Prior to my buying into the heathen bargain that is Los Angeles, ye olde Drunkard grew up in the wooded enclave that is Atlanta, GA. Recently, through the magic of eMusic, bit torrent and the like, I have been revisiting albums by artists that I long sold off, in the mid-late 90s, in an effort [...]

I’ve been working on some short story ideas involving the invincibility of youth, or rather, the self-perceived invincibility of youth often held by those under twenty. While most need look no farther than their own past teenage dalliances with (what could have been certain) death, I’ve been preoccupied with the motif within popular culture—explicitly in [...]

Those who have clerked in a record store (which, over the past decade, I can only assume is a dwindling number), can attest to extremely varied amount of divergent music they were turned onto via enthusiastic co-workers. The good, the bad and the ugly. I was twenty when I landed the gig and that’s where [...]

Five years is a long time between albums, but after 20 years as a band, Teenage Fanclub has certainly earned the right to take their time. It’s been an interesting wait, however, because of their last effort (2005′s Man-Made) which saw the group slowly moving towards a softer destination with their classicist power pop. Gone [...]

Dust off your glitter and tuck your hair behind your ears, Free Energy is here and their hubcap diamond stars are polished and ready to cruise. The Philly-via-MN quintet’s Stuck on Nothing is pure, irony-free, big-smile rock ‘n’ roll for the summertime, filling up the middle spaces between boogie and glam and power pop: the [...]

R. Stevie Moore, with hundreds of albums under his belt – most of them home-recordings released on hissy cassette tape and hand-marked CD-R – is an unrecognized genius. Born in Nashville, son to session man and Elvis’s bass player Bob Moore, Robert Steven Moore grew up in the music business. Opting to make it on [...]

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. SIRIUS 144: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Gories – Hey, Hey We’re The Gories ++ Canarios – Trying So Hard ++ [...]

That’s right, kids. The Henry Clay People bring their rock and roll show to Spaceland June 8th to celebrate the release of their new record. Catch them in L.A. before they hit the road on Summer tour.