Pugh Rogefeldt :: Ja, Dä Ä Dä!

Cool Swede Pugh Rogefeldt dropped his debut full-length Ja, Dä Ä Dä! in 1969.

Kicking off with an absolutely filthy drum break ("Love, Love, Love"), the record finds Rogefeldt transmuting all manner of rock, pop, raga, folk and soul. Sung in his native Swedish, the 10 track record is seamlessly duct taped together by Rogefeldt's percussive vocals and syncopated howls, grunts and exaltations . . .

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A Point of Congregation :: Daniel Lanois on the Sacred Space of Heavy Sun

Daniel Lanois joins us to discuss the space gospel of his latest, Heavy Sun, and his long history of seeking the spirit in the music of collaborators like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Brian Eno, and Harold Budd . . .

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Unearthed, Vol. 15 :: Demolition Derby

For this Unearthed bootleg mix we're digging into our decades-spanning stash of unreleased demo tapes. Some of them are exceedingly rough, still searching for the song. Others are fully formed, the finish line in view. Some are recorded straight to a boom box at home, others in a tricked out Hollywood studio . . .

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Cool Ghouls :: At George’s Zoo

There’s something so quintessentially, bone deep Californian about the music of Cool Ghouls. That was the case back in 2012 when the Bay Area group released a self-titled debut rife with baggy garage pop and jangly soul rock. Their Golden State-ness has only grown more acute in the years leading up to their latest album At George’s Zoo . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: March 2021

Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing as a four-hour block every third Sunday of the month, RFAD features regular shows, friends, and collaborators. The March broadcast features new episodes of your regular programming Range and Basin and Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, and special guests Ana Gavrilovska of Maggot Brain from Third Man Records and Kaley Evans. Airing March 21st on Dublab from 4—8 PM Pacific . . .

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New Bums :: Last Time I Saw Grace

Donavan Quinn and Ben Chasny return as New Bums with Last Time I Saw Grace, a masterful collection of balladry, surreal wordplay, and sharp observations . . .

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Dawn Patrol :: Fleet Foxes

Softly crashing into 2021. Welcome to Dawn Patrol. Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes joins us for a discussion about Shore and surf—and the relationship between the two . . .

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

The lathe of heaven. 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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Shahzad Ismaily :: Transmissions

Our guest this week on the show is Shahzad Ismaily, whose recorded with, well, he’s recorded with a lot of people, from Moses Sumney and Sam Amidon to Beth Orton, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Martha Wainwright, Yoko Ono, Bonnie Prince Billy, Jolie Holland, and many, many more. With his buddies Ches Smith and Marc Ribot, he’s a member of the punk jazz outfit Ceramic Dog, and last year he released Visitations with Leo Abrahams on his own label, Figureight Records . . .

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Helmut Köllen :: You Won’t See Me

In 1977, Helmut Köllen transformed “You Won’t See Me." His haunting, impassioned, and foundation-shifting version upends the McCartney’s original; for six minutes, he makes the song entirely his . . .

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Jonathan Richman :: The AD Interview

Jonathan Richman on his latest LP, SA, the inner and outer conversation that is music, his ongoing, episodic project Just A Spark, On Journey From The Dark, the devotional music aspect to the new record, y mucho más . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Steve Gunn – April 1st @ Gold Diggers

No April fool's, here. Via Gold Diggers in East Hollywood, Calif. USA, AD presents Steve Gunn in concert.

On Thursday, April 1st, Steve Gunn will premiere his first fully produced streamed concert. Presented by Aquarium Drunkard, this solo set will see Gunn debut new material alongside fan favorites. The set will stream via Noonchorus and kick off at 8 PM local time . . .

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Drew Gardner :: s/t / Elkhorn :: Southern Star

Further adventures from the Elkhorn crew. First, the self-titled new outing from Drew Gardner, the electric half, who's joined by Ryan Jewell and Andy Cush for a set of laid-back instrumental workouts. Then, Elkhorn's live gem Southern Star, recorded early in 2020 . . .

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Karen Dalton :: Casino de Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival (5-1-1971)

Rare footage of Karen Dalton live at the Golden Rose Pop Festival in Montreux in 1971. Backed up by a sympathetic band for a four-song set, this 14-minute video reveals just what a tragedy it is that live K.D. footage is so rare . . .

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Colleen :: Implosion-Explosion

On "Implosion-Explosion" Colleen explores the space between the internal and the external, juxtaposing her uncanny voice over a flooding Ace Tone organ and rhythms coaxed from a 1969 Elka Drummer One drum machine—a model favored by Cluster and Harmonia in the '70s—and dubbing the situation out to beautiful effect . . .

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