A Saturday Night of Remorse and Beautiful Music

James Blackshaw- All is Falling (Young God)
Most hauntingly beautiful and plaintive instrumental record I've heard in 2010.
Londen-er Blackshaw enters the world of the electric 12 string guitar and
the results are stunning. All done very simply, with backing of piano, violin,
cello, flute, glockenspiel- all parts folk, minimalist, classical, and experimental.

James Blackshaw- Part 7 (Edit)

Forest Swords- Dagger Paths (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Like Burial? Ennio Morricone? Grouper? Droney lo-fi folk and dub that on first listen defies genres and was an instant crush for me. Thanks to the listener who requested this.

Forest Swords: "Miarches"

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Kate Bush- The Dreaming (1982)

Ok I've been a bit overly obsessed with this record the last 2 months. But DAMN.





I'll leave you with some Jorge Luis Borges, just a few words I like tonight.

Un hombre que cultiva su jardín, como quería Voltaire.
El que agradece que en la tierra haya música.
El que descubre con placer una etimologia.
Dos empleados que en un café del Sur juegan un silencioso ajedrez.
El ceramista que premedita un color y una forma.
El tipógrafo que compone bien esta página, que tal vez no le agrada.
Una mujer y un hombre que leen los tercetos finales de cierto canto.
El que acaricia a un animal dormido.
El que justifica o quiere justificar un mal que le han hecho.
El que agradece que en la tierra haya Stevenson.
El que prefiere que los otros tengan razón.
Esas personas, que se ignoran, están salvando el mundo.

A man who cultivates his garden, as Voltaire wished.
He who is grateful for the existence of music.
He who takes pleasure in tracing an etymology.
Two workmen playing, in a cafe in the South, a silent game of chess.
The potter, contemplating a color and a form.
The typographer who sets this page well, though it may not please him.
A woman and a man, who read the last tercets of a certain canto.
He who strokes a sleeping animal.
He who justifies, or wishes to, a wrong done him.
He who is grateful for the existence of Stevenson.
He who prefers others to be right.
These people, unaware, are saving the world

To Shake A Memory: KEXP Playlist 08/19/2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)

