Aquarium Drunkard

Seattle garage rock outfit, The Blakes, are now on board with the ever increasingly cool Light In The Attic Records. As mokb recently mentioned, this is a band KEXP has been touting for some time now, and for good reason. This wider distro is great for both the band, and those of us who […]

Welcome to Episode 34 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. In this podcast episode I am joined by my recent guest, Frankel, who performed four acoustic […]

When it comes to classic and essential Rolling Stones albums, 1981’s Tattoo You (while not bad) doesn’t immediately spring to mind, but it was without a doubt the best Stones album of the ’80s.
Comprised of almost entirely ’70s sessions outtakes, the LP contains a few must-have tracks, including the Goats Head Soup outtake “Waiting On […]

(Sir) Paul McCartney played a ’secret’ show here in L.A. on Wednesday at Amoeba on Sunset. Secret is a bit of a misnomer as the sidewalks were jammed with people waiting in line for wristbands days in advance. This in-store was of course part of the promotional blitz supporting Macca’s new album Memory […]

A big thank you to Matt Picasso for originally sharing these unreleased, live Malkmus tracks (and then later re-hooking me up after I promptly lost them.) The sound quality on these is fantastic.
The following nine tracks are culled from The Jicks January 20th gig in Portland during this past winter’s tour. I was at […]

Never one to shy away from Drive-By Truckers related news, here is a heads up for all you DBT fans that have yet to check out this new PASTE magazine feature published online a few days ago. Sounds like good news for Cooley fans; also of note is the mention of the Truckers working […]

Listening to At Dawn for the first time, five or so years ago, was a memorable occasion…seeing the band live for first time was even more so. Once my curiosity was piqued I began to scrounge around online looking for other MMJ recordings besides their debut The Tennessee Fire. In my search I […]

Jimmy Smith’s 1972 Live LP Root Down is greasy, nasty and funky all the way. Recorded with his band live in Los Angeles, the occasion proved to be a watershed moment for soul/jazz/fusion. Having revolutionized the Hammond B3 and the way it’s played, this LP single-handedly sent me out seeking similar genre albums for years […]

Years ago I owned a cassette that was a home-made Bad Brains reggae compilation. Now, after listening to the reggae cuts on the new, Adam Yauch produced, Bad Brains album Build A Nation, I wish I still had it. While I, for the most part, grew out of the Brains hardcore […]

Have you seen Magnolia Electric Co. live lately? The band opened up for Son Volt here in L.A. at the El Rey a couple of months ago and, in my opinion, completely stole the show. It was at this show I first heard the news of the upcoming 4 CD/DVD Sojourner Box Set which is […]

Everyone has a song they love by a band they don’t — I’m sure a handful immediately come to mind. But what about songs you love by bands you, well, almost hate? I have a recent one, and it’s “New York Groove” by none other than Kiss. Yes, that KISS.
It’s track two, […]