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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 180: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Ofo And The Black Company - Allah Wakbar ++ Witch - Introduction ++ The Ify Jerry Krusade - Nwantinti/Die Die ++ Henri Texier - Les "lî -bas" ++ Ersen - Gonese Don Cicegim ++ Nina Simone - Save Me ++ Amanaz - Khala My Friend ++ The Equals - Reincarnation ++ Washed Out - Untitled No . . .

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AD Presents :: Dirty Beaches (Trans Pacific Radio Mixtape)

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Welcome to the latest installment of an ongoing mixtape series in which I highlight some of my favorite voices online and beyond. This week we catch up with Vancouver's Dirty Beaches, the nom de tune of ghostly crooner Alex Zhung Hai. As mentioned last month, Zhung Hai crafts surreal washes of mood and sound---an aesthetic not unlike that of an Angelo Badalamenti score. Transmitting from China, Zhung Hai crafted the following mix touching down on the beaches of Hawaii, the plains of Niger and beyond.

Stay tuned for details per Dirty Beaches upcoming guest slot on my SIRIUS/XMU show. Download, mix details and song provenance, after the jump...

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Marva Whitney :: It’s My Thing (1969)

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Originally released in 1969, Marva Whitney's James Brown produced LP It's My Thing plays out something like the JBs fronted by Betty Davis. Brown's leading female vocalist during the late 60s, Whitney expertly works the material here (arranged and co-written by Brown, backed by the JBs) as only someone who spent time in Brown's touring camp could. Per usual, Brown . . .

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Chubby Checker :: Holland Sessions, 1971

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Cut in Holland in '71, and touted as Chubby Checker's 'psychedelic' record, we grabbed this on a lark expecting (if nothing else) an interesting look at Checker's later work. What we found ended up on repeat for days. Dump your preconceptions---forget "The Twist" and listen to the session's first track, "Goodbye Victoria", for a taste of what we're talking about it. A slow soul burner, the track sits perfect right alongside your Lee Moses records. Details on these sessions are scarce, but below is an excerpt from a post on the twilight . . .

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Nina Simone :: Save Me (Aretha Franklin)

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This shit just works on so many levels. Like most everything Nina Simone chose to cover throughout her career, this, her incredibly funky take of Aretha Franklin's "Save Me," adds a muscularity to Aretha's already powerful performance. No one emotes quite like Simone---who really gets inside the material and wrestles it, hell, exorcises it, from the inside out . . .

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The World’s Greatest (R. Kelly)

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If you follow my twitter feed, or really, if you keep up with much music 'news' in general you may very well have come across last week's interview between Will Oldham (donning his interviewer's cap) and R. Kelly. If not, you're in for a treat. Held last December in New York---in Kelly's dressing room prior to his appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon---the interview sheds light on both Oldham's . . .

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Shocking Blue :: Venus/Hot Sand (Vinyl Rip)

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Come for the ear candy that is "Venus"---stick around for the pop trash goodness of "Hot Sand." (Is that a sitar I hear? Yes, yes it is). Culled from a 7" vinyl rip of early 70s Dutch rock weirdos, Shocking Blue.

MP3: Shocking Blue :: Venus (vinyl rip)
MP3: Shocking Blue :: Hot Sand (vinyl rip)
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Son Tillman :: Writing A Novel

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Rough demo of "Writing A Novel"; the first taste from the upcoming Son Tillman LP.

MP3: Son Tillman :: Writing A Novel

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 179: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ The Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation ++ Disappears - Gone Completely ++ Pink Mountaintops - Erected ++ The Black Angels - The First Vietnam War (EP Version) ++ Sweet Tea - If I Were A Carpenter ++ Cotton Jones - Gone The Bells (Demo) ++ Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues ++ Ted . . .

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Daddy Rockin’ Strong :: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos

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A vinyl-only tribute compilation (distributed by Norton Records), Daddy Rockin' Strong rounds up thirteen Nolan Strong bangers covered by various true believers in the worlds of rock and roll, punk and garage. Players include, but not limited to, Reigning Sound, Mark Sultan, Gentleman Jesse, The Dirtbombs, Cub Koda, Andre Williams and Lenny Kaye. In short, the list of participants is a   veritable 'who's who' if you worship at the alter of this sound.

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Bill Withers :: The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV 1972

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If you have yet to spend some quality time on youtube with the session Bill Withers cut live in the studio for the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in the early 70s, might I suggest you do so immediately. I probably hit it up every six months, most recently this afternoon following a discussion centered around ace drummer James Gadson. A longtime member of Withers core crew, Gadson is featured prominently in the aforementioned session. Get started with the above clip . . .

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How Many Roads :: Black America Sings Bob Dylan (Compilation)

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Since the beginning of Bob Dylan's imprint on popular culture, his material has had the rare ability to transcend race, space and time. While you may have a number of these covers scattered throughout your collection, there is no denying Ace Records did a commendable job last year gathering up and framing twenty Dylan tracks covered by black America. The collection's focus concentrates on . . .

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Johnny Adams :: Georgia Mountain Dew

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Johnny Adams, a name familiar to most anyone who has ever purchased a southern soul compilation, worked his magic last Friday night. An inspired choice, my friend served up   Adams's Heart & Soul LP on wax while cracking into a bottle of Jameson just before dinner. The album kicks off with one of the best paeans to missing Georgia, while in Los Angeles, that I know of. Thanks Matt and Jenn.

MP3: Johnny Adams :: Georgia Mountain Dew
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AD Presents :: Smith Westerns @ The Echo, February 11th

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Friday night Aquarium Drunkard welcomes Smith Westerns return to Los Angeles at the Echo. Yuck and Therapies Son support. We are giving away several pairs of tickets to AD readers. Enter for a chance to win in the comments below. Note: in the email field, leave a valid address you actually check as this is how winners are notified . . .

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The Veils :: Troubles Of The Brain EP

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It's been nearly two years since we last heard from the Veils, but 2011 already brings us the Troubles of the Brain EP, the band's first release for their new self-run Pitch Beast record label. It's an interesting move on the band's part, leaving Rough Trade records, their home for their first three albums, to head off on their own. They've also recruited Bernard Butler (ex-Suede) to produce . . .

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