Ahhh, I thought so...I just thought perhaps, there was a band named Rembetiko...but yeah, it's good stuff...

Stop making up band names, OPA.

Unwound

Bruce Springsteen
The Death Set
Neil Young
Daedelus
Les Rallizes Denudes

That's where I'm at.

Would love to hear some rembetika, curious.

I need to add:
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
A Silver Mount Zion, specifically their song "The triumph of our tired eyes"

fantomas suspended animation
nicole atkins neptune city
radiohead in rainbows
a place to bury strangers s/t
baltimore club
the hives the black and white album

lots of house music. lots of blues.

Toussaint McCall
thanks to Dana, who stumbled across him while watching John Waters' Hairspray.

AMG really has squat on him, so I'm gonna sum him up Fu-style.

McCall was born in Delhi [dell-HIGH], Louisiana, which is 40 miles east of Monroe, La. and 40 miles east of Vicksburg, Ms., in 1934. Now, for those of you who have never spent in Louisiana, take a look at this map:



The way my friends from New Orleans summed it up was, "Everything north of Alexandria is just Arkansas." That's pretty much true. North La. is much more similar to south Arkansas, Mississippi and east Texas than south Louisiana, which is what you always see blown out of proportion in the movies.

So when you see a guy named Toussaint McCall, and you see he is from Louisiana, don't get fooled and think he's gonna have that New Orleans R&B/Soul sound like Ernie K-Doe, Percy Mayfield, Lloyd Price or Fats Domino.

Yes, there is some New Orleans influence in McCall's music, but it's got more of a haunting country/blues & gospel feel featuring McCall not only as vocalist, but also on the organ & piano.

McCall names his two biggest influences as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles, though in "I'll Do It for You" has a dash of what feels like Screamin' Jay Hawkins in it. Since he was recording in Shreveport and later Muscle Shoals, McCall doesn't have the Stax sound, but he really has more in common with Booker T. Jones (more "Chinese Checkers" than "Green Onions") and the earlier Stax artists like William Bell than he does with his New Orleans peers, especially on his organ-driven instrumentals.

PMYSIPLZKTHX

Playing Boxer a lot more as the year ages. Also The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear cant seem to get off the ipod.

Beulah is what Ive been playing at home. Loud and lots of it.

Gmailed, cause that's where the link was handy.

Send it this way too, pls, TCB!

I'd have to say I am reverting: this week I listened to The Stones after making Dana'smix, and have been crankin Decoration Day and The Dirty South quite a bit.

That reminds me, they used an Ike Reilly song pretty prominently on Dirty Sexy money this week. No I do not have a good reason for why I watch this show.

Lee Morgan
The Bob Crosby Bob Cats
MV & EE With Golden Road
The Ventures

Bugger. I forgot Los Llamarada.

Had a big Archers of Loaf kick the past month or so. I never really got around to White Trash Heroes or the 2 live sets (Vitus and Seconds) and man, "dead red eyes"...can't get enough of that. There's a live set of pretty much all new Joggers material up somewhere that I keep coming back to. Oh and there's some new Radiohead album?

I noticed this too, but forgot to post anything

my out, the wife was watching it...I was just sitting in the living room reading

I believe the song was You're So Plain, off the new one

Nothing now. Last was the Weepies, though.

Robert Wyatt Comicopera

Phil Manzanera, Eno, Paul Weller playing on it... it just keeps getting better with every listen. Will be in my Top 5... his voice is so comforting and unusual , a door into the heart of the world.

Wow - I've always figured he was a one hit wonder, with little more than an awesome single to his name - how does his other stuff stack up beside "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" (which, btw, is the perfect soundtrack for the broken hearted)?

btw - ain't the digital age awesome? I looked for Toussaint McCall for decades on vinyl with absolutely no luck. Ended up buying Kelly Hogan's "The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear" album exclusively for the fact that she covers "Nothing Takes the Place of You" on it.

Kelly Hogan... wowza.

Cool writeup, Fu, and glad it clicked for you!

yeah, pretty much Spaceman 3 and Spiritualized....

Anything Old 97's and related.

I just threw on Rhett Miller - Believer today. (Instigator is better.)

I've been into Rodrigo y Gabriella again lately.

some wyatt came on shuffle today. reminded me of how great he can be.

havent heard the new one yet