Tonight! New music from Neneh Cherry, UK jazz outfit Polar Bear, indie-electro act the Notwist and nice Canadians OUGHT. Plus, Michele K-Tel ROLLS THE DICE with a set of loosely connected musical gambles.

Playlist 2.20.14

Grupo Folclórico “Juipiti” Diablos Del Ritmo – The Colombian Melting Pot 1960 – 1985 (Analog Africa)
Devo “Whip It” (RIP guitarist Bob Casale)
Polar Bear “Be Free” In Each and Every One (The Leaf Label)
Neneh Cherry “Cynical” Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound)

Courtney Barnett “History Eraser” The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas ((Milk! Records) @ The Rickshaw Stop 2/24
The Triffids “Keep Your Eyes On The Hole” In The Pines (Domino)
Jagwar Ma “Exercise” Howlin’ (Mom+Pop)
The Go-Betweens “Streets Of Your Town (Live)” Oceans Apart (Yep Rec)
The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Merrill Garbus “I’ve Been Searching” I’ll Find A Way (Masterworks)

Notwist “Casino” Close to the Glass (Sub Pop)
Dan The Automator “The Great Gambler” Bombay The Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars (Tyger Media)
Suicide “Las Vegas Man” The Second Album + The First Rehearsal Tapes (Mute)
Venetian Snares & Speedranch “Viva Las Vegas” Making Orange Things (Planet Mu)
Dead Kennedys “Viva Las Vegas” Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Cherry Red)
Sam Phillips “Compulsive Gambler” Omnipop (It’s Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop) (virgin)
Doc Watson “The Roving Gambler” Doc Watson At Gerdes Folk City (Sugarhill)
T.Rex “Black Jack” Tanx (Edsel)

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble “Favella Funk” Fly – The Customs Prelude (1-2-3-4-GO!) Brothers Hypnotic @Noise Pop Film Fest 2/27
DJ Sandrinho “Berimbau” Rio Baile Funk – More Favela Booty Beats (Essay)
Bonde Do Role “Marina Gasolina” With Lasers (Domino)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force “Planet Rock”(Rhino)
De La Soul “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays'” The Best Of De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
Death Grips “Hustle Bones” The Money Store (Epic)
The Daktaris “It’s All A Big Hustle (Mad Professor Remix)” Daptone Records Remixed (Daptone)

Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble “New Frankiphone Blues” On The Beach (Katalyst)
Hauschka “Agdam” Abandoned City (Temporary Residence)
James Booker “Black Minute Waltz” Junco Partner (Rhino) Bayou Maharaja; the tragic genius of James Booker (SF Premiere) @Noise Pop Film Festival ATA 2/27

Ought “The Weather Song” (Constellation)