Aquarium Drunkard

Dust off those Pulp and Blur albums. The BBC takes a look at rise and fall of Britpop. Oh, and be sure to check out the Blur vs. Oasis timeline. Ahh, the anglophile ’90s, how we miss ya.

Check it out on the BBC HERE…

Aslo read: Looking back at the birth of Britpop
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These guys just don’t stop. 15 years on and they’re still beating the shit out of their audience. A friend in college turned me on to Five Eight, and I have been following their career ever since.

This is their latest album released while supporting R.E.M. on tour last autumn. I imagine their unique brand […]

Richmond Fontaine’s latest release, The Fitzgerald, was an album I had ignored far too long. I have now remedied that. An acoustic downtrodden affair, The Fitzgerald spins tales of two-time losers trying to make it through the Reno, NV night, let alone the the day. Fantastic storytelling. If asked to describe the sound I would […]

I’ve been listening to this new tune off Okemah And The Melody Of Riot a lot the past month. Has a very “eastern” vibe to it. Smoke yourself something and listen. He did.
Download: MP3: Son Volt: Medication

CLICK HERE >>>Elliott Smith: B-Sides & Other Songs

From the site…
“Purpose of this Site: This site is for the fans. Because I love the music of Elliott Smith so much, every song has been a discovery for me, so I’ve spent the past few years collecting every non-album track I could find. I would […]

Twin Peaks. Let the weirdness begin. I’ve been a fan of both the television series and it’s offical soundtrack for years. Both have staying power. The Angelo Badalamenti scored OST paints the perfect perverse backdrop for David Lynch’s magnum opus. His and Lynch’s protege, Julee Cruise, provides the ethereal/haunting vocals on the Twin Peaks theme […]

In the spirit of the cover wars, I offer up probably Bob Dylan’s most politically charged song, “Masters of War.”
Dylan said this about the original in the liner notes of the album for which it appears, Freewheelin’: “I’ve never really written anything like that before. I don’t sing songs which hope people will die, […]

I‘ m going to take this opportunity in Satisfied 75’s absence to do what music blogs do best: I heard, you should hear.
Alejandro Escovedo is a rock star, legend, artist, songwriter, Austin music scene fixture, and, worst of all, not physically well. I was fortunate enough to visit him, once, at his home […]

Someone called podcasts, ‘TiVo for the radio.’ I liked that.
In continued honor of the vacationing Satisfied 75, I was delivered this site: Classic City Live. In addition to podcasts, it’s also a great resource of all-things Athens music including a link to one of life’s more underappreciated indie acts, The Glands.

Thanks to Satisfied 75, this is a guest post. Keeping with the theme I love, here’s my contribution to the cover wars.
I think we all know the story by now. But, here’s a recap. Fuck-you’s best Johnny Cash reaches his twilight years. I’ve-pissed-on-the-best-and-they’ve-liked-it producer Rick Rubin thinks Cash is still owed more due. Rubin strips […]

August 13th, 2002 Boston, Massachusetts, WERS Radio

Thurston, Lee, and Jim performed acoustic versions of “Empty Page” “Disconnection Notice” and “Rain on Tin” live on WERS radio. Great stuff, download below and have a listen.
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Sonic Youth - Empty Page MP3: Sonic Youth - Disconnection NoticeMP3: Sonic Youth - Rain On Tin Find show details […]

Sponsored by Arthur Magazine, and Spaceland Productions, the independent music festival takes place Labor day weekend here in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.
Some of the lineup:* Olivia Tremor Control* Sonic Youth* Sleater Kinney * The Black keys* Spoon* Yoko Ono* Cat Power* The Juan Maclean* Comets of Fire
*Many more bands listed @ […]

Early Nineteen Seventy-Something Pt. 1Purloined from Glorious Noise

“The making of Come and Get It, the last Beatles album that never was… A two-part series of the special kind of lunacy that sets in with avid mix tape/CD makers. What if the Beatles had made one more album? What would it sound like? ” - Derek […]

prepping for my trip back to the deep south got me thinking about my time living in athens, and athens’ role in shaping modern music. below are three old-school athenian tunes you should know. Their influence is undeniable.

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MP3: the b-52s - dance this mess around (1979)
MP3: pylon - crazy (1982)
MP3: rem - wolves lower (1981)

Athens […]