Aquarium Drunkard

I am by no means a fan of Pearl Jam, so the Eddie Vedder scored soundtrack, for Sean Penn’s (excellent) new film, Into The Wild, did nothing for me. But I did love the use of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery,” performed in the film by actors Emile Hirsch and Kristen Stewart, as a […]

Just got back from a lunch meeting (at the Mama Mia cafe, on Vermont. Go for the breakfast…delish), and the conversation turned to Morrissey’s upcoming, Los Angeles, muti-night stint, effectively closing the Hollywood Palladium (est. 1940). And, by “multi-night,” I mean ten nights, between October 1 - 13th. Anyone going to this?
The below […]

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 017: David Bowie – Conversation Piece ++ TV On The Radio – Province ++ Kings of Convenience - Winning a […]

Are you William Blake? Yes, I am. Do you know my poetry? - Dead Man (1995)
The crux of this post is the unreleased acoustic/electric theme from Jim Jarmusch’s film Dead Man, which, oddly, did not appear on the official soundtrack to the film. Thankfully, Neil Young die hards prevail, and a copy of the […]

Thanks to our friends at Polyvinyl for hooking us up with this track off the upcoming digital only Of Montreal EP. If you have seen the band over the past year, you very well may have heard their take on the Neil Young staple. This, as well as other covers, can be found on […]

Last month, after countless recommendations from both friends and acquaintances, I finally sat down with a copy of The Everybodyfields latest LP Nothing Is Okay. I’m happy to report that its modern take on depression-era country and folk lived up to the hype. Hailing from Johnson City, TN, The Everybodyfields’ core is […]

As You An’t No Picasso mentioned, Robert Pollard is set to release, not one, but two albums later this year, Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love, and Standard Gargoyle Decisions. Prolific, yes, but really, as the Pollard faithful know, it would be more out of character had he only decided to release one (more) […]

I’ve danced around posting on this watershed album for two-plus years now — all the while featuring a variety of its players (Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, etc.) solo work, as well as their work on various other projects (Manassas, Burrito Brothers). This is due, in part, to the significance the album has played, both […]

Over the past month, Aquarium Drunkard has teamed up with the classic reggae/dub label, Trojan Records, to help commemorate the their 40th anniversary. As any genre aficionado will tell you, when it comes to this shit, Trojan is where it’s at.
What this means for A.D. readers - who are reggae/dub enthusiasts - is the opportunity […]

Boom. The Soul Jazz label (gladly) continues to take our money — this time it’s in the form of Brazil ‘70, the follow up to last years Tropicalia :: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound compilation.
Released (stateside) September 18th, Brazil ‘70 is dripping with the kind of humid, Latin, soul, funk, and jazz groves that […]

Upon their release, Iron & Wine’s debut, The Creek Drank The Cradle, and its subsequent EP, The Sea & The Rhythm, at first listen, felt like home. Sam Beam’s eclectic, seemingly, backwoods musical vision appealed to me in the same way Will Oldham’s best work has — only with an immediately more inviting (read: […]