Welcome back to the stacks. The Aquarium Drunkard Book Club gathering up some new (and not so new) reads by Brian Eno, Ram Dass, Oliver Stone, and more, spanning historical texts to music histories and beyond . . .
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Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing as a four-hour block every third Sunday of the month, RFAD features regular shows, friends, and collaborators. The February broadcast features new episodes of New Happy Gathering, Range and Basin, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, and Threat to Creation, a mixtape by In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi. Listen Sunday, February 21, from 4-8 PM PT on Dublab . . .
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The return of Arab Strap. A few weeks before the album's release date, Aidan Moffat shared his thoughts on the reunion, long-term relationships, the utility of nostalgia and the hope for at least enough normal to return so that Arab Strap can tour again . . .
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We love John Zorn associate and composer Wayne Horvitz around here, especially his late '80s-early '90s output with his avant garde jazz outfit, The President. Next week, he'll open the archives with Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's, a compilation of live tracks, demos, and studio outtakes . . .
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Outré California. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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Danish rock & roll band Iceage return with a swaggering crime drama humor on the booming and bluesy "Vendetta." It's the Sonic Boom-produced second single from the forthcoming Seek Shelter, out May 7 . . .
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Northern California mysticism with Fletcher Tucker. His latest album of ritualistic folk music is called Unlit Trail, a record settled deep into the sacred nature of existence. Tucker joined us to discuss Star Trek, animism, family, the Esalen Institute, human potential, and the deep history of his instruments and home in Big Sur, California . . .
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A survey of genre-expanding guitar soli from Yasmin Williams, Rob Noyes, Mason Lindahl, Adeline Hotel, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and more, each expanding what you can do with six (or 12) strings . . .
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The Lagniappe Sessions blast off in 2021 with Alabaster dePlume--the man behind one of our favorite lps of last year. The following three covers find the artist paying tribute to friend and contemporary, Jaimie Branch, a traditional Russian love song, and the incomparable Arthur Russell . . .
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One from the Transmissions vaults: a roundtable conversation with three indie rock lifers: Robyn Hitchcock, Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate). The talk was recorded in August 2018 at Hotel Congress in Tucson, Arizona . . .
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Music and spoken word swirl in Psychedelic Sangha's Songs From the Bardo series of sonic meditation mixes, featuring Erik Davis, Prana Crafter, Jessica Angima, Scott Metzger, Tony Leone, Jeff Hill, and far out visuals . . .
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The Pink Noise’s Mark Sauner has always sounded equal parts totally wired and terminally bored. His latest finds him teaming with members of U.S. Girls and The Submissives . . .
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Live albums don't usually offer casual listeners a great entry point, but Daniel Norgren's Live, recorded just before the lockdowns of last year, not only presents his best songs, but also widens the scope of the Swedish blues interpreter's music sounds like . . .
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Painted Shrines is the new creative partnership of Jeremy Earl (Woods) and Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards). While the project sounds fresh and enlivened, the pair are no strangers to collaboration (most prominently on the 2011 Woods release Sun and Shade). The debut lp, Heaven and Holy, is the product of a one week recording session at Donaldson's coastal, Northern California studio . . .
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