This week Rock ‘n Roll Station features newly released music by Tricky, Jan St. Werner, Emika, Lescop, Innode and Still Corners. In celebration of the upcoming Pride Weekend in San Francisco, we also hear older recordings by Lou Reed, David Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Jackson, Psychic TV, Antony And The Johnsons and other favorites.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 27 June 2013

• Robyn Hitchcock – Queen Elvis – Eye

• David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things / Eight Line Poem – Hunky Dory
• Fleetwood Mac – Woman Of A Thousand Years – Future Games
• Still Corners – The Trip – Strange Pleasures
• Tricky – Nothing’s Changed – False Idols
• Joe Jackson – Real Men – Night And Day
• Emika – Dem Worlds – Dva
• Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday – Viva Hate

• Tricky – Somebody’s Sins – False Idols
• Innode – Peano – Gridshifter
• Jan St. Werner – Feed Opener – Blaze Colour Burn
• Still Corners – Fireflies – Strange Pleasures
• Heidi Berry – Below The Waves – Below The Waves
• Lou Reed – Make Up – Transformer
• Innode – FS Revisited – Gridshifter
• Antony And The Johnsons – Man Is The Baby – I Am A Bird Now
• Lescop – Le Vent – Lescop
• Japan – The Width Of A Room – Gentlemen Take Polaroids

• The Kinks – Lola – Lola Versus Powerman And The Money-Go-Round, Part One
• David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) – Aladdin Sane
• Psychic TV – This Is The Final War – Themes 4: Lady Jaye
• Cockney Rebel – Singular Band – The Psychomodo
• The Stranglers – Ugly – IV / Rattus Norvegicus
• The Rolling Stones – Jigsaw Puzzle – Beggars Banquet
• Antony And The Johnsons – Bird Gerhl – I Am A Bird Now
• David Bowie – Lady Grinning Soul – Aladdin Sane

• Robyn Hitchcock – Queen Elvis II – Eye

This week’s broadcast of Rock ‘n Roll Station heralds the June solstice with two hours of songs about summer, ranging from jazz and industrial to Top 40 and easy listening to New Age, new wave, experimental and art rock. Featured artists include Bananarama, Coil, Frank Sinatra, Julee Cruise, Art Bears, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and others.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 20 June 2013

• Coil – Summer Substructures – Summer Solstice: Bee Stings

• Red House Painters – Summer Dress – Ocean Beach
• Jan Garbarek Group – Twelve Moons: Part One (Winter-Summer) / Part Two (Summer-Winter) – Twelve Moons
• The Walker Brothers – Once Upon A Summertime – Images
• Strawbs – The Winter And The Summer – Bursting At The Seams
• Love – Bummer In The Summer – Forever Changes
• Bananarama – Cruel Summer – Bananarama
• It’s A Beautiful Day – Hot Summer Day – It’s A Beautiful Day
• Andrew Liles – A Cold Spring In Summerland – My Long Accumulating Discontent
• The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer In The City – Greatest Hits
• Chad And Jeremy – A Summer Song – Greatest Hits

• Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – Apocalypse Kisses, Commemorating My Summer Solstice – Make Love, And War (The Wedlock Of Equilibrium)
• Art Bears – The Summer Wheel – Winter Songs
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Seasons: One Mind Winter-Summer / Ninth Ghost – Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle
• Scott Walker – The Summer Knows – Five Easy Pieces: A Themed 5-CD Anthology
• Frank Sinatra – Summer Wind – Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
• Tor Lundvall – Summer Song – The Seasons Unfold: Under The Shadows Of Trees

• ABBA – Our Last Summer – Thank You For The Music
• The Motels – Suddenly Last Summer – Classic Masters
• Sly And The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime – The Best Of Sly And The Family Stone
• Nature And Organisation – A Dozen Winters Of Loneliness – A Dozen Summers Against The World
• Julee Cruise – Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – Until The End Of The World (Original Soundtrack)

