Videodrome :: Blue Sunshine (1978)

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Blue Sunshine is one of the rare 1970s films you may find filed underneath "Horror" or "Cult" or "Exploitation" that has no nudity, just a few drops of blood, and PG-rated language. It's an odd feat for a low-budget film based around homicidal maniacs killing people because of unregulated drug use. But Blue Sunshine's horror doesn't stem from gore and carnage as much as an undercurrent of paranoid psychosis, a reflection of the time it was released . . .

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Joan Shelley :: The Spur

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At this point in her career, we would probably settle for a “pretty good” album from Joan Shelley. But no, The Spur continues an unbroken streak of masterpieces for the Louisville-based artist. It’s a record that features some of Shelley’s very best songwriting, bolstered by sensitive and occasionally surprising arrangements, ravishingly lush at some points, spare and spectral at others. The Spur is a wonder, from start to finish . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Mike Pollize

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On Dizzy Demos: 2 Tickets to Cheeseburger in Paradise, songwriter Mike Polizze reveals the ramshackle core of his solo debut Long Lost Solace Find, collecting demos and outtakes from the album's original sessions. The former Purling Hiss frontman's songs shine in nascent form, tugging at threads that connect to country rock, glam, and classic loner folk. For his first ever Lagniappe Session, Polizze keeps things similarly direct and locked in, with two sparse traditional songs . . .

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Every Mouth Must Be Fed :: 1973-1976

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From the archives of Micron Music, Every Mouth Must Be Fed: 1973-1976. Originally released via Pressure Sounds in the spring of 2008, a CD copy of this twenty track compilation soundtracked the majority of that summer, and, due to a recent cop of the vinyl version, it appears to be doing the same some 14 years later. A toppermost three year overview of the Kingston, Jamaica based label, the roots collection highlights selects from the likes of Joe Higgs, U Roy, I Roy, Tommy McCook, Junior Byles, King Tubby and others, featuring an effortless array of early reggae and . . .

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Hidden Waters: Strange And Sublime Sounds Of Rio de Janeiro

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Hidden Waters, the recent vinyl compilation of new Brazilian music by Sounds & Colours, offers a dreamscape view of the alternative music scene that has recently bloomed around the Audio Rebel studio in Rio de Janeiro. From established icons of 'nova MPB' like Kassin and Letrux to up-and-coming artists like Raquel Dimantas and Os Ritmistas, and from the serene soul pop of Jonas Sá and Marcello Callado to the abrasive noise experimentalism of Cadu Tenório & Juçara Marçal and Ava Rocha . . .

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Wax Machine :: Hermit’s Grove

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Over the course of its first side, Hermit's Grove answers the question of what a collaboration of Pharoah Sanders, Ian Carr, and Caetano Veloso would sound like. By the time you reach this conclusion, the group launches into a stoney rendition of Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes’s “Canto de Iemanja . . .

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Aphrodite’s Child :: 666

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Recorded in 1970, but not released until 1972, 666 was a departure for Aphrodite's Child. Forgoing the flowery pop of his previous work with the group, the album finds Vangelis diving headfirst into the apocalyptic, reflecting on the end of days and taking listeners along for the transcendent ride . . .

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

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No static at all. 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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Joan Shelley :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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We caught up with Joan Shelley on a summer Friday shortly after the Supreme Court upended Roe Vs. Wade, a weird and unsettled time for everyone, but perhaps particularly for a female artist in Kentucky with a new daughter. We talked about making art in a pandemic, the importance of collaboration and the difficulties of doing anything else when you have a young child, as well as the pleasures of listening to music all the way through, the way it was intended . . .

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Transmissions :: Glenn Jones

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Welcome to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions. Our guest today on the show Glenn Jones, who joins us to discuss his new album Vade Mecum, out now on Thrill Jockey Records, as well as touch on and illuminate the complicated legacy of John Fahey. Both solo and as a member of Cul-de-Sac, Jones has been a force of creative energy in the world of solo acoustic guitar, guitar soli, or American Primitive music, a term we discuss in this chat . . .

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Oksana Linde :: Aquatic And Other Worlds

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Oksana Linde’s music is where she lets her dual passions of nature and music bleed together. Her compositions are inspired by both the wonder scientific observation generates and the questions it can’t quite answer, playing to imagined and perceived worlds. Treading a line between cognizant experimentation and blissful meditation is a rare craft to witness and it’s here in spades . . .

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Dehd :: Blue Skies

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On what is Dehd's best album to date, the band finds its most full creation: an album of happiness, reflection, and effusive exploration, Blue Skies is the Chicago band's triumphant entry from out of a pandemic world . . .

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The Cure :: Charlotte Sometimes (Soundcheck, 1982)

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The bootleg live version of "Charlotte Sometimes" from The Cure’s soundcheck at The Hammersmith Odeon could be considered the definitive version of the song. It's a perfect concoction of composition and environment, adding an additional ghostly layer to an already haunting song. The lo-fi recording quality and cavernous reverb from the empty venue perfectly plays into the song's eerie nature. It’s as if The Cure are performing to an audience of phantoms beneath the dim lights of an abandoned theater - is there a better way to hear The Cure than that . . .

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Ra Can Row :: Ra Can Row (1983)

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Heavy kosmische from America’s Rhine substitute: the mighty Ohio River. As if Ash Ra Tempel recorded at the Black Ark. For a one-off group of unknown Ohioans, Ra Can Row sounds remarkably contemporary for their time . . .

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Cedric “Im” Brooks :: United Africa

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...it’s “Silent Force” that rises out of the album like a thick encroaching mist. It’s a massive groove that wouldn’t be out of place on an Africa 70 record, displaying the full strength of Brooks’ tenor sax and the supple interplay of his ensemble as they funk hard over an insistent undercurrent of nyabinghi drums. With Brooks’ tenor backed by Jamaican session luminaries like Ernest Ranglin, Harold Butler, Boris Gardiner, and Tony Allen, “Silent Force” is an otherworldly melding of roots reggae, spiritual jazz, and African polyrhythms that transcends the narrow confines of genre. This is fusion . . .

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