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KEN VANDERMARK AT TRANSISTOR, Friday night, September 3

We hope you'll join us Friday night as we welcome Chicago jazz saxophonist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Ken Vandermark. www.kenvandermark.com/

Doors at 8:00 p.m. There's a $10 suggested donation. BYOB.

Transistor Radio program rundown for Sunday, August 29
Listen from the AV page or the audio player above till Monday, September 6

The Roundtable: Host Rani Woolpert welcomes jazz saxophonist Ken Vandermark, who will be playing Transistor Friday night, September 3; photographer Jeremy Edwards, whose photography is available at Transistor; industrial noise combo ONO; and members of the queer-themed sketch comedy group White Rainbow Chicago. Music excerpts: 'Convertible, Version One' and 'Knock Yourself Out' by the Vandermark 5, and 'Maria / Little Drummer Boy' by ONO recorded live at Mixtapes, 12-12-2009.

Andy Miles presents two hours of music from Transistor's collection. This week he has new and recent music from ARP, Blonde Redhead, Caribou, Dean & Britta, Phantogram, School of Seven Bells, Thee Oh Sees, XX, and archival tracks from Bauhaus, The Beatles, Cocteau Twins, Pavement, The Slits, and more.

The Silent K: Brian and Jeremy took the week off, but the August 22 episode is still online.

Also available:
The Extended Pause: Host Sayward Schoonmaker presents an episode of The Extended Pause, a half-hour show devoted to poetry, storytelling, the spoken word, the joy of field trips, show-and-tell, and the experiential.

Transistor Radio playlist for Sunday, August 29

LCD Soundsystem 'Tribulations' from the album LCD Soundsystem
Out Hud 'It's For You' from the album Let's Never Speak of It Again
Caribou 'Lalibela' from the 2010 album Swim
Broadcast & The Focus Group 'Reception/Group Theory' from the album Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
The Slits 'Newtown' from the album Cut
The Beatles 'Tomorrow Never Knows' from the album Revolver
Cocteau Twins 'Heaven or Las Vegas' from the album Heaven or Las Vegas
The XX 'Night Time' from the album XX
Crystal Castles 'Through the Hosiery' from the album Crystal Castles
School of Seven Bells 'Heart Is Strange' from the 2010 album Disconnect From Desire
Phantogram 'Bloody Palms' from the 2010 album Eyelid Moves
Bauhaus 'Kingdom's Coming' from the album Burning From the Inside
Thee Oh Sees 'Everything Went Black' from the 2010 album Warm Slime
Dean & Britta 'Not A Young Man Anymore' from the 2010 album 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Pavement 'Two States' from the album Slanted & Enchanted
ARP 'Pastoral Symphony' from the album 2010 The Soft Wave (available September 7)
Washed Out 'You'll See It' from the EP Life of Leisure
Blonde Redhead 'Not Getting There' from the 2010 album Penny Sparkle (available September 14)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 'Bright Lit Blue Skies' from the 2010 album Before Today

ALL OF THE ABOVE RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE AT TRANSISTOR