The Beard Hour

To the Mean Streets of Queen Anne

2007-07-17T00:13:00.000-04:00

This half of The Beard Hour, still repping the 434 in spirit, now resides in Seattle. I had meant to post the playlists for the final six or seven shows, but I can't imagine anyone is really that interested. They were really good shows, if you'll take my word for it, bolstered by a late quarter appearance by Caleb King and a seven hour 11-6 AM finale. You can imagine how that went down.

But for now: no radio. I want to transition towards a legit African radio show at KBCS out here, but I'm waiting until some job things fall into place first. By which I mean, I'm waiting for this grocery store to call me back and then I have to start searching again. After that though, I'm hoping to get on the weekly Congolese jams route, but we will see what happens. Seattle is a funny place, as different from a city as I could imagine, but good so far.

And now, in purely photographic format, the journey from Charlottesville to Seattle, starring Mike, Chelsea, and myself, as well as a Nissan Xterra and my fifteen year old Subaru legacy.

Time to Face the Sun Playlist 4/14

2007-04-17T23:39:00.000-04:00

Three hours of continuous jams makes for a difficult playlist, so much of this is a little bit off. I'm also probably off on some of the spelling and details, but thats the result of having four people in the studio, all with stacks of records and ideas. Overall, this was probably the best show I've ever been involved in, and I'll probably have a copy of it at some point in the future, so be in touch if you're interested in getting one.

Franco - Boma L'Huere - Boma L'Huere
Franco - Koun Kouel Edo Aboyi Ngai
Bembeya Jazz National - Armee Guineenne - The Syliphone Years
Orchestra Hi-Fives - Kyrie Eleison
Bola Johnson - Lagos Sis - Afro Baby: The Evolution of the Nigerian Sound
Franco - ? - ?
Al Haji K. Frimpong - Kyenken - Public Demand
Christy Asuma - Naam - Ghana Soundz 2
Tunji Oyelana & the Benders - Ipasan - Afrobaby: The Evolution of the Nigerian Sound
Ofo & The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr - Love's A Real Thing
William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb - Atomic Bomb
Tony Allen - Afro-Disco-Beat - Racubah!
Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears & Blood - Opposite People
BLO - Time to Face the Sun - Phases: Chapter Two
Manu Dibango - New Bell
Ikenga Super Stars - Suffry Suffry Catch a Monkey
Super Boiro Band - So I Si Sa - Guinee Cultural Revolution
T.P. Orchestre Polyrythmo - Les Djoes
Oscar Sully - Bukom Mashie
Etoile 2000 - Bubu Ngary
Rwenzoris - Handsome Boy (E Wara)
Thione Seck - Diongoma
Etoile de Dakar - ?
T.P. Orchestre Polyrhythmo - Kokoriko - Kings of Benin Urban Groove
Super Eagles - Love's a Real Thing - Love's a Real Thing
Bembeya Jazz National - Petit Sekou - The Syliphone Years
Salif Keita - N'Toman
Franco - Likambo Ya Nganan

Plenty of shows to come up, y'all, so keep it locked on wtju. I've got two hours of the Silver Jews for you at One AM Eastern Time tomorrow night (Wednesday Night / Thursday Night) so tune in and throw some money my way.

Next week, y'all

2007-04-10T19:45:00.000-04:00

Beard Hour Playlist 4/6

2007-04-07T14:19:00.000-04:00

Doctor Nico & Orchestre African Fiesta - Pauline - Golden Afrique 2
Franco & L'Ok Jazz - Boma L'Huere - Boma L'Huere
Franco - Koun Koue! Edo Aboyi Ngai - The Very Best of the Rumba Giant of Zaire
Franco & Rochereau - Kabassele in Memoriam - Omona Wapi
Franco et L'Orchestre OK-Jazz - Nazangui Muana - Hit-Parade African Pathe Marconi - vol. 1
Franco, Simaro & TP OK Jazz - Oko Regretter Ngai Mama I & II - 1974 / 1975
Franco - Kinshasa Mboka Ya Makambo - The Rough Guide to Franco

Juvenile & Soulja Slim - Slow Motion - Juve the Great
Prodigy - Y.B.E. - H.N.I.C.
Basswood Lane - Ciabatta Bread
Juvenile - In My Life - Juve the Great
Big Tymers - Still Fly - Hood Rich

Les Ambassadeurs Du Motel de Bamako ft. Salif Keita- Volume 1 (whole record)

2007-04-04T16:21:00.000-04:00

So, April 13 is the first day of the 2007 WTJU Rock and Folk Marathon, which is a pretty exciting time for those of us who have struggled through the awkwardness of the joint rock-folk-classical-jazz marathon, and we'll finally get a chance to show off some of the more interesting rock-related shows while, you know, requesting money from you. You should listen. And pledge some support.

Theres even a dance party DJ'd by all TJU DJs at the Tea House on April 21st.

But mainly, Way tight shows. Full schedule isn't online yet, but paper copies should be starting to show up in various spots around town. Heres what the Beard Hour is doing to help:

Time to Face the Sun: Afrobeat and Highlife in West Africa, 1960-1980
Sunday, 4/15, 4PM - 7PM

In the 1920s and 1930s, Highlife Music was born in Ghana. It was a combination of African Jazz, Congolese guitar sounds, Palmwine, Cuban and Latin music, and Ghanaian big bands and army ensembles. The music would eventually spread into Nigeria, and become prominent as a result of musicians like E.T. Mensah, Al Haji K. Frimpong, Victor Olaiya and their bands: the Archibogs, the Akazas, the Top Modern Stars, The Lebartone Aces, The Dandies, The Ramblers, The Tempos, The Rhythm Fadakas, The Titibitis, The Melody Maestros, The Rhythm Skies, and the Inter-Reformers. Along with Highlife-spinoffs like Juju and Guinean swing, West African music in the sixties and seventies would produce some of the most memorable and amazingly talented musicians and recordings to ever come about, in the nations of Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, Benin, and Gambia especially. In the 1970s, the sounds of James Brown and American soul and funk music filtered into West Africa, and an even greater dimension was added to an already fantastic mixture of sounds and influences, resulting in the birth of afrobeat on the streets of Lagos, exemplified by Fela Kuti and the superhuman drumming of Tony Allen, as well as musicians like BLO, the Apostles, the Funkees, and the Stooges-esque Ofo & the Black Company. Join Nate, Adam, Mike and John, on Sunday, April 15th, from 4 PM until 7 PM for three Hours of fantastic West African music from the sixties and seventies, and hear funk and soul music in a totally new and different way.

Go Chubby Boy: Two Hours of Mannie Fresh and New Orleans Hip Hop
Sunday Night / Monday Morning, 4/16, 1AM - 3AM

For almost Twenty Years now, Mannie Fresh has been at the center of New Orleans Hip Hop, starting around the age of ten as a member of New York Incorporated, one of the first New Orleans Hip Hop Crews. In 1987 he started working with rapper Gregory D. The partnership would be somewhat short-lived, but their work would help to lay the foundation for New Orleans Bounce, the Hip Hop style that would eventually dominate in New Orleans. Mannie Fresh's own aesthetic has mirrored that of Bounce, but he has managed to make beats and songs that always sound unique and iconoclastic, creating a distinctly Southern hip hop that nonetheless sounds far removed from the music coming out of Atlanta or Texas. He's managed to remain engaging and interesting for his entire career, using his trademark high hats and old-school New Orleans horn lines, as well as his always hilarious intros and outros, working mainly with Cash Money artists like Juvenile, Lil' Wayne, and B.G, but also UGK, T.I. Mack 10, Young Jeezy, and Trick Daddy. Join Nate on Sunday Night / Monday Morning, April 16th, from 1 until 3 AM, as we hear from one of the greatest producers ever, the man who helped to put his own vision of the bottom of the map on the map.

Set Me Free: A Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized Retrospective
Tuesday, 4/17, 6AM-8AM

Throughout their five year career as a band, Spacemen 3 covered pretty diverse ground, ranging from fuzzy psychedelic rock'n'roll, lengthy experimental pieces, bluesy garage rock, hushed, somber songs, and rushes of distortion, all of which culminated in the masterful 1987 record 'The Perfect Prescription.' Tensions within the band, primarily between the two main contributors, Jason Pierce, or Jay Spaceman, and Pete Kemper, or Sonic Boom, were already apparent at this point., and while Spacemen 3 would make it through a few more releases, Jay Spacemen would ultimately leave to form Spiritualized. This would be an equally important and impressive band, creating a kind of distorted British psychedelic gospel unlike anything else. Join Nate on Tuesday, the 17th of April, from 6 until 8 AM, as he pulls from the major Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized releases, as well as live recordings and side projects, for a morning of repentance and healing. The church of Jay Spaceman will be in session.

And, I'm finally doing a Silver Jews Show
Wednesday Night / Thursday Morning, 4/19, 1AM-3AM

I never got around to doing an official sounding plug for this show but you know the deal: probably my favorite songwriter and the soundtrack to my entire tenure in this town. Hear me wrap up five years of living in Charlottesville with two hours of the Silver Jews.

