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On the sophomore album from their collaborative project Always You, the debonair duo of twin brothers Anton and Christoph Hochheim
lean into their predilections for sophisti-pop. Prefab Sprout fans longing for their return will swoon for the elegant songcraft of Bloom Off The Rose . . .
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Today on the show, Brazilian singer/songwriter Rodrigo Amarante joins us to discuss his new album, Drama. A lush and enveloping listen, it blends gentle pop with cinematic flourishes. Reflecting on the confines of masculinity, his artistic relationships with Noah Georgeson, Devendra Banhart, Little Joy, Los Hermanos, and much more . . .
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Covering two tracks from the mighty Troggs, when asked about the band's longevity, Sonny attests "they always felt so mysterious , and now fifty years later they seem like unknown mystics from another time. It’s the same feeling when you think about some old world mystic poet, Rasputin, or Rumi or something . . .
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Back by popular demand: for the first time since 2018, we've just re-upped the entirety of the music featured in our Dead Notes column, as penned by D Norsen from 2013-18. Get 'em while they're hot. The two PDF zines included.
For heads, by heads . . .
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Live in Paris is the first album to showcase the music of The Master Musicians of Joujouka with the appropriate fidelity. Listeners can hear this music in all of its sonic and spiritual heft, roughly approximating the sound of a performance in the village . . .
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For his debut Lagniappe Session, Tokyo-based singer-songwriter Yuma Abe cites influences and inspirations, including Devendra Banhart, who toured with his band Never Young Beach in Japan and contributes guitar to Fantasia, and Haruomi Hosono (Chu Kosaka's former bandmate and frequent collaborator . . .
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On Magic Tuber Stringband's second studio release, When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round, the Durham-based duo of Evan Morgan and Courtney Werner continue their exploration of folk musics within and without North Carolina. Over the course of seven new compositions and two traditional ones, Magic Tuber find harmony between Appalachian fiddle and banjo tunes and modern approaches to tone and syncopation . . .
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Prep the ears for a supple pair of tracks from Devendra Banhart's new ambient project with producer/engineer/longtime musical partner Noah Georgeson. "In A Cistern" and "Into Clouds" come from the duo’s forthcoming August release, Refuge, an ambient effort designed for deep listening . . .
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It’s a bonus episode for you as we head into the weekend. Today on the show we're joined by Ripley Johnson of Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips, and most recently, Rose City Band, on punk minimalism, psychedelia, & the perfect rock & roll song . . .
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It's getting hotter, and we're all moving slower. This should help: The Tempters aching "Tell Me More" - three and half sinuous minutes of humid Japanese garage, circa 1967 . . .
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Over the course of its two sides, the record's eleven tracks skate an elegant figure 8 of knowing, whimsical pop, prefiguring the countless indie-pop artists who would go on to use the album as a blueprint decades later . . .
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A slice of low-key bedroom pop-psychedelia in the vein of Syd Barrett. Following their 2019 seven-inch—“A Pale Horse in Roswell 1947” b/w “Amalgamated”—"Lowered Shelf" works in the bossa nova chill of the aforementioned B-side, while incorporating horns and an organ & chant-bedded shuffle beat, constructing a hypnotic chamber jazz atmosphere. The group sings of an “incandescent melancholy,” as the sonic atrium grows wild and untamed. Keep an eye on the skies . . .
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Recorded in 1977 in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the record rides an array of influences from the mainstream to kitschy avant-garde, with particular emphasis placed on motifs surrounding private desires and personal freedom. See: album opener, "Androgyny" -- something like a blend of Melanie coupled with Carole King's 1968 project, The City . . .
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Tom Scharpling of The Best Show joins us for a discussions about his new book, It Never Ends, his musical heroes—including Lou Reed and Brian Eno—zine making, mental health, and much more . . .
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