Here’s my rundown of the best releases from this first half of 2009, with a couple that I didn’t really get a chance to hear in late 2008. This show will be archived for several months on KCRW.com, at least until the end of the year round up of the complete year in music.
Here’s the list of everything I played…
Peter Bjorn & John – Nothing To Worry About – Living Thing
Boozoo Bajou – Sign – Grains
Sa-Ra Creative Partners – I Swear – Nuclear Evolution
Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Find A Way – Suite for Ma Dukes
Andrew Bird – The Privateers – Noble Beast
Nomo – Crescent – Invisible Cities
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Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications – Further Complications
Land of Talk – Yuppy Flu – Some Are Lakes
Mos Def – Auditorium feat. Slick Rick – The Ecstatic
Federico Aubele – Luna y Sol – Amatoria
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Marcus Garvey feat. Tony Allen – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro – The Dreaming Mind pt. 2 – Tradition in Transition
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Francoiz Breut – Mouchoir De Poche – A L’aveuglette
Department of Eagles – In Ear Park – In Ear Park
Neko Case – This Tornado Loves You – Middle Cyclone
Doves – Spellbound – Kingdom of Rust
Swervedriver – Cars Converge Over Paris – Mezcal Head Deluxe Edition
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Adam Franklin – Surge – Spent Bullets
Grizzly Bear – About Face – Veckatimest
Wilco – Deeper Down – Wilco (The Album)
Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Bicycle – Ready For The Flood
Steve Earle – Don’t Take It Too Bad – Townes
Vieux Farka Toure – Slow Jam – Fondo
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Manu Chao – A Cosa (Prince Fatty Version) – 21 Y Ahora Que? (Single)
Camera Obscura – Honey In The Sun – My Maudlin Career
Lee Fields – Ladies – My World
Dexter Romweber – Love Letters feat. Chan Marshall – Ruins of Berlin
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Blue Nile – Inspiration Information 3
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Q- tip – Move – The Renaissance
JRocc – You Ain’t Hittin’ In New York! (excerpt) – Yo 45 Raps! Vol. 2
Animal Collective – My Girls – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Phoenix – Countdown – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Jovenes y Sexys – Amor Platonico – Rudo Y Cursi Soundtrack
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Smile the Day After Tomorrow – Eating Us
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Ella Mizing + Mayer Hawthorne & the County – Maybe So, Maybe No – 12”
Whitest Boy Alive – Intentions – Rules
The Aggrolites – Runnin’ Strong – IV
Boys – On A Night Like This – Titan! It’s All Pop
Chain & the Gang – Reparations – Down With Liberty…Up With Chains!
Conjunto Segali – Jazz Progresivo – Iberico Jazz
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Os Diagonais – Nao Vou Chorar – Black Rio vol. 2
The Black Lips – Short Fuse – 200 Million Thousand
King Khan & the Shrines – Take A Little Bit – What Is?!?
The Gossip – 8th Wonder – Music For Men
PJ Harvey – The Chair – A Woman A Man Walked By
Glasvegas – Polmont On My Mind – Glasvegas
Lloyd Miller – Gol-E Gandom – Spiritual Jazz
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Dan Auerbach – Mean Monsoon – Keep It Hid
NASA – Spacious Thoughts feat. Kool Keith & Tom Waits – Spirit of Apollo
Ocote Soul Sounds – Tu Fin, Mi Comienzo – Coconut Rock
Azaxx – Fiesta Tropical – Exotic Delight Bay
Chocolate Snow – A Day In the Life – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace
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