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August 22, 2002: Fill-in for Mike Lupica
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Year | |
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| Martijn de Kleer | Beginning | Flow: Songs and PIeces | Soleilmoon | former Legendary Pink Dots/Tear Garden bit player explores fiddle, banjo, old time folk muse. | 2001 | |
| Boxharp | Old Wood In The Waterwheel | The Tailored Soldier | Glitterhouse | M.C. Taylor of The Court And Spark side project, includes found sound ambient country pieces like this one. | 2001 | |
| Tara Jane O'Neil | A Noise In The Head | In The Sun Lines | Quarterstick | Retsin/Rodan/Naysayer member from one of her meditative and slow burning solo albums. | 2001 | |
| Moviestars | Visibillity Greater Than Zero | Do Not Fear The Future | Grimsey | From compilation on excellent Stillwater, MN label Grimsey...airplane sounds from takeoff at Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. | 1999? | |
| Machine Translations | Arabesque | Bad Shapes | Spunk | Debut from Australian band who shift from sunny pop to brooding folk to dreamy psychedelia to experiments like this. | 2001 | |
| Patrick Jones | The Dead Bloom | Commemoration and Amnesia | Big Noise | Welsh poet (& brother of one of the Manic Street Preachers) odd cd of poetry and backings from members of Super Furry Animals, Spiritualized, and others. | 1999 | |
| Infinity Chimps | Egg | Infinity Chimps | The title actually looks like an 8 on it's side, can't find a computer key for that. This is the solo debut of ex Gorky's Zygotic Mynci member John Lawrence- quirky electronic music with neat touches like pedal steel guitar. | |||
| Roger Doyle | Part Of Something Big | Babel Volume One | Silverdoor | Little excerpt of part one of a cd series of 'broadcasts' from an imaginary radio station, created by Irish composer Doyle. | 1996 | |
| Sandy Dillon | Exactitude | East Overshoe | One Little Indian | Sermonizing from this British singer, capable of sounding like a cat in pain. | 2001 | |
| Blackeyed Susans | Plastic Jesus | Dedicated To The Ones We Love | Teardrop | Australian band featuring lead crooner Rob Snarski (ex of Chad's Tree) and assorted ex Triffids. Brilliant disc of covers; including songs of Big Star, Nina Simone, Skeeter Davis, Lou Reed, Elvis, and more. | 2001 | |
| Scarlets Well | The Return Of The Hesperus | Alice In The Underworld | Siesta | Increidble third cd from this band that seems to inhabit a fairy tale meets Wicker Man world. Includes Bid formerly of The Monochrome Set. | 2001 | |
| Bitter Springs | Stop The World | Suburban Crimes Of Every Happiness | Dishy | Happy singalong for sad and drunk people from this Pogues meets Mekons kind of band. | 2001 | |
| Steven Brown | More Happy Happy | Steven Brown Reads John Keats | Sub Rosa | Former Tuxedomoon member reading Keats alongside innovative sounds. | 1989 | |
| Bill Wells Octet | Wiltz | You Don't Need Darkness To Do What You Think Is Right | Geographic | Jaunty tune from Scottish jazz lad from compilation on Scottish label Geographic. | 2001 | |
| Steinbecks | Vanimo | Recorded Music Salon | Drive-In | Sing-Around-The-Bpnfire type tune from Josh and Joel Meadows, ex of Sarah Records popsters The Sugargliders. | 1999 | |
| Azure Ray | September | September | Saddle Creek | Athens GA duo who really thrive in the 'heartbroke/isolated/i really need to be alone for awhile' catagory. | 2001 | |
| Safe Home | Slow Girl | Safe Home | Sunday | Wonderful pop/psyche/folk from this duo who once led The Nightblooms. | 2000? | |
| Jen Turrell | Pink Edged Bright | Lullaby Lullaby | Eighty North | Beauty indie harp laced folk from ex Rabbit In Red member. That's her mom on harp, I think. From cool 22 song compilation, probably available from www.geocities.com/thisheartplaysrecords. | 1999? | |
| Freddie Fender | Secret Love | La Musica De Baldemar Huerta | Back Porch | Lovely offering from Freddie Fender, featuring 10 Spanish ballads and 2 new versions of his biggest hits. | 2001 | |
| Lali Puna | Nin-Com-Pop | Scary World Theory | Morr | Synth-pop influenced electronica, with irresistable vocals, lyrics, and melodies. Horrible pun for the song title, though, eh? | 2001 | |
| Conway Savage and Suzie Higgie | Only You Can Do It | Soon Will Be Tommorow | Lionmilk | Swoony vocalist ex of Australian pop wonders Falling Joys coupled with ex Bad Seeds member, covering French pop hit. | 1998? | |
| Beaumont | Aftershave | This Is Beaumont | Siesta | Paul and Keith ex of Blueboy from their debut as Beaumont. | 2000? | |
| Jodie Phillis | In Dreams I Live | In Dreams I Live | Candle | Brilliant singer/songwriter ex of Australian band Clouds. CD available in America (cheaply) from www.microindie.com. | 2000 | |
| Claudine Longet | Snow | Love Is Blue | A & M | Deceptively sweet tune from this French pistol packin' momma. Written by Randy Newman. | 197? | |
| Cloudboy | Daydreamland | Down At The End Of The Garden | Arc | Demarnia Lloyd leads this incredible New Zealand band; their debut cd I couldn't reccomend higher (if you like lyrical, psychedelic and trance inducing pop) and can be found at http://coffee.co.nz/cloudboy | 2001 | |
