It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Paul Westerberg . That’s a funny sentiment considering the non-stop Replacements-fest that went on from 2012 through last year’s final run of tour dates. […]
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Paul Westerberg :: My Road Now
Putting Paul Westerberg behind a piano is often a recipe for some of his most moving work – and he’s deft at mixing humor with his pathos. Early in his career – […]
Paul Westerberg :: 14 Songs (Revisited)
I’ve never been a huge fan of 14 Songs , which is probably an odd statement coming from a massive fan of both the Replacements and much of Paul Westerberg’s solo work. […]
Paul Westerberg :: Suicaine Gratification
“I didn’t start to make a record. I just had no other options. I didn’t know what to do with my time. I started playing piano and out of the […]
Westerberg’s Wedding Songs
Marriage: it’s why we’re gathered here today. It only makes sense that the most common of lyrical subjects, love, would see its supposed apex, the wedding, represented time and time […]
Decade :: Paul Westerberg, Stereo/Mono (2002)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of […]
Paul Westerberg :: Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys
All has been quiet on the Westerberg front since last September, but lo and behold, the man has sneaked up on us again, this time with the six-song PW & the […]
Paul Westerberg :: 3oclockKreep/Finally Here Once
Perhaps Paul ought to drive a screwdriver through his hand more often. Not that having Westerberg out of commission for a year was a good thing, but ever since his accident, […]
Paul Westerberg :: 5:05
After barely being released, Paul Westerberg’s excellent 49:00 was pulled from the digital market last week. The reasons are somewhat unclear, but the almost universal understanding seems to be that it has to […]
Paul Westerberg :: 49:00
Paul Westerberg’s post- Replacements career has been an interesting one and listeners have dithered back and forth on the merits of each solo release, no two coming to a consensus on any one […]
Jon Brion :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
As a prolific producer, composer, and session player, Jon Brion has been involved with some of the biggest movies and recordings of the last three decades. But with the recent archival release of his debut album Meaningless, listeners can finally hear him as a proper solo artist. Brion joins Aquarium Drunkard to discuss the album and what it means to him more than 20 years after its creation.
The Replacements :: Dead Man’s Pop
“There are Replacements fans who only like the first two albums, or only like the middle three, or whatever. The range is pretty broad. So on one level, doing a deluxe edition of [Don’t Tell a Soul] might not make sense. But the other thing I’m finding out is that it’s a lot of people’s favorite, or one of their favorites, or in a lot of cases, it was their entry point to the band.”
Dead Man’s Pop … we dig in deep.
Bash & Pop :: Anything Could Happen
26 years ago, when the Replacements called it quits the first time, it was hard to know what to expect from any of the individual members. For a brief moment though, it […]
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
The introduction to Bob Mehr’s Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements is set in a funeral parlor in Minneapolis in February of 1995. As readers, we don’t get back to the events surrounding this for another […]
RIP :: Ian McLagan
It’s with a heavy heart that I write about the loss of a true legend; the great Ian McLagan . Born in 1945, Ian began playing in bands while still a teenager, […]