The Chills :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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New Zealand icons The Chills have a new LP, their seventh, out this month entitled Scatterbrain. We caught up with founding member Martin Phillips to discuss the history of the group, their sonic trajectory, being an “autarchic on the mend", the new record, and more.

"There have been a lot of wasted years, being down and out, and, you know, drug addicted,” says Phillips. “This time for the first time, I feel that we’re back where we should be and we’re able to move forward. I’m excited about it . . .

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Unearthed, Vol. 16 :: Abandoned Love (Bob Dylan)

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As you probably know, Bob Dylan turns 80 years old today. As such, here's a mix (approximately 80 minutes for Bob's 80 years) of unreleased gems, stretching from 1973 to 2019, including studio outtakes, rehearsals, live performances and television appearances.

It's a mess. It's beautiful . . .

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Nikolaj Hess :: Spacelab & Strings

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Danish pianist/composer Nikolaj Hess returns, melding two ensembles on Spacelab & Strings. Interweaving a classical string quartet with a piano trio, the recombinant septet finds Hess delving into new abstractions, exploring color, tonality and time . . .

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Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance and Electronic Music 1983-1992

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The Los Angeles based Naya Beat Records is a reissue and rework label dedicated to uncovering forgotten electronic and dance music from the overlooked ‘80s and ‘90s South Asian music scene. Its first release, Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance and Electronic Music 1983-1992, is out on June 25th and features future classics from India, Pakistan, the U.K., Canada, Guyana and Suriname, released between 1983 and 1992 . . .

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Sam Evian :: Easy to Love

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With his debut Fat Possum single "Easy to Love" Sam Evian pens a Ram-style ode to life upstate. It's a supremely frisky boogie, balancing sweetness with loose limbed rock & roll charm . . .

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Mdou Moctar :: Afrique Victime

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Though Mdou Moctar firmly fits the bill of "guitar hero," his new album Afrique Victime demonstrates how he's grown as a bandleader and singer/songwriter. This is a group deeply zoned into one another . . .

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

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Wade in the water. 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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Wadada Leo Smith :: Transmissions

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Composer, trumpeter, and theorist Wadada Leo Smith joins us to discuss year of releases centered around his 80th birthday, his blues roots, spiritual journey, and creative outlook . . .

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Videodrome :: Psychedelic Glue Sniffing Hillbillies

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Four years before Harmony Korine's seminal hilljack masterpiece "Gummo" would shock audiences across the world and rewrite the rules of independent cinema forever, an amateur auteur by the name of Craig Smith was exploring a very similar corner of the zeitgeist with his thirty-minute short film "Psychedelic Glue Sniffin' Hillbillies . . .

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Manduka :: S/T (1972)

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An organic affair employing minimal production, the record is buoyed by Manduka's sympathetic vocal, acoustic guitar, and occasional accompaniment by vocalist Soledad Bravo. Abetted by light flutes, harmonica and congas, as a piece, Manduka excels in its low-key blend of provincial folk, tastefully draped in the ubiquitous psychedelia of the zeitgeist . . .

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Various Artists :: Belong To The Wind

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The newly formed Los Angeles based label Forager Records lifts off with aplomb with its inaugural release, Belong To The Wind, a 10 track set compiling psychedelic tinged folk and soul. Culled from American 45s from the ’70s, its a languid ride highlighting a set of underknown artists at work, ranging from homegrown recordings to full studio treatments . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Too Many Mornings

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An hour's worth of Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings" — is this too many "One Too Many Mornings"? Give it a try. These 14 different versions, stretching from the original recording released in early 1964 to a live tape from 1995, illustrate Dylan as an artist in constant motion . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard with Dave Schools and Woodsist

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard's May broadcast will air May 16 from 4-8 PM Pacific on Dublab. In hour one, Less Talk More Groove with Dave Schools, hour two features Jason Woodbury's Range and Basin, hour 3 belong to Tyler Wilcox with Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, and to close, the Woodsist Family Radio Hour . . .

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Sarah Louise :: Earth Bow

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On previous albums, Sarah Louise exposed the arbitrary nature of genre. On her new album Earth Bow, she creates her own. What you hear on the record is an artist riding the currents of a far-reaching and unrestrained creative freedom, alchemically transmuting influence into novel self-expression—exactly what you should expect to hear on great albums . . .

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