• Percy Faith – Theme From “A Summer Place” – Music To Watch Girls By (Compilation)

This week’s edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station presents another diverse selection of new music, including recent releases from Lou Doillon, Acid Mothers Temple, Colleen, Cristal, Loveliescrushing, Julia Holter and Michael Pisaro. Mixed in with these are vintage sounds by Cockney Rebel, Julian Cope, David Bowie and the Walker Brothers, to name a few.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 13 June 2013

• Nico – It Was A Pleasure Then – Chelsea Girl

• Cockney Rebel – Hideaway – The Human Menagerie
• Franco Battiato – Aria Di Rivoluzione – Sulle Corde Di Aries
• Michael Pisaro & Toshiya Tsunoda – 2.3 – Crosshatches
• Moondog – Pastoral – Moondog / Moondog 2: Moondog 2
• Colleen – Raven – The Weighing Of The Heart
• Julian Cope – Upwards At 45 Degrees – Jehovahkill
• Cristal – Streaming Wisdom – Homegoing

• Colleen – Ursa Major Find – The Weighing Of The Heart
• Loveliescrushing – The Wounds That Won’t Heal – Ghost Colored Halo
• Michael Pisaro – Blues Fall – Tombstones
• Moondog – Nero’s Expedition – Moondog / Moondog 2: Moondog 2
• The Blue Nile – Heatwave – A Walk Across The Rooftops
• Robert Wyatt – Vandalusia – Mid-Eighties: Old Rottenhat
• Julia Holter – Boy In The Moon – Ekstasis

• Lou Doillon – Same Old Game – Places
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – Escape Horoscopes – In Search Of The Lost Divine Arc
• Moondog – You The Vandal – Moondog / Moondog 2: Moondog 2
• David Bowie – Letter To Hermione – Space Oddity
• The Walker Brothers – Another Tear Falls – After The Lights Go Out: The Best Of The Walker Brothers (1965-1967)
• Loveliescrushing – Blemished Sunspot – Ghost Colored Halo
• Cristal – Homegoing – Homegoing

• Lou Doillon – I.C.U. – Places

The present installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station offers up a wide array of sounds and styles, from pop to prog to classical, ambient and industrial, featuring new releases from Alison Moyet, Mikal Cronin, Metal Mother, Lubomyr Melnyk, Pali Meursault, Var and Atom Earth Mother (that last named artist being a side project by Mark Warren of Zoviet France). The program is balanced out with classic recordings by Moondog, Jethro Tull, Franco Battiato, Melanie and others.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 06 June 2013

• Guru Guru – The Story Of Life – Guru Guru

• Atom Earth Mother – Hypermania – Ancient Faith
• United Bible Studies & Jozef Van Wissem – Trade Boys For Prostitutes Sell Girls For Wine – Downland
• Jethro Tull – Life Is A Long Song – Aqualung (40th Anniversary Special Edition)
• Moondog – Symphonique #3 (Ode To Venus) – Moondog / Moondog 2: Moondog
• Cindytalk – A Song Of Changes – Wappinschaw
• The Jam – Life From A Window – This Is The Modern World
• Franco Battiato – Il Silenzio Del Rumore / 31 Dicembre 1999, Ore 9 – Pollution
• Pali Meursault – Flux 1 – Offset

• Metal Mother – Enetar – Ionika
• Atom Earth Mother – Matriarch / Veil Of Tiers – Ancient Faith
• Alison Moyet – Filigree – The Minutes
• Lubomyr Melnyk – A Warmer Place – Corollaries
• Neu! – Isi – Neu! ’75
• Franco Battiato – I Cancelli Della Memoria – Clic

• Guru Guru – Samantha’s Rabbit – Guru Guru
• United Bible Studies & Jozef Van Wissem – I Rith Na Hoiche – Downland
• Var – Boy – No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers
• Pali Meursault – Cycle 5 – Offset
• Lisa Germano – Puppet – Happiness
• Mikal Cronin – Piano Mantra – MCII

