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“…And I’m gonna be high, as a kite, by then.” - Elton John, 1972, Honkey Chateau

Jim James and Co. have long been about the choice cover song. A number of which can be found on the Darla Records issued Early Recordings Chapter 1 & 2. These two (separate) collections cull tracks recorded prior to the release of 2001’s At Dawn including eclectic covers, demos, and b-sides.

Besides the obvious Dune reference, Chapter 1 is home to the band’s cover of Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” In regard to the mood and sound of MMJ’s cover, the adjective that immediately comes to mind here is: “spooky.” This is classic recording-in-a-grain-silo-in-Kentucky My Morning Jacket, a far cry from sound the band would evolve into a decade later on this years Evil Urges. I could listen Jim James take on disparate covers all day long; fortunately, for fans, he is more than willing to accommodate (see the bands set lists from this summer). Also: savvy trainspotters may have noticed the inclusion of the bands “Rocket Man” cover at the end of the pilot episode for Showtime’s new drama Californication.

Elsewhere: if you haven’t seen it yet, check out this clip & mp3, on Gorilla vs. Bear, of Erykah Badu joining My Morning Jacket in Dallas, last weekend the Palladium, as the band covered her 1997 jam, Tyrone.” Smooth. The band’s cover of Badu’s “Tyrone” can be found on Chapter 2: Learning.

Download:
MP3: My Morning Jacket :: Rocket Man
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Amazon: My Morning Jacket - Chapter 1 The Sandworm Cometh: Early Recordings

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velocity-girl.jpgI forget where exactly I picked up my cassette copy of Simpatico!, but it was a good deal, I’m sure. But I’ll admit right off the bat - and this is something you may want to note; that I’m willing to admit ignorance - that this is the only Velocity Girl album I’ve ever heard. Simpatico!’s oft-cited predecessor, Copacetic, has never made it to my ears. Is it a better album than Simpatico? Consensus seems to say yes, but I can’t say. I do, however, know how much Simpatico! resonated with me when I bought it in high school and how now it is doing so in new and bigger ways.

The mid-90s were already such a fertile ground for the commercially-burgeoning ‘alternative rock’ scene and the godfathers of the whole shebang - in America that would be R.E.M. especially - were finally having a huge impact on the new bands. “Sorry Again,” Simpatico!’s opener, has everything from R.E.M., in its lightly distorted, chiming guitars, to the giddy rush of Britpop and an altered version of the shoegaze fuzz - just enough to help people who picked this up because it was released on Sub Pop Records feel like they weren’t buying an out-and-out pop album.

From what I’ve read about Copacetic, it is essentially a much fuzzier, more poorly recorded version of this album. That lo-fi aesthetic charms a lot of people, but Velocity Girl was making a play for a bigger piece of the pie. And listen - I can’t imagine them creating a better radio-ready album. Simpatico! is, in a lot of ways, the great, misplaced C-86 album. The band did take their name from the Primal Scream song that graced the original C-86 compilation afterall, and they even brought in John Porter, producer of both The Smiths and Meat is Murder, to helm the boards.

So, the results? It’s a grabbing, powerful blast of pop. Clocking in at just under 35 minutes, and only one song going longer than 3:40, the album takes advantage of Sarah Shannon’s gorgeous voice over and over to create winning tracks. “Tripping Wires” has an incredibly lovely chorus; “There’s Only One Thing Left to Say” and “Rubble” bounce along with the sort of frantic pace that contemporaries like Blur and Lush were cranking out back across the pond. The more I listen to this record, the more and more I’m amazed at just how British this record sounds. This could’ve come in on the Britpop invasion - especially alongside a band like Sleeper - and fit right in.

To have stumbled upon this album randomly was certainly an act of providence. I truly hadn’t listened to this album in quite a long time and in listening to it repeatedly for this review, I’ve felt able to make connections I never would have made before. This is the real reason you hold onto records. It’s also the reason why you never stop learning. Being able to place this album within the larger context of its surrounding has given me a greater appreciation for just what’s going on. And man, it’s something fantastic. words/j neas

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MP3: Velocity Girl :: Sorry Again
MP3: Velocity Girl :: Rubble
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Tuesday, September 2nd, Aquarium Drunkard presents Centro-matic, and South San Gabriel, live at Spaceland. The band will begin their set by performing “as” South San Gabriel - a hushed set - before returning to the stage for the full-on rock show donning their Centro-matic hats. The tour is in support of the band’s, new, double album Dual Hawks, which I plan on picking up the vinyl version of at the show. Sleepercar open up the night (featuring Jim Ward of Sparta.)

Per usual, we are giving away five pairs of tickets to the show for AD readers. Leave a comment with a valid email address, you favorite Will Johnson tune, and your full name (we need this for the Will Call list if ya win).

