Join Michele K-tel for an ever-eclectic cavalcade of sounds including new music from the Congo’s African trad-meets-electro Mbongwana Star, Welsh indie act Joanna Gruesome, guitarist David Torn, pianist (and resident UC Berkeley educator) Myra Melford plus YES (on red vinyl even) a recent collaboration between Half Japanese’s Jad Fair and Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub. Jump in!

Playlist 5.21.15

Jad Fair & Norman Blake “This Is It” Yes (Joyful Noise)
Treniers “This Is It” They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! (Sony)
Mission Of Burma “This Is Hi-Fi” Unsound (Matador)
The Wedding Present “Real Thing” Saturnalia (Cooking Vinyl)
Bongwater “The Real Thing” The Big Sell-Out (Shimmy Disc)
Syd Barrett “It Is Obvious (Take 3)” Opel (Parlophone UK)

Mbongwana Star “Malukayi (feat. Konono #1)” From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
Soundz Africana “Africana” Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954-66 (Soundway)
Guerilla Toss “A Pig Who Feeds” Infinity Cat Series: Guerilla Toss (Infinity Cat)
Metá Metá “Sozinho” EP

The Stones “Something New” Three Blind Mice (Flying Nun)
Surf City “Leave Your Worries” Jekyll Island (Fire)
Courtney Barnett “Debbie Downer” Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
Joanna Gruesome “I Don’t Wanna Relax” Peanut Butter (Slumberland)
Stereo Total “Relax Baby Be Cool” Paris Berlin
Mali Music “Le Relax” Mali Music (Parlophone UK)
Tal National “Claire” Zoy Zoy (FatCat)

Human Don’t Be Angry (Malcolm Middleton) “Cottage Syndrome” Electric Blue
Alasdair Roberts “This Uneven Thing” Alasdair Roberts (Drag City)
David Torn “Spoke With Folks” Only Sky (ECM)
Thee Oh Sees “Withered Hand” Mutilator Defeated At Last (Castle Face)
Withered Hand “California” New Gods (Slumberland)

Jim O’Rourke “Last Year” Simple Songs (Drag City)
Myra Melford “Times of Sleep and Fate” Snowy Egret (Yellowbird Records)
My Dad Is Dead “Planes Crashing” The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get (Homestead)
Vic Chesnutt “Flying” West Of Rome (New West)
Mitski “Last Words Of A Shooting Star” Bury Me At Makeout Creek (Don Giovanni)