On this week’s episode of DISCO ROTO –> Michele K-Tel plays new music from Son Lux, Four Tet and Alex Chilton (recorded live during a power outage at The Knitting Factory in 1997) + Luscious Jackson sing about #1 bums (think J Lo).  Stick around to the end and throw a few punches with Linda Thompson, Nick Cave, Ivor Cutler, Superchunk and more….ouch.

Playlist 10.24.2013:

Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble “The Minstrel” On The Beach (Aestuarium)
Dr. John “Getaway” Locked Down (Nonesuch)
Stiff Little Fingers “Gotta Get Away” All the Best (One Way)
Oposssom “Getaway Tonight” Electric Hawaii

King Khan & The Shrines “Of Madness I Dream” Idle No More (Merge)
Hawaiian Beach Combers “I’m a Dreamer Aren’t We All” King Bennie Nawahi – String Virtuoso (Yazoo)
Sam Phillips “I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming” A Boot And A Shoe (Nonesuch)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians “Airscape ( Live )” Element Of Light (Yep Roc)
Mount Eerie w/ Julie Doiron & Fred Squire “O My Heart” Lost Wisdom (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
Alex Chilton “A Case Of You” Electricity By Candlelight – NYC 2/13/97 (Bar None)
Laura Marling “Once” Once I Was An Eagle (Ribbon Music)

Luscious Jackson “#1 Bum” Magic Hour (City Song)
The Beastie Boys “OK” Hot Sauce Committee Part Two  (Capitol)
Supergenerous “Had No Other Choice” São Paulo Slim
Just A Band, Childish Gambino “Who No Know Go Know” Red Hot + Fela (Knitting Factory)
Son Lux “Easy” Lanterns (Joyful Noise)
Sons Of Kemet “Beware” Burn (Naim Jazz)

Wanda Jackson “Mean Mean Man” Heart Trouble (CMH)
Linda Thompson “Blue Bleezin Blind Drunk” Won’t Be Long Now (Pettifer Sounds)
Pixies “Broken Face” Surfer Rosa (4AD)
Ivor Cutler “Where’s My Razor?” A Wet Handle (Creation)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Jack The Ripper [Acoustic]” B-Sides And Rarities (Mute)
Superchunk “Punch Me Harder” No Pocky For Kitty (Merge)

On this week’s episode of DISCO ROTO –> Michele K-Tel plays new music from Juana Molina, Luscious Jackson, Son Lux and the Red, Hot & Fela compilation (in tribute to the legendary Afrobeat pioneer), gives away tix to the Dodos concert @ Great American Music Hall on 10/16, PLUS gets LONELY with Danny Brown, Neo Boys, Barbara Manning and the blue yodeler Jimmie Rodgers. …and I think I heard a dog bark. Did you?

Playlist 10/10/13

Luscious Jackson “Are You Ready?”  Magic Hour (City Song)
Delroy Wilson Get Ready (12″ Mix) Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980 (Blood & Fire)
Big Black “Ready Men” The Rich Man’s Eight Track Tape (Touch n’ Go)

Surf City  “No Place to Go” We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This (Fire)
Danny Brown “Lonely” Old (Fool’s Gold)
Deltron 3030 “What Is This Loneliness” The Event II (Bulk Recordings)
Blur “Out Of Time” (Live at The Atlanta Tabernacle, 26-7-2003) Exclusive 5 Track CD – The Observer
Neo Boys “I Don’t Belong” Sooner Or Later (K Records)
Barbara Manning “Isn’t Lonely Lovely?”  1212 (Matador)
Jimmie Rodgers “Why Should I Be Lonely?” Riding High, 1929-1930 (Rounder)
SON LUX “Lost It to Trying” Lanterns (Joyful Noise)

Juana Molina “Sin Guia No” Wed 21 (Crammed Disc)
Las Malas Armistad “Mala Suerte” Maleza (Honest Jon’s)
Kelan Philip Cohran & Hyptonic Brass Ensemble “Spin” s/t (Honest Jon’s)
Laura Veirs “White Cherry” Warp & Weft (Raven Marching Band)
Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddam” Gold (Verve)
Matana Roberts “Thanks Be You” Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)

The Dodos Horns Record Store Day 2011
Dustin Wong “Helix Sky” Mediation of Ecstatic Energy (Thrill Jockey)
Whitefield Brothers “Savannahstan” Original Raw Soul III (Now Again)
Volcano Choir “Dancepack” Repave (Jagjaguwar)

