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Levon Helm :: Take Me To The River
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Wax Wonders :: Chicago Soul, Part Two
When soul music aficionados get together and start talking music, the inevitable question of preference between ‘Detroit vs Memphis’ almost always seems to arise, to which my response is ‘YES, both please! But don’t forget about Chicago’. The well of Chicago soul 45’€²s is practically bottomless, and the majority of the hundreds of records recorded in the windy city during the golden age of soul are at least very good, with many veering into the exceptional category, and very few falling into the ‘unsatisfying listening’ bin.
The axis of Chicago soul centers around several key players . . .
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Jerry Garcia Band :: March 22, 1978 – Sebastopol, CA
GarciaLive Volume Four: March 22nd, 1978 Veteran's Hall
In late 1974 the Grateful Dead were battening down the hatches and taking refuge from the storm of popularity that had pushed them into larger venues, stage setups and crews. As the age old saying goes ‘more money, more problems’. Jerry had slinked away to the comforts of small Bay Area clubs and a song book stocked with Bob Dylan, Motown classics, early rock & roll and everyone’s new . . .
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Television :: Piccadilly Inn – Cleveland, July 25, 1975
One hell of a night in Cleveland. Television played its first out-of-town shows deep in the heart of Ohio in the summer of '75. The opening band was Rocket From The Tombs, a band that would soon splinter into Pere Ubu and Dead Boys (You can hear the RFTT set from this night on the the officially-released The Day the Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs). Television had been doing some splintering of late as well, having bid adieu to their original bassist / songwriter/ vocalist Richard Hell just a few months earlier. His replacement, Fred Smith . . .
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Castanets :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It’s been 10 years since Raymond Raposa’s Castanets released Cathedral, a powerful work of skeletal folk and dread. Since then the songwriter has been consistent — releasing a string of Castanets albums, each one stretching out in strange and wild ways, incorporating skittering electronics, booming dub, and ambient noise into Raposa’s blues and folk explorations. In 2012, though, he shuffled off the Castanets moniker with a freewheeling rock record called Little Death Shaker, credited to Raymond Byron and the White Freighter (around the same time he recordedbecome a member or log in.
Native Tongues: Origins
(this is the first of an ongoing series with our east coast brethren, Chances With Wolves...)
It's funny that we talk so much about hip hop and we play so little hip-hop on Chances with Wolves. For both my partner, Kray, and myself; hip-hop was essentially our entry point to music, and like many people, hunting down breaks and samples was an educational experience that broadened our horizons exponentially.
About a year ago, I watched Beats . . .
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Chuck Berry On The Rocks: Vol. II – A Mixtape
Chuck Berry On The Rocks: Volume II. A choice selection of primitive sixties garage rock. Our second collaboration with Gothenburg, Sweden DJ/record collector Peer Schouten. Find and download volume one, HERE.
Chuck Berry On The Rocks: Vol. II - A Mixtape (zipped folder)
The Trip - Kim FowleyLet's Move - The Night . . .
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Medicine Head :: Old Bottles, New Medicine
At a time when prog and glam were in the ascendant, Medicine Head stood out–or rather, they didn’t. Their lack of showiness just made them look all the more freakish: a two man band consisting of a singer-guitarist (who also handled kick drum and high hat) and a Garfunkel-like assistant on harmonica. There is something ascetic and hobbled about them. Their sound, however, is all the more remarkable for being so pared down and rudimentary. Even at their most hard-rocking, they could still be . . .
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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Our compadres the Allah-Las guest host this week.
SIRIUS 353: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ The Allah-Las - Busman's Holiday ++ B.F. Trike - Be Free ++ Dinosaurs - Sinister Purpose ++ Flaming Groovies - Golden Clouds ++ The Ramones - Oh Oh I Love Her So ++ The Nerves . . .
