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, we [...]
Based on the strength of their 2008 self-titled EP, this was one of the few bands I missed at CMJ that I really wanted to check out live. Formerly known as Kill Surf City, New Zealand’s Surf City are presently prepping for their 2010 debut full length — stay tuned. Until then check out an [...]
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, we [...]
Posted this track several years ago. Great jam; like a Pink Mountaintops b-side. Throwback rock ‘n roll.
MP3: Map of Africa :: Bone
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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, we [...]
Bob, the protagonist in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy, lived by a simple code: Never mention dogs (“to even mention a dog would have been a hex in itself”). Never look at the back of a mirror (“because you’re looking at your inner self and you don’t recognize it, because you’ve never seen it before“), [...]
Think of them as REM’s quirky cousin. Or, don’t. If you’re of a certain age and spent some time listening to college radio or watching late-night MTV in the ‘80s, you might remember Guadalcanal Diary’s brief incursions into the collective pop consciousness. First with 1984’s “Watusi Rodeo,” which made the cut for the music network’s [...]
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Earlier this year I asked Roadside Graves‘ John Gleason and Jeremy Benson to wax a bit about one of their favorite songwriters, Roger Miller, as the Graves music is nothing if not story [...]
ALICE MAY BROCK, born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 28, 1941. A Pisces … Grew from a difficult child to a juvenile delinquent to a regular (irregular) person … Spent a few years in high school …. reform school … fancy school …. Moved to the Lower East Side, then to the green greener [...]
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, we [...]
Friday night Aquarium Drunkard presents Japandroids with Surfer Blood at the Echo on Sunset in Echo Park. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. Wanna go? Leave your name and a valid email address we can reach you at below in the comments. Winners notified prior to show; tickets at will-call.
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I’ve yet to hear HEM do a cover I didn’t like. Here, the Brooklyn based countrypolitan outfit take on Costello’s “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.” (culled from the 2003 tribute compilation Almost You :: The Songs of Elvis Costello)
MP3: Hem :: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
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