Mystic 100s :: On A Micro Diet

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If a friend were to inform me that a psychedelic band had just held up a convenience store, seized a Fed Ex truck, and were now currently at large and on the lam, my first guess would be that the perpetrators were the members of Mystic 100s. Like their hardcore punk forebears, the group’s music often sounds like the work of unpredictable and dangerous people . . .

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Os Tincoãs :: Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro

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In the 1970s, Os Tincoãs released three of the most revered and unique records of Brazilian music, which crystallized translucid vocal melodies on top of the polyrhythmic percussion patterns of Afro-Brazilian ritualistic music. Now, more than forty years after their last album, Sanzala Cultural has just released Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro, a collection of the trio’s recordings from 1982/83 . . .

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Videodrome :: Over The Edge (1979)

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The violence and bleakness at the end of Over The Edge sets it apart from other like-minded coming-of-age/juvenile delinquent films; it chooses to resolve itself as a cautionary tale for adults instead of a celebration of youth for teenagers . . .

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Catching Up With Sleaford Mods

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Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn join Aquarium Drunkard to discuss UK Grim, their latest collection of discontented electronic post punk anti-anthems. They share thoughts on working with Perry Farrell, online discourse, and their unlikely pop audience . . .

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

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Back from Australia, jet lag transmission. 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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Albert Ayler :: Europe 1966

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Europe 1966 is a 4-LP set documenting four of Albert Ayler’s performances with his quintet that took place over a ten-day period in November 1966. The collection includes the band’s appearances in Berlin, Lörrach, Stockholm, and Paris, where the saxophonist and his group took part in a package tour called Newport In Europe, a George Wein-curated program that also included Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, and Dave Brubeck. Ayler’s group on this tour consisted of his brother Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on violin, William Folwell on double bass, and Beaver Harris on . . .

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Love Cry Want :: Love Cry Want

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Recorded in Lafayette Park near the White House in 1972, Love Cry Want made the Nixon administration tremble and, the story goes, prompted the president’s Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman to cut the band’s power source. So, why haven’t you heard this shamanic burst of fire music with killer grooves . . .

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Transmissions :: Surya Botofasina

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"At this point, I feel that the music I want to be a part of at least, is a music, a sound, a frequency that advocates and promotes some sort of introspection, back to the here and now." This week on Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions: spiritual avant-garde jazz keyboardist Surya Botofasina, who joins us to discuss Everyone’s Children and growing up in Alice Coltrane's spiritual community in the Santa Monica Mountains . . .

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Bill Evans :: Live Footage 1964-1975

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Via fan compiled live footage of several sets spanning 1964 to 1975, the meditative grace of Bill Evans. Sweden. France. Denmark. Transcendent . . .

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Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra (1961)

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What makes Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra so salient – so casually charming and endearing – is that it belongs to a singular night. It’s not only a live performance, but a sonic documentation of an evening spent at the Alhambra in Chicago . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Fruit Bats

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On the heels of their exceptional tenth LP, A River Running To Your Heart, Eric D. Johnson's long-running Fruit Bats return to AD with their second Lagniappe Session. While the 2014 entry found Johnson and co. covering the likes of Richard and Linda Thompson (along with '80s avatar Joe Jackson), this new installment pays tribute to both the lyricism of Ewan MacColl and Fred Neil as well as the enduring nature of the chosen pair of tunes. Giants, both . . .

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Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2

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After a few more prolific years as a perpetually in-demand session player, Spencer Cullum's highly anticipated sophomore record is another gleaming display of folk beauty and avant-pop sensibilities. A sorcerer of the pedal steel guitar, the Nashville-via-England musician brings a fresh new approach on the heels of contributing to the sessions of the likes of Angel Olsen's Big Time. The breezy, pastoral atmosphere of an Essex countryside still permeates Coin Collection 2, where the minimalist hums of harp, mandolin and cello flow from a theoretical, cozy pub. All the while, Cullum's vocals shine . . .

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Angel Olsen :: Forever Means

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A year on from Big Time, Angel Olsen revisits four songs from that startlingly beautiful full-length’s sessions, paring back to classic country essentials in two pristine ballads and rocking out in a pair of full-band recordings . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: April 16, 2023

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Coming in hot like mercury. Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. Gentle drifts, upward shifts, and who knows what else in between. This month, resident DJ Chad Depasquale digs up a blend of funk, country, soul, and folk music—let yourself wander with New Happy Gathering. Next, Jason Woodbury’s desert sojourn Range and Basin after the end of the world. Then, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb with Tyler Wilcox. Some old stuff, some new stuff. All golden! And to close, a special mix from James Adams, a special presentation of Pretty Good Stuff: Bob Dylan in Japan. Airs on dublab . . .

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

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Outré California. 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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