Aquarium Drunkard

Captain Beefheart’s 1967 debut, Safe as Milk, has had a firm hold on my ears the past couple of weeks — namely because I just recently replaced my old copy with the remastered version (complete with added bonus tracks). While Trout Mask is it’s own fantastic, bizarro ride (note: possible future post) Safe As Milk […]

I heaped praise on The Autumn Defense 2003 album Circles back in March of last year and have since wondered if/when they would record a proper follow-up. Well they have and it is being released this month by Broadmoor Records.
Still mining the ’70s kinks-esque, singer-songwriter landscape they so eloquently articulated on Circles, John Stirratt and […]

For those of you who were curious as to what compilation I was referencing in the Darondo post, the following should clarify a bit. Gilles Peterson is the envy of dj’s, collectors and crate diggers around the world. At least in the world of An Aquarium Drunkard he is. The holmes has a collection so […]

Upon listening to David Vandervelde’s late 2006 Daytrotter session (dude covered the Stones “cocksucker blues“..i mean, c’mon) I immediately shot an email to his label Secretly Canadian to get the scoop on who this guy was and if/when he had an album in the works. Not only did he have one in the works, he […]

In 2006 the Luv N’ Haight folks released this nine track career spanning collection of Darondo’s music (including three previously unreleased demo tracks) and my ears have never been the same. Once referred to as a street-wise Al Green, Darondo is the real deal. As music gets more and more sterilized through technology and the […]

Picking up right where 2003’s L’Avventura left off, Dean And Britta return with their new full length Back Numbers. As with L’Avventura and their work with Luna, Wareham and Phillips know how to tastefully cover other artists material both staying true to the original and equally giving it a life of its own. This feat […]

First Off: If you have yet to make your way to vote for the nominees in this years PLUG Independent Music Awards – head on over and cast your vote. And if you’re local, grab your tickets ($10) and be there in person at the awards in New York City on February 10th. It’s worth […]

The James Booker re-post from last week has reinvigorated my interest in my New Orleans funk and soul collection which — with Mardi Gras in a couple of months — couldn’t have happened at a better time. So consider the Booker post the first in a series of NOLA themed features from now until Fat […]

I have probably watched the ’80s excess-fest that is the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel Less Than Zero thirty or so times the past fifteen years. Good lord. In retrospect it’s not that it is that a great film, in fact it’s a terrible book adaptation, but it is great in it’s own […]

Welcome to Episode 20 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.
Very off-the-cuff show today, kids. An all over the place eclectic wam bam. This show is not […]

While I have never been a huge follower of Austin’s Voxtrot, this six-song EP by keyboardist and guitarist Jared Van Fleet is irresistible. Recording under the nom de plume Sparrow House, Van Fleet works the same hushed muse as many a Drunkard favorite posted on these pages in the past. I have only had this […]

Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos and they have come to bring you the rock & roll. Never one to fuck around, Nick Cave returns to studio rediscovering his Birthday Party roots with a few of his Bad Seed cohorts and kicks out the jams like it’s 1982.

Oh, and if […]

Dr. Dog: a name that has been floating in and out of my consciousness for the past couple of years, but it took a kind soul feeding me their past two recording efforts to really take hold. As a testament to the band, much of my time on flights the past two months has been […]

I uploaded this rare 1978 live recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival to the Drunkard in October of 2005 as part of the original Live Upload Series. I suspect many of you were not readers back then so it’s with great pleasure I share it again here. I have several live albums from this New […]