Playlist: April 9, 2009

KZSU playlist for Thursday, April 9, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Just helping out by filling in some time while the student DJs settle their spring-quarter academic schedules. Rather than go the jazz route, I played a lot of different things, mostly pop:

Magnetix:
Cool, down-and-dirty garage rock

Neko Case:
Still a touch of country twang, but her new album ventures out a lot more than that. “People Got a Lotta Nerve” has an infections ’60s girl-group vibe to it; too bad it’s also the Starbucks featured something-or-other track.

Killick:
An instrument builder from the Atlanta area who plays something that’s a cross between a guitar and a harp. This solo album is very instrumental, closer to Derek Bailey than John Fahey.

Tempest:
Norweigan Ren-faire prog music, an upbeat rock that makes you think of knights and dark forests and Celtic things.

Cheer-Accident:
Veteran prog band brought to my attention by Signal to Noise magazine last year. I’ll be playing that CD a ton and might review it later.

Mark Delaney:
Banjo-led bluegrass. I picked an instrumental track that’s fast and features a lot of nice banjo technique in the form of bent and sliding notes.

Mars Ill:
Hip-hop with an intellectual bent, and good taste in samples.
Mark Delaney: Bluegrass banjo, insanely fast with lots of bent/sliding notes and other little gimmicks buried in the mix. This particular track, a fast instrumental, was worth a close listen.

Most album titles link into KZSU’s Zookeeper database; the icon means there’s a review or description there as well.

Artist	Track		Album/Label
Walker, Bobby	Rockin’ Pneumonia		Git It Lynx Records
Beau Soleil	Theogene Creole		Alligator Purse Yep Roc Records
Stanton Warriors	Blaze (Baobinga & Id Mix – Sw Edit)		Stanton Sessions Volume 3 Fabric
Magnetix	Stranger In A Dark		Positively Negative Born Bad Records
Backsliders, The	Wedding Day		You’re Welcome (No Label Information)
Beau Soleil	Rouler Et Tourner		Alligator Purse Yep Roc Records
Case, Neko	People Got A Lotta Nerve		Middle Cyclone Anti, Inc.
Vetiver	Sister		Tight Knit Sub Pop Records
Killick	Immense True Ration		Amplifucker, The Solponticello
Songs For Moms	Why Oh Why		Worse It Gets The Better, The Star Cleaners
Ray, Amy and the Butchies	Hey Castrator		Live From San Francisco Daemon Records
Samael	Under One Flag		Above Nuclear Blast America
X-Legged Sally	Dum Dum		Killed By Charity Sub Rosa
Tempest	Villemann		Balance Magna Carta
	— (10:00 a.m.) —
Cheer-Accident	Mescalito/And Then You Realize You Haven’t Left Yet		Fear Draws Misfortune Cuneiform Records
Malaby, Tony / Cello Trio	Warblepeck		Warblepeck Songlines Recordings
Her Space Holiday	The New Kid Revival		Xoxo Panda And The New Kid Revival Mush Records
Delaney, Mark	Fireball Express		Sidecar Patuxent Records
Frith, Fred/Ferdinand Richard	Tableau 2: Mauvaise Gauche!		Dropera Recrec Music
Mars Ill	Wicked Ways		Pro Pain Gotee Records
Axis Trio	Tabacs Compliqués: Deuxième Partie		Hand, The Snp Records
Mahanthappa, Rudresh / Indo-Pak Coalition	Vandanaa Trayee		Apti Innova Recordings