Aquarium Drunkard

I have long held Devendra Banhart, and his music, at arm’s length. While historically not a huge devotee, there are a handful of his songs I come back to time and again, largely thanks to Arthur Magazine’s excellent ‘freak-folk’ comp, Golden Apples of The Sun, that Banhart curated in 2004. (Semi-related side […]

I know, I know. It can be hard to forgive pop stars for their latter-career missteps; in this case, one mister Rod Stewart. After years, and years (and years) of E! True Hollywood Story segments, Behind The Musics, People magazine exposé’s, and a seemingly endless string of notorious marriages/divorces to young blondes, Rod […]

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.
SIRIUS 11: TV On The Radio - Dreams ++ David Bowie - Conversation Piece ++ Blur - On The […]

With their impeccable taste, and original studio execution, Daytrotter.com should be a weekly stop for all Drunkard readers. But hey, things happen, and people get busy, so at the A.D. home offices we do our best try to and highlight some of our favorite sessions when time and space permit.
Well, today is one of […]

Amoeba Records will release a major addition to Gram Parsons’ discography with ‘Gram Parsons Archives Vol. 1: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Live” at the Avalon 1969′, due October 30th from the newly formed label. The two CD, 27-track set includes a number of never-before-heard — though long rumored — rarities.
Gram Parsons, leading the Flying […]

“Time After Time Was My Least Favorite Song…” - The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
Over the past few months I have been working my way through some of the more interesting titles in the 33 1/3 book series that the Continuum publishing house has been releasing the last several years. The other night […]

In August I caught up with The One A.M. Radio’s, Hrishikesh Hirway, on assignment for the Arizona Republic. You can read an excerpt below and the full text, here.
The One AM Radio is the bedroom-electronica brainchild of New England ex-pat Hrishikesh Hirway, who, when not touring, now calls the warm climes of Los Angeles home.
Touring […]

Welcome to Episode 36 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.
On this episode, we were joined by New Orleans recording artist, Blair, and her band for […]

Heads up, Angelenos: Aquarium Drunkard encourages everyone in the greater Los Angeles area to head out to Glendale’s Scene Bar on August 24th (Thursday night) for the 2nd Now Blog This!, L.A. blogger curated, show.
The scoop: The show will feature four bands hand picked by L.A. music bloggers: The Deadly Syndrome (presented by Passion of […]

Our last ‘eMusic reccs’ update was back in May. Lots of new stuff has been added, but I’m finding plenty of obscure, older stuff too. It’s no mystery eMusic is Aquarium Drunkard’s preferred digital distribution outfit, and if you sign up via our link, you will be supporting the blog, as well as wrangling […]

Blair and her band stopped by The Aquarium Drunkard Show last week and did an exclusive five song session, and interview, upstairs in the Little Radio loft studio. Not sure of the name of two of these tracks, but look for an updated tracklisting when we have confirmation. She is great — […]

My father-in-law passed away this week. “Dock of The Bay” was his favorite song. This one’s for you, Bob…
“…It’s two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home.”
Download:
MP3: Otis Redding :: (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
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Amazon: Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay
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Last week Aquarium Drunkard presented John Vanderslice, Live at the LA River basin, in Los Feliz, CA. JV fans turned out for a free, acoustic driven performance — here are the videos. Special thanks to the videographer & Daniel Gill.
John Vanderslice :: Numbered Lithograph

John Vanderslice :: White Dove

Watch five additional JV Videos […]

A couple of months ago, JV, and his band, played his new album Emerald City live at his Tiny Telephone studios, and had a crew film it. The Emerald City footage has since been on a “blog tour” with JV’s favorite blogs exclusively debuting each video throughout the past month. Today the tour stops […]