Time	Artist	Song	Album	Label
1:00	Peter Gordon and the Love of Life Orchestra	That Hat	Another Heartbreak/That Hat	DFA
	DJ Comments: co produced in 1984 with arthur russell. remixed recently by Peter Gordon
1:10	!!!	Even Judas Gave Jesus A Kiss	Strange Weather, Isn't It?	Warp
1:15	Shriekback	Clear Trails	Care	Warner
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1:21	Matthew Dear	Slowdance	Black City	Ghostly International
1:26	Dominant Legs	About My Girls	Young At Love and Life	Lefse
1:29	Sparks	Tryouts for the Human Race	No. 1 In Heaven	EMI
	DJ Comments: produced by Giorgie Moroder
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1:36	Underworld	Scribble	Barking	Cooking Vinyl
	DJ Comments: out Sep 2
1:39	Cex	Hamilton	Exotical Privates	Automation
1:46	Scissor Sisters	Invisible Light	Night Work	Polydor Ltd. (UK)
1:52	M.I.A.	It Iz What It Iz	Maya	XL Recordings Ltd under exclusive licence to Interscope Records in the USA.
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1:56	Lusine	Two Dots (Reverse Engineered)	Two Dots	Ghostly International
	DJ Comments: Wed Sep 22 @ Neumos with Mux Mool and Gold Panda- DECIBEL FESTIVAL
2:02	The Knife	We Share Our Mothers' Health	Silent Shout	Rabid
2:06	Cabaret Voltaire	Silent Command	Silent Command Single
2:10	Forest Swords	Miarches	Dagger Paths	Olde English Spelling Bee
2:16	Scuba	You Got Me	Triangulation
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2:21	The Chemical Brothers	Snow W/ Stephanie Dosen	Further	Parlophone
2:26	Pale Sketcher	Can I Go Now (Gone Version)	Jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed	Ghostly International
	DJ Comments: Jesu remixes
2:32	Grasscut	Old Machines	1 Inch / 1/2 Mile	Ninja Tune
2:37	Hood	You Show No Emotion At All	Cold House	Domino Records
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2:44	Tame Impala	Alter Ego	Innerspeaker	Modular
2:48	Victor Shade	Autograffiti	Victor Shade
2:53	Aphex Twin	4	Richard D. James Album	Elektra/Asylum
2:56	Mount Kimbie	Before I Move Off	Mount Kimbie / Crooks & Lovers
	DJ Comments: Fri Sep 24 @ Neumos with Modeselektor, Headhunter & Shlohmo
3:00	Nick Drake	Road	Pink Moon	Island
3:03	Julian Lynch	Still Racing	Mare
3:05	Max Richter	Infra 5	Infra	Fat Cat Records
3:10	Arcade Fire	Modern Man	The Suburbs	Merge
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3:15	Bear In Heaven	Wholehearted Mess	Beast Rest Forth Mouth	Hometapes
3:19	Bear In Heaven	You Do You	Beast Rest Forth Mouth	Hometapes
3:22	Women	Heat Distraction	Public Strain	Jagjaguwar
3:26	Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan	Come Undone	Hawk	Isobel Campbell
3:32	Nina Simone	Wild is the Wind	After Hours
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3:39	Interpol	Barricade	Interpol	Matador
	DJ Comments: out 9/7
3:43	Autolux	Subzero Fun	Future Perfect	Red Int / Red Ink
3:46	Avalanches	Electricity	Since I Left You
3:49	Hedzoleh Soundz	Mee Bee (When)	Hedzoleh
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3:53	Grouper	We've All Gone To Sleep	Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill	Type
	DJ Comments: Thurs Sep 23 @ Pravada Rm 40 with Ben Frost, Lawrence English, Sight Below. DECIBEL FESTIVAL
3:56	Liars	Here Comes All The People (By Atlas Sound)	Sisterworld (Deluxe)	Mute Records
4:02	Four Tet	As Serious As Your Life	Rounds	Domino
4:07	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	Running Away	Lifeline	The Verve Music Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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4:12	Baths	Plea	Cerulean	Anticon
4:16	Clubfeet	Count Your Lovers	Gold on Gold	plant music
4:20	M83	Don't Save Us From The Flames	Before The Dawn Heals Us	Labels
4:24	Deru	Walk	Say Goodbye To Useless	Mush
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4:30	Built to Spill	Life's A Dream	Live @ KEXP Volume Six	KEXP
	DJ Comments: available at kexp.org, Amazon, iTunes, Sonic Boom, Everyday Music, Rudy;s, Pagliacci, and more!
4:35	Galaxie 500	Final Day	Peel Sessions [Live]	20/20/20
	DJ Comments: Young Marble Giants cover
4:37	The Hidden Cameras	In The NA	Origin:Orphan	Arts & Crafts
4:41	Magic Kids	Little Red Radio	Memphis	True Panther Sounds
4:45	Stone Roses	Something's Burning	One Love Single
4:51	The Budos Band	Golden Dunes	The Budos Band III	Daptone Records
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4:56	Jens Lekman	Pocketful of Money	Oh You're So Silent, Jens	Secretly Canadian
5:00	Bill Callahan	Eid Ma Clack Shaw	Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
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5:05	Lower Dens	Holy Water	Twin-Hand Movement	Gnomonsong
5:07	Young Marble Giants	N.I.T.A.	Colossal Youth [Disc 1]	Domino Recording Co.
5:11	Mndr	I Go Away	E.P.E. EP
5:14	School Of Seven Bells	Heart Is Strange	Disconnect From Desire	Vagrant Records (US)/Ghostly International
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5:21	Jurassic 5	Baby Please	Feedback	Interscope
5:24	El Guincho	Hindou	Piratas De Sudamérica	Young Turks
5:27	Menomena	Queen Black Acid	Mines	Barsuk Records
	DJ Comments: Fri Sep 10 @ Showbox at the Market with Suckers
5:32	Beat Happening	Indian Summer	Jamboree	K/Sub Pop
5:35	Villagers	Becoming A Jackal	Becoming A Jackal	Domino
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5:40	The Psychedelic Furs	Fall	The Psychedelic Furs	Columbia
5:43	Wavves	King Of The Beach	King Of The Beach	Fat Possum Records
5:46	Mercury Rev	Carwash Hair	Lego My Ego
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5:53	A Sunny Day In Glasgow	5:15 Train	Scribble Mural Comic Journal	Mis Ojos Discos
5:56	The Books	Smells Like Content	Lost And Safe	Tom Lab

That Summer Feeling: KEXP Playlist 08/14/2010

This was one of the best summer days in Seattle, only to be beaten by the day after. We are happy.

