Aquarium Drunkard

I’m not even going to begin to claim one version is “better” than the other. Hells no. I’ve had the Minutemen original locked in my brain for so many years that upon first hearing Will Oldham and Tortoise’s cover I was totally, and completely, caught off guard; both by their interpretation and how […]

As mentioned earlier, I was pretty ecstatic when “Get It On” and “No Pussy Blues” surfaced on the Internets earlier in the year. It was as if Nick Cave hopped in a time machine and set the gears for 1982. Super raunchy. Shortly afterwards I received an advance of the LP […]

Last December, a few days before catching a flight back east for the holidays, I received a package in the mail from the Tandemoro “Mikes” (Mike Schanzlin & Mike Griffin). In it, was a photo of them sitting a bar, looking appropriately holiday-forlorn, wearing complimentary natty ’80s Christmas sweaters, and a CD that said […]

This one goes out to mister J Reed.
Richard Buckner, aided by backing band Six Parts Seven, made it happen last night at The Echo on Sunset. The artist’s trademark warble and heart wrenching lyrics were in full swing as he worked his way through material ranging from 2006’s Meadow (album #8) as well […]

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Related: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: 1969 Demos, pt I
Related: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: 1969 Demos, pt II

Download:
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Helplessly Hoping (Vocal/Alternate)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: 49 Bye Byes (Jam W/Vocals)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Cinnamon Girl (Instrumental)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Blackbird (Vocal/Alternate)
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Amazon: Crosby, Stills […]

The Wednesday prior to SXSW, Robert Fisher from the Willard Grant Conspiracy stopped by the Aquarium Drunkard show, on Little Radio, for an in depth interview as well as treating us to a few acoustic tracks both on and off the new LP Let It Roll.

Fantastic guest/musician with a lot of interesting insights into the […]

Repost: Back by popular demand — Crosby’s 1970 outakes (aka, Perro tapes)
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One of my favorite LP’s from the early ’70s is David Crosby’s underrated masterpiece “If I Could Only Remember My Name?” A fully realized embodiment of the “sound” of California’s folk/rock/country/psychedelia movement of the time, the album features such players as Neil Young, Jerry […]

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Related: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: 1969 Demos, pt I

Download:
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Black Queen (Vocal-Alternate)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Pre Road Downs (Workout/Jam)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Pre-Road Downs (Vocal/Alternate)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Wooden Ships (Vocal-Alternate)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Lady Of The Island (Vocal/Alternate)
MP3: Crosby, […]

Five years ago it would have been easy to dismiss Kings of Leon as another half-assed attempt to cash in on the uber-hyped “return to rawk/garage” revival. Lazily penned by critics as “the southern Strokes” (gag), Kings of Leon defied expectations on their second full length album Aha Shake Heartbreak sounding more like frenzied, […]

Due to an overwhelming response, via email, to the bootleg sixties freakbeat compilation featured last week, here is part III. You can find parts one and two via the links below. Tracks up for a very limited time only. Be sure to check out “Bof!”
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While in Austin for SXSW I was often asked […]

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Previously: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Revisiting Guinnevere
Previously: David Crosby :: 1970 Session Outtakes (Perro Tapes)

Download:
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Instrumental)
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Marrakesh Express - Vocal Alternate
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Marrakesh Express - Instrumental
MP3: Crosby, Stills & Nash :: Guinnevere - Vocal-Electric
MP3: Crosby, […]