Aquarium Drunkard

Photo: Lou Reed (seated) with fellow songwriter Paul Simon, circa 1982
Saturday night, while having a drink at the neighborhood bar, Lou Reed’s “Dirty Blvd.” came drifting out of the Jukebox, darting past the bad Halloween costumed drunkards and landed right in my glass. An immensely satisfying surprise at 12:20 a.m., the tune got me thinking […]

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While dropping Eric Bachman’s name in this earier post I later realized I had yet to feature anything concerning Bachman’s own 2006 release on here. For shame, as To The Races more than deserves it’s own ink on the Drunkard. Recorded solo, in a hotel in North Carlolina’s Outer Banks, To The […]

It’s been quite some time since An Aquarium Drunkard has had the opportunity to feature anything Wilco related, which in a way is a shame given the blog’s namesake.

Directed by the Burn To Shine ducu-series creators, Brendan Canty and Christoph Green, Sunken Treasure does an impressive job establishing the live experience for the viewer, especially […]

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American icon, performer, storyteller and marijuana-reform advocate, Willie Nelson has an album slated for a Halloween release next Tuesday. Normally I wouldn’t get too terribly excited about such news as, in my opinion, ole Willie has been phoning it in for some time now (see: last few records) collaborating with all […]

Welcome to Episode 17 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week’s podcast.
Prompted/inspired by a Lambchop show a few weeks ago here in L.A. I decided to continue the […]

Recorded in Micah’s hometown of Abilene, TX, it’s a small wonder we’re even getting to hear this album so soon after Hinson’s debilitating back surgery following his European tour earlier in the year. I suppose all that time on the mend must be an agent of creativity as …And The Opera Circuit comes on strong. […]

When it comes to my turntable and vinyl collection — with all this 21st century technology at hand — I can be a little lazy, leaving an album on for a month at a time (or more) without changing it up. But, this also means that whatever record is on the table then becomes the […]

I try to do an eMusic roundup every four months, but I forgot and haven’t done one since May. Woops. If you are new to eMusic, you should know four things: A) you can sign up, get loads of free MP3s through their no-strings free trial offer (and immediately quit should you choose), and B) […]

Los Angeles based Ill Lit’s latest album entitled Tom Cruise is a 10 track trek through ’70s singer-songwriter country rock propped up by the economical use 21st century electronic synth flourishes. It pans out pretty well somewhere in the vein of Josh Rouse crossed with The Jayhawks. Breezy you could say.
“a pop-perfect bit of alt-country, […]

Gob Iron’s Death Songs for the Living is the sort of wonder project that keeps the alt.country/alt.folk set frothing at the mouth in anticipation. And for good reason. Comprised Jay Farrar and Anders Parker, Gob Iron is almost entirely the duo’s take on old, yet re-styled and arranged, traditional folk songs. Recorded in the span […]

October 10th saw Secretly Candians’s release of Damien Jurado’s latest LP And Now That I’m In Your Shadow – his seventh full length album. I *just* missed seeing Jurado with Rosie Thomas in Atlanta the day after the LP’s release - so this is as close to the new tunes as I am getting for […]