The present edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents new or recent releases from Pantaleimon, East India Youth and Mogwai, along with an eclectic array of classic recordings by such artists as Coil, Agnes Obel, Faust, Madonna, Simon Fisher Turner, and John Foxx & Harold Budd. You really don’t want to miss out on this one, brothers and sisters…

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 23 January 2014

• Mogwai – No Medicine For Regret – Rave Tapes

• East India Youth – Total Strife Forever I – Total Strife Forever
• Mogwai – Blues Hour – Rave Tapes
• John Foxx & Harold Budd – Here And Now – Translucence
• John Contreras & Rose McDowall – Afraid – Untitled
• Pantaleimon – Eagle Turning – The Butterfly Ate The Pearl
• East India Youth – Heaven, How Long – Total Strife Forever
• John Contreras & Rose McDowall – Afraid 2 – Untitled

• Musiccargo – Morgenglut – Hand In Hand
• Pantaleimon – Ember – The Butterfly Ate The Pearl
• Madonna – This Used To Be My Playground – Something To Remember
• Simon Fisher Turner – Umber Wastes / Cafe Of The Moors – Caravaggio 1610 (Original Soundtrack)
• Love – Alone Again Or – Forever Changes
• Warpaint – Baby – The Fool
• John Foxx & Harold Budd – You Again – Translucence

• Agnes Obel – Close Watch – Philharmonics
• Coil – Who’ll Fall – Stolen And Contaminated Songs
• John Foxx & Harold Budd – Coming Into Focus – Drift Music
• Pixyblink – Hope Lost – Nowhere Land
• Enya – Hope Has A Place – The Memory Of Trees

• Faust – Fastened 60/60 – Untitled

This week’s installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents new music in the vein of continental retro-psychedelia from The Liminanas and ambient electronic drones from Secret Pyramid, in addition to classic recordings by Cindytalk, Anne Briggs, Franco Battiato, Cockney Rebel, Pearls Before Swine, and others both familiar and obscure. Worth a listen, mate…

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 16 January 2014

• Swing Out Sister – Who’s Been Sleeping – Filth And Dreams

• Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle – What Happened To My Brother – Perils From The Sea
• Julia Kent – Nina And Oscar – Character
• Baby Dee – Love’s Small Song – A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie (Revised Version)
• This Mortal Coil – Meniscus / Tears / Tarantula – Filigree And Shadow
• Secret Pyramid – Escape (Fade Out) – Movements Of Night

• The Liminanas – Rosas – Costa Blanca
• Pearls Before Swine – Look Into Her Eyes – Constructive Melancholy: Thirty Years Of Pearls Before Swine
• Enya – Miss Clare Remembers – Watermark
• Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle – Gustavo – Perils From The Sea
• Cindytalk – The Ghost Never Smiles – Camouflage Heart
• Julia Kent – Only Child – Character
• Low – Stars Gone Out – The Curtain Hits The Cast

• Six Comm – Again To Sleep, Awake! – Headless
• Anne Briggs – Go Your Way – A Collection
• Enya – Exile – Watermark
• The Trophy Fire – Black Star – Acoustic Covers Project (Unreleased)
• Franco Battiato – Haiku – Shadow, Light
• The Liminanas – I Miei Occhi Sono I Tuoi Occhi – Costa Blanca
• Gavin Friday – Lord I’m Coming – Catholic

• Cockney Rebel – Tumbling Down – The Psychomodo

This week’s edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station features new or recent releases from The Fall and Nurse With Wound, along with older recordings by the likes of Mose Allison, David Bowie, Musiccargo, Steve & Eydie, Tracey Thorn, Vindicatrix, and even (I kid you not) a bit of Enya. Experimental weirdness, jazz and indie rock, acoustic singer-songwriters, New Age, easy listening… All Styles Served Here on the Rock ‘n Roll Station!

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 09 January 2014

• Mose Allison – Hello There, Universe – Allison Wonderland: The Mose Allison Anthology

• Musiccargo – Ernte 05 (Original) – Ernte 05
• Laura Marling – Little Love Caster – Once I Was An Eagle
• Heidi Berry – Washington Square – Pomegranate: An Anthology
• Vindicatrix – Audi Nostra Suspiria – Die Alten Bosen Lieder
• Steve & Eydie – Black Hole Sun – Lounge-A-Palooza (Compilation)

• Savages – She Will – Silence Yourself
• Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle – He Always Felt Like Dancing – Perils From The Sea
• Vindicatrix – The Silken Cell – Die Alten Bosen Lieder
• The Fall – The Remainderer – The Remainderer
• Enya – Drifting – Amarantine
• David Bowie – Quicksand – Hunky Dory