Previously: Will Johnson (Centro-Matic) :: The AD Interview

Download:
MP3: Centro-Matic :: Remind Us Alive
MP3: South San Gabriel :: Kept On The Sly
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The album is largely centered around songs that channel the fractured sense of pop that many indie bands of the period took up - the chords seem slightly off key, as do some of the guitar solos - and surround them with contrarian notions of found sounds, crackling and hissing static, Casio-keyed effects and Beach Boy-esque harmonies. Where the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine do get it right is in the vocals. Buried far enough down in the mix to nearly obliterate whatever the words are, the vocals take on the role of just another instrument, adding to the fray instead of standing out above them. But unlike MBV, whose long-praised masterpiece Loveless hides its individual songs in what amounts to one, long album piece of art, Swirlies’ songs stand on their own and don’t disappear down the memory hole by album’s end, refusing to sacrifice them in order to create an album work.

The bulk of the songs on the record follow the style of pop buried beneath layers of noise. “BELL,” “Pancake” and “Jeremy Parker” are dunked in noise from beginning to end, their power-pop edges blunted and hidden by the fuzz. “Vigilant Always” is full of the type of chiming guitars that so much of early-90s indie-rock harnessed themselves around and is arguably the album’s most beautiful song - even when it descends into punkish chaos for a minute or so, only to return to the beginning beauty and then back into the maelstrom for its closing. “His Life of Academic Freedom” is done in a style familiar to the band - subdued, 4-track sounding recordings awash in the ‘underwater’ sound of tape recordings, buried further with digital noise blips. It’s a quiet song in the midst of a frequently loud album and helps keep some of the songs from running together.

The last third of the album shows a focus that the first, swirlier (ha!) thirds of the album do not. “Park the Car on the Side of the Road” is frantic, off-key pop-punk that races along with little regard for the stability underneath the harmonies. “Tree Chopped Down” and “Wrong Tube” are mid-tempo explorations of the kind that are largely obscured, sonically, earlier in the album. It winds back together with the brief “Wait Forever” that recalls “His Life of Academic Freedom” in its washed tones.

Swirlies never achieved much commercial success (nor did any major bands associated with Boston’s ‘Chimp Rock’ scene), but they, without a doubt, created one of the true masterpieces of 90s lo-fi indie-rock. This is the kind of record and band that you will wait years to run into someone who knows them, but when you do, it’s like a secret handshake. And it feels so good to share that smile of recognition. words/ j neas

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MP3: Swirlies :: Vigilant Always
MP3: Swirlies :: Jeremy Parker
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eMusic: Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton

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Back in the early days of AD we would regularly run a feature called Under The Covers that would pit a really good cover against its original; in essence, the Cover Wars. Since features tend to ebb and flow around here, let’s revisit this one. The track in question is Guided By Voices “I Am Decided,” a track that Kim Deal (aka, Tammy Ampersand) covered in 1995 with her super lo-fi side-side project The Amps. Released on the groups sole (and excellent) album Pacer, “I Am Decided” easily complimented the rest of the LP’s material. It also paid homage to fellow Dayton rocker, Robert Pollard, who, with his band of GBV vets, reinvented the sound of ’90s underground DIY lo-fi, and in doing so was a major influence on Pacer’s sound.

Pollard and company officially/commercially released the source material years later via the, exhaustive, box set Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow. It’s classic Guided By Voices, recorded under the fake band name Timid Virus, that was (reportedly) supposed to appear on an abandoned concept album entitled The Power of Suck. That Pollard always had a way with album titles, no?

So that’s that. Which one do you prefer? The original, written by Pollard, or the cover, cleaned up a smidgen and crooned by Kim Deal? I know my preference, but want to hear your pick in the comments below. Have at it. As always, The Club Is Open…

Download:
MP3: Guided By Voices :: I Am Decided
MP3: The Amps :: I Am Decided (cover)
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Amazon: Guided By Voices - Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow

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Lodger is also home to Bowie’s “Red Money,” a track that Iggy Pop enthusiasts will immediately recognize as a slight variation of Iggy’s “Sister Midnight” off his 1977 Bowie-produced album The Idiot. This would later prove to be the 1st of two tracks from The Idiot Bowie would nick for his own use on albums. The second time would prove to be a commercial hit with “China Girl” off his 1983 LP Let’s Dance.

* Watch the video for “Boys Keeping Swinging” below - further proof no one smears their lipstick quite like that David Bowie.

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MP3: David Bowie :: Boys Keep Swinging
MP3: David Bowie :: Red Money
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David Bowie :: Boys Keep Swinging (Lodger, 1979)

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(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)

I’ve enjoyed Oakley Hall’s work from day one, but for me, the moment that announced their arrival at something truly unique was the opening track from their 2006 album Gypsum Strings: “Confidence Man.

If you’re familiar with the fact that Oakley Hall front-man Pat Sullivan was a founding member of Oneida, then the guitar work that opens the song wouldn’t come as much of a surprise. But considering the largely Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers/Dwight Yoakam sound of the first two albums, it was somewhat of a shock. The song barrels out of the gate with an acrid, hypnotic and looping guitar line that cuts through the silence as the band comes to life in pieces behind it. When everything falls in together, the song crackles with tension.

