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Scratch The Surface :: KISS, Alive!

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(Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface takes a look at particularly interesting and/or exceptional cover art choices.)

His band having just wound down a fiery “Rock Bottom,” Paul Stanley surveys the crowd. “I got a little question for you!” he shouts. “I wanna know how many people here tonight like to take a taste of alcohol!” The crowd, an arena’s worth of people from Detroit, or Cleveland, or Jersey, or Iowa, roar their approval . . .

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Elmer & Brenda Parker & The Nite Lighters

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I'm heading into the NC mountains  to get lost in the woods for a week, but thought I'd leave you with this parting gift until I'm back on this internet thing. Without a doubt one of the funkiest homecoming jams ever laid to tape.

MP3: Elmer & Brenda Parker & The Nite Lighters :: Got To Get Back To Louisiana pt. 2

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Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 13 – Dig The New Breed

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(Volume 13 of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.)
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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 now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 244: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Takeshi Terauchi - What Have They Done / Venice - 30th Century ++ Beatle-ettes - Only Seventeen ++ Arif Sag - Su Sansunun Evleri ++ Nick Waterhouse - Some Place ++ Peaking Lights - Hey Sparrow ++ Sonny & The Sunsets - Dont Act Dumb (on The Tracks) ++ Buddy Holly - Dearest (version 1) ++ Ty Segall . . .

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Foxygen :: Take The Kids Off Broadway (EP)

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It’s not our own world in which “everyone’s talking ‘bout haircuts.” The world Foxygen inhabits - one of enigma, sudden shifts in the weather, triumph and desperation, doesn't have time for the filler that peppers most of our lives. Here, each crescendo, synth layer, sha-bopped and aah’d harmony section are dropped with deft precision - like Jackson Pollock doing a covers set of Titian paintings.

The bursts and jaunts that erupt across the Take The Kids Off . . .

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Dr. John: Hoodoo, JuJu & Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya

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Dr. John, née Mac Rebennack, released his 29th record last month, Locked Down. Produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the set is a distinct return to the doctor's hoodoo alter-ego, the Night Tripper - his go-to persona between 1968-1971. Swampy, muggy and psychedelic, this week's twenty track Spotify selection focuses solely on this side of Rebennack's dark . . .

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Lightships :: Electric Cables

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Given that Teenage Fanclub has been releasing music for more than 20 years, it's amazing that the first major steps outside of the group were only taken by members in the last year. First came Norman Blake's work with Euros Childs of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci as Jonny and now comes Fannies' bass player Gerard Love with his first project under the name become a member or log in.

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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 now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 243: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Whitefield Brothers - Rampage ++ JD & The Evil's Dynamite - Beer (So Nice, Right On) ++ Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenza - Love And Death ++ Mor Thiam - Ayo Ayo Nene ++ Nora Dean - Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay) ++ Alex Chilton - Jumpin' Jack Flash ++ Rob Jo Star . . .

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Billy Paul :: Mrs. Robinson

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While Billy Paul's second album,  1970's Ebony Woman, is home to a number of inspired covers, it's this - his soul reimagining of Simon & Garfunkel's lily white "Mrs. Robinson" - that's worth the trip.

MP3: Billy Paul :: Mrs. Robinson

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AD Presents :: Willis Earl Beal @ The Echo, May 2nd

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Wednesday, May 2nd, Spaceland Productions and Aquarium Drunkard present Willis Earl Beal at The Autry The Echo. I've been wanting to see this guy live for months - his debut LP, Acousmatic Sorcery, is out now . . .

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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 now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 242: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++  Witch - Introduction ++ Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqim Tossam ++ Howard Nishioka - Carnivourous Dogaramus ++ Monk Montgomery - Fuselage Pt 1. ++ Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets ++ Ify Jerry Krusade - Everybody Likes Something Good ++ West African Cosmos - Wuye Wuye ++ Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel ++ Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale . . .

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Levon Helm :: May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012

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From the release of his 2007 comeback record, Dirt Farmer, up until the final moments of his life, Levon Helm seemed impervious to death. It’s not that he looked invincible, necessarily, or that he was suddenly filled with an inordinate amount of vitality. But as he neared his end, Helm carried himself with the same simple, rustic grace that powered his drumming and singing for most of his life. He laughed incredulously when Sheryl Crow called him sexy from the . . .

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Joy Of Cooking :: Did You Go Downtown?

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Some more runoff from the headspace I'm currently in working on an upcoming radio set. I mentioned yesterday that I've been mixing  Susan Christie's "Paint A Lady" with Kathleen Emery's "I Feel Like A Motherless Child". A lady psych-funk trifecta, here is the third slice of that work in . . .

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Kathleen Emery :: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

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Speaking of Jazzman Records, here's one you have the label to thank for re-discovering. Though reportedly slated for an 1971 LP release, Kathleen Emery's sole output consists of two songs; notably her re-imagination of the public-domain spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child". Originally released in 1970 on 7" vinyl via LOVE Records, Jazzman re-released the wax in 1998 - it's been out . . .

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The Monophonics :: In Your Brain

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For the past decade, ‘retro soul’ sounds have been somewhat of a touchstone for artists and audiences looking for musical authenticity. As a fan of vintage R&B, soul, funk, etc, it’s been great to see/hear new artists create new music with a sound that I hold so dear. At the same time, it’s been a bit worrying. How long could this trend last? Will groups just continue to recreate vintage sounds and eventually devolve into bad Motown pastiches or will those sounds be a springboard (hopefully) to something new that embraces yet transcends its influences . . .

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