Last week Cotton Jones began releasing alternate versions and demos via their SoundCloud page, NauNau; a project the Maryland-based group plans to randomly update as time and need permit. Of the four tracks posted thus far it's the alternate version of Paranoid Cocoon's . . .
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Revisiting Will Oldham and Tortoise's 2006 collaboration, The Brave And The Bold, last week spawned some interesting offline chatter about what it means to cover an artist. While much of the discussion was centered around familiar positions and attitudes, the consensus was (not surprisingly) that most everyone tends to prefer an interesting re-interpretation to a more catholic version of the source material. What Oldham and Co. do withbecome a member or log in.
In the hands of David T. Walker, "Lay Lady Lay," a cornerstone of Dylan's Nashville Skyline, slides into a jazzy, languid, space residing somewhere just shy of early 70s porn groove and after-midnight lounge. I use neither descriptor as pejorative. Found on the Tulsa-born session guitarists 1970 solo joint, Plum Happy, the track, while devoid of the original's intent, works on the same level as contemporary George Benson's become a member or log in.
In the yesteryear that was the late 90s, I clerked with a guy at a record store who prided himself an authority on all sounds foreign. As in, that was his shit---his domain. And while at times he could be a little too precious about it, he was incredibly knowledgeable/enthusiastic, and took me to school daily on all matter of stuff traipsing the continents of Africa to South America. Not unlike one's first exposure to jazz, the experience was---in part---a matter of just learning the various nomenclature and the ever so . . .
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This, the third volume in Sublime Frequencies exceptionally great Guitars from Agadez series, doesn't let up a bit in terms of sheer consistency. Two guitars, bass and drums, the music (described as the 'now sound' of Niger’s Tuareg guitar scene) explores Saharan modes, rising and falling into electrified drones reminiscent of the delta and hill country electric blues drifting out of juke joints some 3,000 miles away. Highly recc'd; part of my become a member or log in.
I'm scrapping the usual year-end wrap up and instead dropping an old school form letter on you. Just like the kind your granny used whip up and put inside her Christmas cards. So sit down, eat some peanut brittle, and we'll get right into it after the jump.
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Marriage: it's why we're gathered here today. It only makes sense that the most common of lyrical subjects, love, would see its supposed apex, the wedding, represented time and time again in popular song. But two's company, three's a crowd and rarely is a wedding simply about just the folks getting hitched. Otherwise, why bother asking if anyone objects to the union?
At two bookend points of his career with the Replacements, Paul Westerberg tackled weddings from the perspective of a man in the audience who is an ex of the bride-to-be, and looking . . .
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Strut Record's vintage funk and soul compilation, In The Christmas Groove, is a very worthy addition to any James Brown/Stax/Motown, soul-heavy, holiday collection. Released in '09, the below track was a mainstay last season---on the deck from December 1st through New Year's Eve. Time to tighten up and spin it again.
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One of Carl Wilson's inspired contributions to the Beach Boys, lead singer Blondie Chaplin and percussionist Ricky Fataar form the core of this under recognized group. The album was recorded for the Beach Boys' own Brother Records in 1970.
Before this record they were The Flames and fairly popular in South Africa. They even released six records before being spotted by Al . . .
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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 170: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ William Sheller - Exitissimo ++ Sea-Ders - Thanks A Lot ++ Arif Sag - Su Samsunun Evleri ++ François Wertheimer - L'automne ++ Vermillion Sands - I'm A Little Mixed Up ++ Jacuzzi Boys - Island Avenue ++ Harlem - Witchgreens ++ The Beach Boys - Ganz Allein (In My Room . . .
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(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
In January of 2006, Will Oldham, under his working guise of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, released a collaborative ten track covers album with the comparatively abrasive post-rock quintet Tortoise. They called it The Brave And The Bold. I loved the project from the get-go, but seemed to be in the minority as its release was met with little fanfare and/or praise. Not to mention outright disdain . . .
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Francophiles, check your jones and satisfy your sweet tooth with French duo the Limiî±anas. Something like Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc in a garage, the group's self-titled debut is out now via Chicago's Trouble In Mind Records. Head over to Rollo & Grady for another track.
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It's the first of December. In addition to it being the first day in the last month of the year, it's also when I allow myself to begin with the month-long Christmas song onslaught. For fans, Yo La Tengo's annual run of Hanukkah shows in Hoboken has become the stuff of legend. So, in keeping with the spirit, here are a couple of YLT Christmas nuggets, from a ways back, found on Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo.
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Since its February inception, the blog Turkish Psychedelic Music has exposed me to some choice finds. For those of you short on the time to dig through it, and similar online archives, I'll remind you of the stellar 2010 compilation Turkish Freakout, that dropped last June, spanning the years 1969-1980. The original 1,000 copies of the . . .
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I'm re-posting Merry Clayton's version of the Stones "Gimme Shelter" for a couple of reasons. Primarily because I've been completely mesmerized by this recent post, over at Dangerous Minds, going over the various isolated tracks used in the studio while cutting "Gimme Shelter" for Let It Bleed. As if the song weren't haunting enough as is . . .
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