Sunday was a whirlwind, with the tension filled, extra-time finale of the World Cup (Viva España y Barça!) and my “best so far” of 2010. Two hours is a very short amount of time to attempt to mix together the best music I’ve heard over the last 6+ months. Several records didn’t make it in, solely based off of time, including Golden Triangle, Bastien Lallemant, Neverever, but there are 35 different releases featured here from this first half of 2010, plus a couple of sleepers from 2009. I think I’ll have to do two shows for the year end special. Enjoy the show and be sure to let me know what you think have been the best records at this point in 2010!
Melting Pot on KPFK #7: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #7: Second Hour
Melting Pot’s Best So Far Of 2010
Playlist: 7-11-2010
{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Charades – En Las Batallas – Revolución Solar (Bcore)
The Hawk feat. Little Hannah Collins – Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – 7” (Record Kicks)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – Better Things – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone)
Strange Boys – Be Brave – Be Brave (In The Red)
The Amazing Farm Singers Of Chicago – I Got A Telephone In My Bosom – Fire in My Bones (Tompkins Square)
Orgone – Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
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Apple & The Three Oranges – Curse Upon The World – California Funk (Now-Again)
3 Titans feat. The Menahan Street Band – Life Of A Scholar – 7” (Daptone)
Tita Lima – So O Comeco – Possibilidades (Label A)
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Orchestra – Welcome 2 Detroit / Gobstopper – Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes (Mochilla)
Murs & 9th Wonder – I Used To Love H.E.R. Again – Fornever (SMC)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spottie – Heritage (Choice Cuts)
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Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
The Stooges – Shake Appeal – Raw Power: Legacy Edition (Sony Legacy)
The Black Keys – She’s Long Gone – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Caetano Veloso – Sem Cais – Zii E Zie (Nonesuch)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Trick Pony – IRM (Elektra)
Jose James – Black Magic – Black Magic (Brownswood)
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane – Cosmogramma (Warp)
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Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here – I’m New Here (XL)
The National – Lemonworld – High Violet (4AD)
Ame Son – Eclosion – The BYG Deal (Finders Keepers)
The Morning Benders – All Day Daylight – Big Echo (Rough Trade)
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys Of Neptune – Valleys Of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)
Jimi Hendrix – Lullaby For Summer – Valleys Of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)
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Total Babe – Bearbones – Heatwave EP (So Tm)
Broken Social Scene – Highway Slipper Jam – Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts)
Gorillaz feat. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon – To Binge – Plastic Beach (EMI)
She & Him – Thieves – Volume 2 (Merge)
Polar Bear – Want To Believe Everything – Peepers (Leaf)
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Gonjasufi – Kowboyz & Indians – A Suf & A Killer (Warp)
Ana Tijoux – La Nueva Condena – 1977 (Nacional)
Sahr Nagaujah & Antibalas – Zombie – Fela! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Knitting Factory)
Cumbia Moderna De Soledad – Shacalao – Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti (Now-Again)
The Gospel Storytellers – Peter & John – Good God! Born Again Funk (Numero)
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{closing theme} Bonobo – Black Sands – Black Sands (Ninja Tune)