Sam Evian on building the early '70s inspired Time to Melt, which aspires to address the strife of the present and also sound good while making dinner . . .
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Madrigal’s self-titled album, reissued via Subliminal Sounds in 2017. A slice of early 70s lo-fi, basement DIY, experimenting with oscillating drones, drum machines, vox, electric guitar and bass. Or: haunted, subterranean folk music as heard through a slab of dilapidated drywall . . .
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This week on Transmissions, Alan Lomax Archive curator and guitarist Nathan Salsburg joins us from his place in rural Kentucky to discuss his new album of Hebrew devotional music, Psalms, conceptions of the divine, life as a new parent, and much more . . .
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Matthew Specktor's Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, & Los Angeles, California blends "autobiographical vignettes and incisive cultural deep dives." Today, the author joins us with a companion mixtape of songs that helped inspire the book . . .
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For a minute there after leaving Roxy Music, Brian Eno was poised to become one of the era’s most glam-tastic superstars. He's captured here venturing to outer regions with the Winkies . . .
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Culled from their 1971 s/t album, "Old Man" remains a top contender for best fake CSNY. No shade, it's great. With multi-part harmonies, interweaving guitar tangle, and a straight-up, preemptive sixth sense nod to Neil's own "Old Man" from a year later, its near seven minute runtime is completely satisfying . . .
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“Hello!” Alan Dunham sings exuberantly at the beginning of his 1980 LP Flying Alone. “It’s nice to meet you!” Not too many people got the chance to connect with the teenaged singer-songwriter back then, though. The homemade album was released in minuscule quantities — a very private press, indeed. But in 2021, the ever-reliable crate diggers at Numero Group are giving Dunham a proper introduction: Flying Alone hits various digital platforms this week . . .
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We may or may not have a playlist entitled Let's Have Sax -- one entirely comprised of vintage pop tunes with choice saxxy interludes. We're not saying we do... but if we did, the elegant one-hit wonder that is Brian Protheroe's "Pinball" would surely slide in midway through. Released in 1974, "Pinball" scratches that mid-decade McCartney itch, much in the same way as, say, Emitt Rhodes or a nice, sweet hit of Gerry Rafferty . . .
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Covering the Beatles is often met with mixed results, but Brazilian songstress Elis Regina pulled it off in 1971 via her rendering of "Golden Slumbers". Singing in English, released two years after Abbey Road, Regina works McCartney's nostalgic lament into a soulful, orchestrated, vamp . . .
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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab returns Sunday, August 15 from 4—8 PM Pacific time, with special guests Chad DePasquale and MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger . . .
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Recorded by herself in her bedroom, Rachika Nayar’s short new collection of songs, fragments, allows the listener to discover new things with every listen . . .
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Lonnie Holley is no stranger to collaboration. From Richard Swift to Matthew E. White and many more, his improvisatory spirit shines when working with simpatico artists. Here, he's presented with a small acoustic combo at Pulp Arts, a multidisciplinary arts and fabrication space in Gainesville, Florida . . .
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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our recurring column of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. This month, the short fiction of Henry Dumas, Leonora Carrington's comedic novel, alchemical poetry from N.H. Pritchard, Stanley Crawford, and Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia . . .
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A Sky Record is one of Damon & Naomi with Michio Kurihara's most purely gorgeous sounding records, offering up 10 songs that find a perfect middle ground between overcast melancholy and cautious, hard-won optimism . . .
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Ahead of hitting the road on tour, Rickie Lee Jones joins us to discuss her incredible memoir, Last Chance Texaco on Transmissions, documenting her rebellious youth in California and Arizona in the ‘70s, her rise to stardom, run-ins with other artists, and much more, with poetic and literary charm . . .
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