• Musiccargo – Ernte 05 (Noblesse Oblige Remix) – Ernte 05
• Pill-Oh – Stolen Moments – Vanishing Mirror
• Nurse With Wound – Chromanatron, Part B – Chromanatron
• Mark Isham & Marianne Faithfull – The Hawk (El Gavilan) – Trouble In Mind (Original Soundtrack)

• Tracey Thorn – Too Happy – A Distant Shore

The new year’s first installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station amounts to a collection of broken-hearted ballads and torch songs from a range of artists including Gavin Friday, Stevie Wonder, Julee Cruise, Billie Holiday, Red House Painters, Low and others. And in observation of the upcoming concert by Wrekmeister Harmonies on Tuesday, January 7th, at the Great American Music Hall, we hear their latest recording, You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me, in its entirety during the second hour of the program.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 02 January 2014

• Billie Holiday – Good Morning, Heartache – Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits

• Strawbs – Out In The Cold – Hero And Heroine
• Low – Just Make It Stop – The Invisible Way
• Brendan Perry – I Must Have Been Blind – Eye Of The Hunter
• Red House Painters – Katy Song – Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)

• Scott Walker – I Threw It All Away / To Have And To Hold (End Titles) – To Have And To Hold (Original Soundtrack)
• Tammy St. John – Dark Shadows And Empty Hallways – Saint Etienne Present Songs For Mario’s Cafe (Compilation)
• Stevie Wonder – All In Love Is Fair – Innervisions
• Swing Out Sister – Now You’re Not Here (Vocal Mix) – The Big Elsewhere
• Julee Cruise – Questions In A World Of Blue – The Voice Of Love
• The Blue Nile – St. Catherine’s Day – A Walk Across The Rooftops
• Gavin Friday & The Man Seezer – Dazzle And Delight – Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves
• Harry Nilsson – Without You – Nilsson Schmilsson
• John Cale – (I Keep A) Close Watch – Music For A New Society

• This Mortal Coil – We Never Danced – Dust And Guitars
• Wrekmeister Harmonies – You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me – You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me
• Gavin Friday & The Man Seezer – He Got What He Wanted – Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves

• Billie Holiday – Solitude – Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits

For the year’s final edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station, Ferrara Brain Pan presents a four-hour retrospective on The Best Music Of 2013, showcasing a diverse range of styles and genres – from neo-folk, indie rock and experimental to New Age, soundtracks, ambient, contemporary classical and electronica. Featured artists include Mogwai, Goldfrapp, Musiccargo, Zola Jesus, Juana Molina, Zinovia, Daughter, Anna Von Hausswolff and the Haxan Cloak, to name but a few.

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The Top Ten Albums Of 2013, According To Ferrara Brain Pan

1 – Tales Of Us – Goldfrapp
2 – Harmonie – Musiccargo
3 – Ceremony – Anna Von Hausswolff
4 – The Gift Of Affliction – Zinovia
5 – If You Leave – Daughter
6 – Incubation – Function
7 – Runaljod: Yggdrasil – Wardruna
8 – Excavation – The Haxan Cloak
9 – Darkling Streams – Robert Haigh
10 – Versions – Zola Jesus

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 26 December 2013

• Preterite – Remembrancer – Remembrancer

• Lustmord – Y Gair – The Word As Power
• Agnes Obel – Dorian – Aventine
• Tropic Of Cancer – Wake The Night – Restless Idylls
• Jon Hopkins – The Field / The River – How I Live Now (Original Soundtrack)
• Mogwai – Kill Jester – Les Revenants (Original Soundtrack)
• Agnes Obel – Fuel To Fire – Aventine
• Zola Jesus – Collapse – Versions
• Mogwai – Special N – Les Revenants (Original Soundtrack)

• Function – Voiceprint – Incubation
• Zinovia – Communicating Vessels – The Gift Of Affliction
• Function – Psychic Warfare – Incubation
• The Haxan Cloak – Excavation (Parts 1 & 2) – Excavation
• Zinovia – Emerge To Breathe / Attached, Our Eyes Wide Open – The Gift Of Affliction

• Anna Von Hausswolff – Mountains Crave – Ceremony
• Wardruna – Gibu – Runaljod: Yggdrasil
• Preterite – From The Wells – From The Wells
• Anna Von Hausswolff – Deathbed – Ceremony
• Pixyblink – The Haunted Metronome – Nowhere Land
• Anna Von Hausswolff – Sun Rise – Ceremony

• Robert Haigh – Of Eros And Dust – Darkling Streams
• Lisa Germano – And So On – No Elephants
• Julianna Barwick – Look Into Your Own Mind – Nepenthe
• Daughter – Smother – Smother
• Cyclopean – Fingers – Cyclopean
• Amiina – Perth – The Lighthouse Project
• Robert Haigh – Rain For Avalon – Darkling Streams
• Julianna Barwick – One Half – Nepenthe

