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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Rayborn Live Archive :: Volume Four

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The fourth volume of live recordings from taper Cory Rayborn for Aquarium Drunkard.

Featuring: New Bums, Chuck Johnson, Steve Gunn, PJ Harvey, Dirty Three, and more . . .

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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: Coney Island era Lou Reed, Devendra Banhart, Hideki Ishima, Tim Presley’s White Fence, Broadcast, Shintaro Sakaomoto, Simply Saucer & more . . .

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Eli Winter :: Maroon

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Chicago guitarist Eli Winter continues his musical metamorphosis on the gorgeous new album Unbecoming. Defying the advice of industry middlemen pushing artists towards instant pop gratification, it unfolds patiently through extended instrumental rambles. At age 23, Winter currently splits his time as a freelance writer, while developing his own six-string techniques drawing on the influences of contemporaries Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, and the late Jack Rose . . .

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Transmissions :: Mossy Kilcher

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Lots of records evoke a place. But Mossy Kilcher's 1977 lost folk gem Northwind Calling does more than that: it welcomes the listener into the spirit of her treasured place of origin, Alaska. Born to homesteading parents who'd fled Switzerland during World War II, Mossy was raised near Homer, Alaska, and her beguiling songs are filled with references to the land, paired with field recordings she made there. This week on Transmissions, Mossy joins us to discuss returning to her naturalistic masterpiece more than four decades later . . .

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Now Playing: Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard [July 2020 Broadcast]

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Now available for streaming: Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard's July 2020 broadcast, featuring an opening invocation by AD founder Justin Gage, Jason P. Woodbury's Range and Basin, Tyler Wilcox's Doom and Gloom From The Tomb, and Marty Sartini Garner's Personal Sky . . .

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Gong Gong Gong :: Rytme og Drone III

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For the third entry in their Rhythm ’n’ Drone series of one-off improvised recordings, Beijing’s Gong Gong Gong assembled with Danish musicians Anton Rothstein (Marching Church) and Angel Wei Bernild (First Hate). While the Chinese avant-rock duo’s instrumentation is typically limited to guitar and bass, this March 2019 session marked their first time playing with a drummer and percussionist. As with many improv jams, the four musicians start slow, patiently becoming acquainted with each other’s approach . . .

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Gabriel Birnbaum :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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A conversation from last winter, had on the eve of Gabriel Birnbaum's solo debut. Over some chili and beer, Birnbaum explains his heartworn highway experiences as a working musician; both as the frontman for Wilder Maker and a touring member of Debo Band . . .

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Jack Briece :: Heterophonious Fool

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Were Jack Briece's Heterophonious Fool available more widely when it was released, there’s no telling what influence it could have had on electronic music and modern composition . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on Dublab

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RFAD lives—again! We're pleased to announce the return of our freeform Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard transmissions via Dublab. Airing as a four-hour block every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on Dublab features Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, Marty Sartini Garner’s Personal Sky, Jason P. Woodbury’s Range and Basin, alongside rotating shows and programming from Aquarium Drunkard friends, collaborators, and confidants. Things kick off Sunday, July 19th at 4 PM Pacific Time with a presentation by Aquarium Drunkard founder Justin Gage . . .

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