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Pierre Barouh :: Le Pollen

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As a composer, singer, and producer, Pierre Barouh’s wanderlust was matched only by his musical curiosity. With Le Pollen Barouh pushed the boundaries of French chanson ever further into his own borderless musical universe, reaching beyond language, style, and culture toward a commonality of song and sound . . .

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Maria de Fátima :: Toda Menina Baiana

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, musician Maria de Fátima worked with artists such as Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai, Flora Purim, and others, but it wasn’t until she and her husband relocated to Uruguay that she recorded her sole release, 1981’s Bahia com H. Teaming up with local synth legend Hugo Fattoruso and a cast of Uruguayan players, Fátima crafts a record that is Música popular brasileira at its finest—breezing boldly through jazz, folk, Candombe, and exotica-inflected takes . . .

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Dylan Moon :: Option Explore

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Fifteen short songs fly by quickly as Moon cycles between settings like a frenzied keyboard demo: synthy Shakedown Street vibes (“Plot Points”), slow-mo shoegaze (“I-80”), oxygen bar melancholy (“10 Apples”), or full blown aquatic junglist bliss (“Deep Time . . .

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Chrome :: 3rd From The Sun

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Led by guitarist/vocalist Helios Creed and Moog master/vocalist Damon Edge, Chrome often got dubbed as “industrial psychedelia.” And while that term's fairly accurate, it's too generic to capture the apocalyptic terror vibes heard on these Bay Area sci-fi obsessives' releases from 1977-1982. 3rd From The Sun represents the zenith of Chrome's foreboding worldview . . .

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Denis Mpunga & Paul K. :: Criola

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Early 80s industrial beats synthesized with traditional African rhythms make for a deep zone experience on Criola, a collection of collaborative tracks between Belgian/Congolese duo Denis Mpunga and Paul K. Released on Music from Memory in 2017, Criola includes scattered and unreleased material which finds the Congolese-born Mpunga pairing guitar, bass, thumb piano, zither, vibes, and vocals with Belgian-born electronic luminary Paul Stas aka Paul K.’s brigade of synths and drum machines . . .

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Howard Wales :: Rendezvous With The Sun

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Howard Wales 1976 fusion of jazz/funk, Rendezvous With The Sun, received a proper a vinyl reissue last month via Ubiquity Records. While traces of the space-funk previously explored via his collaborations with Jerry Garcia exist, Rendezvous finds itself more in a space alternating between various forms of keyboard vamp and groove reminiscent of the contemporaneous work of fellow player, Jan Hammer . . .

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Mark Mothersbaugh’s Insomniak Flora (A Mixtape)

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A one hour compilation of assorted Mothersbaugh muzak, from Insomniaks cuts to highlights from 2017's 45 RPM box set Mutant Flora. Sprinkled in are other rarities, musical pieces composed for some of the musician's visual art exhibitions. The weirder the better . . .

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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.

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Musicasión 4 ½ (50th Anniversary)

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In 1969, Uruguayan musician Eduardo Mateo joined with poet, actor, and theatre director Horacio Buscaglia to create Musicasión—a collection of fourteen performances over four productions, featuring musicians from Mateo’s band El Kinto and other artists from around the country. An album, released in 1971, comprises these performances and this week, thanks to the efforts of Juana Molina and Crammed Discs, sees a slightly belated 50th anniversary reissue, featuring 16 previously unreleased tracks . . .

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Joys Union Group :: Boredom Euphoria

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The debut long-player from Joys Union Group is a marvelous slice of New American Kosmische — absolutely cosmic but somehow still deeply earthy. The Texas-based collective features members of Future Museums, Sungod and Uniform, and they’ve knocked it out of the park on their first at-bat . . .

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Angel Olsen :: Big Time

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On her stunning new album Big Time, Angel Olsen chronicles a complex couple of years and a resulting sense of rebirth. Filled with country-tinged melodies and sparse arrangements, it features some of the songwriter's most engaging work . . .

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Ben Vaughn :: Transmissions

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This week on Transmissions: producer, television music maker, radio host, and overall interesting guy Ben Vaughn. His new album is called The World of Ben Vaughn. Rooted in gentle strums, much of its sweetly traditional songcraft was recorded out in Vaughn’s Relay Shack studio in the Mojave Desert, and it echoes the most rustic of selections he plays on his great radio show The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn. Ben’s produced albums by Arthur Alexander, Nancy Sinatra, Charlie Feathers, and more—as well as collaborating with Alex Chilton and Alan Vega. For this episode, we spoke about the . . .

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Terry Allen :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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A singer-songwriter as acclaimed for his art career, Terry Allen has always done things his own way. From his blood-soaked travelogue debut Juarez, to sculptures that reside in airports⁠, he's devoted his life to staggering bodies of work that move effortlessly between gallery walls, theatrical stages, and public airwaves. And that's barely scratching the surface . . .

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Karen Dalton :: Shuckin’ Sugar

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Shuckin’ Sugar is a terrific time capsule, with a young Karen Dalton sounding already close to fully formed, her unmistakable vocals bolstering a selection of trad tunes. Her partner throughout is Richard Tucker and the duo’s harmonies run deep, finding the raw Appalachian vibes necessary to pull this kind of music off successfully . . .

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Sam Hoffman :: Mull It Over

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Sam Hoffman’s 2018 debut, Fairweather, was a promising collection of lo-fi power pop out of Nashville, TN. His spirited live shows sprang up around the Music City, but then 2020 happened and any momentum seemed to dissipate. Which is why we were excited when he sent us his latest recorded effort, “Mull It Over . . .

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