What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, [...]
On November 10th David Wingo returns with Belly of The Lion — his second LP recording as Ola Podrida. I’ve been following Wingo’s work since his days scoring David Gordon Green films and Belly is by far his most acomplished work to date. Returning to his native Texas from his adopted home in Brooklyn, Wingo [...]
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Today’s Diversions catches up with Foreign Born’s Lewis Pesacov (also of Fool’s Gold) as he runs down some of his favorite jams from various African locales/eras (with the exception of Pakistan’s Nusrat [...]
Without giving too much away, let’s just say you will be reading a lot about Sonic Youth’s Murray Street on AD in the near future. On August 13, 2002, WERS Radio in Boston hosted Thurston, Lee, and Jim as they performed acoustic versions of the first three tracks off Murray Street’s side A: “Empty Page,” [...]
Heads up, L.A.: Thursday night, October 15th, Aquarium Drunkard presents BLK JKS with The Growlers at Spaceland. We are giving away several pairs of tickets to AD readers. Hit us up in the comments with your name and an email address we can reach you at. Winners will be contacted via email prior to the [...]
Self-released earlier this year, Warpaint’s Exquisite Corpse EP has been picked up and re-released by L.A.’s Manimal Vinyl. Say hello to your new favorite late night/early morning go-to album. At five tracks it’s a gauzy acoustic/electric affair reminiscent of So Tonight That I Might See era Mazzy Star if, say, fronted by Chan Marshall. This [...]
Heads up, L.A.: Saturday night, October 17th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Wavves with Ganglians, Best Coast and The Soft Pack at the Echoplex here in Echo Park. We are giving away several pairs of tickets to AD readers. Hit us up in the comments with your name and an email address we can reach you at. [...]
(October 12th sees the release of the Flaming Lips double LP, Embryonic. Since August we’ve been looking back on some of the band’s pre-Soft Bulletin moments) The last significant, and best, album of the Flaming Lips’ guitar-heavy vision that ran from their inception up until the late 90s, is undoubtedly 1995′s Clouds Taste Metallic. It [...]
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 113: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Mika Miko – Business Cats ++ Phoenix – Fences (Soft [...]
Yes, you are indeed correct — Vic Chesnutt did just release a new album three weeks ago (At The Cut). You can read all about the impetus and execution of that record in our August interview with Vic here (a highly recommended read for Vic fans). Skitter On Take-Off is Chesnutt’s second LP of 2009, [...]