| Leanna Hieber | You Who Never Arrived | Home Recorded Cassette | TDK | Truly brilliant actress and singer, currently starring in Hayfever (Noel Coward) and Dracula at The Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro MN (www.commonwealtheatre.org) reciting poem by Rainer Maria Rilke with the start cut off (my fault). | 2002 | |
| Other Peoples Children | Skywave | MIcroindie Sampler #2 | ? | This is from a free sampler from Microindie mailorder (www.microindie.com) because I've been too lazy to buy the full cd yet. | 2001 | |
| Transistor Six | Always Mock Tutor | Will There Be Time For Tea? | Morgan Leah | Indie pop electronica from 26 song comp featuring Laura Watling, The Foots, Tara Emelye, many more. (www.morganleahrecords.com) | 1999? | |
| Velocity Star | Warm Leatherette | Final Solstice II | Piski Disk | A match made in some alternate, perverse heaven- Rose Mcdowall (Strawberry Switchblade, Spell, Sorrow, Current 93) having a go at The Normal classic. From a collection of various (at the time) forthcoming Rose projects, Velocity Star is her home recorded music. | 1999 | |
| Johnny Cash | Onie | ? | Classic Cash storytelling song, often heard on the radio in MN. Taken from the record library at the station, and I can't recall the name of the cd I picked. | |||
| Stina Nordenstam | The Diver | This Is Stina Nordenstam | Independiente | Swedish singer who emerges somewhat unsmothered by Mitchell Froom's layered production. | 2001 | |
| Antony & The Johnsons | I fell in Love With A Dead Boy | Mix CDR | Phillips | OK, my friend Raffe put this on a mix cdr and I love it- I'm pretty sure it is on a single with a Twin Peaks cover version as well. | 2000? | |
| Nina Nastasia | In The Graveyard | The Blackened Air | Touch And Go | Dark indie country folk song from this NYC singer songwriter. | 2001 | |
| Jackson Code | Who Cares Anyway? | The Things You Need | Ra | Much missed Australian band with a tune featuring Kathryn Wemyss on the vocals. | 1997? | |
| Sammi Smith | This Room For Rent | The Fabulous Sammi Smith | Buckboard | Depressing and soulful country from this singers early (& finest) recordings. | 1973? | |
| Margo Guryan | The Hum | 25 Demos | Franklin Castle | Watergate inspired tune from great 60's/70's singer songwriter. "The Hum" refers to the silent section of the tapes. | 2001 | |
| Diane Cluck | Macy's Day Bird | Macy's Day Bird | self released cd | Unique, strange and beautiful music from the NY area- if you live there, I highly reccommend going to her live shows. There's also two amazing cds available; contact cluckfemme@aol.com. | 2001 | |
| Maria Mckee | Then I Will Tell You Goodbye | What's Up With Mrs. X | Charming version of this song from a collection of outtakes and demos. | |||
| Kirsty Stegwazi | Ring Finger | Keep Still | Way Over There | Australian singer songwriter who writes songs of tremedous beauty that would knock out fans of Katell Keineg, Mia Doi Todd, etc. CDs can be found at www.kirstystegwazi.com or you can write kirstystegwazi@yahoo.com | 1998 | |
| Robin O' Brien | Wearing The Angel | The Wailing Layer | Lonely Whistle | Californian (transplanted from NJ) singer with a gravity defying voice and a genre/style hopping nature. CDRs available cheaply...write to campaudj@jps.net. | ||
| Missy Bly | Terrible Day | Clean Bee | self released | Missy write the best songs! Songs to hop about spastically to, and quiet ones for when you fall on your pillow. You can reach a cd (& guitarist Creston Lea) at creston.lea@verizon.net | 2001 | |
| Linda Smith | Club Soda & Lime | Emily's House | Preference | Longtime indie cassette (& now cd) artist; twisty and lyrical minimal pop. I actually cued up the wrong tune(an instrumental); try to hear her wonderful vocals/lyrics some time. contact: www.homemademusic.com or misssmith@att.net | 2001 | |
| Naysayer | Topaganga | Day Release CD EP | Day Release | Anna Padgett along with Cynthia Nelson & Tara Jane O'Neil (Retsin) make up the Naysayer. This is from a little ep snuggled between their two excellent big length cds. | 2000 | |
| Would Be Goods | Elegant Rascal | Brief Lives | Matinee | Recent release from El Records favorites ("The Camera Loves Me"; brilliant song!). | 2001 | |
| Jonathan Lemon / Jesus Couldn't Drum | Da Da Da | Lemonworld Oddities | Self Released | Jonathan was half of the core of Jesus Couldn't Drum, a quirky strange fun and tuneful band that were well loved by the FMU of the 80's/90's. This is from a 37 song cd of odds n' ends that feels like a rollercoaster, and is as much fun. Write to: tropicola@hotmail.com. Oh, & it's the Trio song. | ||
| Simon Cropp | MTA | Home Recorded Cassette | Simon is a 5 year old singer from my new hometown of Lanesboro, MN. I've always enjoyed his rendition of this Kingston Trio tune, and with a subway fare increase brewing, it seemed topical. | 2002 | ||
| Wilders | Robinson County | Cornbread, Molasses and Sassafras Tea | Rural Grit | I was running out of time, but I at least had to put in a sample of this amazing bluegrass group. If you like very alive sounding fiddle, old time & honky-tonk, write to bewilder@kc.net. And they absolutely rock beyond belief live! | 1999 | |
| It was beyond fun to come by and play some songs again; I hope to return sooner or later, mostly money depending. You can always email me with any questions or hellos via this handy page (though that might not be forever). Take Care Everybody, Thanks For LIstening! -Andy | ||||||
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