Lô Borges :: O Mundo, Minas Gerais

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RIP. Maybe the most naif member of the legendary Clube da Esquina he helped found, Lô Borges was also the figure responsible for bringing to the movement the heavy dose of easy-listening psychedelia that pushed it over the edge of a musical revolution. He was only a teenager when he wrote some of the best songs of that 1972 record that many consider, to this day, the greatest of Brazilian music: "Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo," "Trem de Doido," "Trem Azul," "Paisagem da Janela," and more . . .

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Parque da São :: Ideograma

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Inspired by the eerily meditative films of Apichatpong, the debut EP Ideograma from Parque da São, a Brazilian duo formed by ente’s Arthur Bittencourt and Relevo Espacial’s Julio Santa Cecilia, is a tropicalist parade full of euphoric atrocities and “hysterical sweetness . . .

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Iiris Viljanen :: So Much of You Was Sleeping

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So Much of You Was Sleeping, the new solo piano album from Finnish-Swedish composer Iiris Viljanen, drifts on fluffy, spacious keys and hushed, wordless melodies, residing in the dreamy and delicate musical worlds she creates. Following five albums in the singer-songwriter form, Viljanen fully embraces a mode of artistic expression first heard on her 2016 album Kiss Me, Stupid And 7 More Solo Piano Pieces . . .

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Jon Hassell / Brian Eno :: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics

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The music winds sinuously, like a river in deep, humid tropics. In six tracks which blend seamlessly into one musical entity, this pivotal collaboration from Brian Eno and Jon Hassell explores a mystical, minimalist music, tinted by Southern Hemisphere sounds but also incorporating 20th century electronics. The cuts move slowly but insistently, a sensuous wiggle in their syncopation . . .

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Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider :: A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams

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With A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the first collaboration as a duo from Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider, the pair embrace the "psychedelic" label. At first consideration, a retro-soul singer and country rock sideman may seem like an unlikely match to produce mind-expanding music—but their collaboration makes more and more sense as you listen . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Terry Riley :: Shri Camel (Holland Festival, 1977)

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The Netherlands, 1977. American iconoclast composer and musician Terry Riley touches down in Holland to appear on Dutch television. The near hour-long performance (buttressed by an introductory contextual primer) finds Riley performing "Shri Camel," a piece that would not appear in an official capacity until 1980 . . .

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Transmissions :: DM Hotep (Sun Ra Arkestra)

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This week on the show, we sit down with Sun Ra Arkestra guitarist DM Hotep, who, under the leadership of 101-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen, continues the work of Ra . . .

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Hüsker Dü :: 1985: The Miracle Year    

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Hüsker Dü’s miracle year came at the mid-point of the 1980s when, in the span of 12 months, the band released three monumental albums: Zen Arcade in the summer of 1984, New Day Rising at the very beginning of 1985 and Flip Your Wig in September of the same year. This box set from Numero documents the power and fury of that pivotal period with 43 paint-stripping live performances, 24 from an album release show in Minneapolis on January 30, 1985, the remainder from various stops in America and overseas on their unrelenting tour . . .

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Pink Floyd at the LA Sports Arena (4.26.75): The Millard Master

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It’s taken a half century for a Mike Millard recording to be officially sanctioned and released, though fittingly, his professional debut is a jewel: Pink Floyd at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 4.26.75. Included in the band’s forthcoming Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Deluxe Set, Millard’s tape captures Floyd at its most gigantic: included in its 2.5-hour runtime is a complete runthrough of Dark Side of the Moon, the then-unreleased Wish You Were Here previewed in full (oddly, minus its FM rock staple title cut), a healthy slice of the . . .

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SML :: How You Been

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SML rattles and clatters, following slap-dash, stutter-and-roll rhythms through rave-glowing forests of incandescent synths. The personnel comes from jazz, more or less, but you can hear bits of ambient chill-out, early aughts EDM, hip hop, house and free improvisation. Slashing, bumping, “Take Out the Trash” runs on a noir-ish bassline, a bit of David Axelrod's cinematics or Death in Vegas’ ominous dance grooves in its cowbell clanging, horn-bursting swagger . . .

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Ram On LA: A Los Angeles Music Sampler (2009 Redux)

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Originally released in 2009, the AD-curated Ram On LA compilation brought together a dozen Los Angeles artists paying homage to Paul & Linda McCartney's 1971 masterpiece Ram. Having recently witnessed retrospective publications and documentaries dissecting bgone '90s and 2000s-era music scenes in cities like NYC and Athens, Georgia, the comp represents a snapshot of a particular LA indie scene (one in which no defining sound represented the overall zeitgeist). Retrospectively, a look back on those halcyon days of both the music scene and that era's internet musical landscape make the compilation well worth a reappraisal and a . . .

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Sean Pratt :: Prairie Whistle Call

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The unbroken horizon of the American steppe reigns over Sean Pratt’s Prairie Whistle Call. Over the course of its nine cuts, the songwriter distills desolation and grandiose into a deeply personal and downright gorgeous ode to the golden roads and rolling fields he sings of. We’re presented with an Americana that stands on its own; a far cry from the derivative indie-folk that the moniker tends to carry today. In hushed tones imbued with hues of melancholy and self-discovery, Pratt brings us into his corner, commanding a restrained attention . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show (The Halloween Edition)

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Trick or treat. Broadcasting from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery … The Aquarium Drunkard Show. The Halloween edition, Wednesday night / 7pm California time. SIRIUS/XM ~ Channel 35 . . .

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All Hallows’ Aquarium Drunkard II

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Check your candy bars for razor blades, kids, it's once again time for All Hallows' Aquarium Drunkard. The damned souls around here are coming to take possession of your sound system and there aren't enough exorcisms in the world to get them out of your house. Might as well enjoy the monster mash dub, spectral free jazz, pagan folk, creature-feature punk, and cult TV soundtrack grooves they are spewing up for the spooky season. It's like Shakespeare said, Hell is empty and all the devils are here . . .

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