Saturday, August 14, 2010 12PM-3PM (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)

Time	Artist	Song	Album	Label
12:00	Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth	They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)	Mecca And The Soul Brother [Disc 1]
12:04	Jake One	The Truth feat Freeway & Brother Ali	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
12:08	Cut Chemist	Addidas to Addis	Sound of the Police
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12:12	Islands	Rough Gem	Return To The Sea
12:16	Wavves	Post Acid	King Of The Beach	Fat Possum Records
	DJ Comments: Aug 25 @ Neumos
12:18	Television	See No Evil	Marquee Moon	Elektra
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12:21	Mount Kimbie	Before I Move Off	Mount Kimbie / Crooks & Lovers
12:26	Prince	I Would Die For You	The Hits/B-Sides
12:29	The Roots	Right On	How I Got Over	Def Jam Recordings
	DJ Comments: w Joanna Newsom
12:32	DJ Shadow	Organ Donor	Endtroducing.....	Mo Wax
12:34	Sunglasses	Whiplash	V/A: Lefse Records
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12:39	B-52s	53 Miles from Venus	Wild Planet
12:44	Panda Bear	Tomboy	Tomboy 7"	Paw Tracks
12:48	Phoenix	If I Ever Feel Better	United [Bonus Track]	Astralwerks
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12:52	Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	That Summer Feeling	Jonathan Sings!
12:56	Animal Collective	Summertime Clothes	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Domino
1:03	Clubfeet	Edge of Extremes	Gold on Gold	plant music
1:07	Baby Dayliner	You Push I'll Go
1:12	Air 2 A Bird	Hip Hop Rules The World	Crow HIll
	DJ Comments: Gabriel Teodros
1:15	Cassimbas Negras	Bumbumbumbumbum	V/A: Palenque Palenque
1:19	Moby	Honey	Play
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1:24	Suckers	Roman Candles	Wild Smile	frenchkiss records
	DJ Comments: playing the BBQ today!!!
1:27	The Exploding Hearts	I'm A Pretender	Guitar Romantic [Live]	Dirtnap Records
1:30	Yussuf Jerusalem	Greetings from Novi Sad	A Heart Full of Sorrow
1:33	Wire	Three Girl Rhumba	Pink Flag
1:34	Elastica	Stutter	Elastica
1:36	The Young Evils	This Rock & Roll City is Done	Enchanted Chapel
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1:40	Best Coast	The End (Album)	Crazy For You	Mexican Summer
1:42	Sonny & The Sunsets	Too Young to Burn	Tomorrow is Alright
1:46	Broken Social Scene	World Sick	Forgiveness Rock Record	Arts & Crafts
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1:54	Stereo MC's	Pressure	Connected	Polygram
1:57	State of the Artist	Peyote Kids (f. Thee Satisfaction)	SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness	Members Only
2:01	Kate Bush	Hounds Of Love	Hounds Of Love	EMI
2:04	Magic Kids	Summer	Memphis	True Panther Sounds
2:08	The Hidden Cameras	Boys Of Melody	The Smell Of Our Own	Rough Trade Records
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2:14	The Walkmen	Angela Surf City	Lisbon
2:18	The Velvet Underground	Beginning To See The Light	The Velvet Underground	Polygram
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2:22	The Charity Stripe	Pink Corvette (R. Lewis Mix)	Pink Corvette
2:25	Beck	Girl	Guero
2:29	Orgone	Lookout	Cali Fever	Ubiquity
2:32	Deerhoof	Believe E. S. P.	Friend Opportunity	Kill Rock Stars
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2:36	Ten Kens	For Posterity	For Posterity
2:40	Sonic Youth	Kool Thing	Goo
2:44	Crystal Fighters	In The Summer	Star of Love
2:48	Crystal Castles	Not In Love	Crystal Castles ( II )	Universal Motown
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2:53	Jens Lekman	The Opposite Of Hallelujah	Night Falls Over Kortedala	Secretly Canadian
2:57	Big Star	Thirteen	#1 Record

Not So Silly Walking: KEXP Playlist 08/13/2010

Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang was fantastic last week, glad I finally saw the fella. His face and body don't match the music too well, he's so odd, lost, alienlike, and a worse dancer than me (!) but something touchingly genuine does come out of it all. Beautiful show, and glad to hear this song in the set (it was a much better performance than this one below, but I still wanted to include a clip).





