Words and Actions :: Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death

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With everything falling apart around us, the need for honest sounds is great. On A Hero's Death, Irish post-punks Fontaines D.C. offer up "anthems full of sulking, threatening poetry." Guest reviewer Ken Layne of Desert Oracle weighs in on their punk rock poetry and fervor: Irish poetry and literature mixed with “post punk” sounds like a formula that would be pretty well worked over by now, but Fontaines D.C. make it sound alive and kicking, a brilliant new idea . . .

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Transmissions :: The Microphones

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It’s hard to sum up Phil Elverum’s story, but in a weird way, that’s kind of what he does on his new record, The Microphones in 2020, which features one, 44-minute long song. It’s his first time using the Microphones name since 2003, and to hear him express it, it’s kind of an album about identity. While it’s no less autobiographical than his recent records, it’s a step in a different direction, temporal poetry about transience and the way a person becomes a different person—but somehow, it's also how they . . .

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Unearthing A Miracle: The Steve Elliott Story

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Timing is everything. In the case of musician Steve Elliott Sloan nothing could be more true. Born in 1950, Steve is a self taught musician, producer, songwriter, and a pioneer of DIY bedroom recording. Between 1981 - 1982 he self-recorded and released two records. At the time of release, he only sold about 15 copies of each. Last year, both albums were remastered and reissued by New Zealand’s Rain and Shine Records . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Pretty Good Stuff | Ep. 8

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Dylan historian James Adams’ hour-long, monthly, program diving deep into the depths of all things Dwarf Music.

Episode 008: Remembering the late Bucky Baxter (1955-2020 . . .

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Gillian Welch :: Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1

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The first of three collections that gather together a whopping 48 songs recorded in late 2002, in between Time (The Revelator . . .

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Steely Dan :: Radio, Sessions & Live

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Drive west on Sunset to the sea . . .

Those familiar with the psychic topography of Los Angeles are keenly aware of the undercurrent Donald Fagen's vocal inflects as "Babylon Sisters" slides into its languid second gear. At once sprawling yet claustrophobic, LA can indeed feel like a jungle teeming on the brink.... and never more so than over these past five months. If you live in the city, reaching the Pacific Coast Highway is beyond just a destination--it's more like a balm.

"Babylon Sisters" aside, this one goes out to all the Steely . . .

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Cedric Noel :: Nighttime (Skin)

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Cedric Noel is a one-man song factory. From his home base in Montreal, he's bounced from genre to genre, producing emotionally driven indie-rock, ambient synth music, and romantic electro-pop under his Special Solace alias. His latest moves into a heavy reverb-drone rock sound. "Nighttime (Skin)" showcases both his knack for heartrending melodies and Dinosaur Jr.-sized riffs and lyrics that explore the concept of identity . . .

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James Booker :: Classified

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Legendary New Orleans pianist and songman James Booker only released two studio albums in his lifetime. His second and last studio effort, Classified, has recently been remastered and remixed for reissue, and it speaks to his wild talent and chaotic life, a sublime R&B record that prompts the question where else his dazzlingly skill might have taken him had things turned out differently . . .

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

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

Tonight: During the first hour, a preview of The Lagniappe Sessions, Vol. II out August 29 via Record Store day . . .

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Woods :: Before They Pass By

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Rather than existing at odds with the disturbing energy of the pandemic, and the eerie silences that accompanied the quarantine, Woods feel profoundly present. Their balmy psychedelia reckons with the world rather than seeking to escape it. Reflecting on and reasoning with death, they ask, “I see old friends when I sleep…Where do you go when you dream?” In a momentary flash, we see children age and gardens grow . . .

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Transmissions :: Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes)

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On the heels of two new eps from her Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes projects, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jenn Wasner joins us for a frank, funny, and dark talk about this strange year. Wasner has never settled comfortable into just one mode—scanning through her discography reveals folk, synth-driven art rock, and guitar epics—but her inquisitive, intricate lyrics serve as a throughline. Transmissions is available wherever you hear podcasts and right here . . .

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Museum of No Art :: “Minimal Default on a Clear Blue Day”

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As Museum of No Art, Germany’s Mona Steinwidder creates sounds that emerge like mirages in a shimmering heatwave. Using a curious palette of samplers, synths, and clarinet, Steinwidder’s compositions float between genre boundaries, neither ambient nor beat-driven but softly pulsating. There is a stateliness to her melodies that recalls the music of Tragedy-era Julia Holter, with a similar use of daydreamy vocals as yet another texture in her patchwork of gurgling arpeggios, bass hums, and echoing horns . . .

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Fred Thomas :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Journeyman musician Fred Thomas joins Jesse Locke for a free ranging interview about his many projects, music writing, his recent trilogy of excellent, heartbreaking solo albums—All Are Saved, Changer, and Aftering, and his new moniker, Idle Ray. While just getting started, he’s already delivered some of the most moving songs of 2020 with more to come in the near future . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Sven Wunder

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... two vibrant, cinematic interpretations of traditional Japanese songs. "Tōryanse," a children's song typically played as crosswalk music, is reimagined here with a Yamasuki Singers-style choir over a lush and propulsive arrangement not dissimilar to the music on Wunder's excellent Wabi Sabi LP. "Sakura," which is customarily performed during Cherry Blossom season, finds the enigmatic maestro going wild on the harpsichord amidst swelling strings, traditional instrumentation and one of his signature breakbeats . . .

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Howe Gelb :: Surrounded By Sound And Washed In Color

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Desert crooner Howe Gelb wanders into a sleepy Pennsylvania Jazz bar, looking to retrace his youthful steps before the great flood of '72. A short musical interlude . . .

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