Transmitting from the hills of Glassell Park, Calif., welcome to episode three of the Aquarium Drunkard picture show. A heatwave induced half-hour programme.
Feat: Talking Heads | PAINT | Brian Eno | OMNI | The B-52's | John McKiel |Neil Young & more . . .
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Is there a scientific formula for creating the perfect country rock record? If there is, the Taos, NM duo of Anne Cunningham and David Lerner — AKA Trummors — have cracked it. Their latest LP, Drop Out City, is simultaneously earthy and high-flying, each song packed with beautiful close harmonies, fabulous Clarence White-ish guitar, burnt pedal steel and crisp rhythms. All the necessary ingredients are painstakingly blended into a unified whole, a road-trip ready masterpiece . . .
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São Paulo's Chico Bernardes has been busy. Over the past 12 months the Brazilian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has recorded and released two singles, and a self-titled full length . . .
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Getting a glimpse at an alternate take of a classic album is something we've seen more and more in the modern era. But with her new album Whole New Mess, a fraternal twin to 2019's All Mirror, songwriter Angel Olsen didn't have to wander too deeply into the vault. But it's not merely a "demos collection." It's something more compelling and stranger, a document that illustrates the way songs change and morph over time in a creator's hands . . .
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With his new book Remain In Love Frantz continues his search for different approaches. It’s a look at his time in Talking Heads and his marriage and creative partnership with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club bassist Tina Weymouth. He doesn't entirely shy away from rock bio requirements—if you want dirt, it has enough of a dark dusting to satisfy—but it's more a document of extraordinary shows, recordings, and the early days of punk when he, Weymouth, singer/guitarist David Byrne, and Jerry Harrison cracked open the template, building one of the most expansive discographies . . .
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Under his J.H. Guraj pseudonym, Dominique Vaccaro crafts guitar music that skitters along the margins. His latest, Introspection/Migration, was composed and assembled over a long five year stretch, but the lp's feel isn't labored or excessively overworked. Like Basho, Bull, and the Bishops before him, Vaccaro pulls from disparate strands—blues, drones, and Eastern modalities—to assemble a work that resonates long after the needle has lifted from the platter. Instead, these blues visions, skeletal ragas, and smokey drifts retain an ephemeral quality: they're here and then they're gone . . .
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No static at all. 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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On their debut album, New York’s Dig Nitty drift between daydreamy indie-pop and fuzzy blasts of guitar like the sun emerging from clouds. With a softness that recalls the late, great Grass Widow or Moe Tucker’s lead vocals with the VU, "Small Curd" surfs to a close on a crashing wave of riffs that reveal an ocean of emotion . . .
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On her new album Mama, You Can Bet Georgia Anne Muldrow leans into her jazziest tendencies, incorporating two remixes of works by Charles Mingus, whose influence is palpable. But as Jyoti, Muldrow is her own creation, and her love of electronic funk, ambient, and hip-hop colors and shades the album. Ahead of what would have been Turiya Alice Coltrane’s birthday on August 27th, Georgia joined Transmissions host Jason P. Woodbury via Skype to discuss the new record, the West Coast jazz tradition, and maintaining a long running creative partnership and independent label with her husband, Dudley Perkins . . .
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Experimental composer Ned Lagin began composing Seastones during his time at MIT, building off of his love of free jazz and his studies of Renaissance music. But it took firmer shape through jams and recording sessions with various members of the Dead (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh) and other Bay Area luminaries like David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick. Originally issued by Jerry Garcia's Round Records, it's being reissued by Important Records. Lagin joined us to discuss the triumph and heartbreak of this pioneering electronic work . . .
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Blown out garage pop & lounge jazz exotica. Chambered folk & only one Dylan cover. With humidity and paranoia at an all-time high, it only felt right to re-visit to the foggy August mixtape. Tranquility is always tempting as an aural axis, but these things always seem to land somewhere in the middle of a torrid zone hypnosis . . .
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Like countless others, Norwegian trio Orions Belte were forced to conjure up new ways to reach audiences when 2020 capsized. Going beyond a simple livestream, Øyvind Blomstrøm (guitar), Chris Holm (bass), and Kim Åge Furuhaug (drums) devised a mini "tour" concept and dubbed it The Scenic Route. Five audience-free shows in five days, broadcasting live from unique western Norway locations . . .
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Following Sven Wunder's Lagniappe Session from July -- with his interpretations of traditional Japanese songs -- we had the opportunity to catch up with the enigmatic musician. Dig in as we discuss the ideas behind the beguiling project, including working under a pseudonym, the unexpected success of the albums, how Sweden funds music projects, how their musical journey became a learning experience, and the endlessly complicated debate over cultural appropriation . . .
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From her home in the small but musically vibrant city of Guelph, Ontario, Steph Yates developed the songs of her debut solo project, Cots. Though initially conceived as a purely solitary project, she traveled to Toronto to record with producer Sandro Perri and a crew of the city’s best jazz players. Thankfully, instead of overstuffing Yates’ sparse melodies, her close-mic’d voice and guitar remain in crystal clear focus, while the instruments and field samples provide subtle sonic shading . . .
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On the heels of this year’s collaborative Texas Sun EP with Leon Bridges, the globe and genre-trotting Houston three-piece Khruangbin recently returned with Mordechai, their third and most adventurous album yet . . .
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