Next Thursday, July 16th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Son Volt and Cowboy Junkies live at The Wiltern in L.A. Son Volt are touring behind American Central Dust their new LP released last week on Rounder Records. We are giving away a bunch of pairs of tickets to AD readers. To land a pair, hit up the [...]
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 102: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Tallest Man On Earth – I Won’t Be Found [...]
Last week I was working on an acoustic-based folk playlist for my show on SIRIUS/XM. Halfway through I wound up scrapping it as my mood changed, and if music is anything it is mood. The second track, following The Tallest Man Alive, was Jim James’ cover of the Beatles “Long, Long, Long” which was just [...]
File under: New to me. Denton, TX outfit The Baptist Generals released No Silver/No Gold on Sub Pop in 2003, but I didn’t catch wind of it until this May while visiting a friend in Atlanta. While definitely not an easy listen (this is far cry from the comfortable sounds of label mates Iron & [...]
The first time I heard Emitt Rhodes self-titled debut LP from 1970 I must have listened to it, and it alone, for a straight for a week. It’s that kind of album. Recorded in Rhodes’ home studio the album is a near perfect piece of unabashed McCartney influenced pop. Recording to four track tape, writing [...]
I twittered about this bit of Pavement related news a couple of weeks ago, but in case you missed it…Scott Kannberg, aka Spiral Stairs, is set to release his solo debut October 20th via Matador Records. Note this is not to be confused with Kannberg’s initial post-Pavement project Preston School of Industry. Release Details: Following [...]
In 2007 we posted the at the time unreleased 1969 CSN demos; 16 of them, all very much worth tracking down if you’re a fan of the debut LP. Last month an alternate set of demos was officially released (12 tracks), via Rhino Records, dubbed the CSN Demos. The set compiles previously unreleased demos from [...]
In the spirit of the residual frenzy surrounding the release of volume one of Neil’s archives, we continue with the Neil Young reposts. Below is part 1 of 2, of Volume II, of the Perfect Echo compilation chronicling the years 1978-1984. Stay tuned for part two. ——- For those interested in the back story, here [...]
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Below Roadside Graves principles, John Gleason and Jeremy Benson, discuss their introduction, and relationship, with the late great (and vastly underrated) Roger Miller. The band just recently sold out their album release [...]
Below is the second half of the Neil Young soundboard-derived live collection A Perfect Echo Vol. I. capturing the years 1974 – 1976. The first half can be found here. For those interested in the back story, here are notes on the series via sharing the groove: “Braden Strickler has done it again. He’s compiled [...]
