Tonight - Devendra Banhart is the selector. Tune is as he joins Justin on the eve of the release of his latest lp, Ma. The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time + on-demand.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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A swirling amalgamation of Syd Barrett psychedelia, contemporary UK indie and the pop instincts of Brian Wilson, I recall having to inquire as to the definition of "sui generis" when reading a feature on the Welsh group Super Furry Animals in the mid-90s. A descriptor which holds true today.
Beginning in 2005, with the all-Welsh language Yr Atal Genhedlaeth, SFA's Gruff Rhys has been releasing a steady stream of solo output since. Spanning myriad means of modality, language and approach, Friday sees the release of the artist's seventh lp, Pang!. For this installment of the Lagniappe . . .
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Los Angeles duo Oort Smog somehow make two instruments sound like a dozen on their experimental jazz full-length debut, Smeared Pulse Transfers. A record that gives no quarter, the first track, “Gurge Reaction”, opens with piercing saxophone amidst tinny cymbal crashes. The cacophony only intensifies throughout . . .
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If Juan Wauters didn’t exist, New York would have to invent him. The Uruguayan-born musician moved to the city with his family as a teenager and has called Queens his home ever since. As a songwriter — first with his punk band The Beets, and, since 2014, as a solo artist — Wauters exemplifies a strange kind of charm that seems distinct to New York: His work is smart, flinty, and not naive to the worst ways of the world. His records are recorded quietly and with sparing instrumentation, as if he’s trying his best to respect a sleeping . . .
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Journeyman bassist Rob Stoner has played with nearly every rock & roll legend you could name, from Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry and Link Wray. Today at AD, he shines a light on the fact, fiction, and myth of Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story. "He's always trying to put people on, to put people off his trail . . .
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Sheathed in obscurity following its 1972 release in Italy, Peace on You – the sole long-player from Ghana’s Mack Porter – is a true outlier gem of blues, soul, and psychedelic rock. With its dramatic David Axelrod-esque arrangements and Porter’s blurry, mirage-like lines between Hendrix soul and doomy Sabbath riffs, the record exists on a plane of rarity entirely its own . . .
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Last year, Sandro Perri returned with In Another Life, his first proper long-player in the better part of a decade, and a self-proclaimed experiment in “infinite songwriting.” Now Perri has turned around with something of a companion piece: an extension of his immeasurable pop sensibilities in the form of an album entitled Soft Landing . . .
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We recently caught up with singer-songwriter Ruth Garbus to delve deeper into the gorgeous, greyscale world she spins on her new lp, Kleinmeister. Garbus’ hyper-specific lyrics are rendered timeless when delivered in her expressive mezzo-soprano and supported by the thrum of her signature rhythm guitar playing. This latest record highlights these two forces at their most bare, and draws upon a diverse array of influences . . .
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How you like your Stones? Late seventies debauched and nasty? Us too.
Dig this: Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Disco (outtakes '75-'79). '...a very selective sampling of Ron Wood era outtakes, focusing on the band’s half-formed funk/disco/jam persona...long, unedited basic takes of songs that were finished and released between ’75 and ’81 . . .
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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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Tide times. The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time. Wednesdays.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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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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