• Melanie – Leftover Wine – Candles In The Rain

This week’s edition of Rock ‘n Roll Station features a bevy of new and recent releases, including fresh sounds from Jozef Van Wissem, Cindytalk, Carter Tutti, Standish/Carlyon, Sult, the Knife and the Fall (those last two would seem to pose a potential hazard to your health and safety). There’s also older stuff by Guru Guru, Frank Zappa, Comus, Alva Noto, Japan and others.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 30 May 2013

• Jozef Van Wissem – Patience In Suffering Is A Living Sacrifice – Nihil Obstat

• Comus – Down (Like A Movie Star) – Song To Comus (The Complete Collection): To Keep From Crying
• The Knife – Ready To Lose – Shaking The Habitual
• Sult – Mince – Harm
• Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention – The Voice Of Cheese / Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague – Uncle Meat
• Standish/Carlyon – Industrial Resort – Deleted Scenes
• Carter Tutti – Coolicon – Coolicon
• Standish/Carlyon – Critics Multiply – Deleted Scenes

• The Rolling Stones – Citadel – Their Satanic Majesties Request
• Alva Noto – Pulse (XS Version) – Transrapid
• The Fall – Loadstones – Re-Mit
• The Knife – A Tooth For An Eye – Shaking The Habitual
• Guru Guru – Oxymoron – Kanguru
• Cindytalk – To A Dying Star – A Life Is Everywhere

• Scott Walker – Angels Of Ashes – Scott 4
• The Modern Lovers – Someone I Care About – The Modern Lovers
• The Fall – Jetplane – Re-Mit
• Japan – Nightporter – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
• Mike Westbrook – Holy Thursday – Glad Day (Settings Of William Blake)
• Jozef Van Wissem – How You Must Have Suffered – Nihil Obstat

• Big Star – Take Care – Third / Sister Lovers

This week’s installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station is devoted entirely to songs about rivers, traversing a broad expanse of styles and genres ranging from jazz and folk to dark ambient and synth-pop to prog and indie rock. Featured artists include Nick Drake, Primal Scream, Brian Eno, Coil, Nurse With Wound, Current 93 and many more besides.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 23 May 2013

• Gary Bartz NTU Troop – I’ve Known Rivers – I’ve Known Rivers And Other Bodies

• Coil – Dark River – Love’s Secret Domain
• Nurse With Wound – Raymonde Cries A River – A Sucked Orange
• Antony And The Johnsons – River Of Sorrow – Antony And The Johnsons
• Primal Scream – River Of Pain – More Light
• Nux Vomica & Voice Of Eye – River Of Heaven – Fire Of The Unitive Path: Three Rivers
• Scott Walker / Paris Philharmonic Orchestra & Jean-Claude Dubois – River Of Blood – Pola X (Original Soundtrack)
• Bryan Ferry – River Of Salt – These Foolish Things

• Strawberry Switchblade – Little River – Strawberry Switchblade
• Sun Kil Moon – Like The River – April
• Fovea Hex – That River – Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent: Bloom
• Jade Warrior – Quietly By The River Bank – Elements (The Island Anthology): Kites
• Nature And Organisation – By A Foreign River (The Longing For Mercy And Happiness) – Terra Serpentes (Compilation)
• Nick Drake – River Man – Five Leaves Left
• Angelo Badalamenti – The River Styx – The Comfort Of Strangers (Original Soundtrack)
• Brian Eno – By This River – Before And After Science

• Current 93 – Riverdeadbank – Thunder Perfect Mind
• Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – By This River – Summvs
• Leonard Cohen – By The Rivers Dark – Ten New Songs
• The Doors – Yes, The River Knows – Waiting For The Sun
• Strawbs – The River – Bursting At The Seams
• Red House Painters – River – Old Ramon
• Faust – Picnic On A Frozen River – The Wumme Years (1970-73): So Far
• Everything But The Girl – Riverbed Dry – Everything But The Girl
• John Cale – Riverbank – Honi Soit