Abena Koomson + Rubblebucket,Superhuman Happiness w/ Sahr Ngaujah “ITT (International Thief Thief)” Red, Hot & FELA (Knitting Factory)
The Bug “Fuckaz (featuring Spaceape)” London Zoo  (Ninja Tune)

The Bats “December Ice” (Mistletone/Bedroom Suck)

On this week’s edition —> Michele K-Tel rolls out the red carpet for royalty (King Krule, King Tuff, King Khan & the Shrines) and goes Hardly Strictly DISCO ROTO crazy with a preview of the upcoming music explosion in Golden Gate Park. Did someone say “FREAKONS”?!?!?!?!

Playlist – 9/26/2013:

Afro Festival led by Fantastic Tchico Tchicaya “El Manicero Se Va” Soundclash Sofrito: International Soundclash (Strut)

Calexico/Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg “Minas de Cobre” Spiritoso (Anti)
Allah-Las “Ela Navega” Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)

tUnE-yArDs w/ Angelique Kidjo and ?uestlove “Lady” Red, Hot & Fela (Knitting Factory)
Mulutu Astatke “Surma EXTENDED” Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village)
Tondjon Imadatji (Remix) Niyake (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
King Tuff “Just Strut” Was Dead (Burger Records)

Bettye LaVette “Crazy” Thankful N’ Thoughtful (Anti)
Nick Lowe “Cracking Up” Labour of Lust (Demon)
Low “Just Make It Stop” The Invisible Way (Sub Pop)
First Aid Kit “Blue” The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
Buddy Miller f/ Lee Ann Womack “Meds” The Majestic Silver Strings (New West)
The Bootleggers f/ Ralph Stanley / Emmylou Harris “Fire in the Blood / Snake Song” Lawless Soundtrack ” (Sony)
Conor Oberst “NYC-Gone,Gone” Conor Oberst (Merge)

Freakwater “So Strange” Thinking Of You (Thrill Jockey)
The Mekons “Cockermouth” Natural (Quarter Stick)
Billy Bragg “Tomorrow’s Going to Be A Better Day” Tooth & Nail (Essential Music)

King Khan & The Shrines “Yes I Can’t” Idle No More (Merge)
King Krule “Easy Easy” 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (True Panther Sounds)
K.Flay “Free n Easy” I Stopped Caring in ’96 THE MIXTAPE
Thao w/ the Get Down Stay Down “Easy” Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars)
Little Walter “Mellow Down Easy” Hate To See You Go (MCA)
Holly Golightly “Mellow Down Easy” Laugh It All Up! (Damaged Goods)
PJ Harvey “Easy” 4-Track Demos (Island)
Grieves “Speak Easy” Together/Apart (Rhymesayers)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “Be Easy” 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)

Sons of Kemet “Going Home” Burn (Naim Jazz)

In this week’s edition –> new music from Juana Molina, Joanna Gruesome, Ethiopian legend Mulutu Astake + adventurous jazz from Cuba’s Roberto Fonseca and UK’s Sons of Kemet.  Michele K-tel also takes a walk that turns into a run with Devon Sproule, Lulu, Ghislain Poirier and The Julie Ruin…which must be the reason she couldn’t pronounce “Big Sur”. Don’t believe it? Download the podcast now!

Meridian Brothers “Los Falsos Reyes Magos” Devoción (Works 2005 – 2011) (Staubgold Germany)
The Staple Singers “Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)” Best Of (Stax)
Wild Flag “Boom” Wild Flag (Merge)
John Lee Hooker “Boom Boom” Burnin’ (Shout! Factory)
The Jamaicans Ba Ba Boom (Ba Ba Boom Time) Roots of Reggae: Rock Steady (Rhino)

Juana Molina  “Eras” Wed 21 (Crammed Discs)
Bill Frisell “The Big One” Big Sur (Sony)
Cool Ghouls “Earthquake” Cool Ghouls (Empty Cellar)
Jakob “Nice Day For An Earthquake” Subsets Of Sets (Shoot The Freak)
The Dodos “Destroyer” Carrier (Polyvinyl)
Joanna Gruesome “Madison” Weird Sister (Slumberland)
The Fall “No Respects Rev.” Re-Mit (Cherry Red)
Neko Case “Night Still Comes” The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Anti)
Vetiver “On The Other Side” Tight Knit (Sub Pop)
Michael Hurley “The Early Bird Always Gets the Worm”  Face A Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album (Tompkins Square)

