50 years ago this month, the Miles Davis octet traveled to Brazil for three-night stands in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo – a stretch of gigs featuring the same personnel that recorded the Dark Magus live set at Carnegie Hall earlier that spring. While Dark Magus documented guitarist Dominique Gaumont’s incendiary first night with the band, the tapes from Brazil capture Miles’ well-oiled three-guitar lineup in full flight; Gaumont layering waves of feedback between flights of Hendrix-inspired indulgence, Pete Cosey supplying gobs of heavily modulated riffs and theatrics, and rhythm ace Reggie L ..read more

A lost record from 1957, Ferlin Husky’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams would be right at home on the jukebox at The Bang Bang Bar from Lynch’s Twin Peaks. These are transmissions from the dark side of mid-century Americana, echoing across forgotten county line roads and empty chrome diners. The post Ferlin Husky :: Boulevard of Broken Dreams appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

This week on Transmissions, Jim Jupp, co-founder of Ghost Box Records, which has mined TV soundtracks, vintage electronics, psychedelia, pop, and supernatural folklore for decades, issuing music by Broadcast, Pye Corner Audio, The Advisory Circle, and Jupp's own band, The Belbury Poly, who released the jazzy, psychedelic concept album The Path last year. This week on Transmissions, Jupp joins us to discuss his storied label, plumbing the nostalgic depths, the evocative spaces of The Twilight Zone, fairy lore, extraterrestrial, and yes, the lure of "hauntology." The post Transmissions :: Jim Ju ..read more

This two-LP set is taken from a show on Feb. 21, 1976 and two in November 1977. The lineage of these records is a little muddled: parts of the 1977 shows were released on The Soul Vibrations of Man and Taking A Chance on Chances, two limited-edition records with questionable fidelity. Additionally, according to Sun Ra archivist Michael Anderson, the tapes were a mess: “it’s a puzzle,” he says in the liner notes. But thankfully the puzzle has been put together for release by Zev Feldman’s Jazz Detective label. The post Two Nights In Chicago: Sun Ra At The Showcase 1976-77 appeared first on ..read more

If Jahari Massamba Unit might have felt like just another side project four years ago for the prolific beatmaker and the loop-juggling rhythmist, it now seems like they have tapped into rich, unexplored territories in their own musical trajectories. The post Jahari Massamba Unit :: YHWH is LOVE appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

If the title strikes you as a twist on the classic Durutti Column track, mission accomplished. A nod to his favorite guitarist Vini Reilly, "Sketch For Spring" is the topical new single from avant pioneer Cornelius. Like the benchmarks of a classic Durutti track, the airy and intricate instrumental was originally designed as background music for an entertainment complex in Tokyo. The post Cornelius :: Sketch For Spring appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

Here in the Pitch is a gorgeous slice of baroque pop, but also something gnarlier and more complicated. Recording for the second time at Gary’s Electric Studio in Brooklyn and employing a full band, Pratt'’s realized a lush, baroque 1960s pop sound akin to Vashti Bunyan’s work with Joe Meek, Dusty Springfield, even Petula Clark. The post Jessica Pratt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

Chirs Cohen returns with "Damage", the first single from his new album Paint a Room, with Tortoise's Jeff Parker credited for the arrangements and experimental saxophonist Josh Johnson on the horns. The post Chris Cohen :: Damage appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

Following the release of 2019’s Gazing Globe, Outer Spaces eased into hiatus while Satalino and partner Chester Gwazda pursued some serious life changes. Changing states, physical ails, a global pandemic, and the resulting mental exhaustion gave birth to a series of stripped back acoustic tunes. Over the next few years those ideas gradually flourished into the ten songs that make up Little Green—a showcasing of Satalino’s artistic foundations, while laying her experience bare for the listener’s immersion. The post Cara Beth Satalino :: Little Green appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

The opening notes of Nick Harley’s Leave No Trace places the listener in an alternate weird and wobbly Appalachia. A folksiness remains throughout the tape, though the trail connects the dots between the country-rock of Crazy Horse, understated choruses a la Big Star, and just plain downer-folk by its terminus. The post Nick Harley :: Leave No Trace appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more