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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Rob and Katie Dueling 45s: Indie Rock vs the Planet +
the Genre-Bending Sounds of Sandcatchers

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As part of WFMU’s annual Singles Going Steady Week, Rob ping-pongs tracks with better half Katie Gentile. Katie pits her collection of rare and classic vintage indie rock against Rob's vintage and contemporary global sounds - exclusively on 7" vinyl.



Plus: A live set from Sandcatchers - a stellar instrumental quartet whose music, in their words (and to our ears) is inspired "both by Arabic maqam and the Appalachian Trail". The band's debut album What We Found Along The Way is coming out later this month on the new artist-run label Chant Records. Sandcatchers join us ahead of a a big record release show Thursday night November 2nd at National Sawdust in Williamsburg.

This Week's Playlist:

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The Hummingbirds: Alimony / 7" (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Ferdi Özbeğen: Kes-Kes / 7" / Hürriyet (0:04:43 Pop-up)

The Springfields: Tomorrow Ends Today / 7" / Sarah Records (0:07:47 Pop-up)

David Matiyhila: Xolile Special / 7" / Tru Sound (0:10:44 Pop-up)

Hoodoo Gurus: My Girl / 7" (0:21:45 Pop-up)

Mukesh, Sailesh & Chorus: Rib Mere Arz Sun / Aag 7" (0:19:05 Pop-up)

XL Kings: Coney Island / 7" (0:26:49 Pop-up)

Combo Chimbita: Chimbita Theme / 7" EP / Names You Can Trust (0:28:58 Pop-up)

Desperate Bicycles: The Medium Was Tedium / 7: (0:31:51 Pop-up)

Meridian Brothers: Lamento Calavera / 7" / Names You Can Trust (0:34:24 Pop-up)

Rip Rig + Panic: Beat the Beast / 7" (0:38:12 Pop-up)

The Ex & Fendika: Lale Guma / 7" / Ex (0:40:31 Pop-up)

Slaughter Joe: I'll Follow You Down / 7" (0:44:28 Pop-up)

A Petrovic: Propast Sveta / 7" EP - Gypsy Songs From the Movie Bice Skoro Propast Sveta / Radio-Televizije Beograd (0:47:39 Pop-up)

Chris Bell: You and Your Sister / 7" (0:53:24 Pop-up)

Florentin Iosis: La-Maica-Ta-I Tare Bine / 7" / Electrecord (0:57:47 Pop-up)

Palace Brothers: Ohio River Boat Song / 7" / Drag City (0:58:31 Pop-up)

Isan Thai Singers: Mor Lam Song / 7" (1:03:40 Pop-up)

The Mayfields: Deeper Than the Ocean / 7" / Bus Stop (1:06:58 Pop-up)

Esma: Scre Za Srce Menjavam / 7" / Radio-Televizije Beograd (1:10:42 Pop-up)

World of Pooh: Someone Wants You Dead / 7" / K (1:15:03 Pop-up)

Spanglish Fly: Me Gusta Mi Bicicleta / 7" / Electric Cowbell (1:18:51 Pop-up)

The Flirtations: Nothing But a Heartache / 7" / Deram (1:22:27 Pop-up)

Beyene Fire & Assress Tessema & Group: Meritseki / 7" / Philips (1:31:57 Pop-up)

The Chills: Dan Destiny and the Silver Down / The Bobs Flexi 7" (1:36:36 Pop-up)

Lata Mangeshkar: Mujhe Kisi Se Pyar Ho Gaya / Barsaat 7" / Angel (1:39:01 Pop-up)

The Someloves: Melt / 7" (1:42:01 Pop-up)

Souzy Kasseya: Uta Ndima Tony / 7" / Mercury (1:46:13 Pop-up)

Saturn V: Skyfall / 7" (2:01:52 Pop-up)

Los Destellos: La Pastorcita / 7" / IEMPSA (1:53:14 Pop-up)

The Bats: Smoking Her Wings / 7: / Flying Nun (1:56:02 Pop-up)

Sandcatchers: Fleas Fast Singing (Live on WFMU) (2:07:45 Pop-up)

Sandcatchers: The Breathless Empty Morning (Live on WFMU) (2:17:49 Pop-up)

Sandcatchers: These Are the Oldest Things (Live on WFMU) (2:25:22 Pop-up)

Sandcatchers: What We Found Along the Way (Live on WFMU) (2:36:59 Pop-up)

Sandcatchers: Home Is What’s Next / What We Found Along the Way / Chant Records / * (2:42:38 Pop-up)

Bozidar Milosevic "Boki": Prokupacko Kolo, Gocino Kolo / 7" / PGP (2:48:43 Pop-up)

Ismet Peja: Vallja e Tri Motrave / 7" EP - Kange Popullore Shqipetare / Jugoton (2:56:49 Pop-up)

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National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

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International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

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