91.1, y'all. Or you can always listen online

Last Beard Hour Playlist

2007-04-04T09:41:00.000-04:00

Growing - Onement - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light
Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard De L'Independance - Boulevard De L'Independance
Les Ambassadeurs Du Motel De Bamako - Mali Denou - Volume 1
Super Rail Band - Mansa

Basswood Lane - Ciabatta Bread
Devin the Dude ft. Scarface - Sticky Green - The Dude
Devin the Dude ft. Andre 3000 & Snoop Dogg - What a Job - Waiting to Inhale
Devin the Dude - Lacville 79 - Just Tryin' Ta Live
Devin the Dude ft. Lil Wayne & Bun B - Lil Girl Gone - Waiting to Inhale
Bun B / Rapid Ric - Tracks 13, 15 - King of the Trill Mixtape
Slimm Cutta Calhoun - The Skinny - The Skinny

Sneak Da Mayor - Stunner Shades

And a half hour of the Rough Guide to High Life, which I don't have a tracklisting for but did me right at 2:30 AM.

Beard Hour playlist 3/23

2007-03-23T13:28:00.000-04:00

Despite forgetting the new Devin the Dude record, this turned out to be a pretty good show:

Ennio Morricone - #1 - Crime and Dissonance
Ash Ra Tempel - La Bruit Des Origines - Akademie der Kunst, Berlin (May 19, 1971)
Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Graveyard Train - Bayou Country
Captain Muddy Ibe & His Nkawa Brothers - Niger City Social Club of Nigeria - Niger City Social Club
Bob Wills - The Bob Wills Special
Os Mutantes - But Macumba - Tropicalia
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follw - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

E-40 / Keak da Sneak - Tell Me When To Go - My Ghetto Report Card
Mac Dre - Thizzelle Dance
E-40 - Mustard & Mayonnaise - Grit & Grind
Mistah F.A.B. ft. Turf Talk, e-40 - Super Sic Wit It
Mac Mall - Thizz Hop - Thizz Hop: Vol. 3
Keak Da Sneak - Way Back - Thizz Hop: Vol. 3

El-P - The League of Extraordinary Nobodies - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
El-P - Poisenville Kids No Wins / Reprise - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

The Cramps - Garbageman - Songs the Lord Taught Us
Lesbian - #2 - Power Hor

Townes Van Zandt - Waiting Around to Die - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, TX
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, TX
Townes Van Zandt - Don't You Take It Too Bad - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, TX

Chris Bathgate - A Flash of Light Followed By - Folk Music for the End of the World

2007-03-21T21:54:00.000-04:00

The Beard Hour has been busy, but heres the recap of the last couple of shows, including the massive four hour one on the eighth.

3.8.07

Rhythm & Sound - King Version - The Versions
Carl Harvey - Track 1 - Ecstasy of Mankind
Rhythm & Sound - Mash Down Version - The Versions
Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius - The Bell Dog - After The Heat
Fennesz - Endless Summer - Endless Summer
Brian Eno - I'll Come Running - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Back in Judy's Jungle - Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy - Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
Brian Eno - The Big Ship - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire - Here Come The Warm Jeys
Brian Eno - Spider & I - Before and After Science
Brian Eno / David Byrne - Regiment - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - Maggot Brain
Residents - Double Shot of My Baby's Love
Spiritualized - Cop Shot Cop - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Mammatus - Tracks 1, 2 - Mammatus

Devin the Dude - Lacville 79 - Just Tryin' Ta Live
Capone / Devine the Dude - I'm Gone - Pain, Time, & Glory
UGK - One Day (Chops Remix) - King of the Trill 'tape'
Juvenile - Whats Happenin' - Reality Check

(At this point things fall apart due to exhaustion and unpreparedness, but you can probably see that for yourself:)

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo - Kokoriko - Kings of Benin Urban Groove
Busdriver - Kill Your Employer - Roadkill....
The A'Z - Yadadamean
Carl Harvey - Track 6 - Ecstasy of Mankind
Madvillain - Figaro - Madvillainy
T.P. Orchestre Polyrhythmo - Gbeto Vivi - Kings of Benin Urban Groove
Mac Mall - My Opinion - Illegal Business?

And

Hands Up! Playist 3/20

Ash Ra Tempel - Soiree Academique - Akademie der Kunst, Berlin (May 19, 1971)
Mahogany - Soleil Radeieux - Dreams of Modern Day
Camera Obscura - ?
Bembeya Jazz National - Moussogbe - The Syliphone Years
Joseph Kabasela & African Jazz - Independence Cha Cha Cha - Golden Afrique 2
Benny More - Que Bueno Baila Usted
Franco & OK Jazz - Siluwangi Wapi Acordeon - Golden Afrique 2
Franco & OK Jazz - Kinsiona

Them Two - Am I a Good Man? - Eccentric Soul: Deep City
Moovers - Someone to Fulfill My Needs - Eccentric Soul: Deep City
UGK - One Day (Chops Remix) - King of the Trill Tape
UGK - Pocket Full of Stones
Trevor Dandy - Is There any Love? - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Preacher & The Saints - Jesus Rhapsody - Good God!
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, & Durr - You Can't Blame Me - Eccentric Soul: Capsoul
Marion Black - Who Knows? - Eccentric Soul: Capsoul
Aaliyah / Timbaland - Are You That Somebody?
Elijah & the Ebonites - Hot Grits!!! - Eccentric Soul: Capsoul
Cliff Gober - A Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Good God!

Beard Hour Playlist 2/22

2007-03-02T17:41:00.000-05:00

Earthen Sea - Sky
E-40 - Mustard and Mayonnaise - Grit & Grind
Food For Animals ft. Mason-Dixon & Hy - You Right
The A'Z - Yadadamean - Hyphy Hitz
E-40 - The Slap - Grit & Grind
UGK - Pocket Full of Stones
Hot Boys (B.G) - Help - Guerilla Warfare
C-EZ - Grindin' Freestyle
GA Girls - GA Girls
Southern Boyz / Pastor Troy - 4A to GA - Suave Music Tape
Shake Da Mayor - Stunner Shades - Hyphy Hitz
Sadat X - Hang Em' High

(Some Jams By John, including, I think, a Nina Simone song, a Hospitals song, and a
questionable Bjork song, at least to a certified Bjork hater.)

Mammatus - #1 - Mammatus
Comets on Fire - The Bee and the Cracking Egg - Blue Cathedral
Allman Brothers - You Don't Love Me / Soul Serenade - Dreams
GA Girls - GA Girls
Mistah F.A.B. - Super Sic Wit It - Hyphy Hitz
Mac Dre ft. Miami - Get Stupid Remix - Hyphy Hitz
Dem Hoodstarz - Getz Ya Grown Man On (remix) - Hyphy Hitz
Da Musicianz - Go Dumb - Hyphy Hitz
Mindflayer - Netherworld Bike Patrol - Expedition to the Hairier Peaks
Earthless - Lost In the Cold Sun - Sonic Prayer
Trans Am - Idea Machine - Liberation
Trans Am - Washington DC - Liberation
Hot Boys (B.G) - Help - Guerilla Warfare

Pavement - Plateau - Wowee Zowee

Beard Hour Playlist 2/22

2007-02-24T19:17:00.000-05:00

The last Beard Hour is basically what happens when working three jobs catches up with you. This is what I can remember playing:

Franco + L'OK Jazz - Bome L'Huere
Al Haji K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena
Dr. Victor Olaiya - Moonlight Highlife
Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears and Blood
Orchestre Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba

And, every track on the second disc of Bembeya Jazz National's The Syliphone Years.

Beard Hour Playlist 2.16

2007-02-16T02:52:00.000-05:00

Homer Quincy Smith - I want Jesus to Walk With Me - American Primitive 2
Sounds from the abyss. An old Beard Hour favorite but one that never disappoints.

Spiritualized - Intro - Live at Royal Albert Hall 1997
Spiritualized - Shine A Light - Live at Royal Albert Hall 1997
Unreal. Look out for the special edition of the Beard Hour marathon show featuring all Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 coming at you at 6 AM at some point in the vaguely near future. Sometimes I fear these bands are going to engulf me like they engulfed Joe, but I'm ultimately not one for melodrama, which is kind of like Jay Spaceman's primary mode of being as far as I can tell. This whole record is absolutely fantastic though.

Psychic Ills - January Rain - Dins
Why did I sleep on this band a year ago? This song is amazing and their guitarist sounds like he should be playing in a 1970s Nigerian highlife band.

Spiritualized - On Fire - Let It Come Down
Psychic Ills - I Knew My Name - Dins
Spiritualized - Don't Just Say Something - Let It Come Down
Woah too much.

Black Eyes - Deformative - s/t
I miss seeing this band all the time.
Oneida - Treasure Plane - Secret Wars

DJ Screw - Intro (Da Brat - Mind on my Money) - Headed 2 Da League Tape
Fuck, y'all. This is seriously so good. A lot of the time the Screwed and Chopped thing doesn't really do it for me, but this song kills it. The Nas version on this tape is pretty good also, as well as the 22 minute (!!) big pokey jam.

