George Cromarty :: The Wind In The Heather

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1984's The Wind in the Heather finds Cromarty evolving from folk-blues purist to a cosmopolitan songcrafter fully aware of the environment in which he created. From the outset, the listener finds that Cromarty is still a powerhouse of the alternating thumbed bassline though he has picked up some new tricks. Incorporating flamenco style strumming, quick runs of clusterchorded breakdowns, and, importantly, that ever elusive idea of ‘space’ within the composition expand his sound beyond the decades-old template dictating the cornerstones of Guitar Soli . . .

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Dorothy Carter :: Troubadour

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Dorothy Carter began her musical career in the avant-garde and ended up an early music revivalist/popularizer. In between these two poles, she made two records that fittingly reside somewhere in the middle. For her first solo album, Troubadour, originally released in 1976 on her own label and now reissued by Drag City, she explored more traditional zones, evoking and interpreting gnostic hymns, ancient airs and cosmic carols with fidelity and freshness . . .

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Peter Rowan (Old and In The Way) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Peter Rowan’s brand of bluegrass has always been hard to pin down. He’s always been near the genre but always pushing the form forward, past the forefathers of the genre and into something new. In 1973, he moved out West, returning to his roots of straight bluegrass. Working with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, John Kahn, and Vassar Clements, they created a short-lived but widely celebrated outlet: Old and In The Way. He joins us to discuss . . .

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Setting :: At Eulogy

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With just one studio album, and now two live releases under their belt, North Carolina's Setting trio of Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly and Joe Westerlund is rapidly becoming one of the most rewarding improvisational outfits on the American music scene. This new one, from a June 2024 show in Asheville, showcases Setting as some kind of postminimalist jam band--all driving rhythms and humongous, multicolored drones . . .

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Cereus Bright :: Seven Wonders

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Tyler Anthony's Cereus Bright project has always been personal, but with "Seven Wonders," the opening selection from his latest LP Anything, he sets a course for the cosmic. Inspired by readings of Polish philosopher Zygmunt Bauman, who described modernity as a liquid-like state in which constant change makes it's impossible to maintain a frame of reference, the song utilizes simple phrases that nonetheless carry profound weight: "Everything we know/melts away, there is/nothing left but a/face without a frame . . .

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Dummy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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What if Dummy made an electronic album with rock instruments? What exactly would that sound like? The result is Free Energy, a driving blast of dance floor physicality. We caught up with all four members of the band to discuss this sonic transformation and what's next. Said, guitarist Joe Trainor, “We tapped into some things that I feel like we’re just scratching the surface of, in terms of what we could do in the future . . .

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Jon Hopkins :: Ritual

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Jon Hopkins builds shimmering, subtle shifting textures in this extended ambient symphony. Ritual comes in eight parts, though the divisions seem arbitrary, and you’ll miss them if you’re not watching track titles. This is one composition which develops almost imperceptibly over time, as layered cadences of percussion, synths and altered vocals pulse and repeat . . .

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Krononaut :: Krononaut II

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While their 2020 debut featured a clutch of out jazz ringers from both Europe and the US on a set of fourth world excursions, the new Krononaut album pares down to the core duo of guitarist Leo Abrahams and drummer Martin France. The results, a series of evolving conversations between Abrahams's chiming guitar peals and France's restless free jazz rustle, are nothing short of sublime . . .

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Maxton Hunter :: Dhara / Jaya

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In need of some sitar radiance as the crispness of the weather slowly begins to turn? Single “Dhara / Jaya” comes via California-based musician and studio maestro Maxton Hunter, a lifting mini-suite that floats into the ether with a hovering quality of west coast ambiance . . .

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

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Via satellite, transmitting 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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Misha Panfilov Septet :: To The Mesosphere And Beyond

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From the aeronautical title to the space chants and exotica flourishes, the irrepressible Estonia-born, Portugal-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Misha Panfilov has made To The Mesosphere and Beyond a winning and winding homage to early Sun Ra . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 30

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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. In this month’s stack: a PSA regarding the free audiobook app, Libby, John Higgs' recently reissued tome on iconoclasts The KLF, Robyn Hitchcock's recent coming-of-age memoir, and Chuco Punk, a look into the El Paso, TX DIY punk scene . . .

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Transmissions :: Six Organs of Admittance (2024)

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Ben Chasny's Six Organs of Admittance project has never settled into an easy, definable zone. But 2024 sees the Six Organs sonic universe expanding kaleidoscopically, even by his prodigious standards. For this return visit to Transmissions, Chasny discusses his trio of 2024 releases, working with ambient dub master Shackleton and noise experimenter Twig Harper, his experiences playing with David Tibet's apocalyptic avant-garde collective Current 93, and cultivating online community through the Six Organs Patreon. Plus: Mark Neeley on Pure Animation for Now People, a collaboration with Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo . . .

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Aerial M :: The Peel Sessions

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From the netherworld of Drag City comes Aerial M: The Peel Sessions, a monumental slab transmitted by David Pajo and recorded for Peely & Co back in 1998. It’s an unlikely and essential document of a previously undisclosed chapter of Pajo’s musical history. For those who ransack the guitarist’s catalog seeking that elusive post-Slint high – a full band treatment of ominous, thundering post-rock – here’s your fix . . .

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Sandy Bull :: Still Valentine’s Day 1969

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Nowhere is Bull’s stage prowess on better display than Still Valentine’s Day 1969, one of scant live recordings of Bull in full flight, finally available on vinyl from No Quarter almost 20 years after it was first unearthed. Recorded before a small crowd at The Matrix—a regular haunt of Jerry Garcia, Jefferson Airplane, Hunter S. Thompson, and even the Velvet Underground— Still Valentine’s Day 1969 plunges listeners into the echoing caverns of Bull’s imagination . . .

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