Aquarium Drunkard

(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way)
Yesterday morning, after leaving the Shack Up Inn, we crossed over the Mississippi river into Helena, Arkansas, the once bustling port-town that […]

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 […]

Aquarium Drunkard proudly presents Le Switch’s Los Angeles residency, every Monday night this May, at The Echo. Besides four free nights of Le Switch’s boozy soul-pop, each night of their residency boasts fantastic support slots by the likes of: Frankel, Amnion, Seasons, The Henry Clay People, Division Day, Princeton, I Make This Sound, Adeline […]

(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way)
“I would hate to have lived my whole life and never been to Poor Monkey’s.” - myself to Mrs AD after […]

Will Oldham fanatics (raises hand) can expect the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Lie Down in the Light, out next month via the Drag City label. While there is no firm trackist yet, it looks like the album drops stateside May 20th.
Excerpt from product description (amazon.com): “Lie down in the light’ is the follow […]

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 45: Phosphorescent - A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise ++ Sandro Perri - Everybody’s Talkin’ ++ Bon Iver - […]

Heading to the second weekend of Jazzfest in New Orleans? If so, head to Republic Friday night, May 2nd, as Aquarium Drunkard presents George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic. The combination of George Clinton and ‘Fest should be insane.
We have ten pairs of tickets to give away to AD readers. To land a pair, leave your […]

Been traveling around the Mississippi Delta (presently in Greenwood, MS) for over a week now, doing juke joint research and eating all manner of fried food, soul food, crawfish, et al (speaking of, might I recommend Lusco’s restaurant in Greenwood, MS).
Look for the next installment of Car Jamming soon-ish. Right now though, we’re […]

Good things tend to beget good things. Here’s a recent example of this: A few months ago I was turned on the the Amnion album by one of my favorite L.A. artists of the past year, Frankel. Thanks to his recommendation Amnion’s LP from last year, AmenNAmO 9rghmxs, has quickly worked its way […]

There’s something to be said for guerrilla marketing. The Raconteurs, the super-group that’s only a super-group if you’re a hard-nosed indie-rock person to begin with, announced the release of their sophomore album only one week before its street date. I liked that. It’s gutsy and, in an age when record companies worry […]

Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards‘ debut, 2003’s Failer, made our top ten list of that year. Five years and three albums later, Edwards, on tour in support of her new album Asking For Flowers, sat down with AD to discuss the new album, and what she’s been up to since ’05s Back To Me.
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