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Mark Capon of Asheville, NC’s Harvest Records: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Just over ten years ago, in the spring of 2004, two recent college graduates drove to Asheville, NC, to look into opening a record store there. Neither Matt Schnable nor Mark Capon had ever visited the peaceful Western North Carolina city. Two days into the trip, the pair signed a lease on an old building in a run-down historic district in West Asheville. A few months later, they were living together in a one-bedroom apartment above their new shop, Harvest Records; doing everything they could to ready the space by its August opening date.
In the decade that’s followed since they welcomed the first customer through the doors of Harvest, Matt and Mark have carefully carved out a friendly, bustling environment that defies record store stereotypes and attracts music lovers from across the globe. They’ve also released records from the likes of Steve Gunn, Floating Action and the ever-elusive Brightblack Morning Light, and organized hundreds of live performances with artists ranging from El-P to Rodriguez to Stars of the Lid. The duo’s boundless energy has galvanized Asheville’s music community, as well as the now vibrant neighborhood Harvest calls home.
This Labor Day weekend, the store will celebrate its tenth Anniversary with Transfigurations II. The multi-day, multi-venue extravaganza features thirty bands, including the Clean, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Mudhoney, Michael Hurley, Sonny & the Sunsets, Endless Boogie, Little Wings, Angel Olsen and many, many more fantastic acts beloved by the AD readership. Most of which will be performing on an island in the middle of picturesque Marshall, NC. In anticipation of this upcoming soiree, we tracked down Mark to ask him a few questions about the last ten years. He and Matt also took the time to compile a collection of songs that reflect their first decade in Asheville. Enjoy.
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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 352: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Pappy’s Haunted House — Dude ++ Jimmy Thomas — Springtime ++ The Paragons — Abba ++ Big Star — Back Of A Car ++ The Soul Inc. — Love Me When I’m Down ++ Billy Lamont — Sweet Thang ++ Donn Shinn & The Soul Agents — A Minor Explosion ++ T.L. Barrett And Youth . . .
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Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 15) — Podcast/Mixtape
Ghana / Nigeria / Jamaica / Senegal & beyond. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. This is transmission fifteen.
Direct download, below. The first fourteen transmissions can be found and downloaded, here.
Intro
Mor Thiam - Ayo Ayo Nene
Fela Kuti - Lover
Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death
The Reggae Boys - Selassie
Willie Dickson & The Playboys - Lickin' Stick
The Fabulous Three - Django's Soul
Ofo . . .
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The Beach Boys :: That Same Song (with Gospel Choir)
This clip, from an NBC special on connection with the release of the 15 Big Ones album, featuring the Beach Boys singing "live" with the Alexander Hamilton Double Rock Baptist Choir, is eyebrow-raising for many reasons, most obviously Brian's physical appearance as he was clearly struggling with health issues connected to his "prescribed" public re-emergence from the reclusive lifestyle he adopted in the late 60s and early 70s following his retreat from live performance. The marketing tagline for album was "Brian Is Back!", which arguably didn't ring fully true until fairly recently; nevertheless, it . . .
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Patti Smith :: Redondo Beach / Distant Fingers (Demos)
The second disc of Patti Smith’s 2002 compilation, Land (1975-2002), is comprised mostly of live recordings and a handful of outtakes. However, sitting side by side are two beautiful demos - both of which are a must-hear for Patti enthusiasts, or really anyone interested in her saga-oriented, meticulously crafted, art-rock.
First up is a demo of “Redondo Beach,” found on Smith's masterpiece 1975 debut, Horses. The demo differs most noticeably from the studio version in that the drums are . . .
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Silver Palace :: Mr. Jews (Will Oldham / David Berman)
One thing fans of Chicago-based Drag City Records have always hoped for was a full-album collaboration by their two all-star players, Will Oldham and David Berman. To this date, that has yet to happen. However, this rare 7”, Silver Palace — Mr. Jews, released in 2005 and limited to 500 copies on Drag City/Sea Note Records, attempts to resolve any remaining inquests surrounding this topic. What follows are some tough questions given straightforward answers by the artists themselves...sort of.
Silver Palace . . .
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