Alice Coltrane :: 16mm Documentary

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Culled from a 1970 documentary created for a segment of the Black Journal television program, this unearthed 16mm color film finds Alice Coltrane between the albums Huntington Ashram Monastery, and Ptah, the El Daoud.

Captured three years after the death of John Coltrane, the piece begins in media res outside the Long Island, NY home the artist shared with her late husband and children. In a floating voiceover, Coltrane reflects on matters of the spiritual and beyond, as we catch a glimpse of the family's domestic life on the property. A scant yet powerful fifteen minutes, things soon turn . . .

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Träd Gräs och Stenar :: I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

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In their native Swedish, Träd Gräs och Stenar translates to ‘Trees, Grass, and Stones,’ and the communal psych jammers never hesitated to emphasize the third part of their moniker. The band’s reading of “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” from their 1970 debut isn’t so much a cover as it is a transfiguration—the angsty pean to teenage boredom shifting and morphing entirely into an primeval, elemental dance of the midnight sun . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: February 2022

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Transmitting from the far side of the moon, it’s Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, a four-hour freeform excursion airing every third Sunday of the month . . .

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Neil Young :: Harvested (Harvest Re-Imagined)

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Neil Young's Harvest turned 50 this month — and thanks to hits like "Heart of Gold" and "Old Man," the 1972 LP remains one of the songwriter's signature efforts. To hear it with fresh ears, step into the barn with Neil one more time and check out this decades-spanning, re-imagined version of the album, compiled out of ranch rambles, live arrangements, fireside sessions, and even a little chicken coop jam . . .

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Los Ecos :: La Fuga Del Bandido

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A mesmerizing slice of psychedelia from Peru, Los Ecos’ “La Fuga Del Bandido” appropriately brims with menace and simmering heat. The track’s dance music origins are vaguely hinted at in its percussive introduction, though that quickly gives way to a bed of organ and an assuming, yet knowing, Spaghetti western-inflected guitar. The band turns it up with ascending flute, slinky percussion, and a baroque downtempo organ waltz, before setting off into an alien synthscape, finding our bandit escaping more than just the law . . .

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Molly Lewis :: Transmissions

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This week on the show, we're joined by world renowned whistler Molly Lewis. Last year, she released a great EP called The Forgotten Edge via Jagjaguwar. With its exotica and spaghetti western motifs, the EP is a supremely playful and lovely listen. And Lewis is a charming conversationalist too. We got into her roots in competitive whistling, being in the studio with Dr. Dre, working with John C. Reilly and whistling for the late, great Harry Dean Stanton . . .

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Michael Hurley :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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With a career that stretches back to his 1964 glistening debut on Folkways, Michael Hurley has continued to churn out wholly singular albums of interstellar country blues, scattered across decades and labels. Released in December just prior to his 80th birthday, his latest The Time Of The Foxgloves finds a reinvigorated Hurley in a studio for the first time in a while. We recently had a lengthy phone call with Hurley to discuss his new album, the pleasures of listening to the CBC, inspiration and collaboration, what he learned from listening to Duke Ellington, the book he’s working on . . .

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PJ Harvey :: Let England Shake Demos

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Eleven years after its release, a complete collection of demos comprising PJ Harvey's seminal 2011 record, Let England Shake. Part of a sweeping reissue campaign, this collection fittingly precedes the upcoming release of Orlam, the musician's narrative poetry and visual art publication. Peeling back the endless layers of Let England Shake is not only intriguing for the brilliant autoharp and brass arrangements, but of Harvey's singular poetic lyrical themes: haunting reflections of wartime conflicts (past and present) and poignant imagery of old country England . . .

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Cosmic Pedal (And Lap) Steel Situations :: Winter 2022

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We’re back in that cosmic pedal steel zone, still finding new possibilities and unexplored territories. Come and join the party with these recent / recommended sweet steel jams from Dave Easley, Old Saw, Lake Mary, SUSS, Mouth Painter, and Chuck Johnson . . .

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Eiko Ishibashi :: For McCoy / Drive My Car OST

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With both the soundtrack to Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car and the recently reissued For McCoy, Eiko Ishibashi highlights the intimate bonds formed through repetition. Recorded with Jim O'Rourke, the two albums feature soft drums, clicking cassettes, noir-jazz, and bass grooves . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Pretty Good Stuff | Ep. 14

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Welcome back to Pretty Good Stuff: Dylan historian James Adams’ semi-regular hour-long program diving deep into the depths of all things Dwarf Music. Today's episode is dedicated to Valentine's Day performances . . .

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James Ilgenfritz, Brian Chase, Robbie Lee :: Loss and Gain

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Contrabassist James Iggenfritz joins with drummer Brian Chase and saxophonist/flutist Robbie Lee on Loss and Gain. The players mine the chaos of free jazz and the subtlety of minimalism to produce an album of shifting outlines, a fluid thing as likely to vaporize as it is to harden . . .

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Robert Stillman :: What Does It Mean To Be American?

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On his latest album of piano, reeds, and percussion, expat composer Robert Stillman probes the notion of American identity. What Does It Mean To Be American? is Stillman's eighth studio album, and like the ones that came before it, it's a beautifully rendered work, laced with pastoral jazz-inspired piano, cooing saxophone and clarinet melodies, and clattering percussion. But it's threaded through with conflict, too. Aquarium Drunkard contributors Chad DePasquale and Jason P. Woodbury recently huddled together to share their thoughts on the album . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 13

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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. This month, poetic prose, historical fiction, a workplace novel, and a vivid travelogue . . .

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Cate Le Bon :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Now at Aquarium Drunkard, we catch up with Cate Le Bon to discuss her new album, Pompeii, the COVID pandemic, the Tim Presley painting that came to embody her record but which she couldn’t bear to put on the cover, and the way that the artistic process remains instinctual and mysterious, even to Le Bon herself . . .

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