Month: September 2006

Anders Parker first graced the virtual pages of An Aquarium Drunkard back in May while Kevin , from So Much Silence, was guest posting while I was on the road for a couple of months. And […]

Irish lilt mixed with the attitude of early UK punk rock was what initially powered the The Pogues . Fronted by the (in)famous Shane MacGowan , The Pogues lifted traditional Irish music out of […]

Originally shared this live Neil Young set – from 1971 – on the Drunkard back in March, but revisited this week while prepping for a radio show. If you were […]

The Animals don’t seem to garner the attention that some of the other early British Invasion bands of the sixties continue to reap. This is a powerful shame, as Eric Burdon and the band […]

Welcome to Episode 15 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the […]

I first came across this young, tattooed folk singer with the gravelly voice early last Spring on the recommendation of a friend over beers at SXSW. After checking out a few on his tunes […]

I have heard many, many versions of this old tune, but it’s Johnny and June Carter Cash’s take on it that rings the truest.Related News ( via pitchfork): “Columbia/Legacy will reissue Johnny Cash’s […]

Despite the enormity of the Hollywood Bowl, Tv On The Radio failed to disappoint the gathered masses. Opening for Massive Attack , whose performance seemed like an afterthought compared to the TVOTR experience, the group surprisingly translated […]

In the Sex Beat post , a longtime reader mentioned how much they enjoy Alejandro Escovedo’s cover of The Velvet Underground classic “Pale Blue Eyes” (off the groups eponymous third LP . ) This led me to dig […]

One thing on this blog tends to often lead to another. After my latest Serge Gainsbourg post, Will, from Be The Boy , turned me on to the pair of Serge covers albums that Mick Harvey […]

News of Bert Jansch releasing a new album came at me from left field; and I about fell the fuck over when I heard one of my favorite labels, Drag City . . […]

True story. I knew so very little about Ben Kweller in 2002, that I went to his show at the Roxy to see My Morning Jacket open and then immediately split before his set. But […]

Alejandro Escovedo’s cover of Gun Club’s “Sex Beat” has been posted here before; been played more than once on my radio show as well. Why? Because like any good re-interpretation, it’s takes the song’s […]

If you were in the Research Triangle area, or surrounding states, in the early to mid ’90s, chances are you were a Superchunk fan. If so, this one’s for you. While […]

It’s 2006, so that must mean another Yo La Tengo record. Wait, take a step back, things are different here, really. The first of fifteen tracks, “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind,” […]