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RADIO BASE CAMP  “BEST TRACKS OF 2011” with host Steve di Costanzo from WPKN 89.5FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut (USA) and wpkn.org for full streaming.

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This might be my 4th annual event where I look at my favorite new tracks of the year.  I listened to thousands of new songs this year (to go along with all the vintage stuff I listen to and feature on Radio Base Camp) across all genres from indie to neo-psych and garage to soul, funk, hip-hop and Afrobeat.  In 2011, I played at least 30 episodes of my "New Tracks@Noon" and "Midnight Madness".  Roughly 200+ made it onto these segments and of these gems I've polished it down to 41 tracks from 41 bands.  These tracks may not be the 'single' release or even the most popular track on the EP, LP etc. But...these tracks moved my brain or my feet or my heart more than the others did.  Sit back and enjoy...I give additional details and background notes as I go. Comments are welcome on my Radio Base Camp Facebook page. 

*****By the way, these are not in any particular order

Love / Lust    D/R/U/G/S    5:08    Love / Lust  (Moshi Moshi Records)
Little Blu House    Unknown Mortal Orchestra    3:01    Unknown Mortal Orchestra   (Fat Possum Records)
Angel Steps    Factory Star    3:52    Enter Castle Perilous   (Occultation Records)
Black Tiles    Wild Flag    4:30    Wild Flag (Bonus Track Version)  (Merge Records) 
Densaflorativa    Radio Moscow    3:31    The Great Escape Of Leslie Magnafuzz  (Alive Natural) 
Never My Love (The Association)    Luck of Eden Hall    3:35   (Myopic Records)  
What Were You Hoping For?    Van Hunt    3:44    What Were You Hoping For?   (Thirty Tigers)
Hotel Room    Smoke Fairies    4:12    Through Low Light And Trees   (Year Seven Records)  
Powa    Tune-Yards    5:04    Whokill   
Releaserpm (feat. Lizzie Bougatsos)    Win Win    4:18    Win Win
One More Touch    Robert Pollard    1:59    Space City Kicks  
Born Alone    Wilco    3:55    The Whole Love   
Je Ne Suis Pas Trés Drogué    The Liminanas    2:53    The Limiñanas   
Cocaine Blues    Escort    4:11    Escort  (Escort Records)
Now You See    Femi Kuti    4:40    Africa For Africa  (Knitting Factory Records)
Chiaroscuro    Zara McFarlane    4:51    Until Tomorrow    (Brownswood Records)
Late Mornings    Amor de Días    2:31    Street of the Love of Days (Clientele)  
Raconte-Moi Une Histoire    M83    4:04    Hurry Up We're Dreaming   (Mute Records)
The Green Pastures    William Tyler    4:04    Sun It Rises    (Tompkins Square Records)
Germinating Seed    Tea Leaf Green    4:10    Radio Tragedy 
Song For Next Summer    Meg Baird    6:20    Seasons On Earth  (Drag City)
Ritual Union    Little Dragon    4:07   (Peace Frog Records))
Slow Slow    Sound Of Rum    3:03     Single   (Best Sunday Records)
Lick Up Ya Foot    Roots Manuva    2:47    Duppy Writer    (Big Dada Records)
Come to the Bar    Pete and the Pirates    5:39    One Thousand Pictures  (Stolen Recordings)
Still    Ulysses    3:29    Everybody's Strange
I'm So Fabulous    New York Dolls    2:26    Dancing Backward in High Heels   (429 Records) 
Modern Aquatic Nightsongs    Atlas Sound    4:09    Parallax    (4AD)
Riding for the Feeling    Bill Callahan    6:06    Apocalypse  (Drag City)
Still Sound  (Voodoo Bear Remix)   Toro y Moi   4:32      (Car Park Records)
Trampoline    Aaron Wright   2:56     Single    
The Empty Shell    Arbouretum    4:33    The Gathering   (Thrill Jockey)
I Want It    Locussolus    6:29    I Want It / Next to You - Single   
Savage Night At The Opera    Destroyer    4:24    Kaputt   
Get Outta Dodge    Bosco Delrey    3:08    Everybody Wah    (Mad Decent)
Problem With the Sun    Nicolas Jaar    3:52    Space Is Only Noise   