Roberto Fonseca “80s” Yo (Concord Jazz)
Interactivo “los revolucionarios” Goza Pepillo (DM Ahora!)
Grupo Monumental “Tremendo Tremendo” Si Para Usted Vol. 2: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba (Waxing Deep / Light in the Attic)
Mulutu Astake “Gamo” Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village)
Sons of Kemet  “Inner Babylon” Burn (Naim Jazz)

Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill Walking in the Folly “Colours” (master mp3s)
Junip “Walking Lightly” Junip (Mute)
Herman Düne “I’d Rather Walk Than Run” I Wish That I Could See You Soon Ep ( Everloving)
Lulu “I’ll Come Running” Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found (Rhino)
Ghislain Poirier “Nowhere To Run” Breakupdown (Chocolate Industries)
Julie Ruin “Run Fast” Run Fast (The Julie Ruin Records)

In this week’s episode — new music! including the sweaty garage psych of King Khan & The Shrines, Múm’s Icelandic electronica, the Seattle she-ro multi-instrumentalist that is Amy Denio, plus the debut collaboration between Japanese pop artist Takako Minekawa and ex-Ponytail guitarist Dustin Wong. Also join Michele K-Tel as she “stays at home” with Emilíana Torrini, Elizabeth Cotton, R. Stevie Moore, Superchunk and others who would rather not leave their couches.

The Knitters “Born To Be Wild” The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters (Rounder)
King Khan & the Shrines “So Wild” Idle No More (Merge)
Ruth Brown “Wild Wild Young Men” Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More (Rhino)
Múm “Time To Scream & Shout” Smilewound (Morr Music)

Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill “Nobody Tells Me a Thing” Colours (Tin Angel)
Terry Malts “Can’t Tell No One” Killing Time (Slumberland)
Tunng “Secrets” Good Arrows (Thrill Jockey)
Allah-Las “Tell Me (What’s On Your Mind)” Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)
Neko Case “Where Did I Leave That Fire?” The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Anti)
Tom Petty “You Tell Me” Damn The Torpedoes(Geffen)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “Tell Me” 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)

Emiliani Torrini “Home” Tookah (Rough Trade)
Elizabeth Cotten “When I Get Home” Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes (Smithsonian Folkways)
Best Coast “Let’s Go Home” The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
R. Stevie Moore “I Like To Stay Home” Contact Risk (Spunky Monkey Music)
Superchunk “Stay at Home” I Hate Music (Merge)
Yellow Ostrich “Stay At Home” Strange Land (Barsuk)
The Ex & Brass Unbound “Our Leaky Homes” Enormous Door (In the Fishtank)

Stars “Loose Ends Will Make Knots” The North (Arts & Crafts) @Slim’s 9/18
Takako Minekawa and Dustin Wong “Two Acorns’ Dreams Growing as One” Toropical Circle (Thrill Jockey)
White Fence “Sticky Fruitman Has Faith (Al Lover remix)” Distorted Reverberations (of Reverberating Distortion) MP3
The Bug “Dirty” Filthy EP (Ninja Tune)
Little Axe “Down And Dirty” If You Want Loyalty Buy A Dog (On-U Sound)
King Midas Sound “Cool Out” Waiting For You (Hyperdub)

Amy Denio “Ambaraba Ci Ci Co Co” Tutto Bene (Spoot Music)
Yvette Horner “Gatitos Negros” Accordeons au Feminin (Paris Jazz Corner)
Rabbit Rabbit (Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi) “Hello Cat Lady” Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 2

Black Host “Gromek” Life In The Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)

Celebrate DISCO ROTO’s new Thursday 8-10pm slot with the just-out-sounds of NZ’s Ghost Wave, Montreal’s Land of Kush, Deltron 3030’s scifi hip-hop, the still-riot-grrrl-after-all-these-years of The Julie Ruin, and experimental saxophonist Matana Roberts. Michele K-tel also mulls the meaning of life with the Dodos, First Aid Kit, R.L. Burnside, the Cool Ghouls plus calls out a few artists who are participating in International Cassette Store Day (!) on 9/7 (Volcano Choir, Los Campesinos & more). c30 c60 c90 go!

