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Wednesday afternoon we made our way over to the CBS studios off Beverly and Fairfax, to catch Spoon do a live taping on the Late Late Show. Not surprisingly the band was super-tight, with a horn section in tow, performing “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” off their latest album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. […]

Off The Record is a recurring, feature here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.
Off The Record gathers some of my favorite […]

Ahem, speaking of garage rock, those ATLiens, the Black Lips, from my hometown of Atlanta, GA (holla), just released their latest studio LP this week, entitled Good Bad Not Evil.
This, the follow up to their live-jam, long-player, Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo (recorded in Tijuana!?!), Good Bad Not Evil maintains the energy of the […]

One of our favorite Canadian imports, Great Lake Swimmers, have just released a free 5-track Live EP. For free. It was recorded April 14th at Toronto’s Church of The redeemer….download the zipped folder below.
Download:
Zip File: Great Lake Swimmers :: Live 2007 (Toronto)
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Long winded Preface: In the audio commentary of the Vanilla Sky DVD, Cameron Crowe makes a statement regarding his choice of using The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” in the film’s score. In a nutshell, he wanted to reclaim the song for himself and his audience — take it away from the populist soda pop connotations […]

No, this ain’t yer dad’s Nuggets. Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60’s Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of […]

Download:
MP3: Thurston Moore :: The Shape Is In A Trance (new)
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This is a re-post, from 2/06, of an, oft-requested, A.D. reader favorite. Below are the Loft Sessions Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (original lineup sans Cindy Cashdollar) recorded for XM Radio just prior to the kickoff of the Cold Roses tour in Los Angeles Spring 2005. These come highly recommended to even mild RA fans. […]

As a longtime Will Oldham fan, the 2006 LP, The Letting Go, recorded under his Bonnie “Prince” Billy moniker, quickly rose to the top, becoming one of my favorite albums of that year. What I was unaware of at the time, though, was that a limited number of copies, of the album, came with […]

Giddy up. Have you heard the new Lee Bob Watson record yet? Wait, let’s take it a step back — have you heard of Navada City, CA’s Lee Bob Watson?  Ole Lee Bob is part of the roster on the Californina based Grass Roots label.
After getting turned on, piece meal, via various […]

Last year, Band of Horses re-located to Ben Bridwell’s native South Carolina, just outside of Charleston in nearby Mt. Pleasant. Having long resided in Seattle, the most overt influence from the move back South is the album art for the band’s upcoming LP, Cease To Begin (October 9th, Sub Pop), which features a […]

As we mentioned earlier, the Hot Freaks! pt. II after-party descends on Austin, TX this weekend, downtown at The Mohawk & Club de Ville. Both doors open at 8:30pm - both nights - and the two venues are side by side. Oh, and this shit is free! Yes free, so […]

Steely Dan have sparked more heated debates than any other artist I consider myself a loyal, and ardent, fan of. People just love to hate on The Dan. And when I say love, I mean they looove to. And Donald Fagen’s solo work? Shee-it, that’s just even more bizarre to the […]

Panda Bear’s 2007 solo album, Person Pitch, is an A.D. favorite so far this year. This being so, it is no surprise we’re digging on his main gig’s new LP as well, Animal Collective’s Strawberry Jam. Wanna get weird, if so, we have three pairs of tickets to give away for the Animal […]