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Futurebirds :: Johnny Utah/Hampton’s Lullaby/Tour

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Inhabiting a zone somewhere between the Band, Bill Murray, Crazyhorse and early Jacket, "Johnny Utah," the first track off Futurebirds' Hampton's Lullaby (out July 27th), finds the band continuing down the path of their self-released EP, tempering some of the noise, sweet enough to make your mama cry.   Futurebirds are presently on the road continuing their never ending tour...dates after the jump.

MP3: Futurebirds :: Johnny Utah
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Ron Davies :: Silent Song Through The Land (1970)

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Ron Davies "It Ain't Easy" --- accept no substitutes.   Often covered, but never topped. Kicking off Davies 1970 LP Silent Song Through The Land, the track, aided and abetted by Leon Russell, begins the mysterious, and brief, career of the, then, twenty year old Davis. The A&M Records' Silent Song Through The Land, and it's follow up U.F.O., are   back in print via limited edition Japanese pressings featuring the original tracks packaged in a paper sleeve.

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The Difference of 20 Years in Writing About Asses In Country Music: A Study. Or: From Blue Jeans to Badonkadonk

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"If you like Andy Warhol and say that you don't like pop country, you're kidding yourself." An odd statement, I realize, but a touch of context: my friend Jonathan was espousing his respect for modern pop country music as slavish devotees to the perfect pop song. "Verse, a sweet chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus and maybe the chorus again if it's really good." And thus his comparison to Warhol - pop über alles.

"I won't argue with you," I said, "but I can name one particular way in which pop country songwriters can go wrong . . .

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Wayne Cochran :: The White Knight of Soul 1959-1972

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That hair...those suits. Freely giving fashion tips to Elvis (yes, you can applaud/blame Wayne for the whole jumpsuit/cape era) perhaps Cochran really was the White Knight of Soul.   And even if he wasn't, he came damn close as this collection (at 24 tracks) suggests.

MP3: Wayne Cochran :: Sleepless Nights . . .

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Betty Davis :: If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up

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Betty Davis's funk banger "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up," culled from her 1973 self-titled LP. I caught this   jam at a party last weekend, hearing it for what must have been the first time in over a year. There is a reason Betty, Miles Davis's second wife, is credited with greatly influencing her husband's funk trajectory---that reason can be heard within this . . .

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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 148: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Thee Headcoatees - Meet Jacqueline ++ Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know ++ Richard Swift - The Songs of National Freedom ++ The Kingsbury Manx - Harness & Wheel ++ Wilco - Poor Places ++ Cotton Jones - Nicotine Canaries ++ Beach Boys - Feel Flows ++ Lord Huron - The Problem With . . .

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Lord Huron

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Lord Huron is the L.A. based recording nom de tune of Benji Schneider.   More aligned with the pastoral folk of Heron and Pentangle than the canyon fuzz of Laurel, Huron's three track EP is a very welcome addition to soundtrack the balmy Angeles nights ahead. Look for live dates soon.

MP3: Lord Huron :: The Problem With Your Daughter
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Hackamore Brick :: One Kiss Leads To Another

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The tree that was the Velvet Underground has borne all manner of strange fruit since its inception and Hackamore Brick's One Kiss Leads To Another, from 1971, may very well have been the first of its direct descendants. Brooklyn based, the band predates both Modern Lovers and Television's VU fascinations with vocal turns clearly indebted to Lou Reed. But, like the aforementioned Lovers and Television, Hackamore Brick were not merely aping the Velvet's but citing their influence with the same reverence . . .

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No Jacket Required :: This Friday – The World Record/Le Switch/Les Blanks @ the Grandstar, July 2nd: Chinatown

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No Jacket Required kicks off this Friday at the Grandstar in Chinatown with three of my favorite locals: the World Record, Le Switch and Les Blanks. This threesome kills every time they gig together. Look for No Jacket Required bills the first and third Fridays of every month at the Grandstar on Broadway in L.A. Flyer inspiration:

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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.

Looking for the LA tribute to Television's Adventure, L'Aventure? You can download it: here.

SIRIUS 147: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ The . . .

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L’Aventure :: A Los Angeles Music Sampler – 2010

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Last year Aquarium Drunkard released RAM On L.A. -- a local music compilation featuring eleven Los Angeles artists each covering a track off Paul McCartney's 1971 LP, RAM. Today we're following that up with L'Aventure -- a local music compilation featuring eight Los Angeles artists paying tribute to Television's sophomore LP,

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AD Presents :: Tame Impala @ Silverlake Lounge, June 29th

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This Tuesday, June 29th, AD Presents Tame Impala at the Silverlake Lounge. Buy tickets now -- early show just added. Very much expected to sell out . . .

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Television :: Adventure

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I was never quite sure what to make of people's outright indifference towards, or ignorance of, Television's sophomore album Adventure. Here you have a legendary band's follow-up to an unquestionable masterpiece debut (Marquee Moon), and the most common reaction I . . .

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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 146: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane   ++ The Henry Clay People - Glory (Television) ++ Foreign Born - Days (Television) ++ The Happy Hollows - Foxhole (Television) ++ Local Natives - Careful ++ The Deadly Syndrome - Carried Away (Television) ++ Imaad Wasif w/ Lykke Li - The Fire (Television) ++ Dirt Dress - Ain't That Nothin' (Television . . .

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