Aquarium Drunkard

November 20th will see the enhanced DVD release of Nirvana’s famed MTV Unplugged performance, unedited and in its entirety, complete with previously un-aired footage (“Something In The Way” and “Oh, Me”). While Nirvana’s cover of the Meat Puppets “Oh, Me” was available on the accompanying soundtrack, the visual performance, and rehearsal outtakes, are sure […]

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 23: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks ++ New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss ++ […]

It’s no secret I like the Stones. A lot. Like any band or artist one follows relentlessly, there comes a time when we begin listening to the albums in a different light than we did in years past. This runs from searching out and appreciating everything from lyrical quirks, oddball nuggets, interesting time […]

Among the latest batch of albums seeing a digital-only reissue is Lou Reed’s 1978 full-length, Street Hassle. Granted, no one is going to arm wrestle the point that this is Reed’s finest album, but it certainly warrants a listen, and contains one absolute, bona-fide Lou Reed classic - the title-track - “Street Hassle.”
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Athens, GA: Earlier this Fall, R.E.M. were at work on their next, as of yet untitled, album in a 19th century Athens chapel that had been carefully converted into a makeshift studio. Those familiar with R.E.M./Athens lore will note this apparent return-to-roots approach…but sorry, no Bill Berry.
The news of R.E.M. again gearing up […]

AD contributor, J. Neas, weighs in on the recent companion soundtrack to filmmaker Todd Hayne’s new, and loose, Dylan biopic, “I’m Not There.”
Tribute albums are always tricky; Bob Dylan tributes even more so. When you set out to cover someone with as distinctive a voice - lyrically, vocally and musically - it’s guaranteed to be […]

Last week, our pals The Broken West gave us two new, and unreleased, tracks that were recorded last month during their visit to the WOXY studios. According to Ross Flournoy, the first track, “Perfect Games” can be expected to make an appearance on the band’s next LP (Merge 2008). The second track is […]

November 13th, Aquarium Drunkard proudly presents The Whigs, live at Spaceland, along with Wild Sweet Orange, and L.A.’s own Le Switch. Come find out why The Whigs have been our favorite Athens, GA export the past two years running. New album drops January 2008 on ATO records.
Live here in L.A.? If so, […]

Welcome to Episode 37 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.
Don’t call it a comeback! Boom - yes, the Aquarium Drunkard podcast series is back. Yes, its been absent a couple of months, but for good reason. […]

Be sure to catch Wilco’s 2007 Austin City Limits performance tomorrow on PBS. We were there, and it was full on, as was their gig at Voodoo Festival last weekend in New Orleans. Here is a sample clip of the band performing “Impossible Germany” from the September taping.
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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.
SIRIUS 22: Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) ++ Linda Serbu - If You Rescue Me (acapella) […]

Oakley Hall have been building a sound rooted in disparate elements since their inception. When you’re founded by a key (and founding) member of one of the more forward thinking rock acts of the ’00s (Oneida), you’re bound to have something interesting going on. But when you’re mixing those elements with country and Southern rock, […]

Le Switch principal, and vocalist, Aaron Kyle teams up with various family members for a night at The Echo, here on Sunset, in Echo Park. Come on out Sunday evening, and get yer down home family-jam on.
Download:
MP3: Le Switch :: Pristine ((live sirius session)
MP3: Le Switch :: Crazy (live sirius session)
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Purchase: The […]

As most of you know, the Drunkard has been away, doing research for a book he’s writing on the blues trail. We certainly wish him luck, and for a couple of good reasons.
First, the vast blues catalog that’s been built over the last many decades is sprinkled with many names you know. But by and […]