• Scout Niblett – Gun – It’s Up To Emma
• Musiccargo – La Era – Harmonie
• Ryoji Ikeda – Supercodex 20 – Supercodex
• Juana Molina – Eras – Wed 21
• Musiccargo – Tip Top – Harmonie
• Juana Molina – Las Edades – Wed 21

• Goldfrapp – Annabel / Drew / Laurel / Clay – Tales Of Us
• Musiccargo – Adieu Und Adios – Harmonie
• Date Palms – Exodus Due West – The Dusted Sessions

• Daughter – Shallows – If You Leave

The year’s penultimate installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents a clearing out of new music from 2013, featuring the meticulously severe electronic compositions of Ryoji Ikeda, experimental guitar-based instrumental rock from Oiseaux-Tempete, the monolithic drone minimalism of Phill Niblock, tripped-out art-rock by the Legendary Pink Dots, and neo-classical symphonic dark ambiance from Norway’s legendary Ulver. We also hear older recordings from Lou Reed, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and others.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 19 December 2013

• Pixyblink – The Comfort Of Darkness – Nowhere Land

• Oiseaux-Tempete – Buy Gold (Beat Song) – Oiseaux-Tempete
• Phill Niblock – A Cage Of Stars – Touch Five
• Scott Walker – Always Coming Back To You – Scott

• Ryoji Ikeda – Supercodex 04 / Supercodex 05 – Supercodex
• Talvihorros – The Secrets Of The Sky – Eaten Alive
• Lou Reed – Caroline Says II – Berlin
• Ulver / Tromso Chamber Orchestra – As Syrians Pour In, Lebanon Grapples With Ghosts Of A Bloody Past – Messe I.X-VI.X
• David Bowie – A Small Plot Of Land – Basquiat (Original Soundtrack)

• Suzanne Vega – Language – Solitude Standing: Live At The Barbican
• Leonard Cohen – Master Song – Songs Of Leonard Cohen
• Oiseaux-Tempete – Silencer – Oiseaux-Tempete
• The Legendary Pink Dots – Ascension 3 – Code Noir
• Ulver / Tromso Chamber Orchestra – Noche Oscura Del Alma – Messe I.X-VI.X
• Andrew Lloyd Webber – John Nineteen: Forty-One – Jesus Christ Superstar: A Rock Opera

• Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We’ll Be Together – The Ultimate Collection

This week’s episode of Rock ‘n Roll Station trots out a bevy of new releases, featuring the beguiling indie pop of Cate Le Bon, experimental drones and dirges from Shifted and Talvihorros, contemporary classical and electro-acoustic compositions by Olivia Block and Piano Interrupted, the neo-fusion sounds of Satelliti, and overdriven psychedelia from the KVB. We also hear older recordings from Santana, Musiccargo, Snow Palms and Pere Ubu, in observation of their upcoming show at Slim’s in San Francisco.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 12 December 2013

• Compound Eye – The Hydraulic Regime Vibrates From Within – Journey From Anywhere

• Snow Palms – Atoll – Intervals
• Cate Le Bon – No God – Mug Museum
• Piano Interrupted – Camera Obscura – The Unified Field
• Olivia Block – Opening Night – Karren
• Pere Ubu – Real World – The Modern Dance

• Shifted – Story Of Aurea – Under A Single Banner
• Talvihorros – Little Pieces Of Discarded Life – Eaten Alive
• Principal Edwards Magic Theatre – Freef (R) All – The Asmoto Running Band
• Musiccargo – Ich Geh Den Weg Mit Dir – Hand In Hand
• Satelliti – Little Princess – Transister
• Santana – When I Look Into Your Eyes – Welcome

• The KVB – Pray To The Light Machine – Immaterial Visions
• Pere Ubu – Final Solution – Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection
• Snow Palms – Motion Capture – Intervals
• Cate Le Bon – I Can’t Help You – Mug Museum
• Piano Interrupted – Darkly Shining – The Unified Field
• Pixyblink – Moonrise – Nowhere Land

• John Cale – Where There’s A Will – Caribbean Sunset

This week’s installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station features an eclectic array of new and recent releases, including a live concert album from Suzanne Vega, demented mashups by People Like Us, the arch dramatic bombast of Moonface, experimental dronescapes from Basic House and Compound Eye, the liminal occult emanations of Pixyblink, another volume of archival sound recordings from COUM Transmissions, and a hulking dark slab of experimental doom by AANIPAA, that being a duo comprised of Mika Vainio from Pan Sonic and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))).

