AD presents Grand Archives. We have several pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. For a chance at a pair, 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.
I think our endorsement of Chapel Hill, NC’s The Love Language was made pretty clear in August with the inclusion of not one, but two of their tracks on our Weird Summer mixtape. If you require further endorsements, how about this: they just signed with Merge Records, and blew minds last month in New York [...]
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, [...]
(I mentioned this entry in the Mountain Man post and have since received a lot of email inquiries about it. For those who did not grab it the first time around, have at it below.) Recording under the moniker White Antelope, Fleet Foxes principal singer/songwriter Robin Pecknold continues to tackle folk covers on his MySpace [...]
Back in L.A. after a long weekend spent in Austin with friends at Fun Fun Fun Fest. After the craziness that is CMJ last month, FFF felt like the complete opposite: laid back, relaxed and easy. Best part of the weekend was without a doubt the Jesus Lizard, but more on that later. Twin Tigers [...]
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) For fans, Fruit Bats re-entry this year, both touring and on record, was something to behold (be sure to track down that tour EP they were hawking from earlier in the year). [...]
A lost and found story. Louie and the Lovers from Salinas, California put out this one record, discovered and produced by the legendary Doug Sahm during his exile from Texas; it barely sold. But Rise was such a strong album, a startling blend of the San Francisco sound, Chicano music, and Tex-Mex country rock, it [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
