"Jazz Harmonie" French television performance. Recorded March 23, 1972 at Studio de Joinville le Pont in Paris, France . . .
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Eddie the Wheel is back with new music, “Number One,” the first single from his upcoming long player, Southern Minimalist Future Ridiculous via Anti Vibe Music Group . . .
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The sticker copy for the Black Editions reissue of White Heaven’s Out proclaims the album to be “one of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever recorded.” For the uninitiated, this will likely smack of hyperbole. But just one spin will likely have you spouting even more grandiose turns of phrase . . .
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With a coastline of 840 some odd miles in California, it should come as no surprise that many of the artists we revere at Aquarium Drunkard seek refuge and inspiration in the Pacific blue with a surfboard underfoot. As the resident surfer amongst the AD ranks, and in the spirit of deeper discovery and appreciation, Tyler Hale will be paddling out in 2020 via a new column devoted to the surf: we’re calling it Dawn Patrol. This month – Alex Bleeker . . .
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Jeff Parker And The New Breed @ Gold Diggers March 5th. Not to be missed. Los Angeles, Calif . . .
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It took a little while, but Minnesota-based guitarist Steve Palmer has delivered on the promise of Unblinking Sun, his excellent 2014 debut. It was definitely worth the wait. Useful Histories is one of those records that answers the age-old question: “What if Sandy Bull made a record with Neu!?” Palmer wastes no time in getting things moving, kicking off with “Statesboro Day, a freewheeling 11-minute motorik choogler that soars straight into the sun . . .
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A very necessary archival haul from Philadelphia’s finest purveyors of artisanal fuzz ‘n’ feedback, collecting two radical never-before-on-vinyl compositions in one handy double LP package. Bardo Pond have been rattling eardrums for close to 30 years now – but they are capable of more than amp abuse, of course . . .
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The silky sound of High January, produced by Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas, Stereolab), swaps out the Wurlitzer electric piano and vintage drum machine of Marker Starling’s last album Trust An Amateur for fleshed out full-band piano-pop . . .
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Floating in the ether. The Aquarium Drunkard Show. SIRIUS/XM radio ~ Channel 35. Wednesdays / 7pm California time + on-demand.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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In honor of the 10th anniversary of Joanna Newsom's landmark third album, the sprawling epic Have One On Me, we examine its knack for finitizing the infinite and turning "the rote and rotten universe into something comprehensible and resounding . . .
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Fight off the winter blues with a dive into the deep end of the Bandcamp pool, featuring acoustic jazz, hymnambient soundscapes, minimalist pop, and moody Frippertronics. Sample some recent/random/recommended offerings and put a little cash into artists’ and labels’ pockets . . .
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On the release of Carla Bley's new album Life Goes On, Winston Cook-Wilson provides an overview of composer, bandleader, and pianist's multifaceted career, from her pop and funk-inflected '70s and '80s work to her more recent "microcosms of a musical personality that is exceptionally difficult to distill . . .
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On Names of North End Women the new collaborative lp by former Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo and Spanish producer/composer Raül Refree, the duo condense electronic pulses, shifting rhythms, tape loops, and far out (and frequently lusty) poetry into a beguiling collage. "I think the idea of going forward is to try to venture into more different places," Ranaldo says, "rather than fall back into familiar sound-worlds from the past . . .
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Elisa Ambrogio’s video for “The 101,” rides a rock ’n’ roll animism via the curves of California’s forests, where ferns are hardwired to unseen voltage and black cubes manifest as mysterious omens. Ambrogio’s video teases out the weirdness from the only state that could have given us Esalen, Heaven’s Gate, PKD, and the Integration . . .
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Ultra White Violet Light. The Aquarium Drunkard Show. SIRIUS/XM radio ~ Channel 35. Wednesdays / 7pm California time + on-demand . . .
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