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Habibi Funk 035 :: Beirut City Pop
In a departure from the usual template of old photos of the artists, the cover of Habibi Funk’s latest reissue features an illustration by Beirut-born, Paris-based artist…
Linus + Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Outsider: The Music of Jules Decorte
Three oddly-shaped pieces come together in the most natural way in this under-the-radar release from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. The disc reconfigures the work of blind Dutch…
The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)
Broadcasting from Copenhagen, Denmark — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays. Between the visible and invisible. Pastoral…
Lex Walton :: Ultimate Love Forever
Lex Walton makes swaggering, theatrical, large-scale rock - the spit and snarl of her vocals punk laced, the instrumental arrangements swelling to arena-rock proportions. Dan…
Transmissions :: Adam Voith
Our guest this week is author Adam Voith, whose new novel, RIYL , short for "Recommended If You Like," is an at times thinly veiled memoir of the '90s Christian punk and indie…