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What's The Coup up to? That's what I wondered this afternoon. They haven't put out an album in a couple years. And it's been longer than that since I last saw them. Upcoming summer shows posted on their MySpace are in California, New York and Washington, DC. It would be great if they made another album and took a mega-tour around the world so we could bask in their righteous thinking people's

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The comments on this video keep comparing him to other musicians, so I'm going to resist doing that, even though The Human Beat Box immediately comes to mind. Reggie Watts is really different than anyone else though because he's mixing, singing, and doing percussion just with vocal chords (and gut). He's on tour with Conan O'Brien right now and has a new CD/DVD coming out.

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20 Jazz Funk Greats sits at the top of Fried My Little Brain's blog roll and now that I've clicked it I don't know when I'll get to the others. After downloading Donga's SCOM mix I got sucked into Halogen by 10-20 and listened a few times in a row. Then Horrid Red's Transparent Streets while slogging through the dense review. I love it when music writers push themselves instead of posing. And the

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Charlotte, Charlotte, Charlotte. This is the springtime of Charlotte, with the release of IRM, her collaboration with Beck, and a quick, first-ever North American tour. After a few shows on the West Coast and Coachella, she plays in Chicago tonight. Then after Montréal and New York, she returns to la Belle France. If you're headed to France in June/early July, you can catch her. Her dad Serge is

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Great American pop songs are not what we usually talk about here, but Kanye's Soul Mixshow by A-Trak on Friedmylittlebrains a few months ago is chock full of chopped-up and messed-with goody oldies including Move On Up. It's the perfect song with tight rhythms and yet it rambles, with all sorts of instruments, heralding the era of orchestrated funk. Curtis Mayfield's cotton-candy rock-solid

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A lot of musicians consider dressing smart part of their job. Duke Ellington and Rye Rye are two vastly different stylists with decades between them who nonetheless immediately come to mind. The musicians of Mauritania seem the nec plus ultra of sophistication and glamor, though. And they play and sing to match it. In the past we've posted videos from this classy land: the '70s groove of Hadramie

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Apparently there are no videos of Khmer '60s pop star Ros Serey Sothea, so jeffmagic32 decided to animate a photo of her. The result is a spooky, repetitive loop of her gently swaying to one of her hits. There's a lot of information about her here, with scores of mp3s of her songs posted. We've posted some stuff about Cambodian music in the past, about the Cambodia Rocks compilation (and that guy

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Music blog Orson & Welles puts out a mixtape once a month – there are eight of them up so far – by different guest DJs and with themes each time. They're mixes of independent label, experimental, new wave, No Wave, electronic, etc. over the past forty years: Étienne Jaumet, This Mortal Coil, Raymond Scott, Lizzie Mercier Descloux, Francesco Tristano... but then basic olde rock like Black Sabbath

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Dale from Still Life in Moving Vehicle just told me about the ZudRangMa Records site. Click on Broadcast at the top to listen to RADIO ZUDRANGMA programs from the past two years. If you like old Thai pop, '60s luuk thung, and molam you will be in heaven. I'm listening to show #31 right now and it's unbelievable.They also spin records at clubs in Bangkok. The next one is 19 March at 808 on RCA (

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He merrily sings in a honey-colored set of nothingness, but his voice is all over the place. You can almost see the hills and valleys that Eduard Xil might be strolling through. But his shirt and tie match the backdrop. And this lyric-less song negotiates a golden, creamy terrain that is at once smooth and athletic.

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Spanish Basque operetta singer Luis Mariano admires the tropical surroundings with his lovely, silent lady Olivia (Paquita Rico). This clip is from the 1956 film À la Jamaïque. Mariano sang in accented French throughout his career in the '50s and '60s.

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This afternoon someone at the bar was saying, "And she had taken a lot of Vicodin, too." There's definitely a connection here. Just how little can a singer move in her empire waist gingham gown? That's not to say this isn't a great song, and Jeanette's eye makeup and movements are an early '70s pill user look at its best. And that's not to imply she used pills, either. Even though everyone did

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A stumbling funky beat and a repeating refrain on the organ that doesn't get boring. A four-second guitar solo once every minute. Provocative wailing from singer Karim Branis. Algerian rockers Les Abranis got back together in 2008 and started touring again after a twenty-five year hiatus.

