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Albums of the year and Bill Callahan鈥檚 mixtape

Verity Sharp shares the top albums of the year as selected by the Late Junction team and friends of the show. Plus a mixtape from American songwriter and guitarist Bill Callahan.

As we approach the end of another long year, pause for a moment of reflection with Verity Sharp and some of our favourite releases from 2021. As always on Late Junction there鈥檒l be something for everyone, from experimental dancehall to vibraphone improvisations, with a selection of this year鈥檚 musical highlights from the hive mind of the Late Junction team, as well as from some of this year鈥檚 esteemed musical guests and listeners.

Plus a mixtape from prolific American singer and guitarist Bill Callahan. With a career spanning more than 20 albums over the last three decades under his belt, he鈥檚 been described as a reticent cult figure, a brooding bard, and one of America鈥檚 greatest songwriters. Originally creating lo-fi rock and alt-country under his alias Smog, in 2007 he released his first album as Bill Callahan and has since been working in the realms of deconstructed Americana and leftfield folk. He often works in collaboration with fellow cult musician Bonnie Prince Billy, and have just released a collection of reworked covers they鈥檝e titled Blind Date Party featuring musicians such as Alasdair Roberts and George Xylouris.

In his mixtape for Late Junction, Bill Callahan selects some old favourites as well as unexpected curveballs from the peripheries of his collection, from 80s punk and 90s noise-rock to video game music and footwork.

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Music Played

  • Ka Baird

    I

    • Vivification Exercises I.
    • Commend.

  • Moor Mother

    Race Function Limited (feat. Brother May)

    • Black Encyclopedia Of The Air.
    • Anti-.

  • Bill Callahan & Bonnie 鈥淧rince鈥� Billy

    Rooftop Garden (feat. George Xylouris)

    • Blind Date Party.
    • Drag City.

  • Maarja Nuut

    Jojobell

    • Hinged.

  • Ballak茅 Sissoko

    Kora

    • Djourou.
    • No Format.

  • Senyawa

    Alkisah II

    • Alkisah.
    • Les Albums Claus.

  • Senyawa

    Kiamat

    • Alkisah.
    • Les Albums Claus.

  • Gazelle Twin & NYX

    Better In My Day

    • Deep England.
    • NYX Collective Records.

  • Maja S. K. Ratkje

    Bergen A

    • Vannstand.
    • Motvind Records.

  • Space Afrika

    Preparing The Perfect Response ~

    • Honest Labour.
    • Dais Records.

  • Mdou Moctar

    Untitled

    • Afrique Victime.
    • Matador.

  • Equiknoxx

    Thingamajigama (Version)

    • Basic Tools.
    • Equiknoxx Musiq.

  • Madd Spider

    Hot Water

    • Now Thing 2.
    • Chrome.

  • C Joynes

    Nuevo Tango

    • Poor Boy On The Wire.
    • Sophomore Lounge.

  • Meril Wubslin

    La travers茅e

    • Alors Quoi.
    • Les Disques Bongo Joe.

  • Mira Calix

    Fundamental Things

    • Absent Origin.
    • Warp Records.

  • Mabe Fratti

    Que Me Hace Saber Esto

    • Ser谩 Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos.
    • Tin Angel Records.

  • Mankwe Ndosi & Body MemOri

    backmouthfindingpulse

    • felt/not said.
    • Auspice NOW.

  • Clair

    Fergus Trip

    • Earth Mothers.
    • TDO Cassettes.

  • Divide and Dissolve

    Mental Gymnastics

    • Gas Lit.
    • Invada Records.

  • 尝鈥橰补颈苍

    I V

    • Fatigue.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Anthony Naples

    Pera

    • Chameleon.
    • ANS.

  • Foodman

    Iriguchi

    • Yasuragi Land.
    • Hyperdub.

  • Bill Callahan鈥檚 mixtape

    • Shellac

      Crow

      • At Action Park.
      • Touch And Go.

    • Gavsborg

      Please Forgive Me For Sampling Shanique's Song

      • Jamaican Drum Machine.
      • EquiknoxxMusic.

    • Unknown Artist

      Video Game Music, Street Side

      • Uchronia 鈥� Field Recordings From Alternate Realities.
      • Sahel Sounds.

    • Nathan Salsburg

      V (Through A Crystal Unlumious)

      • Landwerk No. 2.
      • No Quarter.

    • Ricky Desktop

      The Chicken Wing Beat

    • Antiguo Aut贸mata Mexicano

      Piano Improvisation No. 19

      • 20+ Piano Improvisations.
      • Static Discos.

    • DJ Clent

      Footwook

      • The Classics Vol. 1.

    • Flipper

      Brainwash

      • Sexbomb / Brainwash.
      • Subterranean Records.

  • Nala Sinephro

    Space 3

    • Space 1.8.
    • Warp Records.

  • Raja Kirik

    Tarian Maut Dari Gunung

    • Rampokan.
    • Nyege Nyege Tapes.

  • John Francis Flynn

    Lovely Joan

    • I Would Not Live Always.
    • River Lea.

  • Mouse on Mars

    Machine Rights

    • AAI.
    • Thrill Jockey.

  • Patricia Brennan

    Improvisation VI

    • Maquishti.
    • Valley of Search.

  • Son Lux

    Upend

    • Tomorrows.
    • City Slang.

  • Zabava-Or Ensemble

    Alexander Birch Tree

    • At the Edge of Russia Broad: Russian Songs from Orenburg Region.
    • Antonovka Records.

  • S茫o Paulo Underground & Tupperwear

    Hal 2845

    • Saturno M谩gico.
    • Keroxen.

  • Marino Formenti

    Nothing Is Real

    • Nothing Is Real.
    • Col Legno.

Broadcast

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