White Fence “Beat” Cyclops Reap (Castle Face)
Mochipet “A Beat Never Forgets (f/Giant Elephant)” Microphonepet (Daly City Records)
Land of Kush The Pit (edit) The Big Mango (Constellation)

Ghost Wave “Here She Comes” Ages (Flying Nun)
The Velvet Underground “Here She Comes Now” Peel Slowly And See (Polydor)
The Fresh & Onlys  “Only One I Want” The Fresh & Onlys (Howells Transmitter)
Count Basie & His Orchestra “I Want A Little Girl”  America’s #1 Band (Sony)
The Yardbirds “What Do You Want? The Yardbirds Ultimate! (Rhino)
Belle and Sebastian “I Want The World To Stop” Write About Love (Matador)
Al Green “What More Do You Want From Me?” Lay It Down (Blue Note)
The Buzzcocks “What Do I Get?” Singles Going Steady (Parlophone)

Deltron 3030 “The Agony” City Rises From the Ashes” (Bulk)
Blanca Rosa Gil Pista Pista No. 5 Boleros (n/a)
Frente Cumbiero “Analógica” Frente Cumbiero Meets Mad Professor (radiocapsula)

The Dodos “Death” Carrier (Polyvinyl)
Malcolm Middleton “Death Love Depression Love Death” A Brighter Beat (Full Time Hobby)
First Aid Kit “Heavy Storm” The Big Black And The Blue (Wichita)
R.L. Burnside “Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down” Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum)
Cool Ghouls “Natural Life” Cool Ghouls (Empty Cellar)
Conor Oberst “I Don’t Want To Die (In The Hospital)” Conor Oberst (Merge)
Frank Lindamood “Mr. Graves” Hewed From The Rock (CD Baby)

Matana Roberts “amma jerusalem school + for this” COIN COIN Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)
Volcano Choir “Comrade” Repave (Jagjaguar)
Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed” A Good Night for a Fistfight  (Arts & Crafts)

The Julie Ruin “HaHaHa” Run Fast (The Julie Ruin Records)
Emiliana Torrini “Ha-Ha” Me And Armini (Rough Trade)
Pere Ubu Laughing The Modern Dance (Fontana)

On this week’s edition – Michele K-Tel plays the new kiwi sounds of Surf City, advance music from The Julie Ruin and Neko Case (including a rare Robyn Hitchcock cover!) – celebrates la vida with Jagwar Ma, Vic Chesnutt, Le Tigre, k. McCarty AND Earl Sweatshirt plus salutes The Tiptons (the amazing ladies formerly known as the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet) who will be performing @ Duende in Oakland’s Uptown district for TWO nights on 8/21+8/22.  Disco Roto trophy for best new album title? Neko’s out-next-week “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You”. Exactly.

Meridian Brothers “Guaracha U.F.O” (No Estamos Solos…) Desesperanza (Soundway)
N.A.S.A. “O Pato f/ Kool Kojak + DJ Babão ” The Spirit Of Apollo (Anti)
Funkadelic “Can You Get To That”  Maggot Brain (Westbound)

The Julie Ruin “Just My Kind”  Run Fast  (The Julie Ruin Records)
Devendra Banhart “Won’t You Come Over” Mala (Nonesuch)
Deerhunter “Dream Captain” Monomania (4AD)
Neko Case “Bracing for Sunday” The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Anti)

Surf City “It’s a Common Life” We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This (Fire)
Jagwar Ma “That Loneliness” Howlin’ (Mom + Pop)
Vic Chesnutt “You Are Never Alone” North Star Deserter (Constellation)
Le Tigre “Keep on Livin'” Feminist Sweepstakes (Mr. Lady)
K. McCarty “Living Life” Dead Dog’s Eyeball (Bar/None)
Daniel Johnston “Life In Vain” Fun (Atlantic)
Junip “Your Life Your Call” Junip (Mute)
Allá “Tú Vida!” Es Tiempo (Crammed Disc)
Earl Sweatshirt “CHUM”  DORIS (Columbia)

Julianna Barwick The Harbinger Nepenthe (Dead Oceans)
Goh Nakamura “Sweet Dreams are Waiting” single (Goh Nakamura)
Scrabbel “Don’t Play Me” 7Seven12 (SilentButDanLee)
Keaton Henson “Nests” Dear (Oak Ten)
Animal Collective “Today’s Supernatural” Centipede Hz (Domino)
Matias Aguayo “Me Vuelvo Loca” Ay Ay Ay (Kompact)
The Heliocentrics “Descarga Electronica” 13 Degrees From Reality (Now Again)
Family Atlantica “La Familia” Family Atlantica (Soundway)
Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta Sabanera “Arroz Con Coco” Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound Of Colombia 1962 – 72 (Soundway)

