Archive for December, 2007

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

As far as we’re concerned, blog-wise, Big Rock Candy Mountain is the place to be during the month of December. For four years now, every December, the site steadily offers up obscure quality Christmas nuggets you won’t hear at the mall or Starbucks.
What’s more impressive is the fact that none of the tunes have been […]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

It’s no secret Will Oldham likes a good cover, and just to prove it, see: here, here, here, here.
What I particularly love (and respect) from Oldham’s cover choices is that he consistently executes them without irony, no matter the origin, making them his own. Sure, it would be easy to have turned R. Kelly’s […]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

It’s 1999. Kathleen Edwards records a seven-song EP entitled Building 55 and presses 500 copies. This EP, now long out of print, is the first recorded output of Edwards’ career prior to her signing with a label and releasing her full length debut, 2003’s Failer. Here are the seven tracks off Building 55 for posterity. […]

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

“Its coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer, and singing songs of joy and peace. Oh, I wish I had a river to skate away on…”
So sings Joni Mitchell on quite possibly one of the saddest holiday tunes ever recorded to tape. A cornerstone track off her 1971 LP, Blue, […]

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Voting is now open for The Plug Independent Music Awards. We’ll be posting details per the Plug LA event (2008) as we get them, but for now — cast your votes. Winners will be announced at the 2008 PLUG Independent Music Award ceremony and concert scheduled for March 6th in New York City. Details […]

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Welcome to Episode 38 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.
Last month saw the return of the Aquarium Drunkard podcast series. Yes, it was absent a couple of months, but for good reason. The Little Radio servers […]

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

“Call it, friend-o.”
Download:
MP3: The Black Angels :: Young Men Dead
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