Aquarium Drunkard

This is a very different kind of Love & Rockets album. Dark and hungover, but hopeful. Oxymoron? Maybe.
Download the album’s opening track to see what I mean. It’s been a constant play in my iTunes the past week.
Download: L & R - Sweet F.A.
*Buddyhead.com inspired post

the great texan singer/songwriter holden rushing introduced me to this song and it’s album adam & eve. i have since read, that upon it’s 1997 release, it was severely overlooked due to the ok computer fervor at the time.
if you, like me, did not give this album a chance in ‘97, download the below […]

If you like The Stone Roses, you had best be downloading this song immediately, cuz. “Tell Me” was the b-side to the band’s single “So Young,” back before the band tore itself apart. The sound of inevitability, rock & roll.
Oh, and Joey, this is where “the rubber meets the road,” my friend.
Download: “Tell Me”

In honor of tonight’s full moon, the drunkard is offering up two appropriately evil tunes for download. First up — the Echo & The Bunnymen classic “Killing Moon.” The second — Pavement’s worthy cover of The Bunneymen’s song off their Major Leagues ep.
Download: Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing MoonDownload: Pavement - […]

The Aquarium Radio has been updated…all new playlist including:
star room boys, gillian welch, son volt, magnolia electric company, michael stanley band, bloodkin, patterson hood, bob dylan, bonnie ‘prince’ billy, george harrison, lucinda williams, neil young, steve earle, rolling stones, bruce springsteen, whiskeytown, my morning jacket, ryan adams, mazzy star, josh rouse, iron & wine, […]

I uploaded the new Death Cab For Cutie single, Soul Meets Body, in mp3 format: download here

Inspired by an Impervious Surface posting, I am reminded of the classic ’70s cycling epic “Breaking Away,” or more famously known as “Cutters.” If you haven’t seen this, I implore you to queue up that Netfix account immediately. Witness the awe inspiring tale of a wannabe-Italian-cyclist, his roughneck “cutter” friends, and their townie vs. […]

Broken Social Scene’s Dave Newfeld allegedly had the “shit beat of” him by New York’s finest this past weekend while buying grass in Washington Square. See Pitchfork for more. Will reportedly sue the NYPD according to the article.

A musical based on twenty Smiths songs will take centerstage titled “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others.”
The New York Times reports:
“”Some Girls” seeks the spirit of the Smiths’ songs by transforming them. The arrangements are not for rock band, but for string quartet with electronics. Morrissey’s heartsick legato croon is reassigned to four women and […]

You Ain’t No Picasso is hosting live Neutral Milk Hotel videos on his site. Check it out.

Listening to The Evens debut album recently re-sparked my interest in the Dischord label. One of the more interesting finds while browsing their site is the Fugazi Live Series.

“This site is a way to offer our audience access to selected tapes from that bank of recordings. We have digitally transferred to compact disc an initial […]

Chicago Indie rock engineer (rock snob/icon) talks about food, music…and musicians who cook food with the Gourmandizer.
“Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I’ve found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food. The best rock music chefs […]

For the past 13 years I have steadily tread my way through a good portion of Hunter Thompson’s gonzo canon. Presently, I am reading the reissue of The Great Shark Hunt, a collection of “tales” roughly spanning 1965-1975.
Reading this reminded me of Thompson’s 2003 collection Kingdom of Fear, highly recommended to both fans of […]

New tunes added to the radio to the right. Rock on. More importantly, I’ve been looking for an excuse to use this BJM photo a pal emailed me.

selections: thad cockrell, television, yo la tengo, Ivy, talking heads, stephen malkmus, sonic youth, five-eight, whiskeytown, shins, travis, drive by truckers, morrissey, loretta lynn, nada surf, kathleen edwards, […]