Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, 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 124: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ James Husband – A Grave In The Gravel ++ Harlem [...]

Up until a minute ago this post began with me relating an anecdote about my friend, Adam who, after catching Devo in Brooklyn recently, said something to the effect of “I feel sorry for anyone who only knows Devo through the video for “Whip It.” In my mind this was something he had told me, [...]

We lost yet another legend today. Bobby Charles, aged 71, passed away at his home in Abbeville, LA. Charles’ music has graced the pages of AD countless times over the years, from his solo work to his contributions to the Band, and most recently his re-appreciation by the Vetiver clan on their 2008 LP Thing [...]

Complaining about L.A.’s traffic is about as tired as, well, complaining about L.A.’s traffic. I’m aware. Regardless, last week I found myself on multiple occasions making the east-west commute. For those of you unfamiliar with the layout of Los Angeles, the trek is—at its best—45 minutes up to an hour and a half (and we’re [...]

A honey-throated god—mere months away from death—Presley, solo at the piano, performs a spellbinding rendition of “Unchained Melody.” Ladies and gentlemen, this was showmanship. A king indeed. + Download Elvis via eMusic’s 25 free MP3 no risk trial offer ____________________________________________________________________________________

Not unlike Harlem, their Austin brethren, the Strange Boys concentrate on rock & roll’s primal roots forgoing the bullshit and pretense. It is what it is—refreshing. Their debut album, …And Girls Club, is still in heavy rotation having first caught their live show a year ago. Now a six-piece (they added Mika Miko’s Jenna Thornhill [...]

The Besnard Lakes are responsible for one of the best LPs of 2007—the eight track soundscape that is The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse. With “Albatross” (the first single from their forthcoming LP …Are the Roaring Night), the Montreal group, fronted by husband and wife Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, continue down the path [...]

A couple of years ago I had Le Switch guest DJ my radio show. The stacks they were pulling from consisted of a lot of old Motown, Stax and Harry Nilsson (and I think even a track off a Ringo Starr solo joint). One band I hadn’t heard of was The Ox-Bow Incident, a sixties [...]

Before I cool it with the Waits stuff, I thought I’d share this last bit as I’ve been in a heavy early-late ’70s Waits mode for awhile. It’s that time of year. What I love about this era is that it just bounces. There is no one doing it quite like this anymore, not even [...]

It kind of amazes me that nobody seems to know the man behind one of the world’s most well-known songs. Not that this is too uncommon, it’s just that Jerry Jeff Walker’s music is so damn good for the heart it’s a mystery why he never became a household name. Walker wasn’t technically native to [...]