The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet “Acoustic Hic Hop” Make It Funky God (Horn Hut)
The Tiptons “The Pinguin” Tsunami (No Man’s Land)
Amy Denio “Slugs (Gymnosalyagi)” Tongues (Spoot Music)

extra bonus cover song outro:

Neko Case “Madonna of the Wasps” The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Anti)

In this week’s edition — Michele K-Tel presents NEW music from The Dodos, Jon Hopkins, Typhoon, WOOF and Superchunk, does the MAGIC CLAP with The Coup, Link Wray, Ella Fitzgerald, Thao, A Tribe Called Quest and Ikue Mori…plus reveals her all-time favorite record (shhhh)!

Tyondai Braxton “Opening Bell” Central Market (Warp)
Flying Lotus “All The Secrets” Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
Anais Mitchell Feat. The Haden Triplets “Nothing Changes” Hadestown (Righteous Babe)
Petra Haden “Cool Hand Luke Main Title” Petra Goes To The Movies (Anti)

Typhoon “Young Fathers” White Lighter (Roll Call)
The Coup “The Magic Clap” Sorry To Bother You (Anti)
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down “The Clap” Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars)
Link Wray & The Wraymen Hand “Clapper” Walkin’ With The Link (Sony)
Ella Fitzgerald “Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!” Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (Verve)
Ikue Mori “Clapper” Hex Kitchen (Tzadik)
A Tribe Called Quest “Clap Your Hands” Hits, Rarities & Remixes (Jive)

WOOF “ALL CAPS feat. A-1, Richie Cunning, Oh Blimey” The Thrill of It All (Brown Bottle Records)
Lightnin’ Hopkins “Mean Old Frisco” Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins (Fantasy)
The Flying Burrito Brothers “Man In The Fog” Out Of The Blue (UMG)
John Zorn “Novato” Alhambra Love Songs (Tzadik)

The Dodos “Confidence” Carrier (Polyvinyl)
Allah-Las “Ela Navega” Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)
Wilco “Get Lucky [Daft Punk]” – live @ Solid Sound Festival June, 2013
Ruth Brown “Lucky Lips” Miss Rhythm (Rhino)
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengres Meet The Congos “Happy Song” FRKWYS Vol. 9 (RVNG INTL)
Pere Ubu “Humor Me” The Modern Dance (fontana)

Jon Hopkins “Immunity” Form By Firelight (Domino)
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins “Bubble” Diamond Mine (Domino)
The Books “That Right Ain’t Shit” The Lemon Of Pink (Temporary Residence)

Superchunk “Me, You & Jackie Mittoo” I Hate Music (Merge)
Jackie Mittoo “Black Out” Tribute To Jackie Mittoo (Heartbeat)
Mice Parade “Pretending” Candela (Fat Cat)
Okay “Pretend” Huggable Dust (Absolutely Kosher)
The Ink Spots “Stop Pretending” Greatest Hits (Master Classics)
Thee Headcoatees “Speak to Me” Bozstick Haze (Damaged Goods)
K.Flay “So What” What If It Is? EP (RCA)

Disco Roto Birthday shout-out to Jim!
Jonathan Richman “A Mistake Today For Me” Jonathan Richman (Rounder)

In this week’s edition Michele K-Tel does the SHIMMY with Nancy Elizabeth, Bo Diddley, Tall Dwarfs and Múm, pays tribute to master Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar and plays NEW music from The Chills, Juliana Barwick, Chucho Valdés and more. Now podcasting!

Playlist 8.6.13

L. Hollis and The Mackadoos “Bui Bui” Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label (O9) Numero Uno
Orange Juice “What Presence?!” (12″ version) Coals to Newcastle BOX (Domino)
Johnny Cash “Big River” The Essential Johnny Cash (Legacy)
Girls “Love Like A River” Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)

Nancy Elizabeth “Simon Says Dance” Dancing (the Leaf Label)
The Stranglers “It Only Takes Two To Tango” La Folie (Caroline)
Bo Diddley “Can You Shimmy?” Ride On / The Chess Masters 1960-1961 (Hip-O)
Tall Dwarfs “You Want Me Shimmy” The Sky Above the Mud Below (Carrot Top)
Sonny Rollins “Mambo Bounce” Prestige Profiles (Milestone)
Cyro Baptista “Dansa” Vira Loucos (DIW AVANT)
Múm “Dancing Behind My Eyelids” Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (Fat Cat)
M Beat With General Levy “Incredible” various artists – Rumble In The Jungle (Soul Jazz)