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 05 December 2013

• Moonface – Love The House You’re In – Julia With Blue Jeans On

• The KVB – Again And Again – Minus One
• Basic House – L-Wave And Comb – Oats
• People Like Us – Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice – Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice
• Suzanne Vega – Gypsy – Solitude Standing: Live At The Barbican
• The KVB – Dominance / Submission – Minus One
• Pixyblink – Wandering – Nowhere Land

• COUM Transmissions – Interview With Genesis P-Orridge On Arena Radio Humberside By Jim Hawkins For Fanfare Arts Festival, January 6, 1973 – Home Aged And The 18-Month Hope
• Juana Molina – Eras – Wed 21
• AANIPAA – Mirror Of Mirror Dreams – Through A Pre-Memory
• COUM Transmissions – Genesis P-Orridge Talks With David Mayor At 50 Beck Road – Home Aged And The 18-Month Hope
• Throbbing Gristle – Adrenalin – Heathen Earth
• People Like Us – Blue By You – Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice

• Juana Molina – Wed 21 – Wed 21
• Moonface – Julia With Blue Jeans On – Julia With Blue Jeans On
• Compound Eye – Archaic Atmosphere – Journey From Anywhere
• Santana – Every Step Of The Way – Caravanserai

• Moonface – Black Is Back In Style – Julia With Blue Jeans On

This Thanksgiving edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents a show primarily devoted to songs of comfort and heartfelt expression, featuring the soothing sounds of Lisa Gerrard, Fovea Hex, Tanita Tikaram, This Mortal Coil, Melanie and others. We also hear new music from Simon Fisher Turner, Juana Molina, Basic House, and Nurse With Wound & Aranos.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 28 November 2013

• Lisa Gerrard – Come Tenderness – The Silver Tree

• Juana Molina – Las Edades – Wed 21
• Fovea Hex – The Diamonds – Here Is Where We Used To Sing
• Nurse With Wound / Aranos – Letter From Topor – [SIC]
• This Mortal Coil – We Never Danced – Dust And Guitars

• Basic House – In Illness Form (Scuba Death RMX) – Caim In Bird Form
• Heidi Berry – Only Human – Pomegranate: An Anthology
• Sheila Z. Stirling & Gary Stadler – The Channel – Sounds Of The Soul: Healing Sounds And Tones From The Celestial Realm
• Julee Cruise – Mysteries Of Love – Floating Into The Night
• Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy – I Asked For Love – Immortal Memory

• Tanita Tikaram – Cathedral Song – Ancient Heart
• Simon Fisher Turner – Ama Dablam / Shishapangma – The Epic Of Everest (Original Soundtrack)
• Basic House – Caim In Bird Form – Caim In Bird Form
• The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane – Aftermath
• Comus – To Keep From Crying – Song To Comus (The Complete Collection): To Keep From Crying
• Melanie – I Am Being Guided – Madrugada

• Lisa Gerrard – Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow) – The Mirror Pool

This week’s episode of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents new music from Emptyset and Circuit Des Yeux, along with classic recordings by Joni Mitchell, Heidi Berry, Kendra Smith, This Mortal Coil, and San Francisco’s own beloved Cheb I Sabbah, who passed away earlier this month after a long struggle with cancer. We also hear selections from Julianna Barwick’s latest album Nepenthe, in honor of her upcoming performance next week at the Chapel in San Francisco.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 21 November 2013

• Santana – Going Home / Love, Devotion And Surrender – Welcome

• This Mortal Coil – The Lacemaker – Blood
• Circuit Des Yeux – Lithonia – Overdue
• Michael Rother – Blauer Regen – Sterntaler
• Julianna Barwick – Adventurer Of The Family – Nepenthe
• Emptyset – Absence – Recur
• Comus – Children Of The Universe – Song To Comus (The Complete Collection): To Keep From Crying

• Lou Reed / Antony – Perfect Day – The Raven
• Emptyset – Origin – Recur
• Ira Cohen & DJ Cheb I Sabbah / Lights In A Fat City – Song To Nothing / Letter To Caliban / End Of A Line – The Majoon Traveler
• Kendra Smith – Bold Marauder – Five Ways Of Disappearing
• Circuit Des Yeux – I Am – Overdue
• Julianna Barwick – Look Into Your Own Mind – Nepenthe

• This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren – It’ll End In Tears
• Fovea Hex – Jewelled Eyes – Here Is Where We Used To Sing
• Sheila Z. Stirling & Gary Stadler – Sounds Of The Soul – Sounds Of The Soul: Healing Sounds And Tones From The Celestial Realm
• Heidi Berry – Cradle – Love

• Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now – Both Sides Now