Bonnie “Prince” Billy / Bryce Dessner / Eighth Blackbird :: When We Are Inhuman

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When We Are Inhuman, the beguiling new album billed to Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Bryce Dessner, and Eighth Blackbird, begins with quarter note pulses from a single instrument. Alternating pulses from a second and then a third instrument join in before ultimately giving way to the melody of “Beast For Thee,” a song originally heard on Superwolf -- the tremendous 2005 collaborative album by Bonnie “Prince” Billy and guitarist Matt Sweeney . . .

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Teta Lando :: Irmão ama o teu irmão

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... Lando’s album from that milestone year (1975), Independência, is an idealistic marker in the midst of the struggle between an oppressive past and an uncertain future for the Angolan state and its society. His pleas for peace are the foundation for this stunning and confident record, singing of love and freedom in Portuguese, the colonial language . . .

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Bandcamping :: Autumn 2019

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Despite what the thermostat may read, autumn officially begins in 10 days. As we collectively ponder the year 2020, dig into this latest installment of Bandcamping, our regular cruise through the service’s ever-expanding offerings. Press play, skip the middleman and put some cash directly into artists’ and labels’ pockets. Hear a new world . . .

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Dylan Moon :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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If Dylan Moon's Only The Blues was released in the 1960s or ’70s, it could have been a gorgeous private press loner obscurity like Dave Bixby’s Ode To Quetzalcoatl, discovered by waxidermists decades later. If it was released in the ’80s, it could have been a proto-synth-pop masterpiece like Nick Nicely’s “D.C.T. Dreams” that magically caught the ear of a major label. If it was released in the ’90s, it could have landed on K Records, Shrimper, or maybe even Flying Nun . . .

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

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Tonight - Devendra Banhart is the selector. Tune is as he joins Justin on the eve of the release of his latest lp, Ma. The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time + on-demand.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Gruff Rhys

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A swirling amalgamation of Syd Barrett psychedelia, contemporary UK indie and the pop instincts of Brian Wilson, I recall having to inquire as to the definition of "sui generis" when reading a feature on the Welsh group Super Furry Animals in the mid-90s. A descriptor which holds true today.

Beginning in 2005, with the all-Welsh language Yr Atal Genhedlaeth, SFA's Gruff Rhys has been releasing a steady stream of solo output since. Spanning myriad means of modality, language and approach, Friday sees the release of the artist's seventh lp, Pang!. For this installment of the Lagniappe . . .

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Oort Smog :: Smeared Pulse Transfers

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Los Angeles duo Oort Smog somehow make two instruments sound like a dozen on their experimental jazz full-length debut, Smeared Pulse Transfers. A record that gives no quarter, the first track, “Gurge Reaction”, opens with piercing saxophone amidst tinny cymbal crashes. The cacophony only intensifies throughout . . .

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Catching Up With Juan Wauters

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If Juan Wauters didn’t exist, New York would have to invent him. The Uruguayan-born musician moved to the city with his family as a teenager and has called Queens his home ever since. As a songwriter — first with his punk band The Beets, and, since 2014, as a solo artist — Wauters exemplifies a strange kind of charm that seems distinct to New York: His work is smart, flinty, and not naive to the worst ways of the world. His records are recorded quietly and with sparing instrumentation, as if he’s trying his best to respect a sleeping . . .

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Rob Stoner :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Journeyman bassist Rob Stoner has played with nearly every rock & roll legend you could name, from Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry and Link Wray. Today at AD, he shines a light on the fact, fiction, and myth of Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story. "He's always trying to put people on, to put people off his trail . . .

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Mack Porter :: Peace on You

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Sheathed in obscurity following its 1972 release in Italy, Peace on You – the sole long-player from Ghana’s Mack Porter – is a true outlier gem of blues, soul, and psychedelic rock. With its dramatic David Axelrod-esque arrangements and Porter’s blurry, mirage-like lines between Hendrix soul and doomy Sabbath riffs, the record exists on a plane of rarity entirely its own . . .

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Sandro Perri :: Soft Landing

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Last year, Sandro Perri returned with In Another Life, his first proper long-player in the better part of a decade, and a self-proclaimed experiment in “infinite songwriting.” Now Perri has turned around with something of a companion piece: an extension of his immeasurable pop sensibilities in the form of an album entitled Soft Landing . . .

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Ruth Garbus :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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We recently caught up with singer-songwriter Ruth Garbus to delve deeper into the gorgeous, greyscale world she spins on her new lp, Kleinmeister. Garbus’ hyper-specific lyrics are rendered timeless when delivered in her expressive mezzo-soprano and supported by the thrum of her signature rhythm guitar playing. This latest record highlights these two forces at their most bare, and draws upon a diverse array of influences . . .

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Rolling Stones :: Jah Is Not Dead (1979)

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How you like your Stones? Late seventies debauched and nasty? Us too.

Dig this: Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Disco (outtakes '75-'79). '...a very selective sampling of Ron Wood era outtakes, focusing on the band’s half-formed funk/disco/jam persona...long, unedited basic takes of songs that were finished and released between ’75 and ’81 . . .

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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins :: The Bizarre Years

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A new collection from Real Gone Music, "Screamin' Jay Hawkins: The Bizarre Years," plucks selections from his albums for the imprint, confirming that right up until the very end, Hawkins was interested in theatrical provocation, gross-out humor, and wild antics . . .

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Tinariwen :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Tinariwen's eighth album, "Amadjar," was conceived on the road. Following an appearance Taragalte Festival in the Moroccan Sahara, the group traveled to Mauritania trailed by their French production team, in a camper van. Songs were put together during this road trip in a traditional Tamasheq manner, built up via conversations and playing around campfires . . .

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