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Television :: Live at the Academy, NYC 12.4.92

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Television have two well-known live albums to their name, both taped in 1978 — the classic ROIR release The Blow-Up, which came out in the early 1980s, and the incendiary Live at the Old Waldorf, emerging about 20 years later. Live at the Academy is much more under the radar; originally sold in unassuming CDR format at merch tables in the 2000s, it’s been available only fleetingly since on various streaming services. This year’s Record Store Day, however, sees the performance getting a well-deserved double LP reissue. It’s a necessary addition to Television’s relatively . . .

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Rosali :: Bite Down

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It is still only April, but Rosali's Merge debut Bite Down already has the makings of classic summer album. Bursting with singalong choruses, big barroom rave-ups and bleary confessions of both love and doubt, this is one that everyone can find a way into . . .

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High Llamas & Healing Potpourri :: In Conversation

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Sean O'Hagan's High Llamas project has always followed its creator's whims. But with Hey Panda, the Llamas embark on their most unexpected journey yet, straight into the heart of the auto-tuned, hyper pop fixated social media feed. Simi Sohota of Healing Potpourri joins O'Hagan to unpack the new album, consider the spiritual life of pianos, and reflect on the way the '90s changed how musicians approach—and shatter—the concept of genre . . .

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Cindy Lee :: Diamond Jubilee

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Diamond Jubilee feels like a throwback to a different, weirder, cooler, better era in independent music. An era where a record such as this one — a record not available on streaming services, that can only be listened to on YouTube and via WAV files available for purchase on the artist’s website, and which was birthed into the world with no advanced single or press, that eschewed the long and laborious album rollout, and so felt like an artifact from space crash landed onto Earth — wasn’t so tragically uncommon . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: The Reds, Pinks and Purples

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Through some sort of infernal jangle-pop sorcery, the ever-prolific RPP mainman Glenn Donaldson continues to come up with the goods; in fact, the latest LP, Unwishing Well, may well be his best effort yet. It's a record that blends 16 Lovers Lane shimmer with Felt-like melancholy, heartfelt sentiments with occasionally hilarious barbs. Lovingly crafted, world weary, expertly bittersweet — just like heaven. For this excellent Lagniappe Session, Donaldson takes us on a tour of a few favorites old and new-ish . . .

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Floreana :: Floreana One

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Similar to the formative ethos of Les Baxter or Haruomi Hosono's instrumental take on the Pacific on "The Last Paradise", Floreana's grooves are soaked in saltwater like the crashing waves in the outro of "Asilo de la Paz . . .

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Shabaka Hutchings :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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"What does it mean to have music of spiritual substance?" Shabaka Hutchings of Sons of Kemet joins us to discuss his solo debut, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, which finds him shifting from sax to flute, creating a spiritual, familial, and open zone that invites the listener in. He joins AD to discuss collaborating with André 3000, the flute, and trusting intuition . . .

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Dana Gavanski :: LATE SLAP

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On her third album, LATE SLAP, the Serbian-Canadian musician warbles, coos, and ululates like an art deco songbird. Gliding across meticulously constructed orchestral synth-pop with emotional intensity regulated at a slow simmer, Gavanski combines classic songcraft with a mishmash of hyper-modern motifs, tempering the tragic clown with a sense of stillness. Fans of Cate Le Bon’s manicured post-punk or last year’s excellent album from En Attendant Ana might find another new favorite here . . .

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

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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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Bruno Berle :: No Reino Dos Afetos 2

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Born in Maceió, in the Brazilian Northeast, Bruno Berle gives bossa nova the hyperpop treatment it deserves (should we call it hyperbossa?). No Reino dos Afetos 2 filters Arthur Russell-like melodies through inventive uses of autotune and DAW presets . . .

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Amen Dunes :: Round the World

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Sonically ever-shifting, Amen Dunes’ Damon McMahon remains resolute in his intent. On “Round the World,” the latest taste from his upcoming album, Death Jokes, he dances amidst a world ablaze, making an impassioned plea for us to live free—in the moment, free from the shackles of societal expectations and pervasive self-obsession, and perhaps to even realize freedom in the belief that the end may only just be the beginning . . .

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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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