Monday night begins Local Natives month-long weekly residency at Spaceland . It is free – AD presents along with Filter . The band is back in L.A. after near-constant touring post-SXSW; most recently supporting […]
Month: July 2009
SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
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 […]
Crime/Sonic Youth :: Hot Wire My Heart
Switching gears entirely, and in the words of John Cleese, “and now for something completely different.” With the release of Sonic Youth’s The Eterna l earlier this summer I’ve been working in […]
Sevens :: You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) My friend Mike may have departed L.A. for Brooklyn at the beginning of […]
Merge XX :: An Anniversary Party
Ebaahi Soundz :: The Oshit’„‡ Cassette
Fans of highlife, afrobeats and African funk, among others, generally discover new music due to either insane passion or dumb luck (count me as the latter). Most music from the […]
Roadside Graves :: U.S. Summer Tour Dates
If you somehow couldn’t tell , Roadside Graves new LP, My Son’s Home , is our favorite roots-based album of 2009. Period. Clocking in at an hour, in the span of 18 tracks, the record is a […]
Off The Record :: The Minus 5 (Portland, OR)
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 […]
Diana Ross & The Supremes :: Not Fade Away
Let The Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960-1969 , part of Hip-O Select’s Lost & Found series, just continues to impress. I originally wrote about the set in March of 2008, upon its release, and have . . . Only the […]
Javelin :: Tell Me, What Will It Be?
This post was originally set to coincinde with today’s SIRIUS/XM show but I ran out of time and didn’t get to spin it. Happens. Recently signed (appropriately) to David Byrne’s […]
SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
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 […]
LANDy :: AD SIRIUS/XMU Session
Today, during the second hour of our SIRIUS/XM show, we are airing the LANDy session recorded at The Ship Studio in Eagle Rock, CA. LANDy, who just released their debut album Eros And Omissions , began as the […]
Diversions :: Megafaun On The Los Angeles Lakers
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Megafaun released their sophomore LP, Gather, Form […]
The Seeds :: Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
Girls :: Album
True Panther Sounds , again in conjunction with Matador , is releasing the San Francisco based duo Girls debut album on September 22nd. In what could soon become a growing trend , the album is simply entitled album. Girls […]