Bandcamping :: Autumn 2020

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If you’re anything like us, your hard drives are stuffed to the proverbial gills with the spoils of past Bandcamp Fridays, during which Bandcamp waives its usual fees, offering a much-needed infusion of cash to artists and labels. Clear some more digital space. The next Bandcamp Friday is Nov. 6 — and we’ve got a few recent/recommended items to grab below . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: The Aquarium Drunkard Show (Halloween Edition)

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Broadcasting from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery … The Aquarium Drunkard Show. The Halloween edition, Wednesday night / 7pm California time. SIRIUS/XM ~ Channel 35 . . .

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Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone :: In Conversation

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This month sees the release of two new albums by longtime collaborators Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone. On Lost and Found Pavone paints spacious and patient sets of tones for violin and viola that seem suspended in time. And on Artlessly Falling, Halvorson's Code Girl is joined by Robert Wyatt for adventurous progressive jazz-rock. We're pleased to offer this conversation between close friends, collaborators, and creators . . .

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Transmissions :: Joe Wong

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On his new album Nite Creatures, composer, podcaster, and journeyman Joe Wong stares down existential dread with vivid psych pop lushness and playful sonic abandon. He joins us this week on Transmissions to discuss his work as a television music composer and much more . . .

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Sun Ra Arkestra :: Swirling

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"Music is not material. Music is spiritual." Swirling, the first studio effort from the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1999, is about more than just music. It's part of a vast cosmic legacy of Sun Ra. Guest reviewer Brad Farberman joins us for a listen . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Pretty Good Stuff | Ep. 10

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This is it! The tenth and final episode of Pretty Good Stuff: Dylan historian James Adams’ hour-long, monthly, program diving deep into the depths of all things Dwarf Music. Listen to the show below, and to explore further, support our Patreon for the individual tracks and more . . .

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Badge Époque Ensemble :: Unity (It’s Up To You)

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Toronto’s instrumental wrecking crew the Badge Époque Ensemble expand to eight bodies on “Unity (It’s Up To You)” with the full-time addition of sax hero Karen Ng and the boundless talents of guest vocalist James Baley. The second single from their upcoming album Self Help is liquid and libidinous, winding through six minutes of ebbing, flowing jazz-funk. It comes complete with the Ensemble’s most ambitious video project to date, a vibrantly colourful claymation acid trip that reportedly required six months of work . . .

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Cut Worms :: The AD Interview

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Bursting with melodies and completely unironic passion, Cut Worms latest hits like a golden-hour cigarette on a fire escape, and that won’t change anytime soon. The fact that it’s one of the best records of 2020 feels irrelevant; it could have been one of the best records of 1960, given the vintage production sound created at Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis, and to some crate-diggers down the line, if there is still such a thing, it should be one of the best records of 2080 too . . .

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Scorpio Drifting :: A Range and Basin Mixtape

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This is Scorpio Drifting: A Range and Basin supplemental mixable for days and nights when the veil is thin. Beautiful and dread-filled songs to take you through spooky season and on through to the other side . . .

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Garcia Peoples :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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New Jersey's own Garcia Peoples open Nightcap at Wits' End with an arch, vaguely evil-sounding riff that signals what's to come: a set of songs that would feel equally at home soundtracking a backyard hang, a rousing game of D&D, or a solitary night at home considering the universe. Founding members Danny Arakaki and Tom Malach join us to discuss the band's progward drift and open source creative flow . . .

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Cornelia Murr :: Different This Time

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We last caught up with Cornelia Murr on the heels of her 2018 debut, Lake Tear of The Clouds, via her Lagniappe entry covering Nina Simone and Patsy Cline. Enter 2020: in addition to recording Lake Tear's follow-up (out winter '21) Murr has made the most of lockdown by resuscitating an abandoned video shoot from the previous year. It's oddly timely, and it's great . . .

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The Free Will and Testament of Robert Wyatt

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With a new book, reissue campaign, and new collaboration with Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, it's officially Robert Wyatt Season. Welcome to The Free Will and Testament of Robert Wyatt, a playlist featuring favorites and deep cuts selected by Aquarium Drunkard founder Justin Gage. An introduction to the strange but wonderful world of Robert Wyatt . . .

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

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Rendezvous With The Sun, pt. 2. 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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Transmissions :: Joe Pera & Skyway Man

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Joe Pera of Joe Pera Talks With You and Skyway Man join us on Transmissions to discuss their work together and SM's new psych-folk opera The World Only Ends When You Die . . .

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Growing :: The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light

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Growing’s music can be loosely defined as drone or ambient, but their body-vibrating towers of tone soar and scorch in ways often missing from those placid genres. By letting their guitar and bass buzz out into vast expanses, they are muscular but not quite metallic, hulking but never harsh . . .

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