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Jamaica To Toronto :: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974

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As we inch closer to Light in the Attic Record’s 10 year anniversary showcase, featuring Rodriguez and Shin Joong Hyun later this month in L.A., it’s worth noting that the label’s last decade has been littered with classics. Case in point, the excellent 2006 compilation, Jamaica to Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974, a set that finds . . .

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Loving On The Flip Side :: Sweet Funk And Beat-Heavy Ballads

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There’s a type of tunnel vision that goes along with being a collector. Regardless of what his or her particular obsession might be, any collector will hone in on a detail or a characteristic and proceed to amass as many objects exhibiting said details as possible. Whether it’s stamps, comic books, or vintage clothing, the devil is always in the details. And when it comes to records, especially 45s, that tunnel vision often causes one to miss out on some amazing music; it happens to me all the time. become a member or log in.

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Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmissions) – Transmission / 1

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Eleven track polyglot  bouillabaisse of sound spanning 3 continents, 2 decades, and a dozen time zones. Sidecar - First transmission.  

Direct download, below -- subscribe to future transmissions via iTunes, HERE.

 Sidecar: Transmission / 1

IntroBeach Boys - Unknown Harmony (except)Rob Jo Star Band - I Call On One's MuseCisneros & Garza . . .

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Elizabeth Cotten :: Shake Sugaree

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File under: oft-covered. Culled from the Smithsonian Folkways reissue of  Elizabeth 'Libba' Cotten's 1965 sophomore LP, "Shake Sugaree" was sung by Cotten's then 12 year old great-granddaughter, Brenda Evans. Effortless grace.

MP3: Elizabeth Cotten :: Shake Sugaree

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Willie Nelson & Family :: Okie From Muskogee, 1974

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Dan “Bee” Spears was all of nineteen years old when he joined Willie Nelson’s Family Band as a bassist, a post he would hold until his death in December 2011. Marshall Grant’s tubthumping time in the Tennessee Two notwithstanding, country music bassists tend not to draw attention to themselves. Given Willie Nelson’s fast and loose relationship with conventional rhythm, Spears’ job was to act as the anchor that both allowed the band the freedom to roam and kept them from falling out of sync. It’s . . .

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Aaron Embry :: Tiny Prayers

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Aaron Embry waited thirty-six years to make his debut album, Tiny Prayers. It’s the type of record you only get a chance to make once -- an album he began writing while on the road with his friend, Alexander Ebert. Before that, Embry was a hired gun for some other folks you may have heard of (Willie Nelson, Elliot Smith). Mostly a piano player, this particular set of songs came to Embry via an old tenor guitar, in an octave mandolin tuning, and a harmonica.

“Moon of the Daylit Sky,” the album’s opening track and first single, is a rarified thing. Opening with just acoustic guitar and harmonica, like half the other folk songs before it, something immediately sets Embry’s apart. The arrangement is perfectly sparse, but there’s a bit of old-fashioned magic as some brushed drums, mandolin, and Embry’s tinkling of the ivory fill out the song’s skeletal frame.

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Pescado Rabioso :: Cementerio Club (1973, Argentina)

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Argentina's Pescado Rabioso existed in name only by the time this laid back groove was produced and released in 1973. Culled from the band's best, fourth, and final record, Artaud, "Cementerio Club" is a dead man's blues -- a man cut down by by his lover's contempt, left for dead from the heat of too many moments. And when our dead man sings of how sad and lonely he'll . . .

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AD Presents :: Guided By Voices, NOLA – One Eyed Jacks, 9/22

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The club is indeed open. Next Saturday, September 22nd, Aquarium Drunkard presents Guided By Voices at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. Detective and KG Accidental support. Tickets available, here. We're also giving away a few . . .

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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 262:  Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ Cisneros & Garza Group — I’m A Man ++ The Daktaris — Super Afro-Beat ++ Music Convention — Big Green ++ Dion — Daddy Rollin’ (In Your Arms) ++ Niela Miller — Baby Don’t Go To Town ++ The Olivia Tremor Control — California Demise, Pt. 3 ++ The Rolling Stones — We Love You . . .

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The Yamasuki Singers :: Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki

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Yamasuki began as a dance craze in 5 steps -- full-body instructions are on the album cover. Its mastermind was Daniel Vangarde, a French auteur of the concept album who skipped and pirouetted across genres and cultures with Gainsbourgian whimsy. Written mostly with his Belgian producer-partner Jean Kluger, Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki

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Television :: Live @ The Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles 1977

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As one of the quintessential NYC punk bands, it's a bit hard to picture Television on the Sunset Strip. One can imagine Tom Verlaine squinting vampire-like in the sunlight, scowling at the bronze-skinned Angelenos, dreaming of a dark bar on the Bowery. The '77 tour following the release of their Marquee Moon masterpiece took Television well outside its comfort zone -- most famously, the band spent a few weeks . . .

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Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves From Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979

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“The Minneapolis Sound”. The very words conjure musical memories of Prince and his musical disciples from the late ‘70s — mid ‘80s. The Time, Vanity 6, Jam & Lewis, even LA resident Cherrelle; all were heavily influenced by Prince’s groundbreaking mix of funk, rock, and synth-pop. It’s a testament to Prince’s musical genius that he is synonymous with a whole genre of funk music. But art, no matter how great or groundbreaking, is not created in a vacuum and “The Minneapolis Sound” has its roots in the Twin Cities’ regional funk/soul scene of the 60s and . . .

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Patterson Hood / Will Johnson :: The AD Interview

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It's been a minute, but with both Patterson Hood and Will Johnson having solo records out this week (Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance and Scorpion, respectively), it . . .

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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 261: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Zig Zags — Scavenger ++ Tamaryn — I’m Gone ++ PINS —  Shoot You ++ Dug Dug’s  —  Smog ++ RIDE —  Eight Miles High ++ Chromatics —  The Page ++ TOY —  Left Myself Behind ++ Benoit Pioulard — RTO ++ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti —  Mature Themes ++ U.S. Girls —  . . .

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Jonathan Wilson :: La Isla Bonita (Madonna)

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A year ago next week songwriter/musician/producer, Jonathan Wilson, released his sophomore LP, Gentle Spirit - a record I was hipped to shortly thereafter, digging my heels in deep.   I've since been exploring related Wilson ephemera, most recently his re-working of "La Isla Bonita", culled from a 2007 Madonna tribute . . .

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