What We’re Listening to in Santa Cruz

ANDREW
J Dilla – Donuts
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Pavement – Brighten the Corners
Grimes – Vision
Starkey – Orbits
Traxman – Da Mind of Traxman
Ginuwine – The Bachelor
Dillinger – CB-200
Punch – Push Pull
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces of Victory

BRIAN
Bad Religion – True North
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
Devil Makes Three – Devil Makes Three
DJ Shadow – Reconstructed
Specials – More or Less Specials

CAROLINE
Illusion of Self – Illusion of Self
Various Artists – Survival of the Fattest
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Heist
Kronos Quartet – Dracula Score
Band of Orcs – Adding Heads to the Pile
Chop Tops – Deadly Love
Stellar Corpses – Dead Stars Drive-In
Dethklok – Dethalbum 3
Muse – 2nd Law
Psychostick – Sandwich & Space Vampires vs. Zombie Dinosaurs
Fury 66 – Red Giant Evolution
Good Riddance – Comprehensive Guide to Modern Rebellion

CAT
Ryan Bingham – Mescalito
Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
Kathy Mattea – Calling Me Home
Uncle Tupelo – Mar. 16-20 1992
Aretha Franklin – 30 Greatest Hits
Old Crow Medicine Show – O.C.M.S.
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright

DAVID
Glass Prism – The Raven
Walker Brothers – You’re All Around Me
Big Sleep – Bluebell Wood
Skip Bifferty – Come Around
Free Spirits – I’m Gonna Be Free
Scott Walker – Hero of the War
Atlee – Jesus People
Waterloo – Black Born Children
Bo Hansson – Desuarta Ryttarna & Flykten Till Vadstallet
Czar – Tread Softly On My Dreams

JOHN
Crystal Castles – III
Goat – World Music
Ahmad Zahir – King of ’70s Afghan Pop Vol. 2 & 3
Darling Farah – Body
Starkey – Orbits
Beneath – Illusions EP
Dusk & Blackdown – Dasaflex
Purity Ring – Shrines

MARI
Diiv – Oshin
Wild Nothing – Gemini
Doc Martin – Sublevel: Space is the Race
DJ Heather – House of Om
Various Artists – The Bombay Connection
Photek – Ku Palm
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (vinyl reissue)
DJ Cam – Mad Blunted Jazz
Digable Planets – Blowout Comb

MAT
Sleep – Dopesmoker
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
J.D. McPherson – Signs & Signifiers
Deep Ellum – Welcome to Deep Ellum
Various Artists – Stax: Number 1′s
Immortal Technique – 3rd World
O’Death – Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skins
Hank III – Straight to Hell
Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Joy Division – Still

MICHAEL
Eric Burdon – Soul of a Man
Young Rascals – Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
Soul Brothers Six – I’ll Be Loving You
Keith Hudson – Bloody Eyes
Imperial C’s – Someone Tell Her
Kevin Coyne – Eastbourne Ladies

RAUL
Giuada – Racey Roller
Iron Virgin – Scottish Glam Rock
Shoes – Black Vinyl Shoes
Suede – Dog Man Star
Javier Escovedo – City Lights

ROB
Roosevelt Sykes – Return of Roosevelt Sykes

ROGER
Eugene Blackwell – We Can’t Take Life for Granted
Ike Turner – Studio Productions: New Orleans & Los Angeles 1963-1965
Various Artists – Here Comes the Hurt: Soul Ballads from King/Federal/Deluxe
Eric Dolphy – Conversations
Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You

VEE
Nick Drake
Vetiver
Seu Jorge – Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Ali Farka Toure
Tinariwen

What We’re Listening To in Santa Cruz

ANDREW
Kanye West – Mercy
Bone Thugs N Harmony – East 1999 Eternal
Eprom – Regis Chillbin 12”
Augustus Pablo – This Is Augustus Pablo
Big K.R.I.T. – Return To 4eva

BRIAN
Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
Against Me! – Total Clarity
Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint that Shit Gold
Eagles of Death Metal – Peace Love Death Metal
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf

CALEB
Beach House – Bloom
The Shins – Port Of Morrow
tUnE-yArDs – Whokill
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Wye Oak – Civilian

