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Transmissions :: Gary Lachman

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This week, we present a conversation with writer, rock & roller, and esoteric scholar Gary Lachman, author of a new memoir, ⁠Touched By the Presence: From Blondie’s Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult.⁠ It is, Lachman charts his journey from a young New Jersey misfit immersed in comic books and paperback fiction to his days playing bass in Blondie as the band rose to stardom from the New York City punk underground . . .

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Natural Information Society :: Perseverance Flow

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Perseverance Flow does everything its title promises. It perseveres, certainly, moving with a stubborn intent in a way that feels both mechanical and wholly organic: it’s a machine made of wood and leather and human effort. And it flows, in its own stuttering way with the certainty of water going downhill. Natural Information Society has long favored both repetition and length; this 37-minute single cut album simply takes those inclinations to their logical conclusion . . .

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Anna Butterss :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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What does it mean to be a season ticket holder for the music of bass player Anna Butterss? Reserved, front row seats to diverse and experimental music, whether as a founding member of improvisational bands SML and the Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, their own experimental solo work—the latest being 2024’s innovative Mighty Vertebrate—touring band member for Jason Isbell, and first-call, bass-player-for hire. Obviously, there’s no actual subscription available for purchase, but, if possible, it would mean regular access to one of the most exciting musicians working today . . .

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Sharp Pins :: Balloon Balloon Balloon

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Kai Slater dons the velvet flares once again for this superlative dose of psychedelic 1960s pop, spun out on electric 12-string and recorded in a dazey cloud of lo-fi fuzz. This is the second LP this year for Sharp Pins following this spring’s Radio DDR, and Slater was also a big part of Lifeguards’ post-punk Ripped and Torn, as well. Never mind. The youth of Chicago have a lot in the tank. There’s not a bad song on the disc, and there are 21 of them in all. Impressive . . .

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The Secrets of the World: Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Zuma at 50 

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It’s a big week for Neil Young celebrations. Not only does the man turn 80 years old on November 12, but it was also just about 50 years ago that Neil released Zuma, one of his most towering achievements. While many of his peers were fading into bloated irrelevance, the nine-song LP, mostly recorded with Crazy Horse, showed that the songwriter was in it for the (very) long haul.

For a little celebration, check out a Zuma redux at AD made up of live recordings that stretch from 1974 to 2020, capturing some of that ragged/glorious magic . . .

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Catching Up With Whitney

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It feels strange to have a new Whitney record to become acquainted with against a winter backdrop. Small Talk finds the Chicago duo returning to their breezier sensibilities. Guitarist Max Kakacek and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich join us to discuss its homemade sound . . .

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Lô Borges :: O Mundo, Minas Gerais

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RIP. Maybe the most naif member of the legendary Clube da Esquina he helped found, Lô Borges was also the figure responsible for bringing to the movement the heavy dose of easy-listening psychedelia that pushed it over the edge of a musical revolution. He was only a teenager when he wrote some of the best songs of that 1972 record that many consider, to this day, the greatest of Brazilian music: "Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo," "Trem de Doido," "Trem Azul," "Paisagem da Janela," and more . . .

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Parque da São :: Ideograma

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Inspired by the eerily meditative films of Apichatpong, the debut EP Ideograma from Parque da São, a Brazilian duo formed by ente’s Arthur Bittencourt and Relevo Espacial’s Julio Santa Cecilia, is a tropicalist parade full of euphoric atrocities and “hysterical sweetness . . .

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Iiris Viljanen :: So Much of You Was Sleeping

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So Much of You Was Sleeping, the new solo piano album from Finnish-Swedish composer Iiris Viljanen, drifts on fluffy, spacious keys and hushed, wordless melodies, residing in the dreamy and delicate musical worlds she creates. Following five albums in the singer-songwriter form, Viljanen fully embraces a mode of artistic expression first heard on her 2016 album Kiss Me, Stupid And 7 More Solo Piano Pieces . . .

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Jon Hassell / Brian Eno :: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics

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The music winds sinuously, like a river in deep, humid tropics. In six tracks which blend seamlessly into one musical entity, this pivotal collaboration from Brian Eno and Jon Hassell explores a mystical, minimalist music, tinted by Southern Hemisphere sounds but also incorporating 20th century electronics. The cuts move slowly but insistently, a sensuous wiggle in their syncopation . . .

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Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider :: A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams

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With A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the first collaboration as a duo from Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider, the pair embrace the "psychedelic" label. At first consideration, a retro-soul singer and country rock sideman may seem like an unlikely match to produce mind-expanding music—but their collaboration makes more and more sense as you listen . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, 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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Terry Riley :: Shri Camel (Holland Festival, 1977)

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The Netherlands, 1977. American iconoclast composer and musician Terry Riley touches down in Holland to appear on Dutch television. The near hour-long performance (buttressed by an introductory contextual primer) finds Riley performing "Shri Camel," a piece that would not appear in an official capacity until 1980 . . .

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Transmissions :: DM Hotep (Sun Ra Arkestra)

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This week on the show, we sit down with Sun Ra Arkestra guitarist DM Hotep, who, under the leadership of 101-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen, continues the work of Ra . . .

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Hüsker Dü :: 1985: The Miracle Year    

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Hüsker Dü’s miracle year came at the mid-point of the 1980s when, in the span of 12 months, the band released three monumental albums: Zen Arcade in the summer of 1984, New Day Rising at the very beginning of 1985 and Flip Your Wig in September of the same year. This box set from Numero documents the power and fury of that pivotal period with 43 paint-stripping live performances, 24 from an album release show in Minneapolis on January 30, 1985, the remainder from various stops in America and overseas on their unrelenting tour . . .

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