The penultimate track from her 1985 lp, Gallop, Lena Platonos’ “Bloody Shadows From Afar” is a dark-wave tinted sonar of synth-pop-industrialism. It creeps in forebodingly and, as seductive as she is stealthy, the Greek composer’s voice hovers over undulating analog synths and a Roland 808 . . .
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Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman moves further into jazz in her sixth album, paring back from the large-ensemble, elaborately instrumented sounds of Ignorance to find a smoky, late-light club vibe. The result is a set of songs that are feather light and full of space, sonically, but lyrically and emotionally heavy . . .
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Presenting Philomath: The Aquarium Drunkard Journal. Issue 01, Spring 2022. Featuring contributors include Tim Presley, William Tyler, Willy Vlautin, Devendra Banhart, Jesse Jarnow, and Jason P. Woodbury. Art by Denis Boudart, printed in collaboration with Cereal Box Studio. Only available at our Patreon . . .
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Pavement’s debut long-player hits its 30th anniversary in April. To celebrate its lasting appeal, here’s a version of the album re-created from live tapes cherry picked from over the years, from the Gary Young era to the Westie days, and even with a little solo Malkmus thrown in there for good measure.Beautifully rough around the edges, occasionally on the verge of falling apart completely, it’s an appropriately enchanting listen, with style for miles and miles . . .
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12+ minute elongated funk groove with mic heat courtesy of a seven year old. 1977, Paris . . .
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Welcome to the opening installment of First & Last, a series of mixes providing a glimpse into the world of Japanese private press, or 自主盤, pronounced "jishuban”, which loosely translates to “independent board.”
This first mix, a menagerie of songs from across the spectrum of Japanese private press, serves as an introduction to subsequent mixes. Tanosh . . .
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The Holy Mountain is offensive and grotesque in the same breath that it’s beautiful and transcendent, challenging all methods of interpretation and blowing the doors off meta-narratives in its rejection of form. It's as subversive and tripped-out as any contemporary piece of media, serving as a gateway drug into the hardcore realm of mind-bending world cinema . . .
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Sidereal Orientation. 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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Look here, hoss. While re-reading Waylon Jennings’ 1995 autobiography (ably penned with an assist from Lenny Kaye) we happened upon this gem, the hour long 1984 documentary My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. Show up for the interstitial solo performances from Jennings, but stick around for a peak into the lives of a uniquely American occupation. Giddy up, greenhorns . . .
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LA based singer-songwriter Aaron Kyle has been releasing a steady stream of music for the past two decades. From the askew pop of his '00's project, Le Switch, to the countrypolitan guise of his most recent Geronimo Getty persona, the throughline was the storytelling. This remains the case on Kyle's new ep, Here In The River, the first output released under his own name. Aesthetically noir in approach, and sonically indebted to Los Lobos, Lhasa, and Tom Waits, it's also Kyle's best work to date . . .
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Today on Transmissions: Ade Blackburn of Clinic. The Liverpool-based duo of Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley released a great record last year called Fantasy Island, full of skittering drum machines, cavernous sounds, and fuzzed out melodies, and this week sees the 20th anniversary of their sophomore album, Walking With Thee. Blackburn joins us to discuss his countercultural inspirations, the blending of rock & roll and the avant-garde, discuss the dub-influenced Higher Authorities, and chat about collaborating with Roky Erickson and John Cale . . .
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Released in 1969, what we have here is a tune that lyrically concerns itself with, and I quote, "imaginary elves," "castles in the air," and a "misty mountain forest"... all accompanied by Renn-Faire appropriate artwork. Still reading? Hope so, as instrumentally, this folk funks, getting particularly nasty just before the three minute mark. Swathed in reverb, the vox devolve, the drummer gets some, and shit breaks into what could only be described as someone taking a solo whistling through a blade of grass. So, you in . . .
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Endless energy courses through Agadez, the second album by Nigerian combo Etran de L'Air. It's named for the city the band calls home, long an important center for the Tuareg people, a traditionally nomadic group that has produced some transcendent guitarists, including Tinariwen, Abdallah Oumbadougou, Mdou Moctar, and Les Filles de Illighadad. All electrify Tuareg stylings, fusing folk tradition with rock & roll sensibility . . .
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For more than 30 years, Superchunk has made its wild, tuneful racket, hitching blistering guitar mayhem to graceful pop melodies. The band took a break in the aughts but has since caught a second wind, cranking out rollicking records that are imbued with wisdom . . .
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We’re heading back to Austin for SXSW next month, throwing a party with Gold Diggers the night of Friday, March 18th. And, yes, that is indeed the zamrock W.I.T.C.H.
Featuring: W.I.T.C.H. | Steve Gunn | Cymande | Ada Lea | Kiwi Jr. | Marina Allen . . .
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