This is a mix I made on my living room turntables with some morning coffee, just grabbing at recent finds and old favorites piled around. Most are 45s. No theme per se, only that these […]
Month: April 2015
Jolie Holland — Rex’s Blues :: Pickathon / Galaxy Barn
Welcome to the fifth installment of an ongoing series with Pickathon , showcasing footage from the Galaxy Barn located at Pendarvis Farm in Oregon: Jolie Holland — “Rex’s Blues”. The entirety of this year’s lineup went live this week. We’ll be up […]
Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks – The New York Sessions
‘Eventually I would record an entire album based on Chekhov short stories–critics thought it was autobiographical…’ Chronicles: Volume I Meet Me in the Morning (Early Take) The bloodletting began, fittingly, in a red notebook. Estranged from his wife at the time, living on a farm […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Dandy Livingstone (Ska Beat, 1967)
Welcome to the third installment of Jamaican Snapshots — a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside of genre enthusiasts. A prolific musician and producer, Dandy Livingstone (born Robert Livingstone Thompson) […]
The Unofficial Bowie: A Conversation Piece
For several years now, Chris O’Leary’s Pushing Ahead of the Dame blog has been one of the Greatest Things On The Internet, with O’Leary guiding readers through the endless twists and turns of David Bowie’s fascinating career, song by song. […]
Ork Records :: Complete Singles
If there’s a thick wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket come National Record Store Day this year, you could certainly do a lot worse than scooping up this collection of lovingly reproduced 7-inches via the always reliable Numero Group . Ork Records, briefly, was […]
Mel Brown :: Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins
Saturday. Thick smoke billowing from the pig cooker ’cause Mel Brown’s got a free form groove on low and slow. Cold drinks in the ice chest. More folks coming over soon. John Lee Hooker’s Endless Boogie up […]
A.M. Deballot :: A Wudu / Bella
Here is a comprehensive list of everything that is known about these two songs: They were recorded by A.M. Deballot in Benin. That’s it. Googling his name produces seven results. Doesn’t matter. The offset, shuffling rhythms are […]
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 383: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ Alain […]
The Soundtracks Of Jenny Agutter / 1970-81
To hold a Jenny Agutter film festival would be an inspired idea. In the late-’60s, throughout the ’70s and early ’80s, the UK actress had a golden run featuring in some of the era’s most intriguing films. […]
Ben Carruthers & The Deep :: Jack O’ Diamonds
As a kid I had a postcard of a saxophone player standing outside New York’s Birdland . It was taken by William Claxton and I found out recently that it’s a still from the John Cassavetes […]
Moon Duo :: Winter (Rolling Stones)
Moon Duo are something of a 21st century Suicide — a synth swelled duo occupying a dreamscape drive down a dark highway. It’s a very specific kind of atmosphere and mood and on Shadow of the Sun , […]
Soft Cat :: All Energy Will Rise
After a spell of uncertainty following the release of Soft Cat’s promising debut LP in 2010, it was unclear whether principle songwriter Neil Sanzgiri would continue the project at all. Slowly returning to his craft […]
Carsten Meinert Kvartet :: To You
Restored from the original mastertapes, Frederiksberg Records 2015 reissue of To You — the 1968 Danish jazz LP by Carsten Meinert Kvartet. In addition to the vinyl release, the cd version (marking the albums first time on compact disc) […]
Blossom Dearie :: That’s Just The Way I Want To Be
Ethereal, haunting, magic. Another side of Blossom Dearie. Blossom Dearie :: That’s Just The Way I Want To Be