Percussive exaltation. Enjoy the long weekend. All propers to the Numero Group for the hip a decade ago, via their Good God! Gospel Funk Hymnal compilation. Voices Of Conquest :: O Yes My Lord
Month: August 2018
Transmissions Podcast :: Nate Chinen’s Playing Changes/Exploring Japan’s Kissa Bars/Little Wings
We’re back. Welcome to the August edition of the Transmissions podcast, just under the wire. We’ve got a great episode this month. First, Aquarium Drunkard’s Mary Sartini Garner sits down with Nate Chinen, author of a new book, […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (7pm PST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app. SIRIUS 534: Jean Michel Bernard – Générique Stephane ++ […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: The Mountain Goats
Lagniappe (la·gniappe) noun ˈlan-ˌyap,’ – 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Last year was a busy one for John Darnielle. In addition to […]
Zuider Zee :: Zeenith
Seriously, what was in the water down in Memphis in the ’70s, and how did all the power poppers know where to get a sip? Of course you had Big Star , lead by Alex Chilton and […]
Heart of Snake :: S/T
From the same folks who brought you Krano’s lost gem Requiescat In Plavem , comes another otherworldly taste of Italian psychedelia: Heart of Snake. Released earlier this year by Maple Death Records , Heart of Snake finds Vincenzo Marando (a […]
Abstract Truths: An Evolving Jazz Compendium – Volume Six
Volume Six of Abstract Truths, An Evolving Jazz Compendium . If unfamiliar with the series, please first read here per its genesis and intention. We return with Los Angeles selector Phil Cho, who can most readily be found in the real world playing around the […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Robert Walter’s 20th Congress (Second Session)
Lagniappe (la·gniappe) noun ˈlan-ˌyap,’ – 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Hammond B3 composer and bandleader Robert Walter sees the release of his next full-length, […]
Sandy Denny (Richard & Linda Thompson): Live In London, 1972
If there were justice in this world, there would be at least three albums full of Linda Thompson / Sandy Denny duets (under the Crazy Ladies moniker, perhaps?). But no! There are only a few […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: RF Shannon
Lagniappe (la·gniappe) noun ˈlan-ˌyap,’ – 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. RF Shannon’s Trickster Blues , from May of this year, is a slice of […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (7pm PST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with an encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app. SIRIUS 533: Jean Michel Bernard – Générique Stephane […]
Tonight in Los Angeles: Talk Show / Aquarium Drunkard In Conversation With Chris Swanson
Los Angeles: Tonight (Wednesday) Aquarium Drunkard presents TALK SHOW, an intimate series of conversations centered around the worlds of music, art, film and beyond. Our guest this month is muso Chris Swanson of the Secretly Group , in […]
Glenn Jones :: The Giant Who Ate Himself
Glenn Jones continues his unbroken winning streak of sublime solo guitar LPs with his latest effort for Thrill Jockey. Jones’ intricate playing has perhaps never sounded better, recorded by Laura Baird with a richness that makes the […]
Mondo Hollywood (A Documentary, 1967)
Counter-Culture. Enter Mondo Hollywood — the definitive underground celluloid guide to late sixties Los Angeles. As sprawling and bizarre as the city itself, the two hour documentary swings and skews, highlighting all manner of coastal […]
Kitsos Harisiadis :: Lament in a Deep Style, 1929-1931
In his new/highly recommended book, Lament From Epirus: An Odyssey Into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music , Christopher C. King delivers a lot of great descriptions of the Epirotic sound, but I think this is my favorite: “[T]he music sounds like women weeping at a […]