HEARD: Playlist, 7/25-8/7/16

Just so you know where our ears have been at, here’s a rundown of what we’ve been spinning at Nippertown HQ these past two weeks (CDs, vinyl, streaming and maybe even a cassette or two):

The Belle Stars: The Belle Stars & Stripes (Union Square, 2011)
The Waco Brothers: Going Down in History (Bloodshot, 2016)
Red Dog Run: Red Dog Run (Red Dog Run, 2014)
The Horse Flies: Human Fly (MCA, 1987)
The Horse Flies: Gravity Dance (MCA, 1991)
Sandy Bull: E Pluribus Unum (Vanguard, 1968)
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes: Charlie Faye & the Fayettes (Bigger Better More, 2016)
Grant-Lee Phillips: The Narrows (Yep Roc, 2016)
Grant-Lee Phillips: Little Moon (Yep Roc, 2009)
Flaco Jimenez: The Best of Flaco Jimenez (Arhoolie, 1999)
Bonnie Bishop: Ain’t Who I Was (Plan BB, 2016)
The Left Banke: There’s Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recording, 1966-1969 (Island, 1992)
Bobby Charles: Bobby Charles (Bearsville, 1972)
Bobby Charles: Timeless (Rice ‘n’ Gravy, 2010)
Rumer: Boys Don’t Cry (Warner Bros., 2012)
Various artists: The Soul of New Orleans (Charley, 1986)
Adam Green: Aladdin (Totally Gross National Product, 2016)
The Kinks: Preservation, Act 1 (RCA, 1973)
The Kinks: Preservation, Act II (RCA, 1974)
Great Mutations: Many Battles (Great Mutations, 2016)
Toby Twining: Chrysalid Requiem (Cantaloupe Music, 2002)
Spottiswoode & His Enemies: Salvation (New Warsaw, 2008)
Breathless: Live at Summer Lights in Nashville (bootleg cassette, 1987)

Crowded House: Together Alone (Capitol, 1993)
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band: Landmarks (Blue Note, 2014)
April March: Chrominance Decoder (Ideal, 1999)
Blue Magic: Blue Magic (Atco, 1973)
10cc: The Original Soundtrack (Mercury, 1975)
10cc: Deceptive Bends (Mercury, 1977)
The Gleaming Spires: Walk on Well Lighted Streets (Posh Boy, 1983)
David Thomas, the Pale Orchestra: Mirror Man: Act 1: Jack & The General (Thirsty Ear, 1999)
The Youngbloods: High on a Ridge Top (Raccoon, 1972)
The Youngbloods: Earth Music (RCA, 1967)
David Byrne: Look into the Eyeball (Virgin, 2001)
The Shirts: The Tiger Must Jump (Rottentood, 2010)
The Shirts: Reduced to a Whisper (Capitol, 1978)
David Byne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today ‎(Todo Mundo, 2008)
Mink DeVille: Cabretta (Capitol, 1977)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Music from Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Editions EG, 1976)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Union Cafe (****, 1993)
Lau: Lightweights & Gentlemen (Reveal, 2007)
Double: Blue (A&M, 1985)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Organisation (Dindisc, 1980)
MonaLisa Twins: When We’re Together (Woolgoose, 2012)
Yasmine Hamdan: (unknown)
Keren Ann: Nolita (Metro Blue, 2005)
The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button (Astralwerks, 2005)
Patti Scialfa: 23rd Street Lullaby (Columbia, 2004)
Balcony: 777 (Interim, 1998)
Bryan Ferry: Olympia (Virgin, 2010)
Rickie Lee Jones: The Evening of My Best Day (V2, 2003)
Kid Creole & the Coconuts: Off the Coast of Me (Rainman, 2003)
Kid Creole & the Coconuts: You Shoulda Told Me You Were… (Columbia, 1991)
Tavche Gravche: Our Village (Tavche Gravche, 2014)
Felcity Lott, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” (Harmonia Mundi, 2001)
Original Broadway Cast: Chess (RCA, 1988)
Robert Palmer: Riptide (Island, 1985)
Gram Parsons: GP/Grievous Angel (Reprise, 1990)
Robbie Robertson: How to Become Clairvoyant (429 Records, 2011)
Nik Bartsch’s Mobile: Continuum (ECM, 2016)
Hall & Oates: Do What You Want, Be What You Are (RCA/Legacy, 2009)