Episode 27

     Ahhh. Another one finished. There are still a couple of hours of encoding and uploading ahead of me, but I think this one turned out quite well. Sure, there may be a few messy fades, but those just let you know that I really am doing the show in real time.
     I managed to fit a lot of tracks from new releases and new reissues into the playlist, and there are many more on tap for coming shows. For once, it seems, the indies and the major labels are releasing a number of really good recordings every few weeks. I hope the trickle continues, for that can only mean more good shows with things that you will have to go out to buy. Thanks again to all the callers and text messagers — you know who you are....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Portishead, “Mourning Air,” Portishead, Go! Beat/London
• Brian Eno, “Sky Saw,” Another Green World, EG
• Wire, “Children of Groceries,” Manscape, Enigma/Mute
• Sam Prekop, “Two Dedications,” Who’s Your New Professor?, Thrill Jockey
• Violet Indiana, “Close the World,” Russian Doll, Bella Union
• His Name Is Alive, “Your Bones,” Detrola, Silver Mountain
• Pavement, “Pueblo Domain,” Crooked Rain Crooked Rain: L.A.’s Desert Origins, Matador
• Tears for Fears, “I Believe,” Songs from the Big Chair, Mercury
• Glee Club, “Remember the Years,” Mine, 4AD
• Le Volume Courbe, “I Shall Skip Your Judgement [sic],” I Killed My Best Friend, Honest Jon’s
• Felt, “Vasco da Gama,” The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories, Cherry Red
• Neko Case, “Dirty Knife,” Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Anti
• Harold Budd, “L’enfant Perdu,” Avalon Sutra, Samadhi Sound

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Donald Fagen, “Florida Room,” Kamakiriad, Reprise
• Van Morrison, “Sweet Thing,” Astral Weeks, Warner Brothers
• Dr. Robert, “Circular Quay,” Realms of Gold, Pure
• Sonic Youth, “I Dreamed I Dreamed,” New York Noise, Vol. 2: Music from the New York Underground, 1977–1984, Soul Jazz
• Mercury Rev, “The Dark Is Rising,” All Is Dream, V2
• Songs: Ohia, “Blue Factory Flame,” Didn’t It Rain, Secretly Canadian
• Beth Orton, “What We Begin,” Comfort of Strangers (Bonus Disc), Astralwerks
• Sly & the Family Stone, “Time,” There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Epic
• Richard Davis, “Empty,” Details, Kitty-Yo
• Cat Power, “Living Proof,” The Greatest, Matador
• Heidi Berry, “Cradle,” Love, 4AD

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• Japan, “Still Life in Mobile Homes,” Tin Drum, Virgin
• Joe Henry, “This Afternoon,” Tiny Voices, Anti
• Giardini di Mirò, “Dancemania,” Giardini di Mirò, Zum
• Slint, “Washer,” Spiderland, Touch and Go
• Lamb, “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” What Sound, Koch
• Stars, “Sleep Tonight,” Set Yourself on Fire, Arts and Crafts
• Red House Painters, “River,” Old Ramon, Sub Pop
• Dead Can Dance, “Indoctrination (A Design for Living),” Spleen and Ideal, 4AD
• Feist, “Amourissima,” Let It Die, Polydor