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Archers of Loaf :: Icky Mettle (Reissue)

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My biggest regret of 2011 (so far) is deciding I could skip the Love Language's show at the Cat's Cradle in Carborro, NC back in February. They had announced a special guest, but being that the Love Language is local, I figured I could miss a show and catch them again soon. Besides, how special could the guest be? The moment I received a text from my friend who was there ("Archers of Loaf are opening!"), my head hit the table.

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The Allah-Las :: Long Journey/Catamaran

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If you're a regular listener to my radio show, then you're likely familiar with The Allah-Las. San Francisco's Nick Waterhouse, who produced their 7"and released it via his own Pres Records, turned me on to the band earlier this year; they've since become one of my favorite local outfits going. Sounding jangly, fuzzy and not entirely of this time, the fellas are the house band at . . .

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R.E.M. :: Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition)

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To the faithful---to the true believers---R.E.M.'s fabled five-album run on IRS Records was one of the strongest in contemporary rock/pop history. And in that run, 1986's Lifes Rich Pageant in many ways marked the end of an era as the group's next LP, Document, would find . . .

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The Moondoggies :: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan)

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Great Dylan cover released last week by a band I've had an eye on since first catching their show in New York several years back; The Moondoggies. Below is their inspired take on Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowehere." I'm loving "the Band" arrangement and flavor they inject here.

MP3: The Moondoggies :: You Ain't . . .

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Diversions :: Robert Ellis on George Jones

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(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)

Considering what passes for "country music" in Nashville these days (not to mention "country radio") it's easy to forget there are true heirs to the old masters writing, recording and performing in the here and now of 2011. Robert Ellis is one such artist. I caught the Houston musician at . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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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 204: Jean-Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ William Sheller - Exitissimo ++ Jacques Dutronc - Sur Une Nappe De Restaurant ++ Yura Yura Teikoku - Ohayo Mada Yaro ++ Richard Swift - Broken Finger Blues ++ White Denim - Burnished ++ White Denim - At The Farm ++ The Shakes - You Ain't Alone ++ Witch - Introduction ++ Ofo And The Black Company - Allah Wakbar ++ Henri Texier - Les "lî -bas" ++ Sea-Ders - Thanks A Lot ++ Nina Simone - Save Me ++ Amanaz - Khala My Friend ++ The . . .

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Sonny & the Sunsets :: The Aquarium Drunkard Session

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For those of you sans satellite radio, below is the Aquarium Drunkard session we cut with Sonny & The Sunsets earlier this month in Los Angeles. It debuts on my SIRIUS/XMU show tomorrow. No stranger to the AD show (between his various and sundry projects and handles, Sonny Smith's music seems to make an appearance every other week) the bay area singer/songwriter/producer is as prolific as he is inventive. The session was recorded, produced and engineered by Andrew Murdock at become a member or log in.

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Alain Goraguer :: La Planéte Sauvage

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Alain Goraguer first made a name for himself as a sideman and arranger for Serge Gainsbourg, including the arrangement for Gainsbourg's 1966 Eurovision grand prize winning song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son." In 1972 he scored the bizarre and moving French language animated feature Le Planet Sauvage, released in the States as Fantastic Planet. The soundtrack blends funky psyched out jazz . . .

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Plastic Ono Band :: Sometime In New York City–Live Jam 1972

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I recently picked up a used copy of the 2010 reissue of John Lennon's Sometime in New York City on the cheap at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. While by no mean Lennon's crowning solo achievement, I've always felt the album was underrated as it's peppered with some ragged quick and dirty, off-the-cuff, gems. The real "get", here, is the bonus disc included in the reissue--the six-song Live Jam 1972 disc that accompanied the original early 70s vinyl release. I've never heard a copy of it this . . .

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Richard Swift :: Broken Finger Blues

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Richard Swift dropped this number on his blog earlier today, a track he recorded in response to having a cast removed from a broken finger. A man of many musical hats, we find Swift donning his soul cap on this one. Swift's blog, by the way, is very much worth a bookmark.

MP3: Richard Swift :: Broken Finger Blues

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The Blue Echoes :: It’s Witchcraft

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The above still, taken from 1955's Rebel Without A Cause, was expertly used as the cover art to the woefully out-of-print, left of the dial rockabilly compilation, Teenage Repression. One of the (many) highlights of the set is the Blue Echoes "It's Witchcraft"---the b-side to their 1959 single, "Debbie." The production, arrangement and vox sound like something straight out of the David Lynch universe.

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The Lagniappe Sessions: Roadside Graves (Mickey Newbury)

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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.

Welcome to the second installment of the Lagniappe Sessions in which we invite some of our favorite artists to cut exclusive covers paying tribute to some of their favorite artists. This week's entry with Roadside Graves is especially fortuitous as it finds the band covering one of their heroes, Mickey Newbury, whose material just recently received a long overdue vinyl reissue via Drag City Records. The influence of, and deference to Newbury’s songwriting is peppered throughout the Graves' catalog, none more so than their new full-length We Can Take Care of Ourselves.

Session notes and details after the jump from the Graves' John Gleason and Jeremy Benson, and if you're in the NYC area look for upcoming Benson solo dates.

MP3: Roadside Graves :: Saint Cecilia (Mickey Newbury)
MP3: Roadside Graves :: People Are Talking (Mickey Newbury)
MP3: Roadside Graves :: Why You Been Gone So Long (Mickey Newbury)
MP3: Roadside Graves :: Interlude (Mickey Newbury)
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The Shakes :: You Ain’t Alone

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In reference to my posting 'new music' on the blog, I'm often asked what it is I'm looking for. It's simple, I'm hunting for 'the real' -- the stuff that can't be faked...the happy accidents, the sound of strings out of tune from humidity, Ike Turner's busted amp on "Rocket 88," blood, sweat, tears, what-have-you. In short, expressions of the human condition. The real is an elusive chase and one that rarely comes pre-packaged all nice and spit-shined via a PR firm. As such, finding it makes it . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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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 203: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Abe Vigoda - House ++ Gardens & Villa - Black Hills ++ Love And Rockets - Rain Bird ++ Women - Shaking Hand ++ Girls Names - I Lose ++ The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste of Cindy ++ Crystal Stilts - Precarious Stair ++ Ty Segall - The Slider ++ Bleached - Dazed ++ Earth Girl Helen Brown - Girls Of My Dreams   ++ La Sera - Devils Hearts Grow Gold ++ The Vaselines - No Hope ++ Eddie The Wheel - Nearsayerfive ++ Twin Sister - Bad Street . . .

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Peggy Sue :: Long Division Blues

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Sometime around the reissue of the Raincoats debut LP some friends and I were nerding about, discussing what emerging artists could be considered 21st century heirs to the group's legacy. I recall London's Peggy Sue at the top of the list, a band I'd happened upon randomly in New York a couple of years back while performing in a support slot. Lately I've been working "Long Division Blues," the first track on their album

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