There is always a dearth of new music the last couple of months of the year, so when January finally hits, and the new releases do start rolling out, it’s both welcome and, depending of the quality of the release schedule, and the amount, even formidable. Thus far in early ‘08 we have seen […]
Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
In continuing with the string of New Orleans related posts leading up to Mardi Gras, here is a Meters show from 1977 I’ve posted on the Drunkard the past two January’s. Call it tradition. Look for another Meters live set in the next week recorded at The Bottomline (NYC) in the late […]
Monday, January 14th, 2008
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 […]
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Cat Power will release her latest LP, Jukebox, next week, January 22nd. As previously reported, Jukebox again finds Chan Marshall culling an album’s worth of material almost entirely comprised of covers — all reinterpreted Cat Power style. Here is the tracklisting, for the bonus disc, that is part of the limited-edition, silver […]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
The rise of file-sharing, and digital music providers such as eMusic, have made it much easier to be a Pylon fan than the days of yore when one had to settle for a used copy of their greatest hits CD, or in the case of Gyrate, a second generation dubbed cassette. Cassettes, remember those? […]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Muzzle of Bees recently tipped us off that Mark Kozelek’s Sun Kil Moon are set to release their next LP, April 1st, via the artist’s own caldo verde records. Appropriately entitled April, you can stream the first single “Moorestown,” off the LP, here. This is welcome news, as Kozelek’s brand of bummed out […]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Lots of new features on ye olde Drunkard to keep an eye out for in 2008 - the first of which, Retro TV Themes Revisited, aims to mine our long-running collection of past television (aural) glories. Have at it in the comments.
Yeah, book ‘em, Danno. As you can probably guess, this is […]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Ryan Adams (or in this case, one D.R. Adams) has unleashed a barrage of, ostensibly, home-recorded, Youtube vids. Comprised of varying levels of content and quality? Yes. Worth your time? Absolutely. And if you are local, Adams is playing a series of dates here in southern California later this […]
Friday, January 11th, 2008
We last heard from San Francisco’s Kelley Stoltz on his under-noticed, 2006 LP, Below The Branches, and album that, if you missed, I would recommend re-visiting. If this first single is any indicator, Stoltz’ upcoming LP Circular Sounds is set to receive similar positive accolades. Here’s hoping more people recognize this go ’round. […]
Friday, January 11th, 2008
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 31: Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation ++ Loose Fur - Hey Chicken ++ David Vandervelde - Nothin’ No ++ […]
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Consider this is the first New Orleans related post leading up to Mardi Gras (as part of our annual month-long Fat Tuesday lead up series). This album is one of my favorites in the Dr. John oeuvre. Laissez les bons temps rouler.
I have but one ritual when I visit the Amoeba music, on […]
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Juno: Loved both the film, and its use of music. While it may have seemed a bit out of place in terms of the overall mood of the music used throughout the film (see the soundtrack here), I personally loved the inclusion of Sonic Youth’s cover of “Superstar.” As a musical set piece, […]
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The following interview should be required listening for Beck fans, and those with even a passing interest in the production of making rekkids. A candid late-’90s interview, journalist Neil Strauss and Beck discuss the motivations behind Mutations, the recording process, as well as interesting predictions for Beck’s future, some of which, now a decade […]
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Lots of new features on ye olde Drunkard to keep an eye out for in 2008 - the first of which, Retro TV Themes Revisited, aims to mine our long-running collection of past television (aural) glories. Have at it in the comments.
What happened to actors like James Garner? The man epitomizes the no-frills […]
