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 179: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Velvet Underground – Lady Godiva’s Operation ++ Disappears – Gone Completely ++ Pink Mountaintops [...]
A vinyl-only tribute compilation (distributed by Norton Records), Daddy Rockin’ Strong rounds up thirteen Nolan Strong bangers covered by various true believers in the worlds of rock and roll, punk and garage. Players include, but not limited to, Reigning Sound, Mark Sultan, Gentleman Jesse, The Dirtbombs, Cub Koda, Andre Williams and Lenny Kaye. In short, [...]
If you have yet to spend some quality time on youtube with the session Bill Withers cut live in the studio for the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test in the early 70s, might I suggest you do so immediately. I probably hit it up every six months, most recently this afternoon following a discussion centered [...]
Since the beginning of Bob Dylan’s imprint on popular culture his material has had the rare ability to transcend race, space and time. While you may have a number of these covers scattered throughout your collection, there is no denying Ace Records did a commendable job last year gathering up and framing twenty Dylan tracks [...]
Johnny Adams, a name familiar to most anyone who has ever purchased a southern soul compilation, worked his magic last Friday night. An inspired choice, my friend served up Adams’s Heart & Soul LP on wax while cracking into a bottle of Jameson just before dinner. The album kicks off with one of the best [...]
Friday night Aquarium Drunkard welcomes Smith Westerns return to Los Angeles at the Echo. Yuck and Therapies Son support. We are giving away several pairs of tickets to AD readers. Enter for a chance to win in the comments below. Note: in the email field, leave a valid address you actually check as this is [...]
It’s been nearly two years since we last heard from the Veils, but 2011 already brings us the Troubles of the Brain EP, the band’s first release for their new self-run Pitch Beast record label. It’s an interesting move on the band’s part, leaving Rough Trade records, their home for their first three albums, to [...]
