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James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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The excellent All Gist, out this week on Paradise of Bachelors, sees James and Nathan taking their musical partnership back to its roots. It’s an album full of gorgeously interlocking guitars, bewitching melodies and a couple of curveball covers. More than anything, All Gist sounds like a conversation between two old friends — one that we’re all lucky we get to eavesdrop on . . .

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Transmissions :: Pat Thomas

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This week on Transmissions, author, producer, archivist, and musician Pat Thomas. In the late '80s, he helped take the Paisley Underground overground with his label Heyday Records. Later, he helped bring out reissues by artists like Judee Sill, Sandy Bull, PiL, and more. And as if all that wasn't enough, he's the author of a number of essential counterculture histories and a musician himself. He joins us today on Transmisions . . .

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Videodrome :: Husbands (1970)

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Husbands is the unvarnished truth of masculinity in crisis, as deeply flawed and unflattering as it may be. In the absence of judgment and editorialization of its character's actions, Husbands becomes one of the most wounded and unflinchingly honest deconstructions of the American male in cinema . . .

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Adrianne Lenker :: Bright Future

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Adrianne Lenker's Bright Future is an acknowledgement of all that is transient in life, a releasing of that comes and goes. On her sixth solo album, the Big Thief singer evokes the feeling of a sunrise on a new day—filled to the brim with fresh images and memorable melodies . . .

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Moose Loose :: Elgen er løs

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Elgen er løs, it must be said, does not sound like ECM jazz. Instead what we have here is a blast of funky, fuzzed-out jazz psychedelia. The sinewy “Flytende Øye” could easily pass for a straight-up krautrock jam. Honestly, the whole thing hews closer to Soon Over Bamaluma than Return to Forever . . .

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Steven R. Smith :: Olive

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Thirty years into his storied career, Jewelled Antler veteran Steven R. Smith remains one of the most distinctive guitarists in American music. Whether observing the flora and fauna or the ruins of imaginary cities, Smith's music is a form of witness. His newest album, Olive, featuring Kate Wright of Movietone and a micro-orchestra of horns and woodwinds, seasons his funereal post-rock with whimsy and brightness . . .

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Richard Parks :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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There are many areas of literature in which American authors have made an indelible mark. Be it jazz, rock, or any other facet of modern music, Americans can take pride in place of first, if not place of best. Another area in which such commentary and greatness do overlap is in our National Pastime: baseball. Into this moment steps Richard Parks III and his new podcast, Dodger Blue Dream . . .

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Scott Ballew :: Rio Bravo

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"People, they don't change/It's like hugging the crashing waves", Scott Ballew sings on "True Love Can't Surf", a slow-building opening ballad culminating in a rich coda. On his third full length offering, the Texas-based troubadour churns out weathered country crooners with referential touchstones that are equal parts Townes Van Zandt and perennial AD favorite Cotton Jones (in fact, Rio Bravo is produced by Michael Nau himself . . .

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Woo :: Robot X & Xylophonics

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Originally released in 2016 and 2017 and built on sounds recorded in the '80s and '90s, Woo's Robot X and Xylophonics have been reissued by Independent Project Records, forming a sci-fi saga of mechanized exotica, dubby rhythms, and robo-minimlism . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Orions Belte | Second Session

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Orions Belte return with their second Lagniappe Session, a follow up to their 2021 entry which found the Norwegian trio transfiguring material from the likes of Mac Miller and Danzig. This time out they transmute tunes by two disparate American artists: the late rapper XXXTentacion’s 2017 single “Jocelyn Flores”, and roots iconoclast Lucinda Williams’ “Copenhagen” via her 2011 LP, Blessed . . .

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Bandcamping :: Spring 2024

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There’s another Bandcamp Friday on the horizon (April 5, to be exact) — so if you’re in need of some recommendations, we’ve got ‘em. Dig into fresh sounds and put some well-deserved cash in the pocket of these artists and labels . . .

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

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Dub from creation. 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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Catching Up With Phosphorescent

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It’s been five years since the last Phosphorescent album, a dark half decade for most people and especially for those in the performing and creative arts. So it’s not surprising that when Matthew Houck first glimpsed the contours of what would become Revelator, the album seemed like it would be quiet, insular, inward-looking and maybe a bit of a downer. But a funny thing happened when Houck began working and reworking this material. It caught an updraft of hope, of expansiveness, or cosmic revelation. First and second takes with a core band yielded a free, unfettered sound . . .

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Transmissions :: Justin Gage

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This week on Transmissions, Aquarium Drunkard founder Justin Gage joins host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss big changes coming to Aquarium Drunkard: AD is transitioning to a membership-based model subscription model on April 8th. Transmissions has a very smart audience and one that’s tapped in—so we likely don't need to explain to you how much the online landscape has changed, but this decision wasn’t reached lightly, and this conversation will shine some light on the reasons behind our moves . . .

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The Shape Of Things To Come

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The internet is an increasingly goofy place — formerly great websites gutted, excellent writers/creators put out of work, horrible user experience, enshittification wherever you look. The algorithm is a trick, SEO an unknowable riddle, social media a bad joke. Like so many other things, this downward spiral feels inescapable/inevitable. But the spiral isn’t the only option. In fact, it’s easy to go back to a simpler World Wide Web, an Edenic online experience made up of unique digital gardens with unusual perspectives and outlooks. Nothing’s perfect — that’s for sure. But there’s gotta be a . . .

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