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What's In My Bag № 245

tUnE-yArDs

Merrill Garbus 7 albums picked
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Tune-Yards is the Oakland, California–based music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an eclectic variety of sources and uses elements such as loop pedals, ukulele, vocals, and lo-fi percussion. Tune-Yards’ 2011 album Whokill was ranked the number one album of that year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics’ poll.

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Everything in the bag

7 records · pulled off the shelves at Amoeba Hollywood
Johnny Clegg — Shadow Man
Shadow Man
Johnny Clegg
1988
Manu Dibango — Soul Makossa
Soul Makossa
Manu Dibango
1972
Rokia Traoré — Bowmboi
Bowmboi
Rokia Traoré
2004
Ladysmith Black Mambazo — Inala
Inala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1985
The Lijadu Sisters — Danger
Danger
The Lijadu Sisters
1976
Jean-Claude Vannier — L'enfant assassin des mouches
L'enfant assassin des mouches
Jean-Claude Vannier
1972
Ginuwine — Ginuwine... The Bachelor
Ginuwine... The Bachelor
Ginuwine
1996

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