Trae ft. Pimp C, Fat Pat (RIP), Hawk (RIP) - Swang - Restless
Maybe the hip hop song of 2006 that I didn't hear at all during 2006, although Pimp C's verse sounds a little out of place. This shit is tragic in a profound sense, especially when you remember that Hawk and Fat Pat were brothers.

DJ Shadow ft. David Banner - Seein' Thangs
Mannie Fresh - Nothing Compares to Love - Mind of Mannie Fresh
Cedric Brooks - Words of Wisdom - Light of Saba
Star Band de Dakar - Malagena - African Serenades Vol. 1
Fred Mcdowell - Fred Mcdowell's Blues

Silver Jews - Punks in the Beer Light
Silver Jews - There is a Place
Silver Jews - K-Hole
Silver Jews - Trains Across The Sea
Silver Jews - Death of an Heir of Sorrows
Silver Jews - Room Games and Diamond Rain
Silver Jews - New Orleans
Silver Jews - Etc. Etc. Etc.

A Three-fer

2007-02-03T20:29:00.000-05:00

Beard Hour Playlist 1.19

Planning To Rock - Have It All
T. Raumschmiere - Diving in Whiskey
Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Spritualized - Walkin' With Jesus (Fucked Up Inside)
U2 - Zooropa
Nelly Furtado / Lil Wayne - Maneater Remix
TV on the Radio - New Health Rock
Lil Jon ft. Twista & Trick Daddy - Let's Go!
Ratatat - 17 Years
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
Big Boi ft. Bun B, Big Gee, & G-Rock - 808
Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
Lali Puna - Everywehre + Allover
Guided By Voices - Awful Bliss
Pixies - Bad Dreams of the Olympix Mons
Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin!
Pixies - Dig For Fire
Magnetic Fields - How To Say Goodbye
Two Lone Swordsmen - Driving with my Gears in Reverse
Silver Jews - Long Long Gone

Beard Hour Playlist 1.25.07

Kohoutek / Soil Sing Through Me - III - New Milk
MV + EE and the Bummer Road - Grass Thighs - Green Blues
Arbouretum - Pale Rider Blues - Rites of Uncovering
Dead Meadow - Dragonfly Lady - s/t
Psychic Ills - Highway of Death - Early Violence

B.G. ft. Mannie Fresh - Move Around
Young Dro - Rubberband Banks

Los Kjarkas - Sueno de los Andes

Nelly Furtado / Lil Wayne - Maneater Remix
Daft Punk - Around the World
Clipse - Mr. Me Too
Young Money - Ballin'
Lil Wayne - Georgia...bush - Dedication 2

Chumbawamba - Revolution

Beard Hour Playlist 2.2

Super Boiro Band - So I Si Sa - Guinee Cultural Revolution
Sahara All Stars - Alikali Adajo - Afrobaby: The Evolution of the Nigerian Sound
MV/EE and the Bummer Road - Drive is that I Love You - Green Blues
Arbouretum - Mohamed's Hex + Bounty - Rites of Uncovering
Tower Recordings - The 9 Billion Names of God - Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles
Fennesk - A Year in a Minute - Endless Summer

Goodie Mob - The Day After - Soul Food
Trick Daddy - In Da Wind - Thug Holiday
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot - Tha Block is Hot
T.I. - Front Back - King
Trae - Screw Done Already Warned Me - Restless
Lil Wayne - Georgia...Bush - Dedication 2
Trae - Swang - Restless
Trae ft. Z-ro - No Help - Restless
Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin' pt. 2 - Aquemini

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Yo La Tengo - Sugar Cube

Dr. Victor Olaiya - Moonlight Highlife - Lagos All Routes

Beard Hour Playlist 1.11.07

2007-01-12T02:38:00.000-05:00

Ghost - Water Door Yellow Gate - In Stormy Nights
Ghost - Gareki No Toshi - In Stormy Nights
MV + EE With the Bummer Road - East Mountan Joint - Green Blues
King Tubby and Friends - Beat Them in Dub - Dub Like Dirt
Ken Boothe - Ain't No Sunshine - Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown
Delroy Wilson - Get Ready - Darker Than Blue
Mulatu Astatqe - Yekerme Sew
Bambeya Jazz National - Petit Sekou
Charles Iweqbe and his Archibogs - Igwala (1961)
Etoile de Dakar - Lay Sama Lay - Xalis

Lil Wayne ft. Mannie Fresh - Go DJ - The Carter 1
UGK - Front, Back, and Side to Side
Lil Keke - Southside

The Boris Gardiner Happening ft. Leslie Butler - Ghetto Funk - Darker Than Blue
Orchestre Baobab - Gnawoe - Specialist in all Styles
Orchestre Baobab - Bal Ma Niin - Specialist in all Styles
Franco & Rochereau - Lisana Ya ba Nsanga
Sarah White & the Pearls - Fighting Words - White Light

Pita - #3 - Get Out

2007-01-06T01:23:00.000-05:00

This is a little late, and has already been posted, but I wrote this a while ago and forgot about it, so here is my top ten hip hop tracks of the year, officially. Plus, a defense, I guess, of a genre that no longer needs defending but I still feel obligated to defend.

Top Ten of 2006:

Rich Boy – Throw Some D’s
T.I. – Bankhead / What You Know
Young Jeezy ft. Timbaland – 3 A.M.
Clipse – Hello New World
Cadillac Don and J-Money – Peanut Butter and Jelly
B.G. ft. Mannie Fresh – Move Around
Young Money / Lil Wayne – Ballin’
Rick Ross – Hustlin’
Bun B, Devin the Dude, FT – So Tired

I wasn’t too excited about anything hip hop related for the last couple of months, although that Clipse record got a lot more play than my critical engagement with it would admit, but I stumbled onto Rich Boy’s Throw Some D’s and was immediately right back there with it. I’ve been a pretty huge proponent of Southern Hip Hop since the minute I first heard it, mainly because I’ve always been a pretty huge proponent of the South in general, but listening to Throw Some D’s reminded me of everything great about certain strands of southern hip hop. Great synths, lush-as-fuck production, no sweat: It’s just ultimately so smooth. I’ve been pretty ok with some of the more recent Northeast hip hop records, namely the Roots and the new Nas, but in the end, Lil’ Wayne and Young Money sound a lot better riding on top of that We Fly High beat than Jim Jones does. Yankees just don’t sound right on southern-sounding beats. Sorry, y’all.

I was thinking recently about the fact that when I was eighteen and getting my mind blown by Illmatic that I had no idea that hip hop was being made at that time that was so totally wild and different from that minimal, grimy New York sound I was dealing with. I’m thinking of all the scenes in Houston and Atlanta and New Orleans that had been going on for years but were starting to gain some degree of prominence on the backs of people like Organized Noise and 8Ball & MJG and UGK. Compared to Nas, these dudes sounded, and sound, like they’re coming from outer space. I’ve been arguing for a while that modern southern hip hop is ultimately almost psychedelic, but that’s probably not too far out there of a claim. I’ll let 8Ball’s declarations that you better be smoking a swisha sweet filled with the stickiest of green speak for me. Those dudes basically sound like they could have been on Stax Records anyway, and have you seen that video for Lil Jon’s admittedly mediocre Snap Ya Fingers? Psychedelics aside, what’s important is that the turn towards the kind of lush and orchestral production, or even, minimal snap / Collipark bullshit that I don’t dig, or, even, the Timbaland craziness that I can’t get enough of, was something I wasn’t prepared for in the least. The level of creativity that would eventually emerge out of the South is effectively mindblowing, primarily on a production level, but also in the kind of holistic mc-with-producer track that the south does so well. I mean, the chorus on Ha kills me every single time, and it’s the product of basically the perfect relationship between Juvenile and Mannie Fresh, producer and mc. The wild thing is the amount of southern hip hop songs that have the exact same feel, songs that just sound so complete, production that matches so perfectly with mc and with hot southern days. There’s an ambiance to classic southern records, whether from New Orleans, Texas, or Atlanta, that I just can’t find in anything that doesn’t have thick Texan drawls or heavy synths or wild New Orleans handclaps.

John asked me recently why I liked Southern hip hop thing so much, and I think that it ultimately breaks down to the fact that I have a hard time imagining how anyone that’s not from the South can really appreciate Southern Hip Hop. I mean, I know its not really true, and that the idea that Southern hip hop is still a regional phenomenon is obviously not really the case, but its pretty heavy regionalism, at least aesthetically but also in terms of Gold teeth and heavy chevys and talking slow, holds out some kind of hope for stylistic distinction in terms of region and locality in music. There can be a tendency towards feeling like music is becoming increasingly homogenous, but Southern hip hop, whether in New Orleans bounce or DJ Screw and slow Houston Drawls or Chuck Brown covering Its Goin’ Down for over a half hour, proves that regional variation is alive and well and only growing increasingly diverse. And, I mean, Southern Hip Hop isn’t really all that new and exciting anymore, but every once in awhile, Throw Some D’s shows up and its hard to imagine listening to anything north of the Mason-Dixon.

