Among the bones of cormorants: a subbing-for-Mary show on 4/16

Back in college, JJ made me a mix tape called "UB!" that I still listen to from time to time (though rarely, because I'm afraid I'll wear it out at this point). She tried to fit one last song at the very end, but it didn't fit... it kind of breaks up at the end. She meant to delete it before giving it to me, but forgot — so it remained on the tape but not in the track list. It's a great song. Many years later I finally asked what the song was. I played it on today's show: Aztec Camera, "Down the Dip".

The Shangri-Las are a band that go a lot deeper than "Leader of the Pack". Most of the songs are packed with real emotion and delivered by four teenaged girls. Mary Weiss, the lead singer, has a new solo album out on Norton Records. Norton Records' web site has a fascinating interview with her, that I highly recommend. It's at www.nortonrecords.com/maryweiss


*New Stuff

artist	song	album	label
The Decemberists	The Island	The Crane Wife	Capitol
Tortoise	Alcohall	A Lazarus Taxon	Thrill Jockey
*Modest Mouse	We've Got Everything	We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank	Epic
Os Mutantes	Panis et Circensis	A Divina Comedia ou Panis et Circensis	Universal
*Tinariwen	Matadjem Yinmixam	Aman Iman: Water is Life	World Village
The Magnetic Fields	Kiss Me Like You Mean It	69 Love Songs	Merge
*Amy Winehouse	Some Unholy War	Back to Black	Island
Zapruder Point	Jay	Playing the Chase Café December 19, 2002	Self-released
*Air	Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping	Pocket Symphony	Astralwerks
*Cornelius	Beep It	Sensuous	Everloving
Grace Jones	I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)	Island Life	Island
Spanky Wilson and the Quantic Soul Orchestra	I'm Thankful (Part 1)	I'm Thankful	Tru Thoughts
Zen for Primates	Funky Town	Blessed Are the Sheepherders
Nick Drake	River Man	Five Leaves Left	Hannibal
Jane Siberry	Maria	Maria	Reprise
*Nurse and Soldier	Bought Up Too Soon	Marginalia	Brah/Jagjaguwar
Dinosaur Jr.	Back to Your Heart	Beyond	Fat Possum
The Cells	What You Did	The Cells	Self-released
*Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Bottle of Buckie	Living with the Living	Touch and Go
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Wig in a Box	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Atlantic
Andrew Bird	Gotholympics	Fingerlings	Self-released
*CocoRosie	Raphael	The Adventures of Ghost Horse and Stillborn	Touch and Go
Art Brut	Emily Kane	Bang Bang Rock & Roll	Bananana
The Clash	Hitsville UK	Sandinista	Epic
The Blow	The Sky Opened Wide Like the Tide (Lucky Dragons Newage Powermix)	Poor Aim: Love Songs	K
The Shangri-Las	Out on the Street	The Myrmidons of Melodrama	RPM
Aztec Camera	Down the Dip	High Land, Hard Rain	Japan
Rufus Wainwright	Poses	Poses	Dreamworks
Edith Frost	The Very Earth	Telescopic	Drag City Records
*LCD Soundsystem	New York I Love You But...	The Sound of Silver	DFA/Capitol
*ADULT.	Cultivation	Why Bother?	Thrill Jockey
Deee-Lite	What Is Love?	World Clique	Elektra
*Joakim	Drumtrax	Monsters and Silly Songs	!K7
The Aluminum Group	I Blow You Kisses	Happyness	Wishing Tree
The Frames	Fighting on the Stairs	For the Birds	Overcoat Recordings
Ani DiFranco	Heartbreak Even	Revelling/Reckoning	Righteous Babe
*I'm from Barcelona	Rec & Play	Let Me Introduce My Friends	Mute
*Patrick Wolf	The Magic Position	The Magic Position	Tomlab
Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted and Black	Sugar In My Bowl: the Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972	RCA/BMG
Opal	Empty Box Blues	Early Recordings	Rough Trade

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posted by Tony at 7:24 AM