CAT
Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
Howlin Wolf – The Howlin Wolf Album
Earth – Angels of Darkness Demons of Light II
Punch Brothers – Who’s Feeling Young Now
Heartless Bastards – Arrow
Trampled by Turtles – Stars and Satellites

CHELSEA
Devo – Freedom of Choice
Duster – Stratosphere
Ludacris – Back for the First Time
D.O.A – Hardcore ’81
The Aquabats – The Fury of the Aquabats
Smoov-E – Larry Dallas
The Sonics – Here are the Sonics

DAVID
Fuzzy Duck – Fuzzy Duck
Grand Funk – On Time
Norman Haines Band – Den Of Iniquity
Fields – Fields
Five Day Week Straw People – Five Day Week Straw People
The Baroques – The Baroques
Scott Walker – Scott 4
Soundtrack – Drive

HANNA
Saves the Day – Daybreak
Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
Van Morrison – Bang Masters
Yo Gabba Gabba – Music is Awesome
Sick of it All: Non-Stop

J.J.
Gun Club – Fire Of Love
Acephalix – Interminable Night
Alcest – Les Voyages De L’ame
Vallenfyre – A Fragile King
Ulcerate – Destroyer Of All

JOHN
Asphyx – Deathhammer (Century Media)
LHF – Keepers Of The Light (Keysound)
Distal – Civilization (Tectonic)
Various Artists – Tectonic Plates Vol. 3 (Tectonic)
Acephalix – Deathless Master (Southern Lord)
Unleashed – Odalheim (Nuclear Blast)
Traxman – Da Mind Of Traxman (Planet Mu)
Icicle – Rinse:19 (Rinse)
Addison Grove – Transistor Rhythm (50 Weapons)
Baris Manco – Sakla Samani (Guerssen) and Gelir Zamani (Guerssen)

MARI
The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
Nirvana – Nevermind (Reissue)
Blouse – Blouse
Nightmares On Wax – Thought So…
Debussy/Ravel – String Quartets

MAT
Cynics – Rock ‘N’ Roll
Lords Of Altamont – Midnight To 666
Stellar Corpses – Dead Stars Drive-In
Black Belles – Black Belles
Scott H. Birham – Bad Ingredients
Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
Glitter Wizard – Glitter Wizard
O’Death – Outside

RAUL
Los Monstruos – Jerk Jerk Jerk
Benny Soebardja – The Lizard Years
Q65 – Life I Live-Decca 45s
Flammin’ Groovies – Flamingo
Rolling Stones – Goat Head Soup
Cyril Jordan’s column in the new Ugly Things (Magazine)

REYMOND
Kidda Band – Watch Out Thief 7”
Shuggi Otis – Inspiration Information 7”
Small Faces – Itchycoo Park 7”
Rags – Hold Me Tight 7”
Chocolate Watchband – In The Midnight Hour 7”
Quick – On Holiday 7”
Horrible Crowes – Lady Killer 7”
Barreracudas – Don’t Get Me Wrong 7”
Rottweiler – I’m Down 7”
Lee Fields – Faithful Man
Arthur Conley – I’m Livin’ Good 1964-1974
Ike Turner – New Orleans & Los Angeles
Various Artists – Nobody Wins: Stax Southern Soul 1968-1975

ROB
Simone Young conducting Wagner-Ring Cycle
Bernard Haitink conducting Mahler-Symphony #2 Dresden Staatskapelle
Various Recordings Of Minor Romantic Composers On The Sterling Label
Ricardo Chailly conducting Beethoven Symphonies W/ Leipzig Gewandhaus

ROGER
Various Artists – King New Breed R&B: Vol. 2
Ike Turner – Studio Productions: New Orleans & Los Angeles, 1963-1965
Royal Grooves: Funk & Groovy Soul From the King Records Vaults
Various Artists – Hall of Fame: Rare & Unissued Gems From the Fame Vaults
Various Artists – Nobody Wins: Stax Southern Soul, 1968-1975

STEPHANIE
Various Artists – Doughboys Playboys & Cowboys: Golden Age Of Western Swing
Zom – Demo 2011
Botanist – I: The Suicide Tree/II: A Rose From The Dead
Wreck Of The Hesperus – Light Rotting Out
Bad Wizard – Mountain Bitch” 7

