Bandcamping :: Winter 2022

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Bandcamp Fridays may be a thing of the past (or maybe not!), but hey, throw a couple extra bucks on top of any asking price and voila — any day is Bandcamp Friday. With things still fairly uncertain for touring musicians in 2022, it can make a difference. As always, we’ve got a whole bunch of recommendations for you. Fill up your cart . . .

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Surprise Chef :: All News Is Good News

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Australia’s Surprise Chef dish out heaps of heady grooves. The instrumental quartet first issued their debut album, All News Is Good News, in late 2019 as a blink and you’ll miss it pressing on their own College of Knowledge imprint. Copies sold out within a week, but thankfully the good folks at Mr. Bongo have done us all a solid, making it available for the wider world to hear . . .

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Pedro The Lion :: Transmissions

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Welcome to a bonus edition of Transmissions with David Bazan joining Transmissions to discuss Pedro the Lion's surprise album Havasu, Christian Rock, Fugazi, Tom Petty, and more with host Jason P. Woodbury . . .

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Jake Xerxes Fussell :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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For his fourth and latest album, Good and Green Again, Fussell worked with James Elkington to bring rich, subtle shadings to these reconstructed songs, achieving a melancholy clarity and modern-day resonance in music first conceived centuries ago. We spoke earlier this year about how he finds personal meaning in old songs, why he respects but doesn’t emulate the note-for-note recreators, and how the way you hear traditional music can change as you change over time . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Monde UFO

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Monde UFO—the LA-based duo of Ray Monde and Kris Chau—put out one of our favorite records last year with 7171, a vibrant collection of free jazz and bossa nova inflected low-key psychedelia. For their inaugural Lagniappe Session, the duo covers three selections from Fugazi, meeting the seminal post-hardcore band’s skeletal manifestos with their own woozy bedroom-pop prescription . . .

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Yura Yura Teikoku :: Robot Deshita

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Prior to disbanding in 2010, Tokyo's Yura Yura Teikoku banged out 10 studio albums, a handful of EPs and a live record. Over the course of their 21 years as a working band, the trio's sound morphed considerably, stretching from their inception as a garage rock outfit to the lush, considered arrangements of their final LP, Hollow Me -- an album that would anticipate the direction vocalist Shintaro Sakamoto would soon explore via a solo career . . .

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

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Cosmic trigger. 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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Neil Young :: A Few More Honey Slides

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After a somewhat, er, “shakey” start, the online home of the Neil Young Archives has hit its stride. The past year has seen an incredible array of previously unavailable material show up for subscribers to enjoy. Outtakes stretching back to the Buffalo Springfield days, full live shows available to stream, rare films … All this and Neil himself regularly answering your questions in the Letters to the Editor column. Suffice to say, if you’re a fan of the man, you should consider signing up for the Archives. Below, we’ve got a small sampler mix of some of the goodies . . .

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Circuit des Yeux :: Transmissions

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Today on Transmissions: Haley Fohr, better known as Circuit des Yeux and Jackie Lynn. Her latest is called iO, and it’s a stunning work of art rock bravado. No one sounds like Fohr—she possesses a four octave voice—and few artists are pushing as intensely as she is these days. She joined us to discuss the evolution of Jackie Lynn, her label buying her a star, and of course, stunt work . . .

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Calvin Keys :: Proceed With Caution

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Proceed With Caution is the second two bonafide heaters that guitarist Calvin Keys recorded for Black Jazz Records. Originally released in 1974, Keys’ sophomore session as leader honed the free-flowing spiritual soul-jazz of Shawn-Neeq into more complex and layered compositions, bolstered by the broader instrumentation of a septet that included a mix of session vets and Black Jazz mainstays. As the title implies, all expectations should be checked at the door. While most of the album delivers an eloquent punch, Keys and company aren’t above getting a little dirty if the occasion calls . . .

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Maston :: The Switzerland Sessions

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Cinematic soundscapes abound. In early October of last year, Maston and L’Eclair traveled to Leysin - a small ski village high in the Swiss Alps, and home to Ritmo Studio. Joined by a small film crew, and engineer Benoit Gerard, the group recorded live versions of selections from the Maston catalog, including songs from the albums Tulips, Panorama and 2021's Souvenir . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Garcia Peoples (Second Session)

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Garcia Peoples have been on the move. Since we last rendezvoused with the band they have expanded to a sextet performing live feats that are leaving audiences in puddles of their own diethylamide daydreams. If that wasn't enough they still found time to cut a new album, Dodging Dues, with Mr. Auxiliary himself – Matt Sweeney – resulting in a tighter and more concise record that still goes hard on the choogle. For their second Lagniappe Session the group tackles a trio of artists whose influences orbit this new album and beyond . . .

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Brother Superior :: Trini Groove

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Both as a Lord and a Brother, Andrew Marcano was a legendary calypsonian. His first recordings in the late 1950s as Lord Superior, a bold name for a teenager, were instant hits in Trinidad. Twenty years into a career as Lord Superior, stacked with calypso gold, carnival competition victories, and tours with fellow calypsonians Lord Kitchener and Lord Melody, Marcano traveled to Nigeria in 1978 to meet Fela Kuti, and record with afrobeat icon Sonny Okosuns. The musicians collaborated on . . .

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Julie Doiron :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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I Thought Of You marks Julie Doiron's first official solo release in nine years. Throughout our conversation, Doiron explains what guides her collaborations and projects . . .

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ROY :: Capitalism

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Patrick Lefler is a key figure in Toronto’s new psychedelic scene. As the mastermind behind the revolving doors of ROY, his recent releases have included an extraterrestrial concept album, a trip back to the garage, and a collection of soothing synth waves to coax listeners into slumber. For his latest project, Lefler attempts to unshackle music from the constraints of capitalism itself. To accomplish this seemingly impossible task, he offers the antithesis: a free download . . .

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