Bonus Tracks: more castaways from the compact disc era! We’ve been rifling through dusty CD stacks and Case Logic binders to rescue some of the best bonus tracks from days gone by. This time around Justin Gage and Tyler Wilcox offer up some sweet action from a few favorite British artists . . .
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Western skies extend uninterrupted in every direction, and so, too, does Jeffrey Silverstein’s spaghetti western psychedelia. Here, in ruminative speech-song and drifting instrumentals, the Portland’s space cowboy explores the cosmos with Rose City twang-maestro Barry Walker Jr. on pedal steel, Akron Family’s Dana Buoy on drums and Alex Chapman on electric bass . . .
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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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Courtesy of the great bigfootpegrande YouTube channel, this audience tape from Codona's D.C. stop in 1983 captures two sets, each moment brimming with imagination and curiosity. A joyful noise, with multiple peaks, including a gorgeous “New Light” and Don’s West African train dream blues “Clicky Clacky.” All aboard . . .
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In 2009 the Tompkins Square label released the three CD compilation Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare And Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007). Expertly curated by Mike McGonigal, the delta gospel soul of Lula Collins "Help Me" was a stand out, and its source material (1977's The Delta Gospel Queen) received a vinyl reissue a decade later. At ten tracks, the LP is chock full of a special and swampy spiritual heat . . .
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Vashti Bunyan's songs were too imaginative and powerful to be lost to the sands of time. Though her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day was barely heard on original release, it became a freak folk foundational document. Recently, Bunyan published her first book, Wayward: Just Another Life. She joined us to discuss the book, that journey, and what it felt like to have her work rediscovered—and why she hates being called a “folk” singer . . .
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Turning 60 this year, Coltrane and Hartman is essential listening not just for jazz aficionados, but hopeless romantics far and wide. The smokey mood of the record eclipses its genre, belonging more to an ethereal wavelength of nocturnal ambiance than musical categorization . . .
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Over the past 5 years, Rich Ruth, with his debut LP, Calming Signals, and his latest, I Survived, It’s Over, has established himself as one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents in the ever–burgeoning sphere of cosmic music. It’s difficult to pinpoint his work as jazz, ambient, komische, or post-rock, as it employs elements of all those genres and more in a way that feels wholly natural. Is it post-genre? Perhaps. Ruth calls it “instrumental music,” which is true, albeit reductive. One thing is certain, it is not to be missed . . .
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On She Brings Me Back To the Land of the Living, Irish guitarist and songwriter Cian Nugent explores gentle revelations through impressionistic folk rock. Effortlessly blending mood, groove, and traditionally-based song craft, the album was inspired by a return home to care for his ailing mother. Nugent joined us to discuss how she influenced the album, psychedelic production tricks, and share a play list of music that inspired its knotty, soulful tone . . .
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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: American polymath Harry Smith's seismic influence over nearly every aspect of counterculture, the monk-like practice of deep listening, a survey of women in punk, how birds sleep and more . . .
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From the music down to the apropos cover art, there's an identifiable cinematic charm that permeates Love For the Underdog, the fourth LP from John Andrews and The Yawns . . .
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Name checking Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, The Circling Sun is collective murderer's row of New Zealand jazz luminaries crafting modal/spiritual jazz. Spirits, released later this month via Soundway Records, is their debut . . .
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Thiago França may just be the busiest musician in Brazil. His typical performance and recording schedule is often filled up 6-7 days a week, sometimes with more than one performance a day. That’s in addition to his recording schedule, which has borne a small mountain of albums and appearances. Even with a shallow dive into contemporary music from Brazil you’re likely to encounter his name in album credits. He . . .
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Get lost in this, the self-contained world of the London based jazz outfit Ill Considered. Formed in 2017 by Emre Ramazanoglu and Idris Rahman, the project began as an experiment in improvisation utilizing drums, bass, saxophone and percussion. Now boasting over a dozen releases, for a taste, dig into the group's 2018 full-length, Ill Considered 3. While no longer a strictly improvised excursion, the sentiment most definitely remains over the course of the LP's eight tracks, culminating in a heady 35 minute brew . . .
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Fresh off the release of the live album rock out Secret Stratosphere, William Tyler joins us to discuss his full band vision, discuss the last decade or so in film, and detail his fears about AI and the digital landscape . . .
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