Hailu Mergia Blazes New Terrain on Yene Mircha, His Triumphant Return to Full Band Recording

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On the self-produced Yene Mircha, Ethiopian jazz legend Hailu Mergia is joined by two other stalwarts of the post-revolution ‘70s music scene: traditional vocalist Tsehay Kassa and saxophonist Moges Habte, a cornerstone of the Walias band horn section. “The idea is to bring back the influence of the ‘70s sound and mix that with the new sound,” says Mergia. “I think that’s what I’m working with . . .

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The Meters :: Live At The Bottom Line / Live At Showboat Lounge (Fat City) 1977

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From the same dusty Case Logic binder that recently brought you Bob Marley & The Wailers @ The Record Plant, here are two shows of curve-flattening funk from 1977 . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show

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Ether access basement broadcasts. Transmitting from the hills of Glassell Park, Calif., welcome to episode one of the Aquarium Drunkard picture show.

Feat: Dungen / Cave / Mwandishi Band / Devendra Banhart / L’Eclair / Can / John Martyn / Serge Gainsbourg / Pink Floyd & more . . .

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Markus Floats :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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On his new lp Third Album, Montreal's Markus Floats rewards deep listens with emotive electronic melodies, granular textures, and mesmerizing arpeggios. It’s the culmination of Markus’s work so far, but like the hyper-prolific artists he cites as influences—Prince and Fennesz—also just one drop in his deep pool . . .

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Arthur Russell :: Roulette, Brooklyn, New York, March 2, 1985

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As last year's astonishing Iowa Dream showed, the posthumous Arthur Russell well is far from dry. The man lived and breathed music for his short time on the planet, and we're extremely fortunate to be able to explore his beautiful/beguiling imagination. Compared to his studio work, there are relatively few documents of Russell as a live performer — which is why this 35-year-old tape is so precious . . .

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Piano, Bass, Drums, and Something in the Ether: A Guide to the Music of The Necks

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For over thirty years, the Australian trio has amassed a body of work that is amorphous, always in flux, and changing with each new studio recording or live performance. To listen to the Necks is to embrace the ephemeral and reject the absolute. Assembled together, all those moments—stored as physical music or kept in the memories of spectators—make up something monumental. What the hell: something definitive . . .

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

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Underneath the bunker, via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles. SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Myths of Existence :: Ahmed Abdullah and Monique Ngozi Nri on Sun Ra

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Like his mentor Sun Ra, Ahmed Abdullah understands the power and significance of a name. Diaspora, the combo he leads with Monique Ngozi Nri, stands for "Dispersions of the Spirt of Ra," and they joined AD to discuss the continual recreation of Ra’s music, Afrofuturism, and the possibilities of the future . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Julien Gasc

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For this week's installment of the Lagniappe Sessions, Gasc chose a fitting selection of tunes that feels something like a stripped-down companion piece to his debut lp, 'L’Appel de la Forêt'. Now at Aquarium Drunkard, the Toulouse, France based troubadour covering Marie Laforêt, The Who and Michel Delpech . . .

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Transmissions :: A Conversation With Patterson Hood

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And we're back with a check in with songwriter, bandleader, and longtime Aquarium Drunkard supporter Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. Earlier this year, the Truckers released their 12th lp, The Unraveling, a righteously pissed off record about gun violence, white supremacy, and the possibility of reincarnation. We rang up Hood to talk about quarantining in Portland, Oregon, the ins and outs of modern America, the new Bob Dylan song, and his early, formative experience seeing the great John Martyn . . .

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M. Ward :: The AD Interview

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M. Ward’s sprawling and reflective tenth studio album, Migration Stories, bears its influence with mid-19th century migration folklore and Pax Americana folk, sung to the rustic hum of heavy guitar strings and vintage Americana. We caught up with Ward amidst our own cross-coastal quarantines to talk Migration Stories, bloodlines, the magic of first-takes, recurring earthquake dreams, and the insanity of modern times . . .

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Stimulation Addiction :: An interview with BODEGA’s Ben Hozie about his new film PVT Chat

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New York’s Ben Hozie has become best known in recent years as the singer/guitarist of BODEGA, a band fusing darkly hilarious critiques of online culture and late-stage capitalism with an equally sharp post-punk urgency. It may be less common knowledge that he has carried on a parallel practice as a filmmaker with Pretorius Pictures . . .

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Haley Fohr :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Haley Fohr is feeling the collapse. “I have this character I’ve created that has yet to get out of the internet,” she observes glumly from her quarantined apartment in Chicago. “She’s stuck inside of the internet.” She’s referring to Jackie Lynn, her country-glam outlaw alter ego. Keeping a hyper-femme, truck driving drug kingpin like Jackie Lynn locked behind a screen is like storing an exotic animal in a dank basement: its unbounded soul decays with each passing day void of any primeval thrill. “But we’re going forward with the campaign,” she continues. “We’re . . .

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◐ Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard ◑

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Weird times, strange signals. Worldwide online audio balm. 24/7 pirate radio.

For heads, by heads. Alone together, floating in the ether. Radio Free AD is the culmination of 15 years of gathering and contextualizing sounds from around the globe. Expect: a continuous stream of AD selects—including loads of rare recordings not available via streaming services—specialty shows from close confidants and comrades / label highlights / artist spotlights / global guest DJ digs / interviews / listener requests & beyond . . .

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