• Henry Mancini – Moon River – Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Original Soundtrack)

This week Rock ‘n Roll Station presents a slew of new releases, including fresh tracks from Mick Harvey, Jenny Hval, Ghostpoet, Emuul, Tamaryn, Solyst, and the Heliocentrics. The program is fleshed out with classic works by Faust, Leonard Cohen, Ryoji Ikeda, Cocteau Twins and more.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 16 May 2013

• John Cale – Dead Or Alive – Honi Soit

• Peter Gabriel – The Feeling Begins – Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ (Original Soundtrack)
• Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi – Who Would Have Thought This Callous History Would Become My Skin – Now While It’s Still Warm Let Us Pour In All The Mystery
• The Heliocentrics – Dreams (Interlude) / Collateral Damage – Thirteen Degrees Of Reality
• Ghostpoet – Sloth Trot – Some Say I So I Say Light
• The Heliocentrics – Prepare For Lift-Off (Interlude) / Path Of The Black Sun – Thirteen Degrees Of Reality
• The Conet Project – Data Bursts, 5.201 kHz (USB And AM) – The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations (5-CD Edition)
• Lisa Germano – If I Think Of Love – Slide
• Jenny Hval – The Seer – Innocence Is Kinky

• Leonard Cohen – Love Calls You By Your Name – Songs Of Love And Hate
• Sixth Comm – Doubt To Death – Recoil
• Tamaryn – I’m Gone – Tender New Signs
• Mick Harvey – Glorious – Four (Acts Of Love)
• Tamaryn – Transcendent Blue – Tender New Signs
• Jenny Hval – Oslo Oedipus – Innocence Is Kinky
• Cocteau Twins – Otterley – Treasure

• Solyst – Schnee – Lead
• Ryoji Ikeda – Data Vortex – Dataplex
• Ghostpoet – Cold Win – Some Say I So I Say Light
• Emuul – Waiting For the Letdown – Free Structures: What We Thought When We Thought The World Was Shifting Under Our Feet
• The Dresden Dolls – Sing – Yes, Virginia
• Mick Harvey – Midnight On The Ramparts – Four (Acts Of Love)

• Faust – It’s A Bit Of A Pain – Faust IV (Deluxe Edition)

This week Rock ‘n Roll Station delivers another fusillade of musical ballistics, presenting new music from Beccy Owen, Sal Mineo (not the dead actor, but a duo composed of Xiu Xiu and Eugene Robinson of Oxbow), and the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi. We mix it up with classic recordings by Wim Mertens, Taj Mahal, Robyn Hitchcock, Til Tuesday and more.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 09 May 2013

• Wim Mertens – Maximizing The Audience – Maximizing The Audience

• Principal Edwards Magic Theatre – Enigmatic Insomniac Machine – Soundtrack
• Matt Davignon – Animals Live And Grow – Five Spots
• Beccy Owen – Kindling, Part II – Drink
• Xiu Xiu & Eugene S. Robinson – A Nice Guy – Sal Mineo
• Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi – Now While It’s Still Warm Let Us Pour In All The Mystery – Now While It’s Still Warm Let Us Pour In All The Mystery
• Xiu Xiu & Eugene S. Robinson – Anywhere But Here There – Sal Mineo
• The Incredible String Band – When You Find Out Who You Are – I Looked Up

• Robert Wyatt – Five Black Notes And One White Note – Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
• The Conet Project – Down Up Tone – The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations (5-CD Edition)
• Tamaryn – The Waves – The Waves
• Taj Mahal – Take A Giant Step – Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home
• Xiu Xiu & Eugene S. Robinson – The Primary Bell – Sal Mineo
• Swing Out Sister – Icy Cold As Winter – Shapes And Patterns
• Til Tuesday – ‘J’ For Jules – Everything’s Different Now
• Beccy Owen – Drink – Drink

