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Sevens :: You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman

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(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)

My friend Mike may have departed L.A. for Brooklyn at the beginning of '09, but that is not impeding the work on our collaborative late summer AD mix-tape (will be out by Labor Day weekend). As much a sound collage as a traditional mix, my favorite Terry Callier track, "You Goin' Miss Your Candyman," is . . .

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Merge XX :: An Anniversary Party

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J Neas here, back from the weekend-long Merge XX anniversary party. With the exception of four months of my college career, I've spent my entire life living in the land of my birth, North Carolina. To this day it seems perverse that it took me until late high school and into college to begin to know about and truly appreciate the homegrown music within my state. It took Matt Pinfield and MTV's 120 Minutes

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Ebaahi Soundz :: The Oshit’„‡ Cassette

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Fans of highlife, afrobeats and African funk, among others, generally discover new music due to either insane passion or dumb luck (count me as the latter). Most music from the Dark Continent is short on popularity and long in obscurity, oftentimes discovered accidentally in international bins at record stores (or, as it were, on blogs). The music’s barely traceable influence is hidden even further into the folds of a tribal culture largely devoid of a cohesive, or at least well documented, historical record. Reference points and genre associations–normal and somewhat less exhausting avenues of musical exploration–are . . .

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Roadside Graves :: U.S. Summer Tour Dates

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If you somehow couldn't tell, Roadside Graves new LP, My Son's Home, is our favorite roots-based album of 2009. Period. Clocking in at an hour, in the span of 18 tracks, the record is a testament to the art of storytelling in the long-player format; something we are seeing less and less of in the '00s. Beginning tomorrow, July 28th, the band is taking their show on the road, around the U.S., beginning in Wilmington, DE and ending in September at the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks, CO.   See this band live.

Full Listing of U.S Summer Tour Dates After The Jump.........

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Off The Record :: The Minus 5 (Portland, OR)

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Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without – be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

Below, Scott McCaughey of

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Diana Ross & The Supremes :: Not Fade Away

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Let The Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960-1969, part of Hip-O Select's Lost & Found series, just continues to impress.   I originally wrote about the set in March of 2008, upon its release, and have . . .

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Javelin :: Tell Me, What Will It Be?

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This post was originally set to coincinde with today's SIRIUS/XM show but I ran out of time and didn't get to spin it.   Happens.   Recently signed (appropriately) to David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, Brooklyn based duo Javelin have been making the rounds this summer both online and off (check for August tour dates outside NYC). These guys can, and do, dabble in just . . .

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SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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

SIRIUS 104: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Dirty Projectors - What I See ++ Caribou - Eli ++ High Places - Head Spins (7") ++ Atlas Sound (W/ Panda Bear) - Walkabout ++ Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel ++ Local Natives - Airplanes ++ Foreign Born - Winter Games ++ Ofo The Black Company . . .

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LANDy :: AD SIRIUS/XMU Session

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Today, during the second hour of our SIRIUS/XM show, we are airing the LANDy session recorded at The Ship Studio in Eagle Rock, CA.    LANDy, who just released their debut album Eros And Omissions, began as the songwriting vehicle for actor/filmmaker . . .

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Diversions :: Megafaun On The Los Angeles Lakers

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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.)

Megafaun released their sophomore LP, Gather, Form & Fly,   this week on the rising Home Tapes label.   I've gushed about this band numerous times on AD in the past, and their performance at our SXSW party was a personal highlight . . .

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The Seeds :: Can’t Seem To Make You Mine

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Hey Los Angeles, heads up: this Friday, July 24th, there is a Sky Saxon Tribute being held at the at the Echoplex in Echo Park.   The Seeds leader died Thursday, June 25th, in an Austin, TX hospital at the age of 71 -- the cause of death is at present unknown.

The seminal garage rock pioneers had their first local hit here in their native L.A. with

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Girls :: Album

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True Panther Sounds, again in conjunction with Matador, is releasing the San Francisco based duo Girls debut album on September 22nd.   In what could soon become a growing trend, the album is simply entitled album.   Girls channel the vocals of an early, lo-fi . . .

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Yo La Tengo :: Here to Fall (New MP3)

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Matador just released "Here to Fall," the second mp3 teaser off Yo La Tengo's upcoming LP, Popular Songs, which is slated for retail shelves September 8th.   The band plays the Avalon, here in Los Angeles, October 15th.

Related: Yo La Tengo :: They Shoot, We Score

Download:

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paradis :: avoir une écoute

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Speaking of modern takes on sixties girl-groups, back in the early '90s long before her relationship with Johnny Depp, French actress/model/pop star Vanessa Paradis recorded her self-titled, English language, debut.

Helming the production, instrumentation and songwriting was her, then, beau Lenny Kravitz who, long known for his fascination with all things retro, created the perfect vintage palette for Paradis' coy, come hither vocals. Taken for what it is . . .

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Esau Mwamwaya :: The Very Best

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The Summer jams continue.   Yeah, the season's heat can be oppressive, and by September you are pretty much over it, but as far as seasons go there is little argument that summertime is the most footloose of the the four.   Beach days, bocce ball, cookouts, rooftop parties, road trips, friends with pools and ice-chests filled with beer - all topped off with cold margaritas and music.   I've rapped about seasonal/situational listening patterns multiple times, and Summer, without a doubt, owns them all.

If you've pulled a Rip Van Winkle, and haven't been . . .

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