Aquarium Drunkard :: SXSW 2019

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Is there still a Tostitos stage? The last time Aquarium Drunkard threw a proper fête at sxsw (2013) our now sitting president was referred to as “the Donald.“ Man, this simulation just gets weirder and weirder…

Anyway, we’re back. Join us Tuesday night, March 12, as we take over the Patreon house on Rainey street from 8-2am. Here’s what you can expect: The Cactus Blossoms, William Tyler, Jess Williamson, White Denim, RF Shannon, y la Bamba . . .

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Open Door To The Galaxy: The Radio Plays of Jo Harvey and Terry Allen

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With a series of radio plays recorded between 1986-1992, Terry Allen and Jo Harvey presented the mythic Southwest, a wide open imaginary landscape haunted by denizens Allen describes as “climates” rather than characters. A handful of these fated souls are profiled in Pedal Steal + Four Corners, a handsome collection of Terry’s longform audio works by Paradise of Bachelors that spans an LP, CDs, and a book rich in lore and photographic documentation . . .

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Deep Into Steve Tibbetts’ Life Of

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On Steve Tibbetts' Life Of, the new age trappings are gone, the subtle accompaniment of piano, “gong cycles,” gamelan influences (based on his travels and study in Bali and Nepal), the still-in-there-someplace Midwestern Kottke vibes, all synthesized so exquisitely. The secret sauce in his playing is partly due to his instrument; an old Martin D-12-20 12-string with worn down frets and dead strings. He describes it as having a “peculiar internal resonance, as though it has a small concert hall inside of it . . .

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Like Some Cool River :: Reimagining Richard Thompson

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Like Some Cool River is a sampling of Richard Thompson covers from over the decades, with inspired offerings from old comrades (Sandy Denny, Iain Matthews) alongside devoted acolytes (Robyn Hitchcock, Stephen Malkmus). There are a few surprises along the way, too. Dig in . . .

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Viajante da Fronteira (A Mixtape)

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An imaginary journey back to the lagoon where Hermeto Pascoal, O Grupo, and some butterflies made music in the river. 17 otherworldly tracks from Brazil . . .

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Music Book: An Exploration of Japanese Sounds

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Aquarium Drunkard presents Norio Sato's (Record Shop Rare Groove, Osaka, Japan) exclusive mix 'Music Book: An Exploration of Japanese Sounds', for the Mr. Good Boy Record Cart . . .

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Twain: New Miami Sound

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On his latest, a lean, seven-song release entitled New Miami Sound, Davidson shows leaps and bounds in his songwriting, embracing piano-driven rhapsodies found in the unlikeliest of places; nostalgia-tinted folk for long casted shadows just beginning to fade. Branching off some strange lineage of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Harry Nilsson, his warbly, rustic vocals and subtly profound prose seem to sneak up on you. Often, it feels as though you might turn around to find it gone . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions: William Tyler/Second Session

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Returning for his second Lagniappe Session, guitarist William Tyler offers up new covers of Fleetwood Mac and Yo La Tengo, and sets about interpreting compositions by George Frideric Handel and Antonín Leopold Dvořák . . .

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Pierre Bensusan :: Le Conseil De Guerre

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Issued in 1977 via Rounder Records, Pierre Bensusan 2 is largely comprised of the acoustic guitarist's take on traditional European folk music. Sung in Bensusan's native French, the two sides scan hoary folklore from the Scandinavian tundra to the British isles. Folklore that is both interpreted and, at times, appended by the artist . . .

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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.

Tonight, a look back at the legacy of Talk Talk's Mark Hollis . . .

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Starflyer 59: Hey, Are You Listening?

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While Starflyer's early, reverb-drenched albums, named Silver and Gold for their monochromatic album covers, fit neatly into the shoegaze movement, it didn't take long for Martin and assorted company to outgrow that mold, blooming into one of the truly essential—if largely unknown—forces in American indie rock. Young In My Head is a vital edition to that catalog . . .

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Robert Stillman: Reality

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While the one-man-band approach can so often result in antiseptic, too carefully controlled sounds, Robert Stillman's Reality remains loose, imaginative, and even conversational. Stillman is having a dialogue with himself. It's a lively one, and you are invited to listen in . . .

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Goldmund :: Rivulet

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An American composer making music on the respective edges of America — Oregon and Maine – Keith Kenniff records as Goldmund. Texturally, the project is a natural extension of his Helios project, fusing Kenniff’s interests in ambient, analog electronic and neo-classical. Introspective. Meditative . . .

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Cochemea: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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On All My Relations, Cochemea Gastelum's second solo album and first for Daptone Records, the saxophonist offers up a globetrotting swath of sounds, soul music of varying genres. Funk, R&B, Latin jazz, Indigenous chants and stomps, Morrocan Gnawa, cosmic jazz—leading his combo of Daptone stalwarts, Gastelum melds together elements of each to form a multi-faceted, spiritually cohesive tapestry . . .

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Transmissions Podcast: Bruce Hornsby/William Tyler

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Welcome to the February 2019 edition of our Transmissions Podcast. On this episode, we sit down with Bruce Hornsby to discuss his new lp Absolute Zero. Then, William Tyler performs and discusses songs from Goes West live at Gold Diggers . . .

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