)
Kristin Miltner -- WOKE UP AT 4AM ELECTRIFIED, BRIGHT MOON OUT THE WINDOW -- Music For Dreaming & Playing (2010, Asthmatic Kitty)
The New Mastersounds -- THIRTY THREE -- 102% (2007, One Note Records)
Grimes -- RIVER -- Halfaxa (2010, Arbutus Records)
Tom Zé -- BRAZIL, CAPITAL BUENOS AIRES -- Estudando A Bossa Nordeste Plaza (2010, Luaka Bop)

Deadmau5 -- TL7 -- At Play 3 (2010, Play Records)
Triodes -- FUNKY MIRACLE -- Chunked (2009, Modica Music)
A-Gen-53 -- STALINGRAD-STUMPFSINN -- A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock 1977-89 (2010, Vince B) [orig. 1981]
Wolf & Cub -- SEVEN SEVENS -- Science & Sorcery (2010, Last Gang)

Electroluminescent -- ELECTROLUMINESCENT -- Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton 5 (2010, C+C Music)

Thanks for listening!

Wolf & Cub have two drummers. Yes!

They're from Australia & they like manga.

"Only One Ship And One Bell"

The LP is "Roots" by Ishan People, from 1976.
http://modelcitizenzerodiscipline.blogspot.com/2010/08/ishan-people-little-jamaica-by-way-of.html

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Chilly Gonzales -- I AM EUROPE -- Ivory Tower (2010, Arts & Crafts)

Hot Panda -- MINDLESSNESSLESSNESS -- How Come I'm Dead? (2010, Mint Records)
Sweet Talks -- ADAMPANYE -- The Kusum Beat (2010, Soundways) [orig. 1974, Philips-West African-Records]
Dungen -- BLANDBAND -- Skit I Allt (2010, Kemado Records)
Grinderman -- BELLRINGER BLUES -- Grinderman 2 (2010, Artist Intelligence Partnership)
Hey-O-Hansen -- ANSWERGIVER -- Sonn und Moon (2009, Pingipung)

Fyfe Dangerfield -- HIGH ON THE TIDE -- Fly Yellow Moon (2010, Softlad Records)
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys -- OSSUN TWO-STEP -- American Roots Music (2000, Palm Pictures)
aKido -- PAPER CHASE -- Gamechanger (2010, Nordique)
Ishan People  -- ONE WAY TICKET -- Roots (1976, GRT)

Miles Davis -- GREAT EXPECTATIONS -- Bitches Brew, Legacy Edition (2010, Sony) [orig. 1970]
Square Root of Margaret -- ATTACK OF THE GIANT PROBLEM VS. THE CREATURE FROM THE PLANET OF THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING SOLUTION -- WYSiWYG (2010, Marky Menkle Music)
Victor Démé -- MAA GAAFORA -- Deli (2010, Chapa Blues Records)
Citywide Vacuum -- CIRCLOPS -- Pact (2007, Eleven37 Music)
The Vaselines -- TURNING IT ON -- Sex With An X (2010, Sub Pop)
It Kills -- DRAGONS -- It Kills (2010, It Kills)

Nick Lowe -- THE GEE & THE RICK & THE THREE CARD TRICK -- Quiet Please... The New Best of Nick Lowe (2009, Yep Rock) [orig. 1984]

Thanks for listening!

Nearly no 80s music this week -- until I came up a few minutes short at the end of today's show.  I had this Nick Lowe tune in reserve, just in case.  Nick Lowe is playing next Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at The Ark in Ann Arbor. And it's SOLD OUT!