Provenance: Lisbon, Portugal. The deal: Stereolab adjacent, atmospheric, space age vocal jazz & art pop laced with cosmic psychedelia. Composed, arranged and produced by Bruno Pernadas, at ten tracks, it’s a spacious shapeshifter of an LP . . .
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Between 1972 and 1985, Dennis Hopper was persona non grata in mainstream Hollywood circles. As Hopper was unable to score a decent mainstream acting gig in American cinema, he headed to West Germany to appear as a disheveled and burned-out music manager in German director Roland Klick’s White Star (1984).
As a coherent film, White Star might not hang together, but it offers a lucid experience of Hopper’s dangerous, real-life psychological decay, and his own persona bleeding into his character’s wild nature . . .
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Are you sure Neil done it this way? Not exactly, but it’s hard to care when the results are this good. Revered reggae crooner Ken Boothe teamed up with producer Lloyd Charmer’s in the early 70s, after a decade cutting sides for a who’s-who of Jamaica’s top producers. Nestled amid covers of Syl Johnson, Marvin Gaye, and Bread on his 1975 LP Everything I Own, Boothe’s take on ol’ Shakey’s downer ‘Hey Joe’ narrative is a scorcher for the books . . .
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A kind of prequel to a previous 90s-centric Unearthed mix, 1992 Blend takes us on a kaleidoscopic trip through what they used to call “Alternative Rock” (Or College Rock? Or Indie Rock?) via a selection of dusty-but-dynamic live tapes. This stuff may be 30 years old now, but in many ways, these sounds represent a gold standard for guitar-forward rock music, finding inspiration in the past, but with eyes still fixed on the horizon. Nevermind the Buzz Bin — dig into this . . .
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While the activities of the always prolific Oren Ambarchi can be tough to keep up with, definitely don’t sleep on Ghosted, his hypnotic new collab with bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Andreas Werliin. It’s a groove record at heart, but one displaying an uncommon sense of adventure and imagination . . .
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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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Founded in 2013 by Lorenzo Fabrizi and Andrea Galtieri, the Rome based Sonor Music Editions focuses strictly on the world of vintage Italian Library music and original soundtracks, largely from the 1970s and early '80s. Prolific, we asked Fabrizi and Galtieri to curate a medley of sounds via their catalog, and the following mix is most definitely a vibe . . .
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Writer, musician, and prolific TikToker Sasha Frere-Jones joins us on Transmissions, Aquarium Drunkard's weekly talk show podcast to discuss music criticism, listening habits, and self forgiveness. Known for his work with Ui, Body Meπa, and the ambient project Calvanist and as a writer for The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Village Voice, and dozens of other outlets, Frere-Jones can be found on the S/FJ Substack . . .
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One of those “lost” LPs that almost seems too good to be true, Carl Erdmann’s Bizarrophytes originally emerged mirage-like from the high desert of Roswell, New Mexico in the early 1980s. And like any good mirage, it disappeared quickly, having been privately pressed in an extremely small number. But after years of dodgy YouTube rips, Bizarrophytes has finally gotten a loving reissue via Morning Trip Records so that we can properly all enjoy its phase-y/hazy Kottke-esque Takoma-style rambles, UFO ragas and homespun electronic fuckery, all recorded on a Tascam 4-track reel-to-reel . . .
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You'd be hard pressed to find a more apropos band name than Wet Sounds for an instrumental four piece exploring the framework of exotica guitar music. Proof? Look no further than new single, "Fish Tacos" -- a track that equally invokes the fantasy world of Les Baxter's utopian exotica, and Haruomi Hosono's 1978 soundscape, Pacific. Doubling down on the aquatic ambiance, the tune also feels as if it could have been part of a lost score from filmmaker Jean Painlevé's hypnotic underwater footage . . .
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Emerging from the fertile Haledon, NJ scene of the early 1980s, The Trypes only released one EP—1984’s Explorers Hold—before morphing into Speed The Plough. The Trypes counted various Feelies in their ranks, and while there’s plenty of common ground between the two groups, they’re much more than just a Feelies footnote, as a 40th anniversary of Music For Neighbors attests to . . .
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It’s time once again for Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab on April 17 from 4-8 PM, four hours of freeform sounds from AD selectors. Up first, a springtime stew of dusty country rock, luminous folk, and boogies with New Happy Gathering. Then, trancers and dancers with Range and Basin, early '70s West Coast zones from Doom and Gloom From The Tomb, and to close, First & Last, a glimpse into the world of Japanese private press . . .
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With the buoyant folk pop of "Buddy" Tim Heidecker recounts an achingly familiar tale of a burnout friend whose whole life story seems predestined: "Everybody could see that you were gone, gone, gone/Gone before you're gone." It's from his forthcoming long player, High School . . .
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Formed in 2008 while the members were still in high school, Balkans released a string of singles before a sole full length arrived four years later. Members would go on to play in Deerhunter and Omni, but listening to their recently reissued self-titled, it's clear their boundless energy remains captivating . . .
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Deep fried in vibe and spiked with a little bit of the good stuff, Warping All by Yourself is a fresh helping of glorious rural delirium served up from the wooly woodland world of Wet Tuna. Here we find the untethered aural id of Matt “MV” Valentine roaming wild and free, uncoupled from Pat “PG Six” Gubler this time around, leading a merry band of mainstay collaborators that include Erika “EE” Elder, Samara Lubelski, Mick Flower and Doc Dunn . . .
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