• It’s A Beautiful Day – Bombay Calling / Bulgaria – It’s A Beautiful Day
• Indigo Girls – Prince Of Darkness – Indigo Girls
• Robyn Hitchcock – Satellite – Eye
• Stevie Wonder – All In Love Is Fair – Innervisions
• Lisa Germano – The Darkest Night Of All – Happiness

• Red House Painters – Drop – Retrospective

This week Rock ‘n Roll Station shines a spotlight on San Francisco’s own Superior Viaduct label, featuring new and upcoming archival reissues by the likes of Monitor, Factrix, MX-80 Sound, Henry Flynt, and everyone’s favorite 1970s Italian experimental composers collective, Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. We also delve into classic rock, folk and pop from the Incredible String Band, Big Star, Unrest, Television, Suzanne Vega and more.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 02 May 2013

• Henry Flynt – Lonesome Train Dreams – Graduation And Other New Country And Blues Music

• Amy Curl – The Robin’s Tiny Throat – Not Alone (Compilation)
• Unrest – Cherry Cream On – Imperial F.F.R.R. (Teenbeat Deluxe Edition)
• The Haxan Cloak – The Drop – Excavation
• Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo – #1 Record / Radio City: #1 Record

• Noh Mercy – My Wild Love – Noh Mercy
• MX-80 Sound – Checkmate – Hard Attack
• Monitor – We Get Messages / Pavilion – Monitor
• Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – Omaggio A Giacinto Scelsi – Musica Su Schemi
• Factrix – Eerie Lights – Scheintot
• Henry Flynt – No Right – Graduation And Other New Country And Blues Music

• Suzanne Vega – Bound – Close-Up, Vol. 1: Love Songs (Deluxe Edition)
• Television – Days – Adventure
• Lisa Germano – Of Love And Colors – Geek The Girl
• Twink – Tiptoe On The Highest Hill – Think Pink
• The Incredible String Band – I Know You – U

• Procol Harum – Pilgrim’s Progress – A Salty Dog

This week’s installment of Rock ‘n Roll Station marks the move to a new Thursday morning slot and spotlights new releases from Low, Barn Owl, Iron & Wine, and Preterite, along with classic tracks by Psychic TV, John Cale, Current 93 and more. Also featured are the recordings of Baby Dee & Little Annie, in honor of their current North American tour which brought them to San Francisco this past week.

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Playlist for Rock ‘n Roll Station – 25 April 2013

• Bob Dylan – New Morning – New Morning

• Psychic TV – Hymn 23 / The Orchids – Dreams Less Sweet
• Preterite – Remembrancer – Remembrancer
• Barn Owl – The Long Shadow – V
• Low – To Our Knees – The Invisible Way
• Baby Dee – A Morning Holds A Star – A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie (Revised Edition)
• Little Annie & Baby Dee – State Of Grace – State Of Grace
• Current 93 – A Sad Sadness Song – Thunder Perfect Mind

• Baby Dee – The Moon And The Morning Star – Love’s Small Song
• Twink – The Coming Of The One / Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box – Think Pink
• Ultralyd – Conditions For A Piece Of Music – Conditions For A Piece Of Music
• Iron & Wine – Joy – Ghost On Ghost
• Low – Just Make It Stop – The Invisible Way
• Little Annie & Baby Dee – Gown Of Tears – State Of Grace

• Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Springtime – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
• Little Annie – One Mourning (For Marvin Gaye) – Jackamo
• Daughter – Love – The Wild Youth
• Preterite – Don’t Ask For The Moon When We Have The Stars – Remembrancer
• John Cale – Changes Made – Music For A New Society
• Metal Mother – ‘W’ – Bonfire Diaries
• Iron & Wine – The Desert Babbler – Ghost On Ghost
• The Westbrook Blake – Let The Slave (Incorporating The Price Of Experience) – Bright As Fire

• Little Annie – Lullaby – Diamonds Made Of Glass