Lee Fields: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Soul singer Lee Fields reflects on five decades of making music for and with people, discusses the line between the sacred and the secular, and offers up cosmic advice: "The truth isn't hard. A lie is hard. You have to catch yourself every time. People get caught up in lies, but when you're dealing with the truth, man, it's easy . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Julian Lynch

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It's been six years since we've heard from Julian Lynch. In the interim, he's taken on guitar duties for Real Estate (those deep, early decade Underwater Peoples roots intact) and relocated to Wisconsin. At the top of this year Lynch re-emerged in solo fashion with Rat's Spit, a new collection of gauzy bedroom pop and sprawling lo-fi psych. For his first ever Lagniappe Session, Lynch applies his craft to two FM radio dream-pop staples from the early 90's: Sarah McLachlan's "Possession" and Madonna's "Rain." The artist, in his own words . . .

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Catching Up With Peter Prescott

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Author and artist Dmitry Samarov's new book, Music To My Eyes, was released last month via the Chicago based Tortoise Books. A 264 page love letter to independent music, Samarov's words and minimalist illustrations flow in tandem, presenting a portrait of fandom and appreciation, from Nick Cave to Bill MacKay. Below, Samarov catches up with one of the subjects of his new book, Mission of Burma's Peter Prescott . . .

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Moses Boyd :: Displaced Diaspora

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The contemporary UK jazz scene has been especially potent of late, mutating and redefining various sub-stratas of the genre while extending its tendrils. Moses Boyd's lp from last Fall, Displaced Diaspora, is one such example. Though its contents date back to sessions cut in 2015, the collection very much provides a succinct overview of where the London based drummer, composer and producer is heading . . .

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Future Museums :: Heavenish

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Heavenish, released last month on Aural Canyon, was recorded deep in the hills of Tarpley, Texas, and, not unlike its title, it relishes in something close to nirvana. Spread out across four sprawling instrumentals, Lord and his band merge dusty desert ramblings with ambient soundscapes. A sonic galaxy of guitars, synths, vocal samples, and drum machines . . .

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Mega Bog :: Diary of A Rose

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Stretched out and angular art rock from Erin Elizabeth Birgy’s Mega Bog – “Diary of a Rose” is the first taste from Dolphine, her fifth long player and first on her new label home of Paradise of Bachelors. Rooted in guitar-driven post-punk, the piece flourishes with synths, squeaks, and feedback, sending it way out into the wilderness and back again . . .

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Fugazi :: Instrument (Documentary)

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As a glimpse inside the world of Fugazi, Cohen's film is authoritative -- an essential work that rewards repeat viewings.

Streaming in full - Now at AD . . .

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

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app.

reel velvety especial tonight . . .

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Emil Amos’ Drifter’s Sympathy: The Dawn & Renaissance Of Home Recording

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In addition to his music projects (Holy Sons, Om, Grails, Lilacs & Champagne), the tireless Emil Amos has been cranking out one of the most captivating podcasts of the past few years. With Drifter’s Sympathy, Amos tells “disturbing and often humiliating stories about growing up in a small town in the ‘90s,” while outlining the “birth and trials of the ‘outsider,’ the classic loner archetype in all cultures and literature . . .

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Unearthed, Vol. 5 :: Hoboken Nights

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For fans of adventurous rock and roll in the 1980s, there was no better place to be than Maxwell's. The Hoboken, NJ club (which closed its doors for good in 2013) consistently hosted the best and brightest artists of the era, often before they graduated to much larger venues. For our latest Unearthed bootleg mix, we've gathered together some choice audience tapes recorded at Maxwell's between 1980 and 1990. There's visionary jangle, guitar freakouts, breezy balladry and much more. And if this whets your appetite for more, get thee to the McKenzie Tapes site (where several . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Trummors

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Lagniappe (la·gniappe) noun ˈlan-ˌyap,’ – 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus.

Since 2012, Trummors have released three psychedelic, yet breezy, albums of dusty country rock aided by a who’s who of West Coast players. Anchored by cosmic mainstays David Lerner and Anne Cunningham, the crack teams they regularly recruit hearken back to a time when an album's support cast was frequently become a member or log in.

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The Jackettes :: Places (Demo)

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Ear pop candy. Here's one we've been playing on the radio show for past the 18 months...yet somehow failed to pimp here on the ye olde information superhighway. Let's remedy that right now. While we don't have the Jackettes CV in front of us (pretty sure they are from Florida), here are some sonic contemporaries: imagine a frothy swirl of early Dr. Dog, Richard Swift, Foxygen and Whitney. Tastes good, no . . .

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The Ballad of Jerry’s On Front, or, Building a Better Machine

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Forsyth digs into the genesis of his hometown project, Jerry’s On Front — a small storefront performance space in Philadelphia housed in a building he renovated over the past couple of years . . .

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Damien Jurado: In The Shape of a Storm

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On April 12, Mama Bird Recording Co. releases Damien Jurado's 14th album, In the Shape of a Storm. Ahead of its official release, Aquarium Drunkard is pleased to share a full stream of the album, accompanied by AD's own Jason P. Woodbury's essay about the new album . . .

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra :: IC-01 Hanoi

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Accompanied by his dad and brother, along with Vietnamese musician Minh Nguyen, IC-01 sheds yet a another light on Nielson’s evolving muse. Still psychedelic? Indeed, but here the seven eponymously titled tracks mine a different vein, eschewing Nielson’s preternatural pop instincts for a mercurial amalgam of free jazz, atmospheric space funk, ambient and more . . .

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