Aquarium Drunkard

The pairing up of music legends with contemporary popular musicians is nothing new, but rarely has it been done so well, and with as much class as the new self-titled Charlie Louvin album. Almost three months into 2007, the Tompkins Square label has quite possibly unleashed the most interesting duets album of the […]

For crate diggers, hunting down Howard Tate vinyl can be seen as an adventure, a lovable undertaking. For the those looking for the rare, mostly import, Tate compact discs, the process is more akin to an exercise in frustration.
While many of Tate’s recordings from the late sixties and seventies have yet to see wide distribution […]

Not that it really ever gets cold here in L.A., but yeah, it can get a little nippy from time to time. You know, cold, like, er, 60 degrees cold. A ha ha ha….anyway. A surefire way to warm up, at least around my house, is the Ghana Soundz 2: Afro-Beat Funk & Fusion in […]

I’ve been looking forward to Ben Weaver’s upcoming album, Paper Sky, since last spring when I received an unsolicited, unmastered three song sampler in the mail culled from his (then) just recorded sessions with producer Brian Deck. As I wrote last May, Weaver’s tunes are a stark reminder of why I try and […]

You may have read over the weekend that L.A.’s Arthur magazine has announced that it will be closing its doors, effective immediately, after five prolific years of publication. Since the Drunkard’s inception I have written about the magazine (available free locally), and its various offshoots, numerous times and am genuinely sorry to see […]

Friday evening, while listening to T. Rex’s “Jeepster” on repeat with some friends, something came up about Blur’s thinly veiled nod to the tune on the track “I’m Just A Killer For Your Love” off their 1997 self-titled album.
Sounded like a fine idea for a post, what, with the 2003 reissue of T. Rex’s Electric […]

A.D. — I first came to know your work through Will Oldham (the Summer In The Southeast tour). How did that come about, and how was the experience? Had you been performing/recording prior to that tour?
P.N. — the procurement of my services in will’s band for the southeast tour was born from a series […]

If you run a Mac, and read a number of music blogs, I recommend checking out the new music blog aggregator software component “Peel.” You can customize it with your preferred blogs; the details can be found here. At the time of writing this you can download Peel free of charge while it’s still […]

I was by no means a follower Andrew Bird’s past work with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, therefore his 2005 breakthrough album, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, hit me from left field like a love punch. But I won’t be caught off guard again. Come March 20th, Bird is back with a new album entitled […]

Another testament to the great A.D. readers out there, John, from Australia, recently sent me this M. Ward/Beth Orton show of excellent sound quality. Recorded in 2004 at Sydney’s Seymour Centre, the submission was in response to the Neko Case cover of “Buckets of Rain” posted here. Note the M. Ward/Beth Orton “Buckets of Rain” […]

You have no doubt seen this 1971 Neil Young live at Massey Hall show posted here before in bootleg form, but come March 12th it will be released (with an accompanying DVD) as the second live offering in preparation for Neil Young’s archives project.
Here are some notes on The Massey Hall release in Neil’s own […]