Friday, August 13, 2010 10AM-2PM (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)

Time	Artist	Song	Album	Label
10:06	Pavement	Summer Babe (Winter Version)	Slanted & Enchanted	Matador
	DJ Comments: Coming to the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on Sunday, September 5th :)
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10:10	Wavves	King Of The Beach	King Of The Beach	Fat Possum Records
	DJ Comments: Playing Neumo's in Seattle on Wednesday, August 25th.
10:12	The Black Lips	O Katrina!	Good Bad Not Evil	Vice/Die Slaughterhaus
	DJ Comments: You can catch them on August 28th at the Hellow Festival in Monterrey, Mexico at the Hellow Festival. Other acts include The Sounds, Devendra Banhart, and The Soft Pack,
10:15	Buzzcocks	What Do I Get	A Different Kind of Tension
	DJ Comments: Their next show is on Friday, August 27th in Switzerland.
10:18	El Guincho	Bombay	Pop Negro
	DJ Comments: Off the new album, set for release on September 14th.
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10:24	Crystal Fighters	In The Summer	Star of Love
	DJ Comments: out 9/14
10:28	Matthew Dear	Slowdance	Black City
	DJ Comments: The new album releases on August 17th.
10:32	Baths	Maximalist	Cerulean	Anticon
	DJ Comments: Playing the Comet Tavern in Seattle with Jogger on August 27th.
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10:36	Memory Tapes	Green Knight	Seek Magic
	DJ Comments: http://weirdtapes.blogspot.com/
10:41	New Villager	Rich Doors
	DJ Comments: Their new album, 'Rich Doors' is available on iTunes and for download at Pitchfork.
10:45	ESG	Moody [Cut Down]	Bustin' Out 1982: New Wave To New Beat Volume 2	Year Zero
	DJ Comments: Hailing from the Bronx, ESG were formed at the start of Hip-Hop and their sparse, raw, percussion led sound continues to influence new generations.
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10:51	Marnie Stern	For Ash	Marnie Stern
	DJ Comments: out 10/5
10:55	Animal Collective	Grass	Feels	Fat Cat
	DJ Comments: They will be performing at the Green Man Festival in the U.K. from August 20th to the 22nd to promote the screening of the movie "Oddsac". Animal Collective provided music for the film.
10:58	Lee Dorsey	Get Out of My Life Woman
	DJ Comments: In 1980, Dorsey opened for The Clash on their U.S. tour.
11:01	Palace Music	More Brother Rides	Viva Last Blues	Drag City
	DJ Comments: Features Will Oldham on vocals and guitar and was rated #60 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s".
11:04	Lower Dens	Blue & Silver	Twin-Hand Movement	Gnomonsong
	DJ Comments: Playing the Sunset Tavern in Seattle on August 26th.
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11:08	Cassimbas Negras	Bumbumbum...	Palenque Palenque
	DJ Comments: 1975-1991
11:12	Arthur Russell	Make 1,2	Calling Out of Context
	DJ Comments: Relatively unknown during his lifetime, a series of reissues and compilations have raised his profile in the 2000s.
11:15	Magic Kids	Summer	Memphis	True Panther Sounds
	DJ Comments: Playing the Vera Project in Seattle on September 9th with Candy Claws.
11:18	Cass McCombs	Dreams-Come-True-Girl	Catacombs	ADA US
	DJ Comments: The fourth full-length album, voted one of the 50 greatest albums of 2009 by Pitchfork.
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11:25	Tame Impala	Lucidity	Innerspeaker	Modular
	DJ Comments: Playing the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium on August 19th with acts like Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, and Eels.
11:29	The Seeds	Can't Seem to Make You Mine	The Seeds
	DJ Comments: This group is considered to be one of the pioneers of punk rock.
11:32	The Drums	Skippin' Town	The Drums	Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
	DJ Comments: They'll be playing the Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland tonight.
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11:36	The Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait	All For Nothing
	DJ Comments: The Replacements' history began in Minneapolis in 1978 when a nineteen-year-old Bob Stinson gave his eleven-year-old brother Tommy Stinson a bass guitar to keep him off the streets.
11:39	Modest Mouse	Dramamine	This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
	DJ Comments: They'll make their return to the US on September 14th. Check them out at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY.
11:45	Four Tet	Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix)	Angel Echoes Remixes
	DJ Comments: They'll be playing the Flow Festival in Helsinki tonight, as well as The Drums.
11:50	Micachu	Turn Me Well	Jewellery	Beggars Banquet
