Luiz Bonfá :: Introspection (1972)

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Long framed abroad as a translator of Brazilian music for international audiences, Luiz Bonfá reveals a far stranger and more intimate dimension on Introspection (1972), a hushed solo-acoustic meditation built from layered guitar lines, drifting counterpoint, and weightless melodic fragments. Tracing Bonfá’s unlikely path from Black Orpheus and CTI Records to hip-hop sampling and accidental pop immortality, this set repositions him not as an ambassador, but as a singular architect of suspended, dreamlike atmosphere . . .

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Beefheart & McGuinn :: Midtown Downtime

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The new collaboration between UK/Melbourne musicians William Murray and Winter McGuinn, Midtown Downtime is a warmly worn folk-rock set built on intoxicating harmonies and beautifully crisp production. Bound together by a shared lineage of touchstones, the duo channel a loose, rootsy sway that occasionally recalls the unhurried ease of J.J. Cale. Arriving at the onset of summer, Midtown Downtime carries an understated breeze that feels equally suited to late afternoons, long drives, or slow evenings with the windows open . . .

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Lee Shook on the Sun Ra Day Festival :: 2026

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Everyone knows he came from Saturn. But his earthly form, that of a young jazz prodigy Sonny Blount, was born on May 22, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama. And Birmingham is where the the Sun Ra Day Festival, a multi-day, multi-city event—with outposts in London and Nashville—is rooted. Commemorating the 112th anniversary of his earthy arrival, the festival's aim is to explore and expand the cosmic legacy of Ra with film screenings, talks, and a performance by his Arkestra, under the leadership of the 102-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen, who studied directly with Ra for . . .

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All One Song :: Jerry David DeCicca on “From Hank To Hendrix”

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Here to plumb the depths of “From Hank To Hendrix” today is Texas-based singer-songwriter Jerry David DeCicca. Like Neil Young, Jerry’s songs are often made out of seemingly simple materials, but the more you listen to them, the deeper they become, simplicity transforming into something wonderfully complex. For example, one of his best songs deals with the cosmic pleasure of watermelons . . .

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What’s There That Isn’t There: Avey Tare & Geologist on “Croz Boyce”

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Dave Portner and Brian Weitz are finally getting back to basics. After nearly three decades of pushing the concept of “rock music” to its absolute limit in Animal Collective, the duo better known as Avey Tare and Geologist recently dropped their debut collaborative release, Croz Boyce. A breezy, bountiful collection of instrumental jams, the record recalls Campfire Songs-era AnCo while simultaneously striking out in playful, surprising directions that almost verge on pop.  

Recently, we sat down with Portner and Weitz to unpack where Croz Boyce came from, who Janis is, how Animal Collective was never even supposed to be . . .

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The DIY Multiverse of Charles Joseph Smith

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A classically trained pianist, electronic composer, uninhibited dancer, avant-garde experimentalist and Chicago underground scene fixture, Dr. Charles Joseph Smith lives and works in many worlds. A three-disc set containing just a smidgen of his voluminous DIY output gives a panoramic look at the variety and scale of his work while hinting at the vast expanses waiting to be discovered . . .

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Road to Ruin: A Decade of John Martyn – Bless the Weather

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As John Martyn’s Bless the Weather drifts toward its close, “Glistening Glyndebourne” quietly detonates the boundaries of British folk. What begins as haze — echo, fingerpicked fragments, drifting piano — gradually reveals something stranger and more radical: Martyn using effects, repetition, and rhythm to transform the guitar into an entirely new instrument. In retrospect, the track feels less like an outlier than a doorway into the restless, genre-warping work that would define the next decade of his career . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Resavoir & Matt Gold

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Trumpeter/composer/producer Will Miller (AKA Resavoir) and guitarist Matt Gold released the collab LP Horizon almost exactly a year ago. The album was an expertly rendered love letter to the música popular brasileira world, its 10 tracks breezy, beautiful and deep. Horizon is lush without feeling overdone, intricate but never fussy, favoring groove and melody above all else. These two musicians may call Chicago home, but the sounds they make transport the listener directly to a Brazilian beach. Now, Miller and Gold are offering up a pair of bonus tracks for their debut Lagniappe Session together — gorgeous covers . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: May 2026

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Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Tyler leads things off with some interstellar jazz/psych/etc instrumentals, equal parts breezy, funky and crunchy. Chad follows up with an hour's worth of hallucinogenic psych & weirdo freakbeat-pop. Sunday, 4-6pm PT . . .

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Kevin Morby :: Little Wide Open

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Kevin Morby’s Little Wide Open trades restless drift for hard-earned steadiness, mapping middle-American domesticity, memory, and partnership into widescreen soft-rock forms that feel less revivalist than quietly lived-in. Aaron Dessner’s production keeps the frame clean and open, letting the songs arrive with the unforced inevitability of classic Petty or heartland-era FM transmission . . .

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“Who the Fuck Is That?” :: Kathleen Edwards Reconsiders Failer

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27 years after her debut, Kathleen Edwards revisits Failer and early songs she barely recognizes, tracing the strange path back through musician-producers, a covers project born of the algorithm, and relearning how to believe what you sing . . .

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Ruby of Thanks :: In Another World

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Resurrected by Woodsist for a fresh and full-fledged release, In Another World is the lovely debut record from Ruby of Thanks, nom de plume of Kingston, NY-based musician and jack-of-all-trades Andy Weaver. With unique and breezy percussion provided by drummer Otto Hauser, these are eight harmonious folk ballads subtly layered with a rush of a languid art-pop atmosphere. With a synergy in line with the auxiliary worlds of a Little Wings or John Andrews, Weaver's songcraft is adjacently warm and melancholic in its thematic exploration . . .

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

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Las cúpulas. Via satellite, transmuting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Masayoshi Takanaka :: All of Me

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Masayoshi Takanaka’s All of Me, originally issued in 1979, gathers material from the guitarist’s early solo run into a remarkably fluid sequence. Reissued for 2026 Japan Record Store Day and newly remastered at Abbey Road, the collection still moves with startling ease: polished AOR, tropical fusion, bossa drift, and instrumental pop unfolding in long, sunlit lines . . .

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Contraviento :: Desencanto (1983)

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Via their 1983 album Tercia, Uruguay’s Contraviento drift quietly through “Desencanto,” where guitar, woodwinds, and voice dissolve into an unhurried acoustic haze. Harmonic movement stays restrained and peripheral, allowing the track to hover in an open-ended hush. Delicate and unforced, it passes through almost weightlessly, more akin to something briefly overheard than performed. Perfect . . .

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