Beard Hour Playlist 1.5.07

2007-01-05T02:39:00.001-05:00

First of the New Year! Starring Mike, Gray, and Emily!

Drastus - Aeon's Corpse
Matthew Wilder - Break My Strike
Staple Sisters - Brand New Day
Peter Tosh - Let Jah Be Praised - Legalize It
Al Haji K. Frimpong - KyenKyen
Franco - Kinshasa Mboka Ya Makambo

Nate's Hip Hop Top Ten of 2006! :

T.I. - What You Know - King
Rich Boy - Throw Some D's
B.G ft. Mannie Fresh - Move Around
Cadillac Don - Peanut Butter Jelly
Bun B, Devin the Dude, FT - So Tired
Clipse - Hello New World - Hell Hath No Fury
Young Jeezy ft. Timbaland - 3 A.M.
Rick Ross - Hustlin'
T.I. - Bankhead
Lil' Wayne / Young Money - Ballin - Lil' Weeziana

Stingee - Take Dem Panties Off
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Zyger & Evans - 2525
Willy Nelson & Merle Haggard - Pancho and Lefty - Pancho and Lefty
Willy Nelson & Merle Haggard - Reasons to Quit - Pancho and Lefty
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er - Houses of the Holy
? - Let Yourself Go
Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me

Foreign Keys / Open For Business Playlist 12.26.2006

2006-12-27T02:44:00.000-05:00

Thomas Mapfumo - 'Track 9' - Hokoyo
Salif Kaita - 'N'Toman' - Music In My Head Compilation
Franco and Sam Mangwana - 'Cooperation' - Golden Afrique 2
Balla et ses Balladins - 'Paulette' - Golden Afrique 2
Boubacor Traore - 'Pierette'
Al Haji K. Frimpong - KyenKyen'
Peter King - 'Ajo'
Funkees - 'Point of No Return' - Point of No Return
Apostles - 'Ndi Nku' - Black is Beautiful
Hugh Masakela / Baranta - 'Ahvuomo' - The Chisa Years
T.P. Orchestre Polyrhythmo - 'Kokoriko' - The Kings of Benin

Franco - 'Likambo Ya Ngana'
Franco & OK Jazz & Camille Feruzi - 'Siluwangi Wapi Accordeon' - Golden Afrique 2
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (ft. Thomas Mapfumo) - 'Sekai' - Take One
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - 'Gori Iro' - Take One
Toumani Diabate's Symetric Orchestra - 'Boulevard De L'Independence' - Boulevard De L'Independence
Toumani Diabate's Symetric Orchestra - 'Mali Sadio' - Boulevard De L'Independence
Super Mama Djombo - 'Dissan Ma N'bera' - Golden Afrique 1
Chief Stephen Ositos - 'Debe Oyolima'
I.K. Dairo - 'Okin Omo Ni'

Avozinho - 'Mama Mama Divua Diame' - Angola 70s: 1974-1978
Belita Palma - 'Manazinha' - Angola 70s
Bonga - 'Monaki Ngi Xica' - Afropea: Telling Stories to the Sea
Carlos Burity - 'Manazinha' - Angola 70s
carlos
David Ze - 'Undenge Uami' - Angola 70s
Duo Misoso - 'Tchi Kolona' - Angola 70s
Gimba - 'Otjikenlu Ya Yndunduma' - Angola 70s
Joy Artur - 'Kudizanga Dia Veiangongo' - Angola 70s
Kisangela - 'Solo Do Maqui' - Angola 70s
Matadidi - 'Nkuwu' - Angola 70s
Os Bongos - 'Kazukuta' - Angola 70s
Os Jovens Do Prenda - 'Lamento De Mae' - Angola 70s
Os Kiezos - 'Princeza Rita' - Angola 70s
Prado Paim - 'Bartolomeu' - Angola 70s
Santocas - 'Valodia' - Angola 70s
Santos Junior - 'Athu Mu Njila' - Angola 70s
Sofia Rosa - 'Kalumba' - Angola 70s
Taborda Guedes - 'Kamaka' - Angola 70s

Franco & Le T.P. OK Jazz - Kinsiona

2006-12-22T21:39:00.000-05:00

Nate’s Top Ten for 2006:

Om – Conference of the Birds

Espers – II

Ostinato – Chasing The Form

TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain

Lobi Traore Group – Lobi Traore Group*

Ali Farka Toure – Savane

Boris – Pink*

Daniel Higgs – Ancestral Songs

Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra – Boulevard De L’independence

T.I. – King

*These were basically released in 2005, but I’m allowing for the discrepancies between international and domestic release dates to allow me to include these. I just wasn’t that psyched about too many records that came out this year.

Personal Top Ten:

Franco & T.P. O.K. Jazz Orchestra - ‘Kinsiona’ / ‘Likambo Ya Ngana’
I probably haven’t made it a day without listening to either of these songs, probably multiple times. I cannot even begin to imagine better songs. Discovering Franco is the second most revelatory musical moment of 2006.

Joe Cuba – ‘El Pito’
Who knew a salsa song could send you into a trance like this? Who knew that the combination of a whistle, a piano, a bunch of handclaps, some drums, a bunch of dudes chanting, and never going back to Georgia could make such an insanely compelling song? Oh, and the devilish laugh helps as well. Watching John and Adam feed this song into a processor and a barrage of noise and distortion was a fitting end to a very strange year.

Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription
A little late in the game, I guess, but this record defined large portions of 2006 for me. Talking about authenticity in music is a little played out, but this record projects such a palpable feeling of absolute nothingness that its hard to feel anything but affected by it.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat at the Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville, VA
I’m generally of the school of boring dudes who hate on any sort of showy-ness in rock-n-roll shows, but Quintron was easily the most entertaining show I saw all year. If only I knew what Quintron was pushing, I’d probably have come out a believer. (And I haven’t even started talking about the drum buddy.)

Kyuss – Welcome To Sky Valley
I’ve always loved this record, but flying through the Nevada desert with this blasting made it make sense in a totally different way. My vote for best rock-n-roll record of 1994.

Kohoutek / Little Howlin’ Wolf / EMT at DUST, Charlottesville, VA
DUST is where my particular vision of Charlottesville tends to coalesce, and this particular show was an apt expression. It started somewhere after 1 AM, was sparsely attended, and probably freaked the bands out a little bit, but there was a point, when I was reeling from moonshine and Little Howlin’ Wolf was squealing on his saxophone and Kohoutek were actually hitting that point in improvisational music where it sounds like the sounds are coming from outer space, that I could not have imagined a place I belonged more. Charlottesville at its absolute best.

Rick Ross – ‘Hustlin’
By all standards, a decidedly mediocre song, but what a song! Rick Ross swaggers through four minutes of Miami bass, synthesizer choruses, and overdubs of his own weak rhymes, but I’ve listened to it a hundred times and I’m still not sick of it. Most importantly though, Caleb and I listened to this song every morning of what was probably the best couple of weeks of this year, and its hard to divorce music from memory. Beeenzeees.

Chuck Brown at the Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville, VA
The most fun show I saw all year.

The Body at DUST / Red Wizard too many times to count
One band that understands the virtues of unrelenting volume and simplicity, and one that continues to get more and more complex and exciting every time and I see them. Two bands that have never disappointed and kept getting better throughout 2006. Stay tuned for a special edition of the Beard Hour starring Red Wizard.

Salif Keita – ‘N’Toman’
More about newly solidifying friendships than anything really, but a fantastic song nonetheless.

Jim Waive and the Young Divorcees– Twice a month at Atomic Burrito, every month of 2006, Charlottesville, VA
The Young Divorcees are a well-oiled machine. If you live in Charlottesville and did not see Jim Waive in the last year, you have a very quick and easy resolution to make.

Silver Jews at the Grey Eagle Tavern, Asheville, NC
Finally. Despite Caleb not getting his sweet potato fries, this was probably the best place to see the Joos, and after waiting years to get a chance to see these songs played live, the Asheville setting proved to be near perfect. Almost the musical highpoint of 2006.

Ofo & The Black Company – ‘Allah Akbar’
The number one most revelatory musical moment of the year. I played this song largely by accident on the beard hour one night, and not only did it open me up to new ideas in music, but to a whole new continent. Imagine the Nigerian Stooges, with a guitar sound that sounds like someone is rubbing sandpaper directly on your brain. When the drums kick back in 2 minutes and 44 seconds into this song and all hell breaks loose, or at least continues to break loose, its like nothing I’ve ever heard save for Fun House. If all Muslim songs sounded like this I would have converted when I was sixteen. According to these dudes, God is apparently a pretty badass dude.