	DJ Comments: Levi (Micachu) performed as a DJ and MC around the UK garage and grime scene in London, and released a mixtape titled Filthy Friends, which was posted on her Myspace page.
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11:54	Sufjan Stevens	All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands	Seven Swans	Family Rekords
	DJ Comments: The album is softer and sparser than other albums by Stevens, relying more heavily on his trademark banjo and melodious voice.
11:58	Leonard Cohen	Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye	Songs Of Leonard Cohen	Columbia/Legacy
	DJ Comments: http://www.leonardcohen.com/
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12:02	Dinosaur Feathers	Know Your Own Strength	Live @ KEXP
	DJ Comments: Playing tomorrow afternoon at the Mural Amphetheater at Seattle Center for the KEXP BBQ
12:07	Dinosaur Feathers	Family Waves	Live @ KEXP
	DJ Comments: www.dinosaurfeathers.com
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12:12	Dinosaur Feathers	Young Bucks	Live @ KEXP
12:15	Dinosaur Feathers	Fantasy Memorial	Live @ KEXP
12:20	Panda Bear	Slow motion	Tomboy 7"	Paw Tracks
	DJ Comments: Playing the Crystal Ballroom in Portland on Wednesday, September 8th.
12:25	Tennis	Marathon	Marathon 7"
12:27	The Flirtations	Nothing but a Heartache		Deram Records
	DJ Comments: Written by British songwriters Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington, who went on to greater fame in the UK in the 1970s as writers and producers on The Rubettes.
12:30	Big Boi	Shutterbugg	Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty [Edited]	Island Def Jam Music Group
	DJ Comments: Big Boi to perform a free show in Miami on August 18th and stream it live. More information on the website; http://bigboi.com/.
12:33	Mylo	In My Arms	Destroy Rock & Roll	Breastfed
	DJ Comments: First album by DJ Mylo, recorded in Scotland.
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12:39	Neon Indian	I Dont Know If You Know	Lefse Comp	Lefse Records
	DJ Comments: Playing on Monday, September 27th at Showbox at the Market with an unnamed special guest.
12:42	Joy Division	Transmission	Still	Factory
	DJ Comments: A posthumous compilation album consisting of previously unused studio material and a live recording of Joy Division's last concert.
12:45	A Place to Bury Strangers	Keep Slipping Away	Exploding Head	Mute
	DJ Comments: Their next show is in Philadelphia on August 18th. They'll be playing Rittenhouse Square Park with the Homophones.
12:50	The Jesus & Mary Chain	Never Understand	Psychocandy	WMG
	DJ Comments: http://aprilskies.amniisia.com/
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12:54	The Black Angels	Bad Vibrations	Phosphene Dream
	DJ Comments: out 9/14
12:58	Thomas Function	Can't Say No	Celebration!
	DJ Comments: Playing his next show on September 1st at Tres Hombres in Carbondale, IL.
1:01	Arcade Fire	Half Light II (Celebration)	The Suburbs	Merge
	DJ Comments: They'll be in Toronto tomorrow, August 14th, playing Olympic Island.
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1:06	Emeralds	Now You See Me	Does It Look Like Im Here
	DJ Comments: Emeralds are noted for blending ambient music with 80's synthesizer textures, German Kosmische music and the minimalism of Terry Riley.
1:09	Jens Lekman	The End of the World is Bigger Than Love
	DJ Comments: so true
1:14	Spiritualized	Stay With Me	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space	Arista
	DJ Comments: http://www.spiritualized.com/
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1:20	Various Artists	Cabalgando Con Ella	Cumbia Beat Vol. 1	Vampisoul
1:24	Orange Juice	Falling And Laughing	You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
	DJ Comments: This is the debut album from the post-punk band. This single has been credited to giving birth to the Indie pop genre.
1:27	Cold Cave	Love Comes Close	Love Comes Close
	DJ Comments: Playing in Seattle at Neumos on September 10th.
1:32	Beat Connection	In The Water	Surf Noir EP
	DJ Comments: Check them out tomorrow at Ballard Mine in Seattle with Big Spider's Back, Sports, and Tom Eddy.
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1:38	Calibro 35	Eurocrime!	Ritornano Quelli Di...
	DJ Comments: Their next upcoming show is on September 5th in Albino (BG), Italy.
1:41	Jefferson Airplane	Somebody to Love	The Worst of Jefferson Airplane	RCA Records
	DJ Comments: http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/
1:44	Black Mountain	Old Fangs	Wilderness Heart	Jagjaguwar
	DJ Comments: out 9/14
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1:49	Electrelane	To The East	No Shouts, No Calls	Too Pure
	DJ Comments: http://www.electrelane.com/
1:54	Psychic TV	Just Drifting	Force the Hand of Chance
1:58	Julian Lynch	Just Enough	Mare