In their three years of existence, Cleveland proto-punks The Electric Eels played all of six shows. According to the All Music Guide, each of those six shows ended in either arrest or violence, often between band members on-stage. The group’s fuzzed-to-death music would go on to influence the Dead Boys, the Rubber City Rebels, and [...]
Saturday, May 9th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an evening with The Avett Brothers and Magnolia Electric Co. at The Music Box in Hollywood. Tickets will be going fast for this one.
We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway for AD readers. To land a pair, leave a comment below with your name, favorite Avett’s or Molina [...]
While he may be a footnote in history (compared to some of the artists he surrounded himself with) Johnny Jenkins laid down one heavy hitter of an album in late 1969 — Ton-Ton-Macoute!. As the the leader of The Pinetoppers, Jenkins famously hired Otis Redding to be his personal driver prior to Redding being discovered [...]
(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” Abraham Lincoln famously said, and a house as metaphor for a relationship – be it one between warring parts of a nation or warring factions of a family or love affair – is [...]
(Diversions, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Steeped heavily in the sounds of the last four decades of the golden coast, I was both surprised and thrilled when Parson Redheads principle singer/songwriter Evan Way suggested he compile a Diversions [...]
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 92: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Minutemen – D’s Car Jam/Anxious Mo-Fo ++ Yol Aularong – Jeas [...]
Shuggie Otis’ afro is reason enough to give his music a spin. A weave like that has potential, after all. And as it turns out, Otis’ music is a lot like his hair: a lush dome of soul-funk.
If you were familiar with Otis prior to the 2001 reissue of Inspiration Information, then you’re probably a [...]
An impromptu gig by The Felice Brothers recorded on July 7, 2007 at The Cornbury Festival.
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The youngest of thirty-six children of a West African family, Hermas Zopoula’s label bio describes the artist as “a moped enthusiast, orphanage volunteer, and Internet café proprietor. He’s also a psalmist, and sings in four different languages: French, English, Dioula, and Sissali.” Yeah, me too. Next month the folks at Asthmatic Kitty are releasing Zopoula’s [...]
Jason Lytle is a name whose return will most definitely excite a number of you reading. As the former center of the band Grandaddy, Lytle’s songwriting carved a unique and cultishly adored niche in indie rock. After the band called it quits preceding the release of their final album, Just Like The Fambly [...]
Tomorrow we’re running the AD Interview with Jason Lytle. With the exception of his performance at our SXSW party last month, there have been scarce newsworthy opportunities to write about the former Grandaddy frontman since the release of their 2006 swan song Just Like The Fambly Cat.
Reportedly a Lytle solo album in all but the [...]
“This is a damned enjoyable slightly kinky 60’s garage record”- Iggy Pop
Relatively unknown outside sixties garage enthusiast circles, The Monks were fantastic. If you’re not familiar, the story – in a nutshell – is that five US GI’s, while stationed in Germany, started a band, were discharged from the army and decided to stick around [...]
