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We are rewinding to the first of our funk shows featuring Graham Central Station, Sly &TFS, Vulfpeck, Jackson 5, Rick James, Wild Cherry, Bootsy Collins, Spinners, Stevie Wonder, Dr. John, Zapp & Roger, Betty Davis & MORE.

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Another dive into the digital closet, to retrieve items procured earlier this year, with artists including Lekhfa, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Roll The Dice, Mamaleek, Pollution Opera, Maral, Practical Anarchy, Klein, Moor Mother.Another dive into the digital closet, to retrieve items procured earlier this year, with artists including Lekhfa, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Roll The Dice, Mamaleek, Pollution Opera, Maral, Practical Anarchy, Klein, Moor Mother.

A Box of Toys Archives | KPFA A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the tireless pursuit of obscure musical artifacts. The explosive growth of DIY digitized archiving and recording means that now, more than any previous time, we can find lost and buried treasures, filter them through discerning ears, and present them to....

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A Box Of Toys takes pause to interview one of the most unusual products to emerge from the British underground and explore its surprising connection to local, regional and world music, and the influences which led to their unique output: KPFA’s own Stephen Kent of Furious Pig..

Four months worth of new vinyl arrived at our doorstep, including- Slauson Malone 1, Jan Jelinek, JK Flesh, JJ Doom, Sote, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Dennis Coffee, Kevin Martin, Austin Peralta, African Head Charge, and Lekhfa.
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Episode 176 - Digital Downloads Vol 12 | KPFA This is episode 176 – Digital Downloads Vol 12 on A Box of Toys. Our round of sampling this time is from the digital archives, this time noise and jazz: Batman Kabab, MUD, Earth Logoff, Arve Heinriksen, Low Leaf, SIHR, Small Medium Large, Aquaserge, Saint Abdulla & Eomac, Adrian Sherwood, Nick Did...

Steve Albini Gets Chicago Street Named in His Honor The 2600-2700 block of West Belmont Avenue, which includes the late artist’s studio Electrical Audio, is now “Steve Albini Way”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/28/martin-phillipps-founder-of-new-zealand-rock-band-the-chills-dies-at-61

Martin Phillipps, founder of New Zealand rock band the Chills, dies at 61 Band set up by guitarist and lead singer in 1980 garnered cult following in Europe and US and had a number of hits

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Episode 175: Digital Downloads Vol. 11 includes pairings from bands swept onto the hard drive over the last five months: The Night Monitor, Jan Jelinek, Bogdan Raczynski, Slauson Malone 1, KRMU, Flame 2, PANSTARRS, Ensemble Volcanic Ash, and Pange de Futura.

Curator Chris Cory:

“It has been five months since we did a digital downloads show. And during that time, we have done a lot of “features”- three memorials, three shows that focused on the music of Cairo, and four world music shows. In the course of those events, we did a lot of digital downloading, and like all of the non-show DDL’s, they are just sitting there, collecting digital dust. But even bringing you this byproduct, we are pretty selective, as you will see.

“For approximately half of this first hour, and a small fraction of the second, we are focused on ambient noise. The other half is a smattering of left field hip-hop and our low-fi IDM. These tracks run in pairs with one exception, which we will note later. Switching gears just a bit, we begin with The Night Monitor out of Blackpool UK, from an album appropriately titled The House Is Haunted. We then turn our attention to the magnificent Jan Jelenik, an artist we have featured many times on the show. And we close it out with the humorous and quirky dance music of Bogdan Raczynski from a reissue of his Samurai Masu Bitsu…”

Buoyed by synths, sonorous harmonies, & the sepia-tinged twang that has long been their ally, Beachwood Sparks have crafted a record that speaks to their legacy, while pushing their sound to the forefront of the current cosmic crop. Curation Records https://bit.ly/3zLcPsK

We are saddened by the passing of kora master Toumani Diabate, who has died at the age of 58.

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A Box of Toys : Real World Records Review
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Françoise Hardy & Iggy Pop - I'll Be Seeing You (Vidéo officielle) Ce beau duo figure sur l'album 'Clair obscur' de Françoise Hardy (2000).Abonnez-vous à la chaîne 100% Chanson Française :https://lnk.to/100chansonfrancaiseLY...

Warren Ellis with Alan Sparhawk during the recording of the LOW/DIRTY THREE “In the Fishtank” sessions just outside of Amsterdam way back in 1999

A tribute to the late great Bobby Tench
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including: The Gass, Jeff Beck, Ginger Baker, Freddy King, Streetwalker, Hummingbird, Topper Headon, Boxer, Joanna Connor, Roger Chapman, and Van Morrison

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Listen to a journey through the Luaka Bop catalog including Moreno Veloso, Os Mutantes, Javelin, Janka Nabay, Floating Points, Domenico Lancellotti, Delicate Steve, Cornershop, Cibo Matto, Bremer/McCoy, Alice Coltrane, Shoukichi Kina, Zap Mama, Tom Ze, Shuggie Otis, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah and more on A Box of ToysI KPFA Radiohttps://kpfa.org/episode/a-box-of-toys-may-28-2024/

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons Shares Video for New Song “Lost Changes” British photographer Juno Calypso makes her directorial debut with the video

ON-AIR NOW A Box of Toys EP168: For Steve Albini
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Featuring Big Black, Shellac, Urge Overkill, The Pixies, Head of David, Jesus Lizard, The Breeders, Tad, Nirvana, Brice-Glace, Sloy, Tortoise, Dirty 3, NIN, Man or Astroman?, The Ex, Fire!, Sparklehorse, Bonnie Prince Billy, Cloud Nothings, The Thing and more

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Episode 167: Real World Records Review (1989-1992) | KPFA Episode 167 of A Box of Toys reviews Real World Records. Some of the artist that were of utmost interest include Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh

Legendary engineer and musician Steve Albini, who worked on albums by Nirvana, Pixies, The Breeders, Jesus Lizard, PJ Harvey & many, many others, and formed the bands Big Black and Shellac, has died at age 61. 💔🎸

A Box of Toys Episode 83 Robot Records
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This record label review show (last of the Box of Toys “original series”) features Robot Records, out of San Antonio, Tx. Artists include Johnathan Coleclough, Andrew Chalk, Andreas Martin, A Mouse Orchestra, David Jackman, Kay Hoffman, Lempke Fuchs, Jacques Jejune and Fote.

A Box of Toys Episode 81 Klanggalerie Label Review

RERUN Episode 81 Klanggalerie Label Review | KPFA Our continuation of the Klanggalerie Label Review show including Charles Bobuck, Blaine Reninger, Charles Hayward, Jac Berrocal, Amy Denio

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A Box of Toys - Rerun of Episode 80 | KPFA This week on A Box of Toys is a rerun of Episode 80 from November 9, 2021. Staalplaat Klanggalerie artists including Muslimgauze and more.