From the vaults Pt. 2

2006-12-20T17:35:00.000-05:00

From the vaults

2006-12-20T16:46:00.000-05:00

Beard Hour Playlist 12/15

2006-12-15T02:39:00.001-05:00

Spacemen 3 - "Starship' - The Perfect Prescription
Ghost - 'Piper' - Hypnotic Underworld
Sun City Girls - 'Black Mambo' - Torch of the Mystics'
Brian Eno - 'St. Elmo's Fire' - Another Green World
Brian Eno - 'Golden House' - Another Green World

Harvey Milk - 'Old Glory' - Special Wishes
8Ball & MJG - "Intro' - In Our Lifetime Vol. 1
8Ball & MJG - 'We Started This' - In Our Lifetime Vol. 1
Mr. Bungle - 'Women of Porn'
Goodie Mob - 'Cell Therapy' - Soul Food
Quintron & Miss Pussycat - 'Witch in the Club' - Swamp Tech
Kylie Minogue - 'Come Into My World'
Michael Hutchence - 'The Passenger'
Paperboy - 'Ditty'
Tom Russel - 'Stealing Electricity'
The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'
The Phantom - 'Love Me'
Stevie Wonder - 'I Believe'
Elvis - 'Summer Kisses, Winter Tears'
Nelly Furtado - 'Maneater'
The Darkness - 'Get Your Hands Off My Woman'

Weird Al - 'Trapped in the Drive Thru'

And Last Week:

Young Jeezy ft. Timbaland - '3 AM' - 'The Inspiration'
Slimm Calhoun - 'Dirt Work' - The Skinny'
Stingee - 'Take Dem Panties Off'
Miss Elliott - 'Work It'
T.I. - 'Ride Wit Me'
Jay-z - 'My First Song' - The Black Album

T.P. Orchestre Polyrhythmo - Kokoriko - The Kings of Benin Urban Groove
Franco & T.P. O.K Jazz - 'Likambo Ya Ngana'
Franco - & T.P. O.K. Jazz - 'Kinsiona'
Salif Kaita - 'N'Toman'

Ostinato - 'Lattitude'

TransChamps - 'Give It To You'
The Knife - 'Pass This On'
Man Man - 'Gold Teeth'
Tom Waits - 'The Return of Jakie & Judy'
Candi Staton - 'Stand By Your Man'
Electronic - 'Getting Away With It'
Cocteau Twins - 'Frosty The Snowman'
New Pornographers - 'All For Swinging You Around'
Sally Shapiro - 'I Know'
CocoRosie - 'Armageddon'

Beard Hour Playlist 12/1

2006-12-01T02:44:00.000-05:00

Tupac - 'California Love' (Long Delayed!)
Notorious BIG - 'Party and Bullshit'
Jay Z - "LaLaLa"
Clipse - "Momma I am So Sorry" - Hell Hath No Fury
Clipse - "Mr. Me Too" - Hell Hath No Fury
Ciara - "Evolution"
Dark Tranquility - "Cathode Ray Sunshine"
Jack Nitzche - "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
Built To Spill - "The Weather"
Toto - "Hold the Line"
Distillers - "Beat Your Heart Out"
The 6ths - "You Can't Break a Broken Heart"
Soft Boys - "Sandra's Having her Brain Out"
Jilted John - "Jilted John"
The Who - "A Quick One While He's Away"
Sally Shapiro - "Anorak Christmas"
Stick McGhee - "Drinkin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"

Mr. Magic & Positive Choice Band - "2001 Kazoos" - The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop"
Mr. Magic" - "Potential 1980" - The Third Unheard
Joe Cuba - "El Pito" -The Nuyorican Funk Experience
Shuggie Otis - "Ahut Uh Mi Hed" - Inspiration Information
Mavado - "Wah Dem a Do"

Beard Hour Playlist 11.23: Songs we are thankful for

2006-11-24T02:45:00.000-05:00

3rd Annual Thanksgiving Beard Hour Bonanza!! First year with absolutely no destruction of private or public property!

Songz:

Misfits - 'Last Caress'
Joe Cuba - 'El Pito'
Clarence Carter - 'Patches'
Love - 'A House is not a Motel'
Black Sabbath - 'Snowblind'
This Heat - 'Health and Efficiency'
Stingee - 'Take Dem Panties Off'
Rick Ross - 'Hustlin''
Iggy Pop - 'The Passenger'
Danzig - 'Mother'
The Brogues - 'I Ain't No Miracle Worker'
Sonic Youth - 'Expressway to your Skull'

Bruce Springsteen - 'Thunder Road'
Bruce Springsteen - 'Dancing in the Dark'
Bruce Springsteen - 'The River'
Bruce Springsteen - 'Born To Run'

Ken Boothe - 'Old-Fashioned Way'
Jay-Z - 'Hard Knock Life'
Juvenile - 'Ha'
Rasputin's Stash - 'Mr. Cool'
David Bowie - 'Stay'
Boards of Canada - 'Kaini Industries'
Sally Shapiro - 'I Know'
Sons and Daughters - 'Red Reciever'
Magnetic Fields - 'Take Ecstacy With Me'
Mountain Goats - 'Going To Georgia'
Severed Heads - 'Twenty Deadly Diseases'
Hank Williams - 'Lost Highway'

Black Circle Revolution Playlist 11/20

2006-11-20T15:52:00.000-05:00

I spent too much time preparing for a funk and soul show that I decided I didn't want to do it, so I opted for this somewhat disjointed and disorganized African music version. Malian blues are the real deal.

Mali:
Ali Farka Toure - Ali Aoudy - Red
Ali Farka Toure - Sidy Gouro - African Blues
Ali Farka Toure w/ Ry Cooder - Gomni - Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Toure - Samariya - Radio Mali
Ali Farka Toure w/ Toumani Diabate - Nawaye Toro - In The Heart of the Moon
Ali Farka Toure - Laleiche - Red
Ali Farka Toure - Ntimbara - African Blues
Ali Farka toure - Sidy Gouro - African Blues

Senegal:
Youssou N'Dour - Mademba - Joko
Yossou N'Dour - Miss - Joko

Nigeria:

King Sunny Ade - Kira Kira - Live Live Juju
King Sunny Ade - Jiji Jiji Isapa - Odu
Fela Kuti - Gentleman - Gentleman

Mali:

Amadou & Mariam - Wallide - Je Pense A Toi
Amado & Mariam - Mali Denou - Je Pense A Toi

Nigeria:

Blo - Chant To Mother Earth - Phases

Portuguese Africa:

Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica - Adventures in Afropea: Telling Stories to the Sea (Afro-Portugal)
Africa Negra - Bo Lega Caco Node Bo - Adventures in Afropea
Jacinta Sanches - Vizinha Ka Bale

2006-11-20T12:19:00.000-05:00

For the working folk: Nate will be subbing for Black Circle Revolution from 2-4 PM today, the 20th, so you should tune in. Its in less than two hours!

HUZZAH!

2006-11-17T02:58:00.000-05:00

NEXT WEEK IS SPECIAL BEARD HOUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SPECIAL NUMBER 3:

Please write a comment or send an email to: teenagebaconian@gmail.com about what you are personally VERY THANKFULL for, cuz we are compiling a list of all kinds of shit that is worth being thankfull for, to be read or whatever, during the 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Beard Hour Bonanza. Any and all will be accepted.

Tracklist for Fri, 11/17(?):

Mayhem II - Pan Sonic
Maneater Remix (Feat. Lil Wayne) - Nelly Furtado
Ceremony - New Order
I Wanna Dance Witchoo - Disco Tex and the Sexolettes
Chop Me Up - Justin Timberlake
Giddy Stratospheres - The Long Blondes
Figure in Dreams - Comus
In Every Dream Home a Heartache - Roxy Music
Pass This On - THE KNIFE
Memories - Leonard Cohen
Golden Brown - Stranglers
High is the Pine - Cobra Killer
I Am Waiting - Rolling Stones
Warten - ExKurs
Early 1880's - To Live and Shave in LA
Old Glory - Harvey Milk
Echoh Air - Psychic Paramount
Sex Bomb - Flipper
Snakes a Christ - Danzig
Mayhem I - Pan Sonic

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW!!!!!!!

