![]() ![]() Tied together by the airy flutes in its opening fanfare, the album descends into ominous electronic tones and sparse instrumentation before Ishibashi’s voice finally appears. Orcutt continues to surprise.Įiko Ishibashi-For McCoy: Eiko Ishibashi’s tribute to Jack McCoy, the Law & Order character played by Sam Waterston, might seem like a silly concept, but her music transcends this concern. As with everything Orcutt does, there’s a wild intensity at work, but the interlinked compositions here could also work as meditation soundtracks. ![]() But we’re all better off because of it.īill Orcutt-Music For Four Guitars: A multitracked electric guitar masterpiece, Bill Orcutt’s Music For Four Guitars offers a richly layered trip. Here, Lou Reed and John Cale harmonize sweetly, stumble over lyrics and goof around, before getting to such proto-masterpieces as “Heroin,” “I’m Waiting For The Man” and “Pale Blue Eyes.” That these two oddballs from different worlds somehow found each other and managed (for a short time) to create such powerful art together was incredibly unlikely. Lou Reed- Words & Music May 1965: Standing on its own, Words & Music, May 1965 might not sound like a precursor to a musical revolution but that’s exactly what it is. Each of Bajascillators’ extended instrumentals offers access to endlessly listenable worlds within worlds. Instead, they’re content to let these flowing, spontaneous compositions blossom at their own pace, unwinding and then somehow re-spooling, again and again into infinity.īitchin’ Bajas-Bajascillators: Listening to the latest album from Chicago zoners Bitchin’ Bajas without context, you’d be forgiven for think you’d stumbled onto a lost recording from Midori Takada, Craig Leon, or flute and drums-era Kraftwerk in some parallel universe record shop. They aren’t really going for cosmic moments of ecstatic communion (though those moments certainly occur). Mondays at the Enfield Academy is an uncommonly intimate live recording, its players perfectly at ease in this small club setting. Jeff Parker-Mondays at the Enfield Academy: Full freedom flight. And to help you keep track of it all, our weekly Sidecar newsletter.Īquarium Drunkard exists because of the passion of its contributors ( learn more about them here) and the support of its generous Patreon community, so consider pledging your support as we ring in the new year. Viewing: Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show listening: Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions, and the Lagniappe Sessions, featuring artists covering the songs that made them. Every third Sunday of the month, our Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard Dublab feature broadcast. Let it blurb.Īs we enter 2023, here’s a survey of AD’s recurring cultural offerings: Each Wednesday night on Sirius/XMU channel 35, a new episode of Justin Gage’s long-running Aquarium Drunkard Show. As always, our list is unranked and unruly. ![]()
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