Katharsis Apr. 13 '09

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Mostly quieter, rootsy alt-pop tonight: Cam Penner, Lorrie Matheson, Howie Beck, Greater California, St. Vincent & The National (covering Crooked Fingers), Bill Callahan (complete with annoying car horn blasts. Sorry, I’m a little thick and it’s taken me 2 weeks of playing this thing on my show and a bit of googling to figure out that the horn-honking is an anti-piracy feature of my review copy, not some quirky attempt at levity on Callahan’s part. I guess I should have played my downloaded ‘illegitimate’ 320 kbps mp3 copy of the album which is car horn-free and I’ve had for weeks rather than my more recently-received ‘legitimate’ but sonically mutilated promo copy. Thanks Drag City, you’re really making it easy for us to review and promote the album. I guess spoiling the music for reviewers and radio dj’s (and their audiences) is acceptable collateral damage in the war against online piracy. Brilliant.) Pale Air Singers, Three Mile Pilot, 40 seconds of dead air (!!!) (Sorry, I forgot to plug in an audio cable to the laptop; real swift…), Seaworthy, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, Royal City, Jon-Rae Fletcher, PJ Harvey & John Parish, Songs:Ohia, Bill Frisell, Brian Borcherdt, Great Lake Swimmers, Lhasa, Mark Kozelek, Mountains, Rothko, Ilyas Ahmed, James Blackshaw, and Color Cassette. Again, sorry for all the technical glitches. Operator error is to blame. It was an off week.

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Katharsis Apr. 6 '09

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On the recording this week: Mono (last song of Aubrey's Shindig), Acetone, Speck Mountain, Pink Mountaintops, Pale Air Singers, Bill Callahan, Peter Broderick, Fuqugi, O+S, Maria Taylor, Fever Ray, Glen Johnson, Alexandre Navarro, Last Days, Julie Doiron, Gianna Lauren, Lhasa, Laura Gibson, Clogs, Manrico Montero, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Barbara Buchholz, Clogs, and Alva Noto.

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Katharsis Mar. 30 '09

Sorry, the cjsw stream went down earlier in the night so no show recording this week.

Artist played this week: Women, Animal Hospital, The Besnard Lakes, The Veils, Ilyas Ahmed, DM Stith, Konntinent, Castinets vs. Ero, Tarentel, Devin Friesen, Lawrence English (with Christian Fennesz), Jasper TX, Lawrence English (with Dean Roberts), Lotus Plaza, Jon Hopkins, Fridge, Marsen Jules, Years, and Harris Newman.

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Katharsis Mar. 23 '09

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This week: Nels Cline, Laura Gibson, Land of Kush, The Alps, Evan Miller, Bon Iver, DM Stith, Grizzly Bear, Fuqugi, Mark Templeton & aAron Munson, Au Revoir Borealis, Fever Ray, Glen Johnson, Color Cassette, Azeda Booth, Years, SubractiveLAD, Animal Hospital, and Last Days.

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Katharsis Mar. 16 '09

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Heavy on the abstract electronic/ambient in the first hour or so: Jon Hopkins, Pixel, Ethan Rose, Fennesz, Alva Noto, Murcof & Erik Truffaz, Arve Henriksen, Jacaszek, Eluvium, Mountains, Banjo Consorsium (remixed by Off the Sky/Color Cassette) Grouper, RF & Lili De La Mora, Trespassers William, Last Days, Great Lake Swimmers, Barzin, Maria Taylor, Julie Doiron, Oldman, and Animal Hospital.

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Katharsis Mar. 9 '09

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Artists played this week: Balmorhea, Last Days, Mark Templeton + aAron Munson, Mokyow, Robin, Günther, Psychic Pollution, Idaho, National Skyline, SubtractiveLAD, Taylor Deupree, Sholi, Bon Iver, DM Stith, Grizzly Bear, Tobias Lilja, Jon Hopkins, Azeda Booth, Rigil, DM Stith, and Montag.

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Katharsis Mar. 2 '09

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Still recovering from a nasty cold. Artists played this week: Wow & Flutter, Murder By Death, The Alps, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band, Woven Hand, The Veils, Laura Gibson, Marissa Nadler, Alela Diane, The Provincial Archive, Mark Templeton & aAron Munson, Julie Doiron, Nels Cline, Lorrie Matheson, Le Mathrock, Strange Attractors, Mountains, Male, and Evan Miller.

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