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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Dirty Projectors

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Dave Longstreth’s Lagniappe Session emboldens and broadens his homage to Gilberto. Performing two tender ballads from Stan Getz and João Gilberto’s seminal self-titled album, “Corcovado” and “Para Machuchar Meu Coracao,” Longstreth sings entirely in Portuguese, accompanied by only a nylon string guitar and the warm noise of a tape machine, in tribute to a bright and brilliant man and his all-embracing musical influence . . .

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H.C. McEntire :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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On her second solo album Eno Axis, North Carolina's H.C. McEntire sounds at peace. With her band luxuriating in gospel, soul, and country grooves behind her, her voice hovers above the down-home mix, buoyed by contentment. Inspired by time spent sinking into domestic routines and the blooming of a new relationship, the record feels like a cool breeze in this fiery summer. "I felt really centered in my body," she says. "I was anchored down, I was in a great spiritual place. Everything about this record felt—I don’t want to say easy—but it had . . .

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Transmissions :: Eric Slick

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This week on Transmissions, we're joined by songwriter and Dr. Dog drummer Eric Slick. His new album of classic pop songcraft is called Wiseacre. Best known for his work with Dr. Dog and Natalie Prass, Wiseacre was inspired by the golden-hued melodies of Harry Nilsson, Haruomi Hosono, and a general '70s gloss. It's a deeply personal record, one that explores contentment and domesticity, as well as unpacking no small amount of personal weirdness and trauma . . .

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numün :: voyage au soleil

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Inspired by mankind's visit to its nearest celestial body, numün's debut full length voyage au soleil layers stringed instruments, percussion, and ambient sound. Featuring members of SUSS and Gamelan Dharma Swara, the trio's debut lp suggests ever farther out trips into deep space, and deep listening . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show, Episode III

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Transmitting from the hills of Glassell Park, Calif., welcome to episode three of the Aquarium Drunkard picture show. A heatwave induced half-hour programme.

Feat: Talking Heads | PAINT | Brian Eno | OMNI | The B-52's | John McKiel |Neil Young & more . . .

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Trummors :: Drop Out City

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Is there a scientific formula for creating the perfect country rock record? If there is, the Taos, NM duo of Anne Cunningham and David Lerner — AKA Trummors — have cracked it. Their latest LP, Drop Out City, is simultaneously earthy and high-flying, each song packed with beautiful close harmonies, fabulous Clarence White-ish guitar, burnt pedal steel and crisp rhythms. All the necessary ingredients are painstakingly blended into a unified whole, a road-trip ready masterpiece . . .

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Chico Bernardes :: Espelho

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São Paulo's Chico Bernardes has been busy. Over the past 12 months the Brazilian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has recorded and released two singles, and a self-titled full length . . .

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Really Do The Change :: Angel Olsen on Whole New Mess

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Getting a glimpse at an alternate take of a classic album is something we've seen more and more in the modern era. But with her new album Whole New Mess, a fraternal twin to 2019's All Mirror, songwriter Angel Olsen didn't have to wander too deeply into the vault. But it's not merely a "demos collection." It's something more compelling and stranger, a document that illustrates the way songs change and morph over time in a creator's hands . . .

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Chris Frantz :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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With his new book Remain In Love Frantz continues his search for different approaches. It’s a look at his time in Talking Heads and his marriage and creative partnership with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club bassist Tina Weymouth. He doesn't entirely shy away from rock bio requirements—if you want dirt, it has enough of a dark dusting to satisfy—but it's more a document of extraordinary shows, recordings, and the early days of punk when he, Weymouth, singer/guitarist David Byrne, and Jerry Harrison cracked open the template, building one of the most expansive discographies . . .

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J.H. Guraj :: Introspection/Migration

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Under his J.H. Guraj pseudonym, Dominique Vaccaro crafts guitar music that skitters along the margins. His latest, Introspection/Migration, was composed and assembled over a long five year stretch, but the lp's feel isn't labored or excessively overworked. Like Basho, Bull, and the Bishops before him, Vaccaro pulls from disparate strands—blues, drones, and Eastern modalities—to assemble a work that resonates long after the needle has lifted from the platter. Instead, these blues visions, skeletal ragas, and smokey drifts retain an ephemeral quality: they're here and then they're gone . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)

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No static at all. 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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Dig Nitty :: Small Curd

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On their debut album, New York’s Dig Nitty drift between daydreamy indie-pop and fuzzy blasts of guitar like the sun emerging from clouds. With a softness that recalls the late, great Grass Widow or Moe Tucker’s lead vocals with the VU, "Small Curd" surfs to a close on a crashing wave of riffs that reveal an ocean of emotion . . .

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Transmissions :: Georgia Anne Muldrow is Jyoti

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On her new album Mama, You Can Bet Georgia Anne Muldrow leans into her jazziest tendencies, incorporating two remixes of works by Charles Mingus, whose influence is palpable. But as Jyoti, Muldrow is her own creation, and her love of electronic funk, ambient, and hip-hop colors and shades the album. Ahead of what would have been Turiya Alice Coltrane’s birthday on August 27th, Georgia joined Transmissions host Jason P. Woodbury via Skype to discuss the new record, the West Coast jazz tradition, and maintaining a long running creative partnership and independent label with her husband, Dudley Perkins . . .

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Ned Lagin :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Experimental composer Ned Lagin began composing Seastones during his time at MIT, building off of his love of free jazz and his studies of Renaissance music. But it took firmer shape through jams and recording sessions with various members of the Dead (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh) and other Bay Area luminaries like David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick. Originally issued by Jerry Garcia's Round Records, it's being reissued by Important Records. Lagin joined us to discuss the triumph and heartbreak of this pioneering electronic work . . .

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The Roses Won’t Tell Your Secret: An August Mixtape

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Blown out garage pop & lounge jazz exotica. Chambered folk & only one Dylan cover. With humidity and paranoia at an all-time high, it only felt right to re-visit to the foggy August mixtape. Tranquility is always tempting as an aural axis, but these things always seem to land somewhere in the middle of a torrid zone hypnosis . . .

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