Hope everyone had a great holiday season — I know I have. Just got back to L.A. yesterday after a nice long break seeing friends and family. Started things off in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for our friend’s wedding and spent a week touring the dirty South. Great to see some of my old haunts [...]
Today marks the release of Adams’ 3rd and final album of 2005 — entitled “29″. Also of note, the Adams song Words from the Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown (previously unreleased) has surfaced along with some other tunes not included on the OST to the film. DOWNLOAD:MP3: Ryan Adams – Words ———– www.ryan-adams.com
As we wrap up the year, I want to remind everyone about the free trial (no strings deal) at eMusic.com. If you have joined & cancelled you can re-sign with a new email address — just an fyi a little birdie passed on to me. Need some recommendations? How about these artists at eMusic: Okkervil [...]
My favorite soundtrack to a film this year goes to last summer’s documentary Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus. Alt-country musician, champion of the redneck-underground, Jim White steers us through the deep South connecting the various threads that make this part of America such a potent, fertile, ground for music, literature, and art. Pure Southern Gothic. [...]
An Album that somehow evaded my radar until November of this year is The National’s Alligator. Yet another testament to what a solid year 2005 was for new music. I’ll be enjoying this one way into 2006. DOWNLOAD:MP3: The National – KarenMP3: The National – Mr. November———-Amazon: The National – Alligtor
2005 saw the release of Page France’s 2nd LP Hello, Dear Wind. As one of my favorite albums of the year, it piqued my interest in the band’s label, Fall Records. Based out of Baltimore, MD, Fall Records is owned and operated by Chris Fredericks. In the following Q & A, Chris discusses the beginnings [...]
This is the final installment of my interview with Yer Bird Record’s Morgan King. Following up the label’s excellent debut of Sounds Like Fall’s The Wolf Is At The Door, 2006 will see the release of Nic Garcia’s The Desperate Ones. Look for a review in ’06 — in the meantime, here is a sneak [...]
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Sufjan Stevens – It’s Christmas, Be Glad!MP3: Sufjan Stevens – Silent NightMP3: Sufjan Stevens – We’re Goin’ To The CountryMP3: Sufjan Stevens – O Come, O Come O Emmanuel———-www.sufjan.com
Aquarium Drunkard is a finalist in liveDaily’s reader/editor poll in the Best Music Weblog category. Go check it out…cast your vote for ole Satisfied ’75 if you fancy. Grand prize: 20 Gig Samsung MP3 player. Heads up. I did the hump-day picks over at Jax’s Rock Insider today. I picked five, she picked five – [...]
