Really, could there be a better moment for new Superchunk sounds than during the 20th anniversary of the record label they founded? Not hardly. But it’s also been over seven years since the last release of any new music from the band, so anything at this point is welcome. The band’s last two full-length LPs [...]
First track off Deer Tick’s second full-length album; the follow-up to 2007′s War Elephant . The LP is slated for retail shelves June 23rd on Partisan Records. Download: MP3: Deer Tick :: Easy (new) ———- Pre-order: Deer Tick – Born on Flag Day + + + + + + + + + + + + [...]
Last week the New York Times ran a piece dissecting the appreciation/levels/fandom of the Grateful Dead. Excerpt: …I asked when he thought the Dead reached its peak, game to try out a half-formed argument for 1975, or thereabouts. “Well, I agree with the people who say it was May 8, 1977,” he said. Jimmy was [...]
So, are you the type of person to buy holiday wrapping paper on December 26th? How about winter coats and wool sweaters in May? No? Me neither, but if you count yourself as an early My Morning Jacket fan I would strongly recommend going against habit and downloading the following holiday set from 2001. Recorded [...]
The Henry Clay People are back in town having just wrapped up a six week U.S. tour. Consider their April residency at Spaceland their homecoming. Every Monday this month the band takes the stage, for free, with their friends beginning April 6th. Tonight, April 13th, the band is joined by L.A. friends The Broken West, [...]
As rock & roll gets older – really as any medium of art gets older – the questions start amassing about where there is left to explore once more and more corners of a once dimly lit room are illuminated. What once seemed unlimited is now boxed neatly with walls – sturdy, supportive and finite. [...]
Prior to SXSW, while Dead Confederate were in Los Angeles, the band stopped by Wavaflow studios in Los Feliz and recorded a few tracks for our Friday show on SIRIUS/XM. Both tracks can be found on their 2008 LP Wrecking Ball. Video and MP3s from the session below. Download: MP3: Dead Confederate :: The Rat [...]
Monday I saw Mike Watt open for The Henry Clay People. That night I went home, dug out my Minutemen records, and lamented the fact I no longer own the We Jam Econo documentary DVD. Here are a couple of acoustic clips. “We were fucking corndogs/We’d go drink and pogo.” Minutemen :: Corona (Acoustic) via [...]
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 90: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Condo Fucks – Gudbuy T’Jane ++ Clap Your Hands Say [...]
(Long Shots, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, asks some of our favorite artists to interview one another. Think of it as listening in on a good conversation.) Jason Isbell: How’s the tour going, Justin? Justin Townes Earle: It’s going pretty good I think. JI: How did you like sitting in a van for 24 [...]
