Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 299: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Catfish […]
Month: June 2013
Floating Action :: Don’t Stop (Loving Me Now)
Black Mountain, NC blue-eyed soul. MP3: Floating Action :: Don’t Stop (Loving Me Now)
The Accents w/ Sandi Rouse :: Better Watch Out Boy (1964)
In 1964, Sandi Rouse, Gabe Lapano and the rest of the Accents entered Gold Star Studio in Los Angeles at the request of a local label, Commerce Records. Unsupervised and lacking any considerable recording experience, […]
Mavis Staples :: One True Vine
In her sixty-plus years as a gospel and soul singer, Mavis Staples has rarely been lacking in buoyant confidence. She has the physical muster to stretch her voice from exasperated whisper to jubilant shout in […]
Rose Windows :: The Sun Dogs I: Spirit Modules
Seattle psychedelic folk-rockers Rose Windows ‘ debut, The Sun Dogs, is out today via Sub Pop. Those looking to satisfy a nocturnal jones for “Planet Caravan” leaning Sabbath and heavy Eastern miasma need apply. Fronted by vocalist Rabia […]
Rowland S. Howard And Lydia Lunch :: Some Velvet Morning
Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra’s “Some Velvet Morning”. The coupling of a psychedelic country-rock pioneer and a struggling pop princess of the ’60s. A risky, experimental and dubious piece of work that did, in fact, […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Derek’s Daily 45 – A Mixtape
Soul, freakbeat, garage, r&b, rock & roll…all are the focus of Bay area crate digger, dj and musician Derek See, the man behind the long-running ode to the 45 RPM record, Derek’s Daily 45 . See joined me […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 298: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Doris […]
Date Palms :: The Dusted Sessions
Cosmic American Ambient? Something like that. Shimmering like an asphalt mirage in the middle of the Mojave, Date Palms’ The Dusted Sessions is a woozy beauty, a fever dream consisting of hypnotic violin, droning tanpuras, soft Fender Rhodes, […]
T. Hardy Morris: Own Worst Enemy (Places In Peril Series)
Inspired by The Georgia Trust For Historic Preservation’s annual Places In Peril list, T. Hardy Morris and filmmaker Jason Thrasher traveled to historic sites in Georgia threatened by demolition and neglect. Ten live performances were captured at each location — one for each […]
Harpers Bizarre :: Witchi Tai To
Water spirit feelin’ / Springin’ round my head / Makes me feel glad / That I’m not dead MP3: Harpers Bizarre :: Witchi Tai To
Dead Notes #2 :: Viola Lee Blues (2/2/68 Portland, Oregon)
Welcome to round two of Dead Notes . We kicked things off with a “Good Lovin”’ from 1971 ; today we touch down in February, 1968 where we find the Dead eleven months after the release of their self-titled debut, tackling […]
Clifton’s Corner: Volume 20 – Brazilian Favorites
(Volume 20 of Clifton’s Corner . Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.) I’m not […]
Bitchin Bajas :: Sun City
Like a dream collab between Fripp & Eno circa No Pussyfooting and peak period Alice Coltrane, Bitchin Bajas’ Bitchitronics long player is a stupendous set of spiritual, cosmic bliss. The Coltrane connection is made explicit by […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Daniel Romano on George Jones
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. The music world lost a giant in April: George Jones, White Lightening himself — […]