Recorded by herself in her bedroom, Rachika Nayar’s short new collection of songs, fragments, allows the listener to discover new things with every listen . . .
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Lonnie Holley is no stranger to collaboration. From Richard Swift to Matthew E. White and many more, his improvisatory spirit shines when working with simpatico artists. Here, he's presented with a small acoustic combo at Pulp Arts, a multidisciplinary arts and fabrication space in Gainesville, Florida . . .
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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our recurring column of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. This month, the short fiction of Henry Dumas, Leonora Carrington's comedic novel, alchemical poetry from N.H. Pritchard, Stanley Crawford, and Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia . . .
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A Sky Record is one of Damon & Naomi with Michio Kurihara's most purely gorgeous sounding records, offering up 10 songs that find a perfect middle ground between overcast melancholy and cautious, hard-won optimism . . .
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Ahead of hitting the road on tour, Rickie Lee Jones joins us to discuss her incredible memoir, Last Chance Texaco on Transmissions, documenting her rebellious youth in California and Arizona in the ‘70s, her rise to stardom, run-ins with other artists, and much more, with poetic and literary charm . . .
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In R.E.M.’s earliest days, it fell to Mitch Easter to harness the raw power and jangly energy of the Athens, Georgia quartet. He joins us today to discuss his history working with the band . . .
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Ahead of Twin Plagues, Wednesday bury southern country under distortion. ""One More Last One" adheres to classic dream pop trappings, but there's a Southern gothic bent to this cryptic tale of survival from behind a wall of fuzz . . .
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Like Jareth in the Labyrinth, Bowie was a fantasy figure in the maze of pop culture. Otherworldly sonically and aesthetically, he always seemed to be a few steps ahead of the cultural zeitgeist that he governed over . . .
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Not every record needs a reissue. This one did. Released earlier this year via the UK based Matsuli Music, Harari proves a cornerstone in the South African group's evolution from Soweto soul (as The Beaters) to the charged afro-rock and funk (as Harari) that would come to define their legacy . . .
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Liam Kazar’s introductory single arrived in Spring 2020 via the ear worm, “Shoes Too Tight." It's taken over a year, but Kazar finally has a proper lp, giving us the occasion to opine on this artist in full. A rollicking but smart affair, Due North creates its own cool, justifiably confident no matter the subject or style . . .
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Dyke and the Blazers defined "funk" in the desert, evidenced by two recent collections, Down on Funky Broadway: Phoenix 1966-1967 and I Got a Message: Hollywood (1968–1970). While "Funky Broadway," "We Got More Soul," and "Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man" are the best known cuts, of particular shambolic charm is "Uhh," a relentless grinder propelled by drummer Rodney Brown . . .
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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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VAR! is the sophomore album from Pony Hunt—the musical project of New Orleans-based artist Jessie Antonick. Named after the discovery of a Cepheid Variable by astronomer Edwin Hubble, ultimately leading him to the realization of the Andromeda galaxy as well as a greater understanding of the vastness of our universe, the album correspondingly feels like some kind of pulsating star, its brightness shining in unpredictable ways . . .
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A sprawling talk with record maker John Leckie. As a tape operator at Abbey Road, he oversaw the All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band sessions and rolled tape on Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, Fela Kuti, and more. Soon he began producing records, and he's gone on to work with Radiohead on The Bends, plus Dr. John, Spiritualized, My Morning Jacket, and many more. He joins host Jason Woodbury this week on Transmissions to discuss his extensive history and much more . . .
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Fresh off the release of The Feeling of Love, Tokyo-based songwriter Shintaro Sakamoto joins us to discuss steel guitar, the influence of Allen Ginsberg, favorite record stores, and New York City music . . .
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