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FUCK YES:
High On Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Fang Island - Fang Island
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night
Dark Castle - Spirited Migration
Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere
School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
Punch - Push Pull
Mares Of Thrace - The Moulting
The Sword - Warp Riders
El Ten Eleven - It's Still Like a Secret
Bongripper - Satan Worshiping Doom
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun


YES:
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Balmorhea - Constellations
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Seabear - We Built a Fire
Daughters - Daughters
Landmine Marathon - Sovereign Descent
Pavement - Quarantine the Past (compilation)
Aloha - Home Acres
Streetlight Manifesto - 99 Songs of Revolution
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
Pocahaunted - Make it Real
Bison B.C. - Dark Ages
Minus the Bear - Omni
The New Pornographers - Together
Howl - Full of Hell
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Woo - loads of requests tonight: Russian Circles, MSTRKRFT, Refused, Venetian Snares. But I still managed to cram in craploads of brand-new music as well.

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The best from the new was Swanton Bombs' 'Who's Asking.' I love the rawness of this track, I love the middle bit guitar riffery. There's a lot to be said for eschewing the wanky solo in favour of the cranking rhythm, The Kinks knew that and so do Swanton Bombs, even though they sound fuck-all like The Kinks.

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The best old track has to be Venetian Snares' 'Einstein-Rosen Bridge.' I'm sure I've had it as a best old track before, it's so utterly awesome. And, as old as it is, it still makes people look up and do good WTF?? faces. Pure loveliness!

And, tonight, I broke all my normal Bzangy rules by playing not one but three tracks currently on Radio One. The first was Wiley because I love it and, hey, it's nice to have (a bit) of my song back in the charts! :-)
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Tonight's best new track was 'Three Card Brag' by Diversion Tactics. And this is just one song from an album of pure gold. It makes me happy there's already such a raw, solid hip hop album this early in the year. Sooo good.

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The best old track was 'Inertiatic Esp' by twiddly funsters The Mars Volta. Seven years old? :-O

This is what youse hoird:

Cale Parks - Long Looks
Luke Envoy - M.U.G.E.N
Wale - Mirrors Ft. Bun B (Produced By Mark Ronson)
The Clientele - Share The Night
Post Harbor - Ponaturi
Ghosts on Tape - Straight From Cassette
IRS - The World is Theirs
Hrvatski - vatstep dsp
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Cold War Kids - Audience
Diversion Tactics - Three Card Brag
The Red Chord - It runs in the family
Giant Drag - Kevin is Gay
Kryptic Minds - chosen few
So So Modern - The Worst Is Yet To Come
121 Crew - Stop it
Underminded - ya basta
Butcher Boy - Clockwork
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Best new choon tonight was 'Microviolence' by Aloha. Very sweet, very flowing lyrical altrock/indie/pick your genre. Check it out if you like things that are guitarry and singy!

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The best old track was Cylob's 'Flicklife.' This haunting tinkle of electronicness always manages to make me feel wistful in the same way bits of Satie do. Mmm...

This is what you heard:

Cylob - Flicklife (Cylob Mix)
Butcher Boy - Carve a Pattern
Dontcha - Rap De Paname
Yamon Yamon - Alonso
Two Fingers - two fingers instrumental
Biffy Clyro - Questions And Answers
Apathy - Shoot First
The Ready Set - Drain Notes
LMFAO - I Am Not A Whore
Say Hi to Your Mom - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh O
PlatEAU - 3am
Field Music - Them That Do Nothing
People Under The Stairs - DQMOT
Aloha - Microviolence
Defrag - Color My Dreams
Number One Gun - Big Machines
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Perhaps it's time for a new method of keeping track of albums being released.

Relevant to my interests 2010/worthwhile releases:
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto
Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs
Last Harbour - Volo
films - Messenger
The Black Keys - Brothers
Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain
Richard Hawley - False Lights From The Land
Skullflower - Strange Keys to Untune God's Firmament
Efterklang - Magic Chairs
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
Sigh - Scenes From Hell
Blasphemophagher - For Chaos, Obscurity and Desolation
The Bamboos - 4
Spoon - Transference
The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun
Eluvium - Similes
The Q4 - Sound Surrounding
Gigi - Maintentant
Versailles - Jubilee
Husky Rescue - Ship of Light
Patty Griffin - Downtown Church
Scout Niblett - The Calcination of Scout Niblett
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1.… And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
2.7 Shot Screamers
3.12 Summers Old x3
4.Action Action
5.Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
6.Alice In Chains the original lineup
7.Alien Ant Farm
8.Aloha
9.Ambulance Ltd
10.Amina
11.Angels & Airwaves
12.An Horse
13.Fiona Apple
14.Ash x5
15.A-Sides
16.Bad Religion x2
17.Beat Union
18.Biffy Clyro
19.Black Gold
20.Blind Pilot
21.blink-182 x4
22.The Blood Brothers
23.Blood On The Walls
24.The Blue Man Group
25.Blue October
26.Bril
27.The Bronzed Chorus
28.Bush x2
29.Calla
30.Capgun Coup x2
31.The Charms
32.Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
33.Circle and Square
34.Coldplay
35.Coliseum
36.Common Roots x25
37.The Courteeners
38.Cowboy Mouth
39.The Cribs
40.Cursive x4
41.Cute Is What We Aim For
42.Damone
43.the darkest hour
44.Dead Meadow
45.Deadly Snakes
46.Death Cab for Cutie x2
47.Deep Sea Diver
48.Decahedron
49.The Decembrists x2
50.Deer Tick
51.Gavin DeGraw
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