VEE
Shins – Port Of Morrow
Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
Menahan St. Band
Black Keys – El Camino

WES
Lee Fields – Faithful Man
Clan Of Xymox – Darkest Hour
Des-Kontrol/Hell Beer Boys – A.C.A.B
Hocio – Signos De Aberracion
Symarip – Skinhead Moon Stomp
Riverboat Gamblers – Wolf You Feed
Inciters – Soul Clap
Murs – End Of The Beginning
Suicide Commando – X20 Best of
Templars – 1118-1312

What We’re Listening To

ANDREW
Elan – Next 2 Last Originals & Remixes
Onra – Chinoiseries Part Two
Com Truise – Galactic Melt
Rustie – Glass Swords
Stiff Love – 14 Inches of Stiff Love

CAT
Battles – Gloss Drop
Avett Brothers – Emotionalism
Bettye Lavette – Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
Dengue Fever – Escape From Dragon House
Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots

DAN
Interment – Where Death Will Increase
Big L – Return of the Devil’s Son
Benediction – Transcend the Rubicon
Vacant State – Fill the Void
Hell – II

DAVE
Sixteen Deluxe – Emits Showers of Sparks
Moonface – Organ Music not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped
Akon – Sexy Bitch
Mista F.A.B. & Turf Talk – Hyphy Ain’t Dead
Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch

DAVID
Beach Boys – Smile Sessions
Leaf Hound – Growers of Mushroom
Weekend – Sports
Gandalf – Gandalf
Erkin Koray – Elektronik Turkuler
Horisont – Tva Sidor Av Horisonten

J.J.
Amebix – Sonic Mass
Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
Loss – Despond
Disma – Toward the Megalith
Horseback – Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn & Forbidden Planet

JOHN
RUSTIE – Glass Swords (Warp)
SULLY – Carrier (Keysound)
FATIMA AL QADIRI – Genre-Specific Xperience (UNO)
KUEDO – Severant (Planet Mu)
ELAN – Next 2 Last (Monkeytown)
DAMU – Unity (Keysound)
AYSHAY – Warn-U (Tri Angle)
WATER BORDERS – Harbored Mantras (Tri Angle)
MARTYN – Ghost People (Brainfeeder)
EGYPTRIXX – Bible Eyes (Night Slugs)
PHILIP D KICK – Footwork Jungle Vol. 1-3

MARI
Various Artists – Bombshell Baby of Bombay
Alias – Fever Dream
Lisa Taylor – LT
Gurrumul – Rrakala
Pantha du Prince – This Bliss (EP)

MAT
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
Hank 3 – Ghost to a Ghost
Ghoul – Transmission Zero
Exploited – Troops of Tomorrow
Haji P. – Neighborhood Kid

RAUL
MC5 – Back in the USA
The Quick – Mondo Deco
Titan – It’s All Pop (LP Box Set)
Jimmy Lewis – Give the Poor Man a Break
Rolling Stones – Goat Head Soup

REYMOND
Horrible Crows – Elsie
Liquor Store – Yeah Buddy
Strokes – Angles
Ernest Tubb – Greatest Hits
Hunx & His Punx – Too Young to Be In Love

ROB
Aldo Ciccolini – Complete EMI Recordings (60 CD set)
Kate Wolf – Gold in California
Nathan Abshire – Cajun Legend: The Best of

ROGER
Wilco – Whole Love
Nick Lowe – The Old Magic
Thelonious Monk – Alone in San Francisco
Eddie Kirkland – Pick up the Pieces
Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues (remastered)

STEPHANIE
Laudanum – The Coronation
Fu Manchu – The Action is Go
Necrite – Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Various Artists – Beehives & Bumper Bullets: Country Girls of the ’60s
Astroglides – Penetrate With… // Fondling With… // Channel Surfing With…

VEE
Menahan Street Band – Make the Street by Walking
Budos Band
Black Keys
El Michels Affair – Sounding Out the City

WES
TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
Murder by Death – Red of Tooth & Claw
Sun Kil Moon – April
Beltones – On Deaf Ears
Eisenfunk – Eisenfunk