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Dollar Brand/Don Cherry/Carlos Ward :: The Third World-Underground

Justin Gage — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

A live recording of three jazz masters in transitional phases of their careers, The Third World-Underground captures Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), Don Cherry and Carlos Ward embarking on a joyous, lyrical and profoundly stomping set of tunes, teeming with fanfares, shouts and unruly dances. Newly reissued and remastered, this once Japanese-only release is ready to find its rightful audience. Where Ibrahim, Cherry and Ward are going, they don't need bass or drums.

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Wendy & Bonnie :: Genesis

Justin Gage — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Stunning psychedelic baroque pop meets Latin-influenced west coast jazz. The story of teenage sisters Wendy & Bonnie and their sublime 1969 record Genesis is one for the books, recorded on the Skye label of family friend and vibraphone extraordinaire Cal Tjader and Gábor Szabó. Brimming with gusto and the sisters' youthful ambition yet confident and chilling sunshine pop harmonies, the duo's lone album is a maturely stunning accomplishment on several fronts.

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Ghosts of American Psychonauts

Justin Gage — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:40:32 +0000

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s live show can be any number of things—a solo acoustic ramble through covers and oddities and absurd stories, an electrified duo with Superwolves’ Matt Sweeney, or, occasionally, and if you’re lucky, a full-band interpretation of old and new songs that makes you think of them in new contexts. Ghosts of American Psychonauts is very much the latter, eight songs recorded at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles in February 2025...

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Nick Jonah Davis :: Rose Delta Rising

Justin Gage — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

You might find yourself succumbing to shorthand hyperbole when trying to describe Rose Delta Rising, Nick Jonah Davis’ remarkable new album. Ry Cooder joining Pentangle? Peter Green playing on Bryter Layter? Sonic Youth covering Avocet? Rose Delta Rising can stand up to any such fanciful daydreams, but it adds up to much more than just music nerd wish fulfillment, delivering a highly personalized and singular listening experience.

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Well Travelled :: Talk Talk’s Final Live Performances 40 Years On

Jason Woodbury — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

With In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk, music writer Graeme Thomson charts one of the most mystical trajectories ever undertaken by a one-time pop band. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the band's final live performance in Spain. To commemorate, we're pleased to share an edited extract from In Another World.

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Crying Laughing :: Talking

Justin Gage — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Strange and turbulent times call for insistent new theme songs and rallying cries. On Talking, Baltimore’s Crying Laughing answer the call with necessary and emphatic instrumental anthems, driven by a twin alto sax attack and percussion that channels the snap and bounce of New Orleans rhythms. The result feels tightly interlocked, yet constantly in motion.

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Mike D :: Thank You

Jason Woodbury — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Thank You, the first solo work from Mike D, ascribed to the appellation Mike D 5D. Though he hasn’t been too far from music, producing records for Portugal. The Man and Soft Play, the album follows a long period of creative grief. But the work of his sons Davis and Skyler Diamond and their circle of friends have drawn the wildest Beastie back to writing and performing once again.

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Maisy Owen

Justin Gage — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

For her debut Lagniappe Session, Maisy Owen turns to four songwriters who share her gift for making difficult things sound beautiful. From Rosa Lee Carson’s devastating “The Drinker’s Child,” written when Carson was just fourteen, to Townes Van Zandt’s “Snowin’ on Raton,” David Olney’s “Deeper Well,” and Amy Winehouse’s “What Is It About Men,” Owen follows a thread through country, folk and soul-pop songwriting, finding a sweetness in songs that are anything but sweet.

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Secular Music Group :: Volume 3

Justin Gage — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Since emerging out of the wilds of Connecticut a few years back, SMG have released three LPs worth of rapturous sounds, each moment filled with pure melody, meditative rhythm and immersive textures, all captured wondrously on vintage 4-track ¼” tape. It’s like Gil Evans arranging an album by Natural Information Society, finding a perfect blend of gorgeously pastel hues and minimalist restraint.

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Diles Que No Me Maten :: Escrito en Agua

Justin Gage — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Mexico City based five-piece Diles Que No Me Maten conjure a languid and mournful psychedelia on their fourth album, Escrito en Agua, infusing krautrock and slowcore elements into a patiently unfolding album that sears with intensity.

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

Justin Gage — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Broadcasting 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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Transmissions :: The Bird Calls

Jason Woodbury — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:20:47 +0000

Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions with Jason P. Woodbury. This week on the show, writer and musician Sam Sodomsky, who records and releases music—a lot of it—under the name The Bird Calls. His latest slice of literate folk rock and alt-country songcraft is called ⁠Take Leave⁠, and it was released on August 28 via Ruination Record Co. Take Leave rattles with downcast charm. Its songs are sly and full of knowing. Sam joins us to discuss, talk about his Springsteen fandom, dig into The Blue Nile, and more.

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Walt Dickerson :: To My Queen

Justin Gage — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

An unsung pioneer of the jazz vibraphone, the elusive Philadelphia-born musician Walt Dickerson is best known for his collaborative seventies album Visions with Sun Ra. With a dynamite quartet featuring a young Andrew Hill on piano and drummer Andrew Cyrille, 1962's career highlight To My Queen is a tender, lovingly crafted suite showcasing the vibraphonist's asymmetrical and self-proclaimed plush metallic tones.

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Way Dynamic :: Massive Shoe

Justin Gage — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:20:31 +0000

Laidback at an almost glacial pace, the silky music of Massive Shoe blurs the line of golden seventies AM pop. The nom de plume of Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist Dylan Young, Way Dynamic's third record features sparse arrangements and radiant subtleties in songcraft that are a little bit Chris Cohen, a little Nilsson/McCartney. With highlights like "Ibiza" and the effortlessly melodic "Miffed It", it's unsurprising that the timeless quality of Massive Shoe has already garnered appreciation across generational musicians.

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Jake Xerxes Fussell :: The Old Beloved Path

Justin Gage — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Jake Xerxes Fussell returns with another set of meticulously curated old-time songs played and sung with warmth and grace. The North Carolinian songwriter has a musicologist’s grasp of pre-war folk and blues; he is intimately familiar with multiple versions and interpretations of the songs he performs, reaching across decades, even centuries of history, to find the core of the music. And yet he uses this knowledge not to replicate the past but to reinterpret it, so that the songs live and breathe in his capable hands.

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