Andrew Wartts & The Gospel Storytellers

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Egon at Now Again hipped us to the Gospel Storytellers at his office, shortly after the label set up shop on York Boulevard in Highland Park. At the time the record was a rarity, and a curious one at that. Drop the needle on the platter cold, and you'd swear you were dipping into gritty vintage from the early-mid 70s. But no, these grooves to the one true lord and savior were laid down by Wartts and his Storytellers in 1982. Gospel-soul, yes, but with a weighty undercurrent of considerable funk . . .

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Transfigurations 2019 :: Recent & Recommended Guitar Soli

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The golden age of guitar soli continues! Check out a fresh batch of diverse efforts from some very talented players . . .

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

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Black sand blues. Freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles.

SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Los Fabulosos Festivals :: El Mensaje

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The soulful "El Mensaje"—delivered in English (complete with requisite grunts)— leans heavily into the archetypal funk emissaries from north of the border transmitted south, via radio. Here, amidst its three and half minute workout, the Fabulosos Festivals eagerly extol the mantra "everything we do is goin' to be funky." It begs the question: did Lee Dorsey ever make it to the Panama Canal? No matter. At the very least his music did . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Sinkane

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For this installment of the Lagniappe Sessions Sinkane renders a bit from Abbey Road -- as if it were an elastic footpath outside a cottage in Negril. Oh yeah, and then there's the dub version. But first, this super humid take on Peter Gabriel's 1986 commercial breakthrough, "Sledgehammer . . .

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Michael Nau :: No Quit

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If you’ve spent any time listening to the Aquarium Drunkard show via satellite lately, you’ll know that Michael Nau’s “No Quit” has brought us continued respite from the quickly thickening air and ever-rising temperatures. The Cumberland, MD-based maestro's latest is the perfect summer elixir; his ethereal tenor kite-flying atop a gust of blown-out of organ, synthesizer and percussion. Like a lost Richard Swift gem. Is there any bigger compliment . . .

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Akron/Family :: Collected Recordings

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It’s been six years since Akron/Family went on an indefinite hiatus. Following the release of 2007’s epic Love is Simple, founding member Ryan Vanderhoof quit amicably to live in a Buddhist Dharma commune, while the band ventured on into even more psychedelic and experimental territory.

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Catching Up With Lou Barlow

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Lou Barlow has turned the last decade into something of a renaissance period. After the successful (and really good) reunion of the original Dinosaur Jr. lineup, Barlow also reignited the long dormant Sebadoh in 2013. Now the trio is back with their second album since reuniting, Act Surprised . . .

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Akiko Yano :: Japanese Girl

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Whether producing Little Feat, or behind the boards sidewinding down Shakedown Street, Lowell George had a sound. And as sonic mojos go, no matter the project, his touch felt instinctual, immediate and, of course, funky. In 1976 George and the band hooked up with Akiko Yano to record her debut full-length, become a member or log in.

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Neil Young + Stray Gators :: Tuscaloosa

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Intentional or not, Neil Young picked a rather poignant time to release a live album recorded in Alabama—and given his prickly history with the state (and with the South at large), Tuscaloosa feels like it’s arriving in the same way that so much of Shakey’s career has: just when we need it . . .

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland :: La Vita

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Our fascination with Beverly Glenn-Copeland is no secret, from the jazzy folk of his 1970 debut to his 1986 minimalist electronic masterpiece, "Keyboard Fantasies . . .

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

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More tales from the pacific rim. Outré California.

The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. Wednesday's / 7pm PST & on-demand.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Heat Wave (Volume 3) – A 7″ Mixtape

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Several years back, Los Angeles collector and dj Daniel T told us about a regular series he was starting with fellow head, Wyatt Potts. It became Heat Wave -- a weekly dj night in east Hollywood focusing on (often rare) slices of international funk, soul, disco and beyond. It's grown (a lot) and is now a second home to a global coterie of visiting DJs from the likes of S. America, Europe and Asia. But this week is different. It's just the resident founders and they're only spinning from their 7" collection . . .

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Craig Leon :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Craig Leon spent the '70s helping define the sound of New York City's punk and experimental explosions. His new album, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon, features new recordings that return to the celestial focus of his album 1981 album "Nommos," blurring distinctions between minimalism, electronic folk, and New Age . . .

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Private Pressers: Warren Winter’s Band / Merry Airbrakes / Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre

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Rescued from the underground! Check out a handful of highly recommended private press gems, recently reissued.

An oddball masterpiece, lost in the 1980s — Warren Winter’s Band’s Crossbar Hotel casts a melancholy eye on the “me” decade. Masterminded by songwriter Edward Winterhalder (Warren Winter is a pseudonym of sorts), the album might strike you as a bit normie on first listen, thanks to its almost-slick production values. But give it a little more attention . . .

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