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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 25

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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. In this month’s stack: an experimental reggae novel, Lou Reed's tai chi practice, the final chapter of The Dead, and an oral history of The Hold Steady. Your librarians this month are Jarrod Annis, Justin Gage, Tyler Wilcox . . .

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Nana Caymmi e César Camargo Mariano :: Não Diga Não

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In “Não Diga Não”, part of Voz e Suor (1983), with maestro Cesar Camargo Mariano, Nana Caymmi is covering not bossa nova but an obscure Tito Madi song, of the samba-canção generation, a crooner-inspired genre which bossa nova was precisely reacting against . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Hollow Hand + Aoife Nessa Frances

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Returning with another Lagniappe Session, Irish singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances and Hollow Hand’s Max Kinghorn-Mills collaborate today on the following pair of inspired covers, recorded with Aoife’s long time collaborator Brendan Jenkinson. First up, the majesty that is the Elvis Costello penned "Shipbuilding", via Robert Wyatt's 1982 single, followed by a spirited rendering of the 1992 Yo La Tengo gem, "Always Something . . .

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No Way Out: An Oral History of Sunburned Hand of the Man (Coming Soon)

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With this podcast, we embrace the full force of Sunburned Hand of the Man. The final result is assembled from conversations and recordings with 15 current and past members as well as outside commentary from friends, fans, and collaborators. Across eight episodes, we unravel the band’s complex history and examine the hows and whys of this bizarre creative endeavor. Coming August 14th from Aquarium Drunkard and Talkhouse Podcast Network . . .

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Tyrone Evans and Bullwackie :: Rise Up

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Like many reggae classics, there’s some digging to do when looking into the history of “Rise Up.” The track originated as a riddim for roots legend Max Romeo on the Barnes-produced I Love My Music in 1982. However, a keen producer’s instinct told Barnes he had a burner on his hands, and he overhauled the mix. Stripping away Romeo’s original vocal entirely, leaving only the relentless rhythm track and mantra-like chorus . . .

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Sean Wolcott :: Violent Hand Of The Sleeping City

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If Violent Hand of the Sleeping City feels like the soundtrack to a mid-century noir film that doesn't actually exist, well, that's the point. With a background in television & film scoring, the composer self-describes the record's mutated jazz as a homage to 1970s crime film scores . . .

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Red Hot + Ra :: Nuclear War

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A wide cast, including avant-R&B singer Georgia Anne Muldrow, trumpeter Josef Leimberg, punk jazzers Irreversible Entanglements, cosmic reedist and vocalist Angel Bat Dawid, vocalist Malcolm Jiyane Tree-o, Grandmaster CAP, and remixers Dennis Bovell, Rich Medina, Moon Medicin, Sanford Biggers, Joel Tarman, and the Kronos Quartet unite to explore, expand, and reinterpret Sun Ra on Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War and Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War (Remixes . . .

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Bandcamping :: Midsummer 2023

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You’ve probably seen the headlines — this summer is the hottest summer … ever. As we all wilt beneath 2023’s scorching heat, music is a good way to chill out, figuratively if not literally. And with another Bandcamp Friday (Aug. 4) upon us, we’ve got a few recommendations for the dog days . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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First & Last: Japanese Private Press, Vol. 10

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Welcome to the tenth installment of First & Last, a series of mixes providing a glimpse into the world of Japanese private press, or 自主盤, pronounced “jishuban”, which loosely translates to “independent board . . .

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Transmissions :: Hataałii

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Hataaliinez Wheeler grew up in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Nation. And though he’s just recently released his Dangerbird Records debut, Singing Into Darkness, he’s spent the last few years creating as much art as he can—recording music, making lo-fi videos, and writing poetry. Today, he joins host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss his run-in with and shout-out from Mac Demarco, discuss the influence of his father's record collection, and discuss what its felt like for his personal art project to find a life outside of his own head . . .

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Banana And The Bunch :: Mid-Mountain Ranch

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So steadfast was their faith in Jesse Colin Young, Warner Brothers ended up giving the frontman and his Youngblood cohorts the keys to a subsidiary label as the 1960s faded out. A greasy affair overall, the selections and the general atmosphere of camaraderie is cut from the same cloth as The Band’s early output, though with far less emphasis on the tightness of arrangements and harmonies . . .

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Catching Up With Taper’s Choice

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We last checked in with Taper’s Choice days before their first annual “Choice Fest” here in Los Angeles. Now, on the eve of the eagerly anticipated second annual event [Choice Fest, August 5th at Spoke Bicycle Cafe in Los Angeles], we reached out to the band to chart how things have grown and expanded, both in terms of fans and for themselves . . .

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The Free Design :: Sing for Very Important People

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There’s something enticing about a record that mysteriously strides the line between full-scale “children’s album” and, well, just another addition to the discography. Released the same year as their classic fourth record Stars/Time/Bubble/Love, legendary sunshine pop outfit The Free Design seemingly conquered both of these creative aesthetics with ...Sing for Very Important People . . .

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Far Caspian :: The Last Remaining Light

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When people talk about the rise of the underground punk and grunge of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, they often talk about bands like Pixies and Nirvana harnessing the quiet/loud effect—the swing between chaotic moments of aggression and more mellow, melodic control—and how that can heighten the effect of each. Far Caspian’s Joel Johnston takes a similar approach in his music but with a different set of tools. Rather than the loud and quiet, Johnston deploys the busy and the bare, the dense and the deserted, building his songs piece by piece before leveling them . . .

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