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The Lagniappe Sessions: William Tyler

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Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus.

Whether solo, with Lambchop, Silver Jews and beyond, I've been following William Tyler's career, in one form or another, for over a decade. This week, the Lagniappe Sessions find the Nashville based artist taking on four covers - from . . .

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AD Presents: An Evening With Jessica Pratt & Kevin Morby

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Friday, February 27th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an intimate evening with Kevin Morby and Jessica Pratt in Long Beach. Location to be announced.

Limited capacity. Tickets available for purchase, here. We have a few pair to giveaway to AD readers. To enter, leave you name and a valid email address we can reach . . .

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Yaphet Kotto :: Have You Ever Seen The Blues (1968)

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Actor/producer/musician Yaphet Kotto laid down this dark slice of soul in 1968 via the Chisa label. Proto-rap in its delivery, “Have You Ever Seen The Blues” rides the cymbals like Max Roach, all percussive piano with Kotto spitting lines like “..and all the while visions of suicide were boogalooin’ in your head and you was thinking how you might as well be dead.” And then shit gets real.

Sourced from a 45 picked up for ten . . .

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Wizz Jones :: The First Girl I Loved

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Dylan’s magpie genius of course exerted its influence over the British folk scene of the mid-1960s. The Incredible String Band, however, were the ones perhaps most responsible for breaking the British folk idiom wide open, taking it back from the purists and making it strange again. They were weird but in the same way that Blake is weird, in the way that British children’s books have always been weird too. Had it not been for Robin Williamson and Mike Heron, on the one hand, and perhaps . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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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 373: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqim Tossam ++ The Ify Jerry Krusade - Everybody Likes Something Good ++ Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Lovin' You ++ Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby ++ We The People - Function Underground ++ Darondo - Let My People Go ++ Los Issufu & His Moslems :: Kana Soro ++ Moses Dillard - Tribute . . .

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Kim Fowley :: International Heroes

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Waxed around the time he produced legendary recordings by the Modern Lovers, it’s no surprise International Heroes is one of the best albums from the ubiquitous Kim Fowley. Son of actor Douglas Fowley, Kim produced the novelty hit "Alley Oop" in 1960, released several commercially unsuccessful solo albums and produced/composed various oddities for other artists (including Kiss) before eventually unleashing the Runaways on the world. And that’s just skimming the surface. He even found time to write songs with Skip Battin, which . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions: Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band

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Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus.

This week the Lagniappe Sessions touch down with Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band -- fronted by an artist we've previously described as your "new favorite guitar anti-hero," creating music akin to   "Television circa 1977 recording a cover of Pharoah Sanders’ “The . . .

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Scott Walker :: We Had It All

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Setting aside his more contemporary avant-garde adventures, We Had It All is a bit of an oddity, even for 60s pop crooner extraordinaire Scott Walker. After releasing some very seminal solo material - four albums in the span of three years during the late 60s - Walker settled into a little bit of mediocrity, a lot of drinking, and then mostly obscurity - recording a series of four albums comprised of no original material.

Enter We Had It All - Walker’s foray . . .

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Imaginational Anthem: Volume Seven

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Since 2005, Tompkins Square's Imaginational Anthem compilations have offered essential overviews of the rich American Primitive/guitar soli landscape, highlighting the cream of the diverse post-Fahey crop. Label head honcho Josh Rosenthal; put together the first several volumes, but he's handed over the reins to the musicians themselves. The latest volume was curated by Amarillo, TX-based guitarist Hayden Pedigo (whose Five Steps LP was . . .

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Woods – With Light And With Love :: Pickathon / Galaxy Barn

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Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series with Pickathon, showcasing footage from the Galaxy Barn located at Pendarvis Farm in Oregon. Woods played twice that weekend, once...on the Woods Stage, out in the woods, and once here, inside the barn . . .

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Nazz :: Hello, It’s Me

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The languid Nazz original from 1968, to be re-recorded four years later by a solo Todd Rundgren on his third solo lp, Something/Anything.

Nazz :: Hello, It's Me

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Neil Young :: Live At The Bottom Line – NYC, 1974

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In 2013 we highlighted Neil Young's "Pushed It Over The End", culled from a 1974 performance captured at the now-defunct, long running NYC club, The Bottom Line. Below is that evening in its entirety - a gig I imagine is on the short list for the ongoing Shakey archival series.

Download: Neil Young :: Live At The Bottom Line - NYC, 1974 (zipped folder, external link)

Tracklisting after the jump...

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AD Presents: Mickey Newbury – A Companion Piece

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Brush off these dusty masterpieces and harlequin melodies and listen for the Bluebird Special off in the distance. Let this companion supply you with the American reflections and southern meditations that took this Texas native to Nashville --   to write songs that would forever change country music.

Mickey Newbury - A Companion Piece

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Talking Heads :: Capitol Theatre – November, 1980 – Passaic, NJ

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This is making the rounds...and for good reason. Talking Heads performing live at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, Fall of 1980, in support of the just released Remain In Light.

Related: Talking Heads :: Live In Rome, 1980 (Full Concert)

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Terry Allen :: Juarez

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Terry Allen’s 1975 debut, Jaurez, is a story of a Texican Badman. It’s a western pastoral told through timeless songs and gentle orchestrations covered in dusty ragweed and a thurderstorm here and there.   Here, Allen weaves a finely woven tapestry of American outlaw adventure, sex and violence, with characters ranging from sailors and prostitutes to mad-men and rock-riders. Very few concept albums drum up and maintain the sincerity and reverence that Juarez encapsulates.

In addition to . . .

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