...ran out of time!
Drug    White Denim    3:04          
Tigers    Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks    2:25    Mirror Traffic 
Gone Again    Best Coast    2:29    Adult Swim Singles Program 2011
Song For Daniel J.    The Goldenhearts    3:06    Is There Love On Mars?   
The Trans-Slambovian BiPolar Express    The Grand Slambovians    5:42    The Grand Slambovians   

• Radio Base Camp hosted by Steve di Costanzo is heard basically every other Friday from 1pm to 4pm.  Just bear in mind that the last Friday of the month is reserved for Chris Frantz and his show- "Chris Frantz the Talking Head"

• I also host  Radio Base Camp-Late Night on the 2nd & 4th Monday nights from 11:00pm to 2:00am.  See seperate related episodes
  

• RADIO BASE CAMP focuses on the newest indie rock, 60s beat-punk,psych, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 50s R&R, exotica, afrobeat, jamaican ska/rocksteady and beyond We play deep tracks and unpolished gems, songs you may remember and ones you might not have heard, along with demos, rarities, alternative takes and all kinds of great music that doesn't get played that often.  We also feature new music by current bands, many of whom are influenced by the 60's (and beyond). We do live and telephone interviews with musicians, producers, and chroniclers of an era spanning from the 1950's to present day. We aim to highlight and focus on music with great song writing, sounds and production, having a lot of fun in the process... 

• RADIO BASE CAMP-Late Night   Steve di Costanzo hosts a later night version Monday nights (2nd and 4th) that features the NEW MUSIC SEGMENT called MIDNIGHT MADNESS. You can search for each episode of these shows.
  

• a little history....RADIO BASE CAMP is a radio show that I started in 2007 on live365.com internet radio.  It became a weekly WPKN  "overnight" show from Sunday into Monday for two years before moving to Friday afternoons  in September 2009 with my part-time co-host, Eric Cocks.  In early 2010,  I decided to focus on my own programming and me and Eric reconfigured our weekly radio show into two seperate and distinct shows: Radio Base Camp with hosted Steve di Costanzo and Connections ...With Eric Cocks. 
  

 Radio Base Camp and radio Base Camp-Late Night is hosted by Steve di Costanzo 

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Interviews/Special Shows on RADIO BASE CAMP available on archives:

• Bill Lincoln from U.S. duo EUPHORIA whose sole album has been called "one of the most important ever"
• Barry Tashian from The Remains with Fred Cantor producer of "America's Lost Band"
• MELANIE the noted singer-songwriter  (Steve di Costanzo)
• Andy Bracken from Fruits de Mer Records in London & Virginia  (Steve)
• Ron Sanchez from Donovan's Brain, Career Records and KGLT in Bozeman, NT   (Steve)
• Felix Cavaliere from The Rascals (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Tommy James from Tommy James and the Shondells
• Carol Kaye (noted session player)   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Singer and songwriter Sam Phillips  (interviewd by Eric Cocks)
• Andrew Sandoval from Rhino Records  (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Merrell Fankhauser from HMS Bounty and Farkopady   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Singer-Songwriter Don Cooper  (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Sky Saxon from The Seeds   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Peppy Castro from The Blues Magoos   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Johnny Echols from Love   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Richie Unterberger (noted Rock author and reviewer)   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
• Tom Moon (1,000 Recordings...) (Steve di Costanzo
• Mark Naftalin (Butterfield Blues Band-special DJ Show)
• Rusty Ford (Lothar and the Hand People)  (Steve)
• Hilton Valentine from The Animals  (special program with Germaine)
• James Lowe and Mark Tulin from The Electric Prunes   (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)