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Wow I did not think I'd be writing about this record. Which is funny because I noticed it in the pile next to the turntable. Maybe my unconscious swept that connection under the rug. This is just too much of a monster: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Joe Jones on drums.You might be thinking, why? You wrote about Sun Ra, and Eric Dolphy. Why is 'Round

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This 45 is somber. A lot of people think dance music and good times when they think 45s. Well, forget it. This is serious and philosophical. Both songs are stark narratives about how lonely it can be to live. I agree. We are all alone, together.Chompin' is a quiet, valient, solitary struggle. This could be the soundtrack section of a Russian or French film. If it's Russian, a lone character is

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In this age of promotion and bizarre concepts like branding oneself, Dreamland Faces are not PR people. Take for instance their orange CD, which doesn't have their name on the cover and doesn't have a title. There is just a simple drawing of two fighting bunnies. I don't know what year it came out because that's not listed anywhere, either.The names of the songs and the members of the band are on

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Obviously this is not the cover art, but I don't have a picture of the cover to show you so here is the group in concert. Also, a slight digression here because this is actually a CD that is mixed in with the records next to the turntable. It's a gift from the band, who stayed with us a few months ago. I missed their show because I was out of town that night, but did see them all the following

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This is nearing the end of the pile next to the turntable. There is, however, another pile below it that awaits listening. So I'm not worried. And I'm sure you're not. What I'm more concerned about is that Eric Dolphy is a challenge to write about. First of all you can't help but think of his imminent death with a title like Berlin concerts. These recordings were made there in 1961, and Dolphy

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The first song on side A, Brainville, is such a great start, a walk down a busy street full of fascinating people all going somewhere. Everyone's in a good mood. You are among an intelligent group of people with senses of humor. They like to laugh at situations they find themselves in, and at themselves, sometimes. What a great introduction. You want to stay among these people, keep listening to

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Moving right along through the stack by the stereo, the next record is a remix of Dr. Octagon's Blue Flowers, given to me by Eric Beaumont, a musician, librarian at the county jail, and record collector. Thanks, Eric! I love this song, and played the hell out of Dr. Octagonecologyst, the album it was on.Kool Keith AKA Dr. Octagon AKA Dr. Dooom is probably one of the more eccentric hip hop stars

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After Herbie Hancock's Treasure Chest is Duke Ellington, "Rockin' in Rhythm" vol. 3 (1929-1931). I don't have the other volumes; I've never thought to look for them but now that I think about it I am wanting them. This is the last in the series, according to the liner notes. Anyway early Duke Ellington is the best, I think. But he was always great. He did so much and he was always well dressed.

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Songs from Fat Albert Rotunda, Mwandishi, and Crossings are all on this album, released in 1974 and the third in the pile next to the turntable. To me there really is no other music like Herbie Hancock's, especially this, the earlier work. The Miles Davis influence is definitely there - Hancock left his group in 1968. Otherwise the songs are pretty far out, in a Sun Ra way but not at all like The

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Second record in the pile next to the turntable: Kirk's Work. This is from 1961, before Roland Kirk added Rahsaan to his name. On this album he's playing tenor sax, manzello, strich, flute, and siren. For some reason this reminds me that there is a music school for the blind (Kirk was blind) in Mexico City, in the Centro Histórico. Because of this there are good street musicians in the

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After such a lengthy hiatus from Here to Hear, it's a bit of a challenge to start posting again. As a point of departure, this is the first record in the pile next to the turntable.He Soul SoundThese are the only words in English on the cover, aside from RECORD at the bottom. There's a lot of text in Korean, and a great mid-60's photo of a two girls singing. Actually and even better, it is the

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This is one of those bring-out-the-heavyweights-and-make-a-summer-hit songs, or "The G Mix" of Birdman's "Always Strapped," according to the intro. It just seems like hype for a message that's definitely not peace and love, but I still love Lil' Wayne and I dig Rick Ross's style. He wears lots of cool glasses and he's got an amulet that's a portrait of himself. Here he manages to make a baseball

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