Beard Hour 11/10 Playlist: The Reunion

2006-11-10T02:43:00.000-05:00

Harvey Milk - Old Glory - Special Wishes
Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave - Echoes of the Past
The Blow - Fists Up - Paper Television
Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette - California
Joanna Newsom - Emily - Ys
Vangelis - Heaven & Hell - Heaven & Hell
CCR - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Cosmo's Factory
Bob Dylan - Everything is Broken - Oh Mercy
Mr. Bungle - Goodbye Sober Day - California
Junior Boys - Double Shadow - So This is Goodbye
Luomo - Dirt Me - Paper Tigers

The Clash - Spanish Bombs - London's Calling
Tom Waits - Return of Jackie and Judy - Orphans
Ali Farka Toure - Ali Aoudy - Red

VILLAGE PEOPLE - GO WEST - GO WEST

misfits - Hybrid Moments - Static Age

2006-11-07T21:42:00.000-05:00

LIVING THE DREAM

SHOTGUNNING A BEER INSIDE A TREE

So I'd like to briefly outline the official Beard Hour Cross Country Vacation Time Event, sponsored by White Toyota Corolla with brand new solid-gold clutch and aprox. 1762 cc's of raw, whining power (possibly for sale, in case your interested), before my brain suppresses, like, the last month entirely. So here it is in outline form, hopefully more pictures will make it up onto the site, but Nate has most of the good ones and I'm unfamiliar at the present with the features of PhotoBucket (don't ask). Also, this is best read while listening to the song Hustlin' by Rick Ross, which we started out practically every day listening to:

Seattle
-Juiced! Discovered the true power of Tony Lalanne's Epic Juicer© by creating the most unholy combinations of fruit/vegetables and practically kilos of garlic. Exactly as good/bad as it sounds.
-Honey Hole! Nate and I darkened the doorway of this fine establishment every single day that we were in Seattle. Mostly because we knew we could find it without problem.
-Boris! Nate just about fell asleep during their set, despite, like, being in the same room with the Japanese band. Doomriders opened. They are from Boston.
-Other stuff: thrown fish, arrested development 3 in its entirety, more juice, creme brulee by Fancy Kyle

Portland
-Cut a promo for the Beard Hour (produced by DJ THE SNAKE)
-Allergies!
-Burritos! I think we ate nothing but burritos for something like 8 straight meals. Also, found Emily Pitti (of Ctown) chilling outside of this one burrito place. Small world, or just good burritos in Portland? Definitely not the latter.
-Some other stuff I can't remember.

Redwood Forest/Sonoma Valley
-California Love! Drove through the tree etc... Bought a handle of Makers Mark for 29 bucks at a Rite Aid of all places (basically a legendary purchase, if these things mean nothing to you). Vineyards. Vintage convertible VW beetle. Huge trees. Living Stump (ask Nate). Etc...
-Unfortunately did not actually listen to the song California Love by Tupac, despite our numerous accapella renditions (also, wtf is with the weird vocoder'd outro on that song? does it make even the slightest lick of sense?)

San Francisco
-didn't see/do much. Went to PF Chang's China Bistro. Made the claim that I would never drink beer again, only whiskey.
-Had a beer like 3 hours later.

Death Valley
-Hottest! Driest! Lowest! place in N. America. All things that the Beard Hour fully supports.
-Cell Phone! Lost, in case your trying to get in touch. Lost to that harsh mistress the desert.

Grand Canyon
-Cold, rainy, almost couldn't see the Canyon at one point. But hey, you can't really complain when you're at truly the grandest of canyons.

Marfa
-Pop. 2000! But we met at least half of them. Saw Jenny Lewis and the Watson Freaks, I mean, Twins. Saw a bunch of ART, did not see the Marfa Lights.
-Might be moving to Marfa in 2007, stay tuned.
-Really too much to put up, but hopefully some of the pictures will make it up.

Abilene
-Visited family/friends, boring stuff for you, dear reader.

Little Rock
-Beer with Egg! Finally drank the oft-talked about beer with a raw egg dropped in it. Tasty. Did not have a burrito eating contest.
-Did not see Gary (and yes, I am shaking my head, Gary)
-Made the claim that I am only going to drink Peroni beer, if beer at all.

Memphis
-Sun Studio, Stax Museum, and Graceland!
-I'm getting tired so you'll have to imagine what we did in Memphis, besides listening to Three 6 Mafia and watching Sixteen Candles. Seriously.

Nashville
-Went to the super huge line dancing bar. There was no one there.
-Nashville has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon. Did you know that??

And then back to Ctown! Very excited to be back sortof, at least for the radio show: listen in this Thursday for the return of Beard 1 and probably alot of questionable trashy europop beatz. I'm not even sure if I'm joking about that.

Nate and I would like to thank the true sponsors of our trip, those that let use sully their domains with our, um, presence: Fancy Kyle, The Snake et al, Nan, Lucy B., Rachel+Chase, Mikey P., Incomparable Rebecca S., and of course the Granparentz. Apologies to those that my brain is missing, you know who you are!

2006-10-31T13:35:00.001-05:00

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2006-10-31T13:30:00.000-05:00

Vacation

2006-10-11T00:25:00.000-04:00

The Beard Hour will be on vacation for the next month or so, returning sometime in early November. I trust it will be in capable hands.

Expect periodic updates on this from Caleb and I as we do some sort of beard hour west coast travel adventure, but I can't really promise any consistency. All I know is that I am psyched to get out of town, and psyched to see some parts of the country that I haven't seen yet, or haven't seen in quite some time.

Beard Hour 10/6 Playlist

2006-10-06T02:20:00.000-04:00

A Return to Form:

Spacemen 3 - "Spaceship" - The Perfect Prescription
Sunn 0))) and Boris - "Akuma No Kuma" - Altar
The USA is a Monster - "Riff Scientists" - Tasheyana Compost
Mastodon - "Siberian Divide" - Blood Mountain
Harvey Milk - "The End" - Special Wishes
Magik Markers - "I Trust My Guitar, etc." - I Trust My Guitar, etc.
Warmer Milks - "The Shark" - Radish on Light
Oakley Hall - "Track 4" - Gypsum Strings
Harvey Milk - "Old Glory" - Special Wishes
Wolf Eyes - "Human Animal" - Human Animal
Harvey Milk - "Mother's Day" - Special Wishes
Born/Dead - "Endless War" - Endless War...Repitition
Fucked Up - "Crusades" - Hidden World
Harvey Milk - "Love Swing" - Special Wishes
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine" - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks" - Best Of
Blue Cheer - "Second Time Around" - Vincebus Eruptum

Misfits - "Angelfuck" - Static Age
Misfits - "Last Caress" - Static Age
Misfits - "Astro Zombies" - Collection One

Scritti Politti - "After Six" - White Bread Black Beer

Triumphant Finale:

Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" - Lust For Life
Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" - Born to Run

Some thoughts:

I slept on the most recent Harvey Milk record, but the new one, admittedly listened to only in pieces, really made my night. Imagine a really moving (and much slower!) version of the Melvins. Not that the Melvins aren't moving, but you know what I mean. "Old Glory" is sure to be playing in my head for weeks, and I have to admit that there is something pretty impressive about a band that can present such a moving emotional statement on first listen without soundig trite. Maybe I'm overly sentimental tonight though.

Mastodon continues to bore me.

Black Circle Revolution Playlist 10/2

2006-10-02T15:54:00.000-04:00

Michael Liggins and the Super Souls - "Loaded to the Gills" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Them Two - "Am I a Good Man?" - Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
We The People - "Function Underground" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Four Tops - "Standing in the Shadow of Love" - Hitsville USA
Moovers - "Someone to Fulfill My Needs" - Eccentric Soul:The Deep City Label
Sheila Jack - "I've Got to Have You" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Modulations - "This Old World is Going Down" - Eccentric Soul: Good God!
Temptations - "I Wish It Would Rain" - Hitsville USA
Soulsations - "Broadway Shing-A-Ling" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Lon Rogers - "Too Good to be True" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg

Magicians - "An Invitation to Cry" - Nuggets
Remains - "don't Look Back" - Nuggets
Love - "7+7 Is" - Nuggets
Chocolate Watchband - "Sweet Young Thing" - Nuggets
We The People (#2) - "You Burn Me Up and Down" - Nuggets
13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me" - Nuggets
Brogues - "I Ain't No Miracle Worker" - Nuggets
Choir - "Its Cold Outside" - Nuggets
Velvet Underground - "After Hours" - The Velvet Underground

Donny Hue and the Colors - "Humming with the Flower Birds" - s/t
Spacemen 3 - "Spaceship" - The Perfect Prescription
Chuck Brown - "Bustin' Loose" - Best Of
Tribe Called Quest - "Can I Kick It?" - Anthology
Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push - Food and Liquor
Chuck Brown - "We The People" - Best Of

King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King" - In the Court of the Crimson King

Just so you know

2006-10-01T12:55:00.000-04:00

The Chuck Brown show last night was, without a doubt, one of the best shows I've ever been to in my life.

