Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 205: Jean-Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Toro Y Moi – Still Sound ++ Richard Swift – Broken Finger Blues ++ Peggy Sue – Long Division Blues ++ [...]

I couldn’t tell you exactly what it is that makes this song what it is, but I’d wager to say it’s a combination of the slight quiver in Williams’ voice, those perfectly arranged ‘doo doo doos’ and the backup singers’ “I Love You’s” all driven forth by propulsive piano, drums and a string section. If [...]

For better of worse, there is only one Andre Williams. Truly. If you’ve never caught his live show, this 2008 doc should give you and idea of what’s going down with the man both onstage and off. Those of you here in Los Angeles will note the clips of his performance at Spaceland from a [...]

My biggest regret of 2011 (so far) is deciding I could skip the Love Language’s show at the Cat’s Cradle in Carborro, NC back in February. They had announced a special guest, but being that the Love Language is local, I figured I could miss a show and catch them again soon. Besides, how special [...]

If you’re a regular listener to my radio show, then you’re likely familiar with The Allah-Las. San Francisco’s Nick Waterhouse, who produced their 7″and released it via his own Pres Records, turned me on to the band earlier this year; they’ve since become one of my favorite local outfits going. Sounding jangly, fuzzy and not [...]

To the faithful—to the true believers—R.E.M.’s fabled five-album run on IRS Records was one of the strongest in contemporary rock/pop history. And in that run, 1986′s Lifes Rich Pageant in many ways marked the end of an era as the group’s next LP, Document, would find them sowing the seeds of the next phase of [...]

Great Dylan cover released last week by a band I’ve had an eye on since first catching their show in New York several years back; The Moondoggies. Below is their inspired take on Dylan’s “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowehere.” I’m loving “the Band” arrangement and flavor they inject here. MP3: The Moondoggies :: You Ain’t Goin’ [...]

(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Considering what passes for “country music” in Nashville these days (not to mention “country radio”) it’s easy to forget there are true heirs to the old masters writing, recording and performing in [...]