A new collection from Real Gone Music, "Screamin' Jay Hawkins: The Bizarre Years," plucks selections from his albums for the imprint, confirming that right up until the very end, Hawkins was interested in theatrical provocation, gross-out humor, and wild antics . . .
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Tinariwen's eighth album, "Amadjar," was conceived on the road. Following an appearance Taragalte Festival in the Moroccan Sahara, the group traveled to Mauritania trailed by their French production team, in a camper van. Songs were put together during this road trip in a traditional Tamasheq manner, built up via conversations and playing around campfires . . .
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Japanese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shintaro Sakamoto continues to mold his muse, via the release of the "Boat" 7". Even better news? Sakamoto is slated to hit the US next month with a handful of live dates on both coasts. A rare stateside treat . . .
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California singer-songwriter Mikal Cronin returns with his third Lagniappe Session. If by design, coincidence or otherwise, Cronin's temporarily adopted home of Idyllwild, CA (nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles), seems to have bled into the relaxed atmosphere of the following covers. Put a glass to the wall and listen in, as Cronin transmutes a late 90s pop-radio staple, paints a Replacements tune in Moog and brass, and salutes the late, great Blaze Foley . . .
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A loose-knit Western Mass/Upstate NY psych supergroup featuring members of Wet Tuna, Tower Recordings, Pigeons, Viewer, and Crystalline Roses, Weeping Bong Band transports listeners to some extremely spacious zones on their second lp . . .
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WOW erase the constraints of time and geographical borders, WOW could appeal to your nonna cooking in the kitchen or the sample-scouring crate-diggers of the future . . .
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Welcome to a late summer edition of the Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions podcast. On this episode, we’ve got two talks taped at AD HQ in Los Angeles . . .
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XM radio. Channel 35. Wednesdays / 7pm California time + on-demand.
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Another soul-cleansing vinyl set from the folks that bring you the Gospel Jubilee every Sunday on Nashville's Acme Radio. This volume features youth choirs, radio ensembles, organ maestros, local, regional and national stars...plus in-the-red vocals, a flute solo (!), heavenly harmonies, faint-inducing falsetto, sanctifying grooves and some of the best drum sounds you will ever hear. Selected from records rare and everywhere. Because the price tag shouldn't be the thing that moves you . . .
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André Ethier returns this fall with Croak In The Weeds, the second installment in a planned trilogy of albums from Telephone Explosion. Its nine songs occasionally recall a friendly Bill Callahan, young Gilberto Gil, or an oddball James Taylor . . .
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Constant readers will no doubt recognize the name Jack Cooper, whose former project (Ultimate Painting) remains an in-house favorite. Following a stripped back solo venture, 2017's Sandgrown, Cooper returns with a group proper - Modern Nature - who have just released their debut full-length, How To Live. While anchored by Cooper, the record's grooves find a formidable cast of players exploring myriad veins of Kosmische Musik, British folk traditions, and beyond - all underpinned with an oblique sense of otherness . . .
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Decidedly more dank than UB40’s version, Marcia Griffiths' cover of Al Green’s “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" simmers and sizzles with a primal rocksteady beat and a saccharine slow rhythm. Perfect for these dog days of late August . . .
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This Monday night (8.26), Aquarium Drunkard presents a tribute to the music of Talk Talk and its late founder, Mark Hollis. The evening will be a showcase of the group's work led by Mirror Man - a group comprised of the members of Derde Verde and friends. The collective put this on several months ago downtown, and it was fantastic, demanding an encore performance. This is it. Free and open to the public. 8pm at Gold Diggers in East Hollywood . . .
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Recorded in New York City, smack in the middle of the 1980s, Benkei deftly sidesteps the era's too frequent production woes. In sharp contrast, the record presents aesthetically perennial. As a piece, Benkei emanates a presence, an atmosphere that in no way feels ad hoc, but one more befitting a group of serial collaborators. This is both a testament to Toyoda as a bandleader and the players innate communion and agility throughout . . .
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