Aquarium Drunkard

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 69: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ My Morning Jacket - White Rabbit (cover) ++ Ben Weaver - […]

(Sevens, a feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song. From now through the November 4th election, Sevens will focus on political songs)

Protest songs and politically framed ballads are almost immediately associated with Vietnam-era musicians. Or maybe it’s that those musicians are almost immediately branded as subverters of a cultural […]

Aquarium Drunkard caught up with DeVotchKa, last week in New Orleans, prior to their performance at this year’s Voodoo festival.  Now a decade into their career the Denver based group has grown a steady fanbase fusing elements of old-world gypsy, mariachi, brass, and American folk traditions into a bouillabaisse all their own.  Two years after […]

Take a break from following this election and join us for a drink as we present our friends The Parson Redheads Saturday, November 1st, at Spaceland. Special guests include The Sweet Hurt, Willoughby and The Spires.
We are giving away some pairs of tickets. Wanna come out? If so, hit us up in […]

AD: You have played in New Orleans for years and years, and now are playing Voodoo. I was thinking that Jazz Fest is a celebration of New Orleans/Louisiana culture and with so many bands in the Voodoo lineup of different styles-it seems Voodoo might actually present a representation of New Orleans culture and how […]

Touring in support of their new release and third LP, Dear Science, TV On The Radio (along with Badu, Man Man, etc) were one of the main draws Friday here in New Orleans at Voodoo. Well, that and, of course, the cities food.
Below: TVOTR consistently deliver whether they are plugged in or not, sacrificing […]

Of the national acts performing at this year’s Voodoo Fest one of the artists whose name consistently pops up, in terms of anticipation, is that of Erykah Badu.

My Morning Jacket had been faithfully covering Erykah Badu’s slow burning “Tyrone” for almost a decade when she joined them onstage in Dallas last August to belt it […]

Man Man’s live shows have become the stuff of of near-legend over the past couple of years. As I mentioned earlier they are one of the touring artists I plan on catching today at the fest.
More often than not, whenever I spin Man Man’s cover of Etta James’ “I’d Rather Go Blind,” someone, whether […]

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 68: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Man Man - I’d Rather Go Blind ++ Dogme 95 […]

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 […]

We’re heading to New Orleans for the weekend to hit up the Voodoo Experience for the second year in a row. Last year we stayed at the Tchoup House that is (literally) right next door to Tipitinas which made for easy access to late-night shows and general NOLA revelry. Highly recommended during your next […]

(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song. From now through the election, Sevens will focus on political songs)

November 2nd of this year will be the 25th anniversary of President Regan’s signing of the bill that officially made the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday a federal observance. […]

Perhaps White Hinterland should have added this cover to their latest project…
Elsewhere: LaundroMatinee has launched - check out the Dr. Dog sessions.
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(the band is one of the many artists playing this coming weekend at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans)
I can remember the moment I first heard “You Know You’re Right,” the long awaited ‘lost’ Nirvana song that showed up on the box set released a number of years back. As I tracked through to hear […]