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The Strange South :: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. and This Is Sparklehorse

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Two new documentary films, The Elephant 6 Recording Co. and This Is Sparklehorse, cover two very different Southern artistic expressions in the ‘90s, subtly pushing against the idea that Southern music is exclusively traditional or conservative, remapping the sound of a new South for a new generation . . .

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Crescent :: By The Roads And The Fields

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Crescent’s fourth album By The Roads still bears traces of the dreamy “rural psychedelia” that famously characterized the Bristol scene, but the album strains after a certain sharpness and concreteness—like a ghost trying to materialize in broad daylight. By The Roads is not a lost album, by any means, but it is indeed a mysterious one. For twenty years now, it has been hiding in plain sight . . .

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

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Jazz grip. 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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Brendan Eder Ensemble :: Therapy

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Known for his inviting and cinematic jazz compositions, Los Angeles-based composer Brendan Eder approached third LP Therapy with a very singular hypothetical. Anchored by a church organ, what if Richard D. James were to lead a chamber ensemble . . .

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Transmissions :: Philip Selway (Radiohead)

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Philip Selway, best known as the drummer in Radiohead joins us on Transmissions to discuss his third album, Strange Dance. It’s a sweeping and textural listen, envisioned by its creator as something like a "Carole King record meets Daphne Oram." We caught up with Phil to dig in. Along the way, we discuss his songwriting approach, explore why he decided to forgo playing drums on this new outing, touch on the side project arrangements enjoyed by Radiohead, the band’s relationship to peers like Portishead, Wilco, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the 20th anniversary of Hail to the . . .

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William Tyler & The Impossible Truth :: Area Code 601

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Crash landing somewhere between the deep fried expanses of Amon Düül II and brawny riffs of Tres Hombres, "Area Code 601" presents guitarist William Tyler in a thrilling new mode: that of a feedback-drenched country prog rocker. Joined by backing band The Impossible Truth—bassist Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs, Dead Weather), drummer Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews), and Luke Schneider (Margo Price)—the song arrives alongside the announcement of a new live album, Secret Stratosphere, due out March 31st from Merge . . .

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Krano :: Lentius Profundius Suavius

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Krano—the nom de plume of Italian singer-songwriter Marco Spigariol—returns next month with Lentius Profundius Suavius, his second collection of timeless country soul, sung in his native Venetian dialect and played with a passion that is as gentle and empathetic as it is raw, rollicking and, sometimes, noisy as hell. Dig “See,” an early, jaunty taste from the record—it’s folky and rambling, possibly with a sardonic sigh, as a güiro-inflected levity and a shower of spacey effects fall upon Spigariol’s parched, sweltering blues . . .

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Philomath Zine :: Videodrome Edition

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New edition of Aquarium Drunkard's Philomath zine. Shipping out soon to our members of our Patreon community, the Spring 2023 issue is devoted entirely to selections from the monthly Videodrome column, all penned by Chicago native turned Los Angeleno Eric Hehr. Designed and printed by Cereal Box Studio, with artwork by Denis Boudart and editing by Josh Moro, we invite you to thrill to these rollicking and incisive essays about Scorpio Rising, Wild at Heart, Eyes Wide Shut, and much more revelatory film writing . . .

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Laraaji :: Segue To Infinity

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As the story goes, Laraaji was busking in NYC’s Washington Square Park, improvising on his self-designed amplified zither with his eyes closed. When he finished and looked into his open instrument case, there was a note from one Brian Eno offering to produce a record, ultimately resulting in 1980’s Ambient 3: Days of Radiance. While that album remains a touchstone, the closest we’ll get to knowing what Eno heard in the park that day is Segue to Infinity— a trove of Laraaji’s earliest recordings, revealing a fully realized musical universe in which the progenitor of . . .

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Bondo :: Print Selections

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LA four-piece Bondo released their first EP 77 in late 2021. A five-song set, it's a precise and exact document that wears its '90s post rock influence on its sleeve: elongated phrases, careful dynamics, grayscale tones, very intentional distortion settings. Think Unwound, Spiderland, Acetone. The group return this month with the release of their first full-length, Print Selections, out via Italian label Quindi Records . . .

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Dougie Poole :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Dougie Poole’s got a clear-eyed view of our modern moment and a country songwriter’s ability to sum it up in a perfect line. The songs on his 2020 album The Freelancer’s Blues concerned themselves with the ennui and indignity of urban 21st century work, life, and work-life – dead-end gig economy jobs, cross-country moves from one coast to another, and the yearning for a “Natural Touch” while cycling through futile first dates. Poole’s new album, The Rainbow Wheel Of Death, finds him doomscrolling even further, and just as before, he finds “troubles stacked . . .

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Stella Kola :: Stella Kola

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Western Massachusetts strikes again. Fronted by Beverly Ketch and Robert Thomas, Stella Kola is rounded out with support from members of John Andrew’s Yawns, Sunburned Hand of the Man, understated guitar hero Willie Lane, bliss ambassador Wednesday Knudsen, and a whole slew of Feeding Tube records alumni. The self-titled debut from the ensemble makes clear an intention to work themselves into a small, yet prolific scene that fully embraces the groundbreaking era of the British Isles electrified folk rapture at the close of the 1960s . . .

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Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights

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Given their mastery of the archival compilation record, it should be no surprise that Numero Group would eventually dive into exotica, releasing Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights in 2018. Exotica is a perfect pairing for Numero Group's statement of intent: a hyper-specific subset of music that quickly came in and out of vogue, reflecting a bygone era's style and cultural context. More so, due to its short lifespan as a commercially viable genre, much of exotica is largely uncharted, and in these uncharted waters of adrift songs, a label such as Numero Group sets its . . .

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Jeffrey Silverstein :: Cowboy Grass

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Emerging from a billowing cloud of smoke, a bramble of electric guitars growing from the soil beneath him: behold "Cowboy Grass," a new jammer from Jeffrey Silverstein. The first single from the forthcoming Western Sky Music, it adds a healthy dose of swagger to the familiar brew of JJ Cale-styled boogie, loner folk ambiance, and Silverstein's Berman-esque wordplay . . .

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Death Valley Girls :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Death Valley Girls' Islands in the Sky might look from the outside like a celestial new age outing, but it's something else and all together unexpected: an old fashioned rock & roll album boasting consciousness boosting effects. Today at AD, Bonnie Bloomgarden of the band joins us for a discussion about the radical aspects of creativity . . .

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