SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 462: Billy Childish - Christmas Hell ++ Sun Ra - It’s Christmas Time ++ The Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne ++ Binky Griptite - Stone Soul Christmas ++ Sonny Bradshaw - Peace And Love (Little Drummer Boy) ++ Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 8   Days (of Hanukkah) ++ The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag . . .

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John Cale :: Fragments of a Rainy Season

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John Cale is well-known as a man of many talents -- producer / arranger / multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter / possessor of an insane scream, to name just a few. But one listen to his essential 1992 live album Fragments of a Rainy Season (just reissued . . .

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Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 27 – Stone Soul Christmas – A Mixtape

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(Volume 27 of Clifton’s Corner. Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.)

The long, strange year that has been 2016 is finally coming to an end. The holiday season is upon us and we’re all probably looking for alternatives to hackneyed festive music and the cheesy attempts to make it “hip”. This edition of Clifton’s Corner is my humble attempt to offer some quality, soulful, holiday music for your playlists. I’ve included classics, modern and vintage, for your listening pleasure. Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2017!

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The Clean :: Getaway (Reissue)

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Like pretty much everything The Clean has released over the past 35 years, their 2001 LP Getaway is a fantastic listen, filled with sparkling guitar, effortlessly catchy tunes and a forward-driving momentum that never fails to lift spirits. That's reason enough to revisit the album -- but Merge's recent reissue includes a bonus disc that is worth . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 461: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Oliver — Off On A Trek ++ Linda Perhacs — Paper Mountain Man ++ David Wiffen — Never Make A Dollar That Way ++ David Crosby — I’d Swear There Was Somebody There ++ Neil Young — The Old Laughing Lady ++ Ellen McIlwaine — Can’t Find My Way Home ++ Dungen — Franks Kaktus . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard :: 2016 Year In Review

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Here it is. Our obligatory year-end review. The following is an unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention in 2016 . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

John Cale is the selector - sitting in with Justin during the second hour - guest-hosting and playing records culled from his days in the Velvet Underground, solo, and beyond. You can read our interview with Cale . . .

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Hand Habits :: Flower Glass

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It is not uncommon to see mouths agape at a Kevin Morby concert. A primary reason being the dynamic lead guitar work of multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy. The way-out solo on "I Have Been To The Mountain" serves as proof enough. Having spent the better part of two years on the road with Morby and Seattle’s Mega Bog, the Upstate New York native has announced her long-awaited solo LP as Hand Habits.  become a member or log in.

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A Christmas Gift For You…From Phil Spector

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If you have a window near, go ahead and look outside. Chances are, there are some Christmas lights up somewhere within view. In the coming weeks, you’ll probably frantically brave mall crowds and horrific parking lot jams for last-minute gifts, wondering why it is that you avoid the mall for an entire year only to finally cave when it’s impossibly chaotic, deafeningly loud and smells something like garland draped across a junior-high locker room. Nearly 50 percent of you have already seen It’s A Wonderful Life this month, and roughly 92 percent of . . .

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Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas :: Soundtrack (1977)

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It’s the third week of December. The egg nog is spiked, the Christmas tree is trimmed, and if you grew up in the 80s, Jim Henson’s 1977 holiday epic, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, really needs no further explanation. Unsanctioned soundtrack and video, below. Welcome to Frogtown Hollow.Download: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas :: Soundtrack (1977)

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Tom Waits :: Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

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In December of 1978, Tom Waits recorded an episode of Austin City Limits. The now-mainstay music program was in its relative infancy - only its fourth season - and had built a solid fanbase of Americana music enthusiasts. As the ACL website notes:

"...the show came in through the back door, so to speak. Terry Lickona, who became producer in Season 4, was trying to book singer Leon Redbone. Redbone and Waits shared a manager, who promptly requested that Terry book his other client as well. In order to make sure the Redbone show happened, Terry agreed, even though he was nervous that the roots-oriented audience ACL had already built in its previous three seasons might think that Waits’ avant-garde gutter poetry was too radical for the show."

The rest is history. Waits put on a stellar performance mixing songs from his then recently released Blue Valentine, some older material, and debuted "On the Nickle" which wouldn't see a proper release until 1980's Heartattack and Vine. If you've never seen the full televised performance, it's worth seeking out.

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Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: Vol I & II (A Vintage Holiday Mixtape)

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"Haul out the holly!! Put up the tree before my spirit falls aga..." Nope, just kidding, none of that here. Conversely, Lit Up Like A Christmas celebrates the, er, other side of seasonal tidings -- holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. So, in the spirit of the season (!!) both volumes have been re-upped. Stuff your stockings, after the jump.

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Marc Bolan :: T. Rexmas

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We're not sure who the mysterious folks behind the Bolan Boogie Bandcamp are, and even less sure how we missed the 4-track T.Rexmas! EP they uploaded last December, but here it is.

T.Rexmas! is mainly built around the stomping woulda-been hit "Christmas Bop," recorded in 1975 for an aborted single that would have been . . .

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The Beatles :: Christmas Singles Club, 1963-1969

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From 1963 to 1969 the Beatles issued limited edition Christmas fan-club singles on 7 inch flexi-discs. All very relaxed and off the cuff, it's interesting to note how the cover art changed, along with the music, as the sixties rolled along. Details after the jump....

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 459: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Deerhunter - Ad Astra ++ Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? ++ Deerhunter — Snakeskin ++ Deerhunter — Dr. Glass ++ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms ++ The Feelies — Crazy Rhythms ++ Josef K — Drone ++ Fire Engines — Meat Whiplash ++ Ought — Beautiful Blue Sky ++ The Fall — What You Need ++ The . . .

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