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SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 58: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Devendra Banhart - Seahorse ++ Talking Heads - Papa Legba ++ Vetiver - The Swimming Song ++ Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger ++ Blossom Dearie - Figure Eight . . .

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Jim Ford :: Harlan County (1969)

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Recently, sitting in a dark booth of a non-descript bar in a non-descript portion of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, I was listening to the unashamed (and awesome) time-traveling selection of Los Angeles DJ Dr. Who (spins on Thursday nights at The Bar in Hollywood and deejays the soul-funk night at downtown's La Cita on Saturday nights, a long-haired, shaggy-bearded, flannel-wearing throwback spinner who leans toward hazy soul-funk from the '60s and '70s. Some of the songs I had heard . . .

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Off The Record :: Human Highway (Toronto)

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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.

Today on OTR we catch up with Jim Guthrie, one . . .

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James Jackson Toth :: Waiting In Vain

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Letting go of the Wooden Wand handle (at least for now), James Jackson Toth's solo debut, Waiting In Vain, steers clear of the psychedelic folk jams of his former outfit in favor of fairly straight-ahead, soul-infused, roots rock. The trick is that in doing so, Toth has crafted his best, most concise, work to do date. Oh, and don't worry, Lexie is still on the team -- her vocals fingerprints are all over this record. Also, unlike Wooden Wand, the LP is being . . .

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Ben Weaver :: Ax In The Oak

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"Ben Weaver is the most exciting young songwriter I've come across - an American original whose voice and guitar are matched only by the power of his words. His songs are an incredible, haunting gift of music." Author Larry Brown (1951-2004)

If you're a fan of the late neo-southern gothic author Larry Brown (quoted above) and have heard the music of songwriter Ben Weaver the threads that connect the two are both immediate and . . .

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J. Tillman :: Now Available Via Autumn Tone

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Since 2004, (Fleet Foxes) J. Tillman has quietly been releasing records, some of limited quantity, some mostly available in Europe, but for the most part, unheard. The borderline-alienating starkness and well lived-in narratives of his first two records, "I Will Return" and become a member or log in.

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Liz Phair :: The Juvenilia EP (1995)

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I truly loved Liz Phair's early stuff, and the recent ATO reissue of her Matador lo-fi debut - the still-excellent Exile In Guyville - only reinforced my appreciation. While I can't necessarily speak to the quality of her last few albums (from the little I heard, they didn't sound all too impressive) it . . .

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Roy Buchanan :: Live Stock (Town Hall, NYC 1974)

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I am hesitant to refer to anyone in their field of study as "an unknown," - no matter if it's in reference to a painter, director, or guitarist. But in many circles, when the late Roy Buchanan's name is dropped, he is reverently referred to as just such: one of the great "unknown" blues guitarists. Sure, to those of us who sit around and nerd around about this stuff he is an icon, but let's not kid ourselves - the name Roy Buchanan isn't household . . .

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SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 57: The Kinks - Johnny Thunder ++ Scott Walker - 30 Century Man ++ Art Guy - Where You Gonna Go ++ King Khan & The Shrines - Welfare Bread ++ Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky . . .

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Dennis Wilson :: Pacific Ocean Blue

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After this Summer has come and gone I'll think back to what I was listening to at the time and the reissue of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue will most definitely be at the top of that list. The Legacy Edition, which came out last month, besides being chock full of photos and notes, presents the original album in a quality that the oft-traded bootlegs only . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: NOMO @ Spaceland

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August 3rd: Touring behind their new (and excellent) LP Ghost Rock, Aquarium Drunkard presents Ann Arbor, Michigan's NOMO at Spaceland. I was introduced to this band by chance in 2006 at SXSW when I, literally, stumbled . . .

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Dr. Dog :: Fate

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Yes, the Dog have a new record out this week entitled Fate, and I'm here to report it has definitely grown on me since I first heard it. Dr. Dog's last three projects (two LPs and an EP) really raised the bar for the band's sound. Lemme know what you all think of the new album - thus far - in . . .

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