It's getting hotter, and we're all moving slower. This should help: The Tempters aching "Tell Me More" - three and half sinuous minutes of humid Japanese garage, circa 1967 . . .
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Over the course of its two sides, the record's eleven tracks skate an elegant figure 8 of knowing, whimsical pop, prefiguring the countless indie-pop artists who would go on to use the album as a blueprint decades later . . .
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A slice of low-key bedroom pop-psychedelia in the vein of Syd Barrett. Following their 2019 seven-inch—“A Pale Horse in Roswell 1947” b/w “Amalgamated”—"Lowered Shelf" works in the bossa nova chill of the aforementioned B-side, while incorporating horns and an organ & chant-bedded shuffle beat, constructing a hypnotic chamber jazz atmosphere. The group sings of an “incandescent melancholy,” as the sonic atrium grows wild and untamed. Keep an eye on the skies . . .
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Recorded in 1977 in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the record rides an array of influences from the mainstream to kitschy avant-garde, with particular emphasis placed on motifs surrounding private desires and personal freedom. See: album opener, "Androgyny" -- something like a blend of Melanie coupled with Carole King's 1968 project, The City . . .
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Tom Scharpling of The Best Show joins us for a discussions about his new book, It Never Ends, his musical heroes—including Lou Reed and Brian Eno—zine making, mental health, and much more . . .
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Last we heard from Amen Dunes, he was chanting Freedom, an oceanic surge of devotional sonic mysticism expanding infinitely around him. Now, on “Feel Nothing”—a new track with Sleaford Mods and the first new music from Dunes’ Damon McMahon in three years—he chants Kingdom. Upon a heavily percussive subterranean dancefloor, the patron saint of the underworld materializes to reclaim his throne and prophesy . . .
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Matthew Dear on the sub rosa influences behind his new album Preacher's Sigh & Potion, including Depeche Mode, Herbie Hancock, MTV's The Sifl and Ollie Show, mushrooms, and sobriety . . .
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Sons of Raphael dive into the grandiose rock & roll mythicism of Full-Throated Messianic Homage, discussing getting art through customs and what it means to put God—whatever that means—back into rock & roll . . .
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Welcome to Videodrome. A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage and contemporary cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir, documentary and beyond.
Now showing: Last Year at Marienbad -- a film without a home. It exists within a grey area of European cinema, which further complicates comparative analysis . . .
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Via satellite, transmuting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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This week on Transmissions, a heady conversation with Carlos Niño about spontaneous composition, the influence of hip-hop culture on his work, his radio roots, and his latest, More Energy Fields, Current. "...Frequently, I would say I'm doing some version of super-computing, where I'm completely free in the moment and I'm also bookmarking sections I know I want to get back to." From his days at dublab to his partnerships with artists like Laraaji and Iasos and much more, we're glad to have Niño on . . .
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RIP to Jon Hassell, “Fourth World” composer, who passed away a few days ago. Hassell's music always sounds so fresh and imaginative, as he explores the endless dreamscape of our collective consciousness.
Jon is gone, but the Fourth World lives on . . .
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Here's one to most definitely catch before the man takes it down. The definitive life story chronicling Jamaican music legend--the upsetter--Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Narrated by Benicio Del Toro and directed by Ethan Higbee & Adam Bhala Lough . . .
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Peace or Love, the first new music from Kings of Convenience in over 11 years, picks up right where they left off with 2009’s Declaration of Dependence. The cozy harmonies and guitar melodies are still as lush and inviting as ever, and pleasantly augmented by touches of violin, keyboards, and a light smattering of percussion. We recently caught up with principals Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe in anticipation of the album's release . . .
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The latest from the tireless cosmic-country troubadour Matthew “Doc” Dunn is a collaborative project with Toronto-based psych-pop outfit Mr. Joy. The resulting effort, Dr. Joy, sees release in September but its first taste, “Signed, the Body Electric,” is primed for a steamy and cerebral summer sprawl . . .
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