Beard Hour 9/29 Playlist

2006-09-29T01:48:00.000-04:00

With Thomas:

Lou Reed - "Vicious" - Transformer
Spacemen 3 - "Big City" - Recurring
Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side" - Transformer
Spacemen 3 - "Walking with Jesus" - The Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3 - "Things'll Never Be The Same" - The Perfect Prescription
Spectrum - "How You Satisfy Me" - Soul Kiss
Spacemen 3 - "Come Down Easy" - The Perfect Prescription
Lou Reed - "Satellite of Love" - Transformer
Delta-Vikings - "Whispering Bells" - Doo Wop Box
Irma Thomas - "Its Raining" - Simply The Best Live!
Clarence Carter - "Making Love (at the dark end of the street)" - Snatching It Back

Spiritualized - "Cop Shoot Cop" - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors" - The Silver Fox
Willie Nelson - "Crazy" - Crazy: The Demo Sessions
The Band - "Across The Great Divide" - The Band
The Band - "Rag Mama Rag" - The Band
The Band - "When You Awake" - The Band

DJ Quik - "Quik is the Name"

Mountain Goats - "Going to Georgia" - Zopilote Machine
Mountain Goats - "Anti-Music Song" - Ghana
Mountain Goats - "The Last Day of Jimi Hendrix's Life" - Ghana

Townes Van Zandt - "Cocaine Blues" - Roadsongs
Townes Can Zandt - "Dead Flowers - "Roasongs

Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer

Beard Hour 9/20 Playlist

2006-09-22T02:28:00.000-04:00

Flin Flon - "Cardigan" - Dixie
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Yamaha-1" - Banging The Drum
CAN - "" - Soundtracks
Residents - "Walrus Hunt" - Eskimo
Rhythm and Sound with Jah Cotton - "Dem Never Know" - See Mi Yah
King Tubby with Lucky Dub All Stars - "Behold A Dub" - Rough Guide To Dub
Spacemen 3 - "Starship" - The Perfect Prescription
Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love" - Best Of, of some sort
Black Sabbath - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Om - "At Giza" - Conference of the Birds
Pentagram - "Lazylady" - First Daze Here
High on Fire - "Sons of Thunder" - Blessed Black Wings
Blue Oyster Cult - "ME 262" - Secret Treaties
Blue Oyster Cult - "Then Came the Last Days of May" - S/T

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "You Put the Spell on Me" - Portrait of a Man
Rythm and Sound With Walda Gabriel - "Boss Man" - See Mi Yah
Rhythm and Sound With Rod of Iron - "Lightning Storm" - See Mi Yah
Keith Hudson and King Tubby - "Satia" - Rough Guide to Dub
Rhythm and Sound With Bobbo Shanti - "Poor People Must Work" - See Mi Yah
Upsetters - "Noah Sugar Pan" - Rough Guide to Dub

Black Sabbath - "Spiral Architect" - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Circle Revolution 9/18 Playlist

2006-09-18T14:33:00.000-04:00

Attempt at Funk:

Brute Force - "Ye-Le-Wa" - Brute Force
Doc Oliver - "Soul Popcorn Pt. One"
Doc Olver - "Soul Popcorn Pt. Two"
Ofs Unlimited - "Mister Kidneys"
Joana Zacheya - "I Want To Come Home"
Johnny Holiday - "I Feel So Dead and Cold"
General Crook - "What Time It Is Pt. Two"
Blackrock - "Yeah Yeah"
Funkadelic - "Some More" - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow
Brute Force - "Do It Right Now" - Brute Force
5 Spiritual Tones - "Bad Situation" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Blackrock - "Bad Cloud Overhead"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie" - Zombie

Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
OOIOO - "UMA" - TAIGA
The Fucking Champs - "Thor Is Like Immortal" - IV
OM - "Annapurna" - Variations on a Theme
Espers - "Moon Occults The Sun" - Espers II

Amanda All Stars and King Tubby - "Behold A Dub" - The Rough Guide to Dub
Abysinnians - "Satta Amassagonna" - Reggae Box

Black Sabbath - "Under The Sun / Everything Comes and Goes" - Volume 4
This Heat - "Sleep" - Deceit
Cluster + Eno - "Steinsame" - Cluster + Eno

Beard Hour 9/14 Playlist

2006-09-15T03:00:00.000-04:00

Disorganized:

Faust - "Krautrock" - IV
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" - In Dreams
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
CAN- "Vitamin C" - Ege Bamyasi
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
Cluster - "Hollywood" - Zuckezeit
Dead C - "Mark Harris" - Vain, Erudite, and Stupid
Robert Jay - "Alcohol Pt. One" - Searching for Soul
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "Whammy" - Portrait of a Man
Amon Duul - "Im Garten Sandos" - Psychedelic Underground
OOIOO - UMA - TAIGA
The Fall - "15 Ways" - Middle Class Revolt
Bucks and Gallants - "Hey, Bartleby" - Mark
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Banging the Drum" - Banging the Drum
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "B2" - Banging the Drum
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
The Roots - "Game Theory" - Game Theory
Outkast - "Morris Brown" - Idlewild
TV on the Radio - "Blues From Down Here" - Return to Cookie Mountain
Grizzly Bear - "On A Nest, On A Spit" - Yellow House
Roy Orbison - "Running Scared" - Crying
Roy Orbison - "Wedding Day" - Crying
REM - "Begin the Begin" - The Best of the IRS Years
TV On The Radio - "Playhouses" - Return to Cookie Mountain

Black Circle Revolution 9/11 Playlist

2006-09-11T14:29:00.000-04:00

Beirut - "The Gulag Orkestar" - The Gulag Orkestar
Drakkar Sauna - "Hello, My Love Has Faded" - Drakkansasauna
Worms - "Early In The Evening" - Pelican Songs
Ostinato - "Monkey Gestures" - Chasing The Form
Akron/Family - "Blessed Force" - Meek Warrior
Ostinato - "Goal of All Believers" - Chasing The Form
Brian Eno - "The Big Ship" - Another Green World
Faust - "Just A Second (Starts Like That" - IV
Oneida - "Happy New Year" - Happy New Year
Faust - "Jennifer" - IV
Bob Dylan - "Girl From the North Country" - Freewheelin'
Clarence Carter - "Patches" - Snatching It All Back
TV On The Radio - "Tonight" - Return To Cookie Mountain

Lord Rhaburn - "Disco Connection" - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up
Trevor Dandy - "Is There Any Love?" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
5 Spiritual Tones - "Bad Situation" - Good God!
The Harmonettes - "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Cult Cargo
Sam Taylor - "Heaven on Their Minds" - Good God!
Lord Rhaburn - "Boogaloo a la Chuck" - Cult Cargo
Voices of Conquest - "O Yes My Lord" - Good God!
WEB - "Things are Going to Work Out Right" - Cult Cargo
WEB - "The Same Old Me" - Cult Cargo
Cliff Gober - "A Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - Good God!

Smanila and the SBS - "Natural Points" - The Danque! A Collection of West African Funk

Beard Hour 9/8 Playlist

2006-09-08T01:49:00.000-04:00

Crass - "Big A Little A Bouncing B" - Best Before
Instigators - "The Blood Is On Your Hands" - Anti-War
Anthrax - "Introduction to War" - Anti-War
Crass - "Mother Earth" - Stations of the Crass
Filth - "The List" - Shit Split with Blatz
Chumbawamba - "Revolution" - Anti-State
Gun Club - "Brothers and Sisters" - Miami

Grateful Dead - "Thats it for the Other One" - Anthem of the Sun
Sonic Youth - "The Burning Spear" - S/T

Juvenile - "Ha" - Four Hundred Degreez
Slimm Cutta Calhoun - Why Ya Smilin'
Cool Breeze - "Watch For The Hook"
Outkast - "N2U" - Idlewild
Dungeon Family - "Crooked Booty"
Outkast - "Morris Brown" - Idlewild
E-40 ft. Big Boi - "Ham Sammiches and Coupe Devilles"

Ostinato - "Goal of the Believers" - Chasing Th Form
Drakkar Sauna - "The Debut of the Tambourine Shoe" - Drakkansasauna
M. Ward - "Right in the Head" - Post-War
Beirut - "The Canals of our City" - The Gulag Orkestar
M. Ward - "Requiem" - Post-War
Gordon Monahan - "Voices Emerging Along High Tension Wires" - Speaker Swinging & Piano Mechanics
Flying Saucer Attack - "Come and Close My Eyes" - Further
Beirut - "The Gulag Orkestar" - The Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - "Prenzlauerberg" - The Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - "Brandenberg" - The Gulag Orkestar
Pink Floyd - "Interstellar Overdrive" - Piper At The Gates of Dawn

Travelling Wilburys - "Handle With Care" - Volume One

2006-09-04T17:51:00.000-04:00

While I'm not entirely sure how Caleb feels about having pictures of himself posted on the internet, I stumbled across this on the Monkeyclaus site and couldn't resist putting it up. Him and the man himself, as it were. As well as John, frequest Beard Hour listener, supporter and participant.

I'm hoping that y'all are listening to the new Akron/Family record because it is really something special. As well as that Good God! compilation. And the new TV on the Radio record. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes was a little bit of a letdown after Young Liars pretty much knocked me down for quite some time, so this record makes me feel pretty good in a variety of ways. Best of the year, at the very least.

Overground Records recently put out three compilations of early anarchopunk and peace punk. Well worth the effort of tracking them down. Here is a review of the first one:

Anti-War’ is the first in the long awaited series of 1980’s Anarcho-Punk cds that will chronicle this integral part of the punk scene, and serve as the definitive guide to the Anarcho-Punk scene.

Compiled from recordings culled from heyday of the scene (1980-84), the bands include the leading lights of the scene (Zounds/Dirt/Omega Tribe) as well as many of the lesser known bands that were the life-blood of the scene, pro-active in arranging gigs, making fanzines, organizing benefits etc. (Psycho Faction/Political Asylum/Anti-System).

