It’s fundraising week here at KCRW and even though we don’t get phone volunteers or snazzy premiums for the midnight shows, I feel compelled to do my part to raise money for this station. So, I’ve put together a show which features a number of CDs that are available within 4-packs put together by the “stars” of KCRW, including Jason Bentley, Tom Schnabel, Anne Litt, Henry Rollins and Chris Douridas. If you can, please support KCRW, you can do so online right here.
During this show, you’re still getting the wide mix of many styles, beginning with a classic Hip-Hop break, courtesy of Leslie West & Mountain, which leads a pretty rockin’ opening set. There’s also brand new music from Zero 7, The Heavy, Mayer Hawthorne, Magnolia Electric Co. and a lovely new rockabilly group by the name of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis. I wasn’t able to track down the Portishead remix I mentioned that I was looking for last week (it’s their remix of Primal Scream’s “Give Out But Don’t Give Up,” that I’m lookin’ for) but did pair one of their classic songs with the original sample by Isaac Hayes.
I had closed up with a short tribute to director John Hughes, who used “Try A Little Tenderness” (which is one of my wife & I’s favorite Otis songs, we celebrate our 5th anniversary today) to great effect (perhaps Jon Cryer’s best moment as an actor) in his film Pretty in Pink. Somehow that got edited out, so here’s the youtube video of that moment:
This show is on demand for a week and if you do (or did) pledge during my show, make sure to let me know, either via e-mail or facebook (see the contact box in the top left corner), so that I can thank you on-air!
Mountain – Long Red – Live
Band of Skulls – Light of the Morning – Baby Darling Doll Face
Dan Auerbach – The Prowl – Keep It Hid
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Talking About the Blues – ACME
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Smile the Day After Today – Eating Us
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Zero 7 – Everything Up (Zizou) – Yeah Ghost
Au Revoir Simone – Only You Can Make You Happy – Still Night, Still Light
Phoenix – Girlfriend – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Pollyn – Gave It Up (Peter Visti Remix) – 12”
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Mayer Hawthorne & the County – Green Eyed Love – A Strange Arrangement
Portishead – Glory Box – Dummy
Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Rap II / Help Me Love – Black Moses
Brother Jack McDuff – Color Me Blue – Color Me Blue
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Mos Def – Auditorium (feat. Slick Rick) – The Ecstatic
Ceu – Grains De Beaute – Vagarosa
Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls – Dime Bag Conspiracy – Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls
24-Carat Black – I’ll Never Let You Go – Gone: The Promises of Yesterday
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Nicola Conte – Like Leaves In The Wind feat. Jose James – Rituals
Quantic & His Combo Barbaro – Mas Pan – Tradition in Transition
Nino Moschella – Sleep – Boom Shadow
Binario – Balinha – Gilles Peterson Presents: Brazilaka
Deerhoof – Chandelier Searchlight – Offend Maggie
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Kitty Daisy & Lewis – Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A – Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Grizzly Bear – Southern Point – Veckatimest
The National – Green Gloves – Boxer
The Dirty Three – Great Waves feat. Chan Marshall – Cinder
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Michael Jackson – Got To Be There – The Stripped Mixes
Vieux Farka Toure – Paradise – Fondo
Wilco – Solitaire – Wilco (The Album)
Magnolia Electric Company – O! Grace – Josephine
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Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Trouble – Through the Devil Softly
Adam Franklin – Winter Girls – Spent Bullets
Francoiz Breut – Terre D’Ombre – A L’aveuglette
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Jovenes y Sexys – Amor Platonico – Rudo y Cursi Soundtrack
Little Dragon – Fortune – Machine Dreams
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now? – The House That Dirt Built
Foreign Exchange – Take Off The Blues – Leave It All Behind
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Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness – Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul