(In October of 2008 we flipped the script on our Sevens column with Politiko , focusing solely on political songs until the general election. It’s now 2016…and we’re back.) “It all started at the border / and […]
Category: Sevens
Sevens (Politiko) :: Ramones / Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
Sevens :: Tim Hecker – Live Room
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) “Live Room” sits like an elephant on the hardy chest that is Virgins, Tim Hecker’s latest and perhaps most breathtaking […]
Sevens :: 2 Live Crew – Banned In The USA
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the Bill of Rights’ most debated and […]
Sevens: Alice Coltrane – Transfiguration (Live, 1976)
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) It’s been noted that 1976’s “Transfiguration” is a culmination, and a sort of completion of the body of […]
Sevens :: Caitlin Rose – I Was Cruel
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) It’s a hard lesson to realize what terrible things you’re capable of doing. We like to think the […]
Sevens: The Replacements – Portland
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) In 1988 the Replacements headed to a studio in Woodstock, New York in an effort to record their […]
Sevens :: The Replacements – Hold My Life / Good Day
On February 18th, 1995, Bob Stinson, founding member and former lead guitarist of the Replacements, was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment. While at the time it was suspected to be an overdose, it was […]
Sevens :: Nick Cave – There She Goes, My Beautiful World
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) There is no taxiing towards the sky here. It begins with the click of landing gear retracting, then […]
Sevens :: Jason Lytle – Get Up And Go
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) It’s science: We live in the Age of the Sad Song . Bright melodies, major chords, and “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah-isms” are greeted with suspicion by […]
Les Rallizes Dénudés :: Night Of The Assassins
Swathed in an impenetrable fog of mystery and extremism, the Japanese group Les Rallizes Dénudés exist more as a myth than as a real band. But what is a real band anyways? Accounts of Rallizes live shows tell […]
Sevens :: Jeremy Benson, The Ones You Love
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) When recommending an album, or even just trying to describe one, people often tend to offer up a […]
Sevens :: Sharon Van Etten – Warsaw
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) I’ve become obsessed with segues and album structure over the years. I appreciate, probably to excessive levels, a […]
Sevens :: The Roots – Tip the Scale
Sevens :: Guided By Voices – The Unsinkable Fats Domino
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) I’m not sure who you trust, but I hope it’s not a musician. Chalk Robert Pollard’s Guided By […]