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Ben Chasny :: The Intimate Landscape

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Let’s hear it for Ben Chasny, who’s pulled off a rare hat trick for 2021 — three radically different (and just plain radical) releases in a single calendar year. First, we got New Bums’ long awaited second LP, The Last Time I Saw Grace. Then came the spaceways-traveling/Faust-covering Six Organs of Admittance album, The Veiled Sea. Now, Ben has revealed The Intimate Landscape, a terrific collection of (mostly) solo acoustic instrumentals that can stand among his warmest, loveliest efforts . . .

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Hataalii :: S/T/First Take

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Hailing from Window Rock, Arizona, Hataalii's songs are weirdly genreless and out-of-time, yet constantly reach for some sort of cosmic agency. You can frequently hear him experimenting and trying different personas on, but the force of his charisma unites all the disparate elements he puts together, conjuring a kind of Southwestern saudade . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Pretty Good Stuff | Ep. 12

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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. This installment highlights Bob's 1981 tour. Not his best year, sure, but one that deserves its due . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Cochemea

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Cochemea's latest, Vol. 11 Baca Sewa, plays like a cosmic funk and spiritual jazz ancestral trip through time. For his first ever Lagniappe Session, Cochemea interprets Big Star's "Kanga Roo" and Irakere's "Danza Nañigo . . .

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Jonny Trunk :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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For the past 25 years Jonny Trunk has done things his own way. Never content to simply repackage an album for the nth time, Trunk has always dug way deeper than most when it comes to the reissues and discoveries he releases on his Trunk Records imprint. Starting with the first-ever commercially released compilation of library music and the initial release of The Wicker Man’s glorious soundtrack, Trunk has continued to unassumingly and consistently influence certain subsections of modern music and the ever-churning reissue juggernaut . . .

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Tarah Kikuchi :: Science EP

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Tokyo based Tarah Kikuchi is by turns throwback and on-trend. His homespun recordings feel snug, warm and familiar. Songs like "Railgun Girl" reside in a sweet spot between Hosono and Demarco, but it's when he ventures out from that place of comfort, sonically, on a track like "Veronica," the results feel especially inspired. High-pitched harmonies hop over Os Mutantes grooves as Kikuchi's palette veers into pop-bop. If that all sounds a bit like Beck's Tropicalia that's because it does, in the most welcome way . . .

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Autumn Hymnal :: A Mixtape

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Autumn Hymnal: 23 tracks of jazz, folk and ambient suited to navigate these changes--from the celebratory catharsis of Tim Buckley, to the mournful acceptance of Anne Briggs, to the haunting beauty of Jessica Pratt. Put on your favorite sweater, pour something warm and enjoy the ride . . .

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Daniel Romano :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Since his debut onto the Canadian music scene just over a decade ago, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and visual artist, Daniel Romano has been living every aspect of the word prolific. Now with close to 20 releases under his belt (including 10 in last year alone) the artist just dropped Cobra Poems, an album he describes as one of his most collaborative works with his dynamo band, The Outfit.

Just back from the states, we caught up with Romano to discuss the nee LP, his constant musical shapeshifting, the creative loss of memory, and recent praise from Bob Dylan . . .

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Unearthed, Vol. 17 :: 1971 Blend

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Time for another journey through the past! The latest volume of our ongoing Unearthed bootleg mix series features just about 71 minutes of live jams from 1971: krautrock, folk rock, hard rock, jazz rock, etc. Fifty years later, these sounds remain vital, even through that lo-fi tape hiss. Don't delay — get blended . . .

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Diversions :: Kevin Morby On His Favorite Demos/Home Recordings

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For this installment of Diversions we caught up with Kevin Morby on the eve of his upcoming release, A Night At The Little Los Angeles (Sundowner 4-Track Demos). Comprised of ten tracks recorded at Morby's home studio in Kansas, we asked the singer-songwriter to riff on some of his all-time favorite demos and/or home recordings. From Jandek to Aretha, and beyond . . .

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Hayden Pedigo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Guitarist Hayden Pedigo joins us to discuss his latest, Letting Go, a pristine and gentle collection of acoustic guitar songs—and why he's determined to refuse the stuffiness often associated with his genre . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Myriam Gendron

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For her first Lagniappe Session, Gendron sets her sights on the overlooked songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, seventies Eno at his most hypnotic, a deep cut and long-standing favorite from her Montreal compatriot Leonard Cohen, and an unintentionally timely tribute to the recently departed Michael Chapman . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show | Ty Segall Is The Selector

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Ty Segall is the selector, sitting in with Justin for the full two hours. Segall’s new lp Harmonizer is out now via Drag City. 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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Country Joe & The Fish :: Section 43 (Live at Monterey Pop Festival)

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It’s something about that shriek—the way it piercingly cuts through the otherwise bird-chirping and cawing dewy morning tranquility of what’s on screen. What is on screen is D.A. Pennebaker’s footage of Country Joe & the Fish performing “Section 43” at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California. Although it’s one scene in the larger sequence of a concert film that features monumentally historic performances of Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas & the Papas, Janis Joplin and so many more—a document that seems to wholly embody the '60s counter-culture—these five-and-a . . .

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Damon & Naomi :: Transmissions

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Today on Transmissions, two lifers of independent rock, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. Our talk covers the duo’s days in Galaxie 500, Naomi’s interest in boxing, Damon’s ever fascinating and insightful takes on the state of the industry, and their gorgeous new album, A Sky Record . . .

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