I was at this taping, 3rd row, the summer of 2007 while in Austin for ACL. Hearing this material, live, in this context, ultimately contributed to my naming Sky Blue Sky as my favorite LP of 2007. A call I very much stand by two years later. If you are only going to listen to [...]
Today, Bob Dylan fans got an early taste of the artists upcoming LP, Together Through Life, by way of a free MP3 off his site. This is Dylan’s 46th release. Fellow Larry Brown enthusiasts may have noticed that the image used on the cover of Dylan’s upcoming album was also used on the cover of [...]
I have my friend Adam to thank for turning me on to this Destroyer cover last October while staying at his home in Brooklyn…so thanks, pal. Destroyer’s 2004 LP Your Blues ranks as a favorite in Dan Bejar’s catalog, and “..Take An Airplane” is its cornerstone. The below mp3 is Spoon’s cover, recorded live at [...]
Tuesday, April 7th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an evening with Clem Snide, Le Switch, and The Heligoats at club Spaceland in Los Angeles. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway for AD readers. To land a pair, leave a comment below with your name and a valid email you can be reached at. Winners will [...]
Saturday, April 4th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an evening with Great Lake Swimmers and Travel by Sea at club Spaceland in Los Angeles. Great Lake Swimmers are presently touring behind their new LP Lost Channels — Travel by Sea is in the studio working on the follow-up to 2008′s Days of My Escape. Kate Maki supports. [...]
Caught Richard Swift twice last week while in Austin, first at the Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguar/Dead Oceans showcase and then the next day at our Hot Freaks party. Killed it both times. His upcoming album The Atlantic Ocean (April 7th) has been on constant rotation the past few weeks. Get ready. Download: MP3: Richard Swift :: Lady [...]
If you were to pose the question of what makes for a good cover I would cite Whiskeytown’s late ’90s re-tooling of Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown.” Yes, the group’s alt.country forbears Uncle Tupelo pulled a similar landgrab before them with their cover of the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, but Whiskeytown take it a [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 89: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ My Morning Jacket – Steam Engine ++ Here We Go [...]
“Too many girls, too many parties and too many pills…” – Arkey Blue Sometimes you really can judge a book by its cover, or in this case an album’s cover. Spanning 1955-1966, God Less America: Country & Western fer all ye Sinners’ n’ Sufferers is the kind of compilation dreamed up by those who seek [...]
Earlier this week Sub Pop reissued Red Red Meat’s third LP Bunny Gets Paid — an album the Seattle label originally released in 1995. If the band’s name does not immediately ring a bell perhaps these two will: Califone and producer Brian Deck. Califone rose (in part) from Red Red Meat’s ashes, and Deck most [...]
