Aquarium Drunkard

Released by Luna Music, Crickets: The Best of The Fading Captain Series compiles fifty six of Pollards self-released solo joints throughout the years in a (kinda) tidy two-disc set. This is huge, personally, as a) it’s a nice set to play in the car, b) I never bought all those records, and c) I […]

Great minds must read alike, as I noticed mokb recently jawwed about this same book. Reading the Paul’s Boutique 33 1/3, by Dan LeRoy, was both an education in sampling and a blast from the wayyy past, as I bought this on cassette in the seventh grade, almost twenty years ago (wow), and literally […]

A number of folks inquired about this tune after I played it on the air last Wednesday. Soooo…it was Emitt Rhodes “Somebody Made For Me” off his 1970 self-titled debut album. This is just about the absolute perfect pop song.
Download:
MP3: Emitt Rhodes :: Somebody Made For Me
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Amazon: Emitt Rhodes - S/T (out of print)
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. Listen for free online with their three day trial — just submit your email address and they will send […]

New SC/Jag brother-in-arms Dead Oceans is releasing Bishop Allens new album The Broken String on July 24th. This is the groups second Long Player following up their excellent debut, 2003’s Charm School. For those counting, The Broken String follows up last years ambitious 12 Ep-a-month undertaking that completely consumed their 2006. Here […]

During the Mountain Goats recent Daytrotter session, John Darnielle did his part to bring reggae music back into the fold to an audience that may have written off the genre as bad “lifestyle” music that is sadly way too often co-opted by cruise ship commercials and bad beach bars.
His stripped down cover of “Babylon Burning” […]

Tonight, The White Stripes played a secret, tiny show here in L.A. to a group of super-fans who, apparently, camped out in Hollywood in front of the old Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. — in the baking heat — for four days. While I would personally never pull such a move, I must say that […]

Last summer, the music world lost a legend when Love’s Arthur Lee passed away after a long bout with cancer. Now, nearly a year later, HIP-O Select have released the Blue Thumb recordings, three CDs comprised of the double LP Out Here, which is reportedly tracks leftover from Love’s last album with Elektra Four […]

While (obviously) nowhere near as revelatory as the original album, the live bonus material on disc II of the Daydream Nation reissue has most definitely increased our anticipation in seeing the band at the Greek Theatre in July.
Set to perform the album in its entirety — in select cities across the United States (as […]

Thurston Moore has announced his new solo album, Trees Outside The Academy, to be released on his label Ecstatic Peace this September. Thurston’s first solo outing since 1995’s Psychic Hearts, Trees Outside The Academy is a 12 song affair with Thurston primarily recorded on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the […]

“Warning: Betty Davis is pure uncut funk way ahead of her time.” (Prince Paul)
You can thank Light In The Attic records for making all your drrrty Betty Davis reissue dreams come true, as they have recently re-released Davis’ 1973 self-titled LP, as well as her 1974 follow up, They Say I’m Different, both of which […]

Over the course of the past two weeks I’ve been celebrating Television’s 30th anniversary on my SIRIUS show. Both times I’ve selected the track “Glory” off the Adventure album as it is all too often overshadowed by the groups unparalleled and seminal debut Marquee Moon. Unfortunate, but certainly a high class problem if there […]

Jason Isbell’s solo debut, Sirens Of The Ditch, is finally seeing its release July 10th on New West Records. We’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time, and after spinning the former Drive-by Truckers advance all weekend, it’s proved well worth the wait.
Fans of Isbell’s DBT contributions, and Muscle Shoals leaning southern […]

The above photo was snapped in Austin by White Denim super-enthusiast Gorilla vs. Bear. Hey man, nice shot. You may recall us describing these guys as “the shit” post SXSW, because, well, they are.
The band is releasing their recent EP on vinyl this week if your into that type of thing. If not, […]