Cochemea's latest, Vol. 11 Baca Sewa, plays like a cosmic funk and spiritual jazz ancestral trip through time. For his first ever Lagniappe Session, Cochemea interprets Big Star's "Kanga Roo" and Irakere's "Danza Nañigo . . .
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For the past 25 years Jonny Trunk has done things his own way. Never content to simply repackage an album for the nth time, Trunk has always dug way deeper than most when it comes to the reissues and discoveries he releases on his Trunk Records imprint. Starting with the first-ever commercially released compilation of library music and the initial release of The Wicker Man’s glorious soundtrack, Trunk has continued to unassumingly and consistently influence certain subsections of modern music and the ever-churning reissue juggernaut . . .
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Tokyo based Tarah Kikuchi is by turns throwback and on-trend. His homespun recordings feel snug, warm and familiar. Songs like "Railgun Girl" reside in a sweet spot between Hosono and Demarco, but it's when he ventures out from that place of comfort, sonically, on a track like "Veronica," the results feel especially inspired. High-pitched harmonies hop over Os Mutantes grooves as Kikuchi's palette veers into pop-bop. If that all sounds a bit like Beck's Tropicalia that's because it does, in the most welcome way . . .
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Autumn Hymnal: 23 tracks of jazz, folk and ambient suited to navigate these changes--from the celebratory catharsis of Tim Buckley, to the mournful acceptance of Anne Briggs, to the haunting beauty of Jessica Pratt. Put on your favorite sweater, pour something warm and enjoy the ride . . .
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Since his debut onto the Canadian music scene just over a decade ago, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and visual artist, Daniel Romano has been living every aspect of the word prolific. Now with close to 20 releases under his belt (including 10 in last year alone) the artist just dropped Cobra Poems, an album he describes as one of his most collaborative works with his dynamo band, The Outfit.
Just back from the states, we caught up with Romano to discuss the nee LP, his constant musical shapeshifting, the creative loss of memory, and recent praise from Bob Dylan . . .
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Time for another journey through the past! The latest volume of our ongoing Unearthed bootleg mix series features just about 71 minutes of live jams from 1971: krautrock, folk rock, hard rock, jazz rock, etc. Fifty years later, these sounds remain vital, even through that lo-fi tape hiss. Don't delay — get blended . . .
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For this installment of Diversions we caught up with Kevin Morby on the eve of his upcoming release, A Night At The Little Los Angeles (Sundowner 4-Track Demos). Comprised of ten tracks recorded at Morby's home studio in Kansas, we asked the singer-songwriter to riff on some of his all-time favorite demos and/or home recordings. From Jandek to Aretha, and beyond . . .
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Guitarist Hayden Pedigo joins us to discuss his latest, Letting Go, a pristine and gentle collection of acoustic guitar songs—and why he's determined to refuse the stuffiness often associated with his genre . . .
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For her first Lagniappe Session, Gendron sets her sights on the overlooked songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, seventies Eno at his most hypnotic, a deep cut and long-standing favorite from her Montreal compatriot Leonard Cohen, and an unintentionally timely tribute to the recently departed Michael Chapman . . .
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Ty Segall is the selector, sitting in with Justin for the full two hours. Segall’s new lp Harmonizer is out now via Drag City. Transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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It’s something about that shriek—the way it piercingly cuts through the otherwise bird-chirping and cawing dewy morning tranquility of what’s on screen. What is on screen is D.A. Pennebaker’s footage of Country Joe & the Fish performing “Section 43” at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California. Although it’s one scene in the larger sequence of a concert film that features monumentally historic performances of Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas & the Papas, Janis Joplin and so many more—a document that seems to wholly embody the '60s counter-culture—these five-and-a . . .
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Today on Transmissions, two lifers of independent rock, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. Our talk covers the duo’s days in Galaxie 500, Naomi’s interest in boxing, Damon’s ever fascinating and insightful takes on the state of the industry, and their gorgeous new album, A Sky Record . . .
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Transmitting from Topanga Canyon, Nate Mercereau with the vibe control. Over the course of the past year, Mercereau, Carlos Niño and Josh Johnson held a series of outdoor concerts around Southern California, including Ojai, Venice, Malibu and the hills of Topanga where the following video footage was captured. "We simply wanted to make and share music in inspiring and beautiful environments," notes the artist. Goals achieved . . .
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On The Sleepwalker, his debut EP, Noah Deemer’s deconstructionist pop inhabits and distends the conventions and contradictions: the listener is made to be a participant in the awakening, the moment of creation. Filled with riffs, synths, and drums, these Frankenstein-like creations offer dream pop bliss . . .
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Cactus Lee’s Kevin Dehan has been keeping busy. Following the release of four long-players in the span of some eighteen months, his honky-tonk horizons are set next on the live set, Live from Dry Creek Café, in tribute to the band’s beloved Austin haunt. Rowdy, and soaked in pedal steel and Lone Stars, it shines selections from the band’s patented Texas Music in perhaps its purest form yet. We recently caught Dehan for a gorgeous full-band set at the Brooklyn-based jukebox joint Skinny Dennis, and it is with those players—Jon Catfish DeLorme . . .
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