Aquarium Drunkard

Tune in to Little Radio, Wednesday 2-4 pst, for the Aquariun Drunkard Show. Drunkard pal, and Broken West-er, Ross Flournoy will be guest DJ’ing with me while his band is in LA for three weeks before hitting the road again, this time teaming up with The National and a bunch of other fine folks […]

With Nick Cave busy with his brash, almost Birthday Party like, side group, Grinderman, The Veils album Nux Vomica could not have happened at a better time. Obvious Cave comparisons aside, The Veils leader, Finn Andrews, writes and performs sharp, literate story songs set against brooding and atmospheric pop instrumentation, thus creating a real […]

There is really not much one can say about The Replacements Pleased To Meet Me that hasn’t already been said a thousand times in a thousand different contexts.
There are two different camps of Mats fans; those who prefer the band’s earlier material rooted in punk, and those who prefer the bands output beginning with the […]

Portland’s resident americana outfit, Richmond Fontaine, will see the stateside release of their eighth album, Thirteen Cities, May 22nd. Having already received near unanimous praise upon it’s European release, the group’s chief songwriter and vocalist, Willy Vlautin sat down with A.D. to discuss the evolution of Richmond Fontaine’s recorded output and the recent release […]

In the past ten days I’ve had almost identical conversations with two different people, in two different circumstances, about Paul’s vocal delivery on “Monkberry Moon Delight,” off his second solo LP, 1971’s Ram. This maybe my favorite of Paul’s performance “voices”, as it is rough, quite possibly coke-fueled, and perfect for the tunes […]

Ontario’s Rock Plaza Central have been getting a fair amount of buzz of late surrounding their Yep Roc released LP Are We Not Horses. And rightly so. Despite their name, which I’m admittedly not a fan of, the album is comprised of the kind of ramshackle, kitchen sink, folky pop that is both […]

The music of Ola Podrida (David Wingo) has been featured on these pages a number of times in the past, but I wanted to remind everyone that his wonderful, (self titled) album was released this past week on the Plug Research label. I’ve had an advance of the album since December and it’s sounds have […]

Went and saw Blonde Redhead and Annuals Wednesday night — good — but I’d be lying if I said I was not just as excited to hear the DJ at the Bigfoot ,later that evening, spinning Equals tunes. Maybe it’s in part due to the club was “booze free.”
The Equals: It’s the late sixties […]

I’ve been a total freak the past twelve months for foreign artists, often from the “third world” — during the sixties and seventies — playing original music as processed through a distinctly American filter. A number of the best finds have been on various compilations, both in and out of print, meticulously put together […]

Bill Callahan’s new LP Woke on a Whaleheart has been heavily anticipated around these parts since we first heard the “Diamond Dancer” single back in February.
Because of this I was fairly bummed to have missed Callahan’s SXSW performance at the Central Presbyterian Church accompanied by Joanna Newsom. Alas, with SXSW, ya can’t see ‘em […]

I received an unsolicited EP in the mail last week by a New Orleans based singer-songwriter named Blair. From here bio: “I was raised on Neil Young, raised in New Orleans, given my uncle’s guitar at age 9, oh yeah, and i heard Nirvana in the 7th grade.” With an innate sense of […]