‘Anti-War’ has been lovingly compiled after many years of research and groundwork, not least finding the bands that in most cases split before 1984! So, having listened to over 1000 recordings from vinyl, demo cassettes, unreleased studio recordings and live gigs we finally settled on 23 tracks for the first volume, 10 of which are previously unreleased.

‘Anti-War’ perfectly captures the whole ecstatic energy of the era, with its diverse mix of spiky barbs and intense diatribes all based around the ‘Anti-War’ theme.

The Beard Hour will be guest dj-ing during the day for the next couple of weeks. Tune in on consecutive mondays, the eleventh and eighteenth, and hear how we clean up during the day. I'll be subbing for Black Circle Revolution, and you can always listen online.

Finally, Drakkar Sauna is playing at the Tea Bazaar tonight. You should come.

Beard Hour 9/1 Playlist

2006-09-01T01:55:00.000-04:00

Trevor Dandy - "Is There Any Love?" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Outkast - "Chronomentrophobia" - Idlewild
Sam Taylor - "Heaven On Their Minds" - Good God!
The Roots - "Game Theory" - Game Theory
The Roots - "Don't Feel Right" - Game Theory
The Swinging Machine -"Do You Have To Ask?" - Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things
The Gun Club - "John Hardy" - Miami
Chumbawamba - "Revolution" - Anti-State: An Anarchopunk Compilation
Flux of Pink Indians - "Some Of Us Scream, Some of Us Shout" - Not So Indian
The Mob - "Gates of Hell"- Anti-State
The Rulers - "A Taste of Hysteria" - Anti-State
The Swinging Machine - "Comin' On Back Home" - Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things

Good God! - Whole Album

Beard Hour 8/25 Playlist

2006-08-25T02:49:00.000-04:00

This Heat - "Sleep" - Deceit
TV On The Radio - "Blues From Down Here" - Return to Cookie Mountain
Mahalia Jackson - "I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About" - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
Paulette - "Balla Et Ses Balladins" - Golden Afrique
Oscar Sully and the Uhuru Dance Band - "Olofume" - Ghana Soundz 2
Malouyame - "Miriam Makaba" - Golden Afrique
Les Ambassadeurs Internationales - "Seidou Bakhili" - S/T
Fela Kuti - "Gentleman" - Gentleman
TV On The Radio - "Let The Devil In" - Return to Cookie Mountain
Outkast - "The Mighty O" - Idlewild
TV On The Radio - "Wolf Life Me" - Return to Cookie Mountain
Mountain Goats - "Going to Georgia" - Zopilote Machine
TV On The Radio - "Snakes and Martyrs" - Return to Cookie Mountain
TV On The Radio - "Things You Can Do" - Return to Cooie Mountain
Bucks and Gallants - "Cecil" - Mark
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - "It's Just Begun" - Flying Funk
Bernard Purdie - "Whats Going On/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" - Flying Funk
Nite-Lites - "Afro-strut" - Flying Funk
Fela Kuti - "Confusion" - Confusion

2006-08-18T10:58:00.000-04:00

This is one of the funnier things I've read in a while, and I don't even really care about Ghostface.

2006-08-07T12:09:00.000-04:00

As you may have noticed, the Beard Hour is on vacation. Mike and Bridge are in control for now, but stay tuned for the August 25 Reunion / Pre-Wedding edition of the Beard Hour in which, hopefully, something exciting will happen.

I am in Namibia listening to Namibian hip hop and I am sad to say that it is not very good. There is a song coming up called Woof-Woof Anthem though, so there may still be hope.

Beard Hour 7/21 Playlist

2006-07-21T02:38:00.000-04:00

Dillinger Four - Fired Side Chat - Situationist Comedy
Fucked Up - Crusades - Hidden World
No Hope For The Kids - Rainy Day - S/T LP
Regulations - Anna's Eyes - S/T LP
Observers - Signals, Slogans, Lies - So Whats Left Now?
Wrangler Brutes - Adjust It - Zulu
Wire - Field Day For The Sundays - Pink Flag
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba - Pink Flag
Marked Men - Gone Away - On The Outside
Dillinger Four - Doublewhiskeycokenoice - Midwestern Songs of the Americas
Minutemen - Little Man with a Gun in his Hand - Buzz or Howl
Ofo and the Black Co. - Allah Wakbarr - Nigeria 70
Damned - Neat Neat Neat
Mbuti Singers - Massacre Rite - Extreme Music From Africa
No Hope For The Kids - No Hope For The Kids - S/T LP
Dillinger Four - Sellthehouse... - Situationist Comedy
Andrew WK - Party Hard - I Get Wet
Dillinger Four - The Father, The Son, and the Homosexual / Single Parent - Situationist Comedy
Minutemen - Jesus and Tequilla - Double Nickels on the Dime
Misfits - Astro Zombies - Collection 1
Necronomitron - Unscheduled Sunrise - S/T
Screeching Weasel - My Right - BoogoodaBoogoodaboogooda
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - You Put the Spell on Me - Portrait of a Man
No Hope For The Kids - Eyes of War - S/T LP
Leatherface - Deep Green Beautiful Levelling - Split with Hot Water Music
Kyuss - Molten Universe - Blues for the Red Sun
Dillinger Four - Suckers Intl. Has Gone Public - Versus God
Born Dead Icons - Monuments - Work
Tragedy - No Words - Vengeance
Silver Jews - Room Games and Diamond Rain - Bright Flight
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - Maggot Brain
Electricity ft. Fire Eater - Dnia Waju Na Fujo - Extreme Music From Africa
Syamsudin - Sigumendar - Folk and Pop Sounds From Sumatra Vol. 2
Unknown - Unknown - Folk and Pop Sounds From Sumatra Vol. 2
Unknown - Commie Funk? - Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Prop from the Hermit Kingdom
Mbuti Singers - Massacre Rite - Extreme Music From Africa

Beard Hour Playlist 7/14

2006-07-14T02:15:00.000-04:00

The Chocolate Watchband - Are you Going to be There (at the love in)? - Nuggets
The Brigands - (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man? - Nuggets
Animal Collective - Grass - Feels
Psychic Paramount - Echoh Air - Gamelan into the Mink Supernatural
Noxagt - Satin Vengeance - s/t
Residual Echoes - ASTARDT 3&31/2 - s/t
Oakley Hall - Lazy Susan - Gypsum Strings
Howlin Rain - Death Prayer in Heaven's Orchard - s/t
Clarence Carter - Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street) - Snatchin' It All Back
Sahara All Stars - Enjoy Yourself - Nigeria 70
Walter Murphy - Fifth of Beethoven - Saturday Night Fever
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer - No Thanks!
The Remains - Don't Look Back - Nuggets
Shadows of Knight - Oh Yeah - Nuggets
Wire - Practise Makes Perfect - Chairs Missing
Iggy Pop - The Passenger - Lust For Life
Misfits - Some Kinda Hate - Static Age
Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal - $
TV on the Radio - Playhouses - Return to Cookie Mountain
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely - Essential
Outkast - The Mighty O - Idlewild
Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So - The Reggae Box
Boredoms - Arrow Up - Vision Creation Newsun
Boredoms - Omega - Vision Creation Newsun
Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) - 4
Chubby Checker - Gypsy - Chequered/New Revelation
Atsushi Miura and the Dirty Round Eyes - Crying - Cheap and Fake

Plans and beards

2006-07-11T23:02:00.000-04:00

Please, dear listeners of the Beard Hour, tell me all you know about Seattle, Washington.

Also:

Beard Hour 7/7/06 Playlist

2006-07-07T03:34:00.000-04:00

Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow - Songs for the Deaf
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - You Put the Spell on Me - Portrait of a Man
Roy Orbison - Blue Angel - The Essential
Roy Orbison - I'm Hurtin' - The Essential
Residents - Walrus Hunt - Eskimo
Homer Quincy Smith - I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - American Primitive 2
Residents - Festival of Death - Eskimo
Tamrat Ferendji & Sensation Band - Antchin Tagenulet - Ethiopiques 13
Seyoum Gebreyes & Wallias Band – Muziqa Muziqa - Ethiopiques 13
Faust - Devoted Bone Dance - Space Box
Spacemen 3 - Things'll Never Be The Same - The Perfect Prescription
Angels of Light - I Pity the Poor Immigrant - Akron/Family + Angels of Light
Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia - Zopilote Machine
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - The Ultimate Collection
Walter Taylor - Deal Rag - American Primitive 2
Nugrape Twins - There's a City Built of Mansions - American Primitive 2
Johnny Cash - Like the 309 - American V
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei - Phallus Dei
This Heat - S.P.Q.R. - Deceit
Minutemen - Viet Nam - Double Nickels on the Dime
Melvins - Roadbull - Stoner Witch
Misfits - Angelfuck - Static Age
Clarence Carter - Patches - Snatchin' It Back
Mountain Goats - Cubs in Five - Nine Black Poppies
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy - St. Elsewhere
Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Fear of a Black Planet
Neil Young - Alabama - Harvest
Stooges - Fun House - Fun House