Julianna Barwick “Look Into Your Own Mind” Nepenthe (Dead Oceans)
Maps & Atlases “Old and Gray” Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk)
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy “Somebody Help Me” What The Brothers Sang (Drag City)
King Khan & The Shrines “Crackin’ Up” The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines (Vice)

In Tribute: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/arts/music/kongar-ol-ondar-a-bewitching-master-of-remarkable-sounds-dies-at-51.html
Kongar-ol Ondar “Sunezin Yry (Soul’s Song)” Genghis Blues (Six Degrees)
Tinariwen “Tenere Taqhim Tossam” (Four Tet Remix) REMIXED (Anti)
Django Django “Skies Over Cairo (Adrian Sherwood On U Sound Dub)” DJango DJango
Adrian Sherwood “U R Sound” Survival & Resistance (On-U Sound)

The Chills “Molten Gold” single (FIRE)
The Cosmic Rays “Dreaming” The Singles (Evidence)
Marine Girls “Day/Night Dreams” Lazy Ways/Beach Party (Cherry Red)
The Memories “Love Is Not A Dream” Love is the Law (Burger)

Chucho Valdés “Afro-Comanche” Border-Free (Jazz Village) @ Stanford 8/20
Dafnis Prieto “The Magic Danzonete” Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio @San Jose Jazz Fest 8/20

On this week’s edition — Michele K-Tel recites the lyrics to Sun Ra’s “Enlightenment”, runs away to the CIRCUS with Tom Waits, Sonny & the Sunsets and The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet plus, via a quick stop in Milwaukee, hails the golden state of California with Howlin’ Wolf, Lia Rose and The Daredevil Christopher Wright.

The Heliocentrics “Wrecking Ball” 13 Degrees From Reality (Now Again)
Sun Ra Arkestra “Enlightenment” The Singles (Evidence)
Allah-Las “Long Journey” Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)
The Zombies “It’s Alright With Me” Begin Here (Big Beat)
Kahil El’zabar’s Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang “Big M” Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors (Delmark)

Jagwar Ma “Come Save Me” Howlin’ (Mom & Pop)
Devon Sproule “Don’t Hurry for Heaven” ¡Don’t Hurry for Heaven! (Black Hen)
The Soul Stirrers Featuring R. H. Harris “I Have A Right To The Tree Of Life (Take 1)” Shine On Me (Speciality)
Robert Wyatt “Be Serious” Comicopera (Domino)
Bobby Womack “Stupid” The Bravest Man In The Universe (XL)

Ondatrópica “Chop ‘n’ Quench” Chop ‘n’ Quench EP (Soundway)
Guy Klucevsek with Ain’t Nothin’ But A Polka Band “The Disinformation Polka” Who Stole The Polka? (Starkland)
Bombino “Niamey” Jam Nomad (Nonesuch)
Invisible System “Oumabetty” The Rough Guide To The Music Of Ethiopia (World Music Network)

Tom Waits “Circus” Real Gone (Anti)
Rob Burger “Arturo, The Aqua Boy” Lost Photograph (Tzadik)
Sonny & The Sunsets “Mutilator” Antenna to the Afterworld (Polyvinyl)
Alex Clare “Tight Rope” The Lateness Of The Hour (UMG)
The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet “Fat Bearded Lady Walks The Tightrope” Saxhouse (Knitting Factory)
Chuck Wilder “The Clown” Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels (Numero Uno)
Chris Garneau “Dirty Night Clowns” El Radio (Absolutely Kosher)
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo “Circus Strongman Runs For PTA President” Strange But True (Matador)
F.S.K. w/ David Lowery “I Want Out Of The Circus” International (Catamount)

Iron & Wine “Winter Prayers” Ghost On Ghost (Nonesuch)
The Daredevil Christopher Wright “San Francisco Bay” The Nature of Things (File Under Music)
Lia Rose “California” Bricks & Bones (Bandcamp)
Howlin’ Wolf “California Blues” Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog – Chess Collectables Vol. 2 (Geffen)
Best Coast “The Only Place” The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
Conor Oberst “Sausalito” Conor Oberst (Merge)