Outré California. Even more weird tales from the pacific rim. Via satellite, The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm PST, Wednesdays + on-demand . . .
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Been tuned into Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard? Cool, then you've no doubt heard us spinning a good bit of L'Eclair since launching the station last month. May 22 sees the release of the Swiss outfit's next recorded output, a 10" ep entitled Noshtta . . .
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For all its visionary put-ons, Stephen Malkmus' Traditional Techniques hums with sincerity. Aquarium Drunkard caught up with Malkmus on a typical quarantine day to discuss the new record, punks finding their various freak flags, and the status of the upcoming Pavement reunion . . .
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In recent years, the smoky, mystical groove of Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda" has emerged as a go-to vehicle for musical travelers of varying stripes. This two-hour mix pulls together a selection of these journeys (along with some offerings from Alice herself). Hey, if you're going to listen to a single bass line for 120 minutes, I can think of no better candidate than the god-like lope that Cecil McBee originally laid down back in 1970. No matter where these musicians go on their respective journeys, there's a unifying questing vibe, a desire to . . .
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The enigmatic Sven Wunder is already back again with another internet-breaking LP of Eastern flavored grooves. "Yūgen" opens Wabi Sabi with the ringing of a gong, which initiates a resonating surge of Japanese-inspired flute, Chinese zither, and Tanpura . . .
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As the world seemingly draws to a stop, Portner finds himself quarantined at home in Western North Carolina amidst work on Animal Collective’s eleventh studio album, the first album since 2012 to feature all four original band members . . .
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On the apocalyptic Good Souls Better Angels, Lucinda Williams grapples with pain, mortality, and the devil. She joins us to discuss the album's apocalyptic themes, breaking with the familiar, and how she stays in touch with the sense of mystery that has always fueled her work . . .
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Guest contributor David Obuchowski shares the story of Runnin Bare and Lil White Dove, an independent printing house that serviced CB radio enthusiasts. A story of connection, tragedy, and the complicated legacy of skewed Americana . . .
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“Some for Bohannon,” a celebration and glance at the funky creations of Hamilton Bohannon: a drummer, song writer, and record producer who, as Ron Wynn noted, perfected a "formula of heavy, thudding bass accents and aggressive rhythms". He passed away April 24, 2020. Rest in peace . . .
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A digital screening of UFOria, the 1985 science fiction comedy starring Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, and Harry Dean Stanton. At once sweet, earnest, silly, and wry, Jason P. Woodbury and Chad DePasquale suggest it's perfect quarantine viewing. Tune in . . .
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Remember livemusic? Yeah, me too. I managed to catch quite a bit of it back in the Before Times, though, so I’ll at least have my ‘tapes’ to tide me over while we collectively tread water. For this edition of Elevated Rail, we have a highlight reel (loosely in chronological order) of some of the best ChicagoMusics I saw in 2020 before the world imploded . . .
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Memory Pearl’s Music For 7 Paintings is a study in contemplation. Synth arpeggios fade into twinkling pianos, choral voice tones, and scrambled alien broadcasts in a wash of fourth world ambience, like a Klaus Schulze gouache or Oneohtrix Paint Never painting in oil . . .
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The Sun City Girls saga came to a sad end with the death of drummer Charles Gocher in 2007. But the band’s bizarre, inspiring spirit lives on in the recent work of SCG co-founders Rick and Alan Bishop (as well as a recommended live show just unleashed from the vaults . . .
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Just as many of us were folding into our geo-domes for extended isolation in early March, a tweet floated across my transom that asked the reader to “Imagine a world where there were archives of live P-Funk and Fela recordings as extensive and well-curated as those devoted to the Grateful Dead.” To paraphrase a recent viral hit: it’s easy if you try. At least, the imagining is. Just pretend that they’re the Dead . . .
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool—now available on Netflix after a brief theatrical run and as an American Masters feature on PBS—is a beautifully directed film by Stanley Nelson, which guides us through the different changes of Miles’ life, smoothly handling the tale of an artist who refused any complacency throughout a long and undeniably brilliant career . . .
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