Gypsum Strings was the second of two albums Oakley Hall released in 2006 and it was the more studious and structured of the twins. Second Guessing, the first album, had loped by on a grooving, laid-back band structure that sounded almost like a live recording in its tone. Gypsum Strings, however, sounded more like that band heading into the studio to touch up what could be done with their work. “Confidence Man” roars out of the gate like nothing on any prior releases. (Its closest companion is actually “No Dreams” from the subsequent I’ll Follow You.)

But I mentioned Sullivan’s prior band for a reason. Oneida’s fusion of noise and structured sound, with its debts to krautrock, no wave and post-rock, had been fairly absent from Oakley Hall’s repertoire, but on this song, the intensity of drone, the hypnotic beat fused with the duet vocals of Sullivan and Rachel Cox, leads the song to a crashing conclusion. There’s no proper chorus, just organized chaos within a swirl of distortion - sweet, powerful, caustic and a perfect opening salvo. words/j. neas

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MP3: Oakley Hall :: Confidence Man
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Amazon: Oakley Hall - Gypsum Strings

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As I am sure many of you reading are aware, last week David Byrne and Brian Eno’s first collaboration in nearly three decades hit the digital marketplace in the form of their new LP Everything That Happens Happens Today. Besides the obvious reunion of the two icons the release is also notable as it was released via Topspin, the new Ian Rogers chaired digital music/marketing company that was unveiled just a few months ago via Billboard. While I have only had a cursory listen thus far, it sounds great, and is full of both the familiar as well as unexpected turns running throughout.

Byrne (sans Eno) is set to tour this Fall behind the release on a bill dubbed “Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno” in which he will touch on material going back to pairs very first collaborations on through to the present album. For those of you with us here in Los Angeles, the tour touches down in Los Feliz at the Greek Theatre on October 3rd.

Download:
MP3: David Byrne/Brian Eno :: Strange Overtones
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Sure, name checking a band as the West coast heir apparent to Big Star is a bold statement, brave in fact, but that’s exactly how I’ve been hailing The World Record of late. I didn’t catch the bands live act until late ‘07, but their 2006 long player Guitars! Forever would have most likely made my best of 2006 list had I been hip to them at the time. Power-Pop enthusiasts take note, this LP is the sugar sweet from top to bottom.

Local: if you are an Angeleno, The World Record do gig around town - and it’s usually an event - as it ain’t often.

Download:
MP3: The World Record :: We’re # 1
MP3: The World Record :: Serious
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Purchase: The World Record - Guitars! Forever

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Aquarium Drunkard is presenting the upcoming White Denim show at Republic New Orleans , Wednesday, August 27th. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; this is one of the best live acts touring today. Those of us stateside have been anxiously awaiting a full-length from the band which is finally on the horizon. It’s called Explosion and drops this November (via our friend Transmission Entertainment’s new label)We have 10 pairs of tickets to give away to AD readers. Leave your name and a valid email address below for a pair.

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MP3: White Denim :: Sitting (new)
MP3: White Denim :: Shake Shake Shake
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dj-studio.jpgOur weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 60: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Catfish Haven - Set In Stone ++ Cat Power - Speak For Me ++ The Broken West - House of Lies ++ James Jackson Toth - Banquet Styx ++ Of Montreal - Id Engager ++ Human Highway - The Sound ++ Throw Me The Statue - Your Girlfriend’s Car ++ Neutral Milk Hotel - The King Of Carrot Flowers Parts 2 And 3 ++ Lou Reed - Vicious ++ Iggy Pop - Dum Dum Boys ++ The Pink Mountaintops - Erected ++ The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Nevertheless ++ King Khan & The Shrines - Welfare Bread ++ Rodriguez - Only Good For Conversation ++ Arif Sag - Osman Pehlivan ++ TV On The Radio - Dry Drunk Emperor ++ Sonic Youth - Titanium Expose ++ Sam Amidon - Head Over Heels ++ Vetiver - Houses ++ The Handsome Family - Weightless Again ++ The Kinks - Johnny Thunder ++ Robbs - Cynthia Loves ++ The Velvet Underground - White Light/White ++ The Velvet Underground - I’m Waiting For My Man ++ Destroyer - It’s Gonna Take An Airplane ++ A.C. Newman - Come Crash ++ Port O’brien - I Woke Up Today ++ Bodies of Water - Here Comes My Hand ++ Guided by Voices - Captain’s Dead ++ Minor Threat - Minor Threat ++ The Ramones - 53rd & 3rd ++ The Replacements - Answering Machine ++ David Vandervelde - Nothin’ No ++ T. Rex - Jeepster

* You can listen, for free, online with the SIRIUS three day trial — just submit an email address and they will send you a password.

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Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without, be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

Horse Feathers debut LP, Words Are Dead, was one of our 12 favorite records of 2006. The bands follow-up House With No Name that is slated for a release September 9th via Kill Rock Stars. Today’s installment of Off The Record catches up with Horse Feathers Justin Ringle as he walks us through some of his favorite Portland haunts.

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1. Mississippi Records :: Hands down the best record store in town. It’s all vinyl and they started to put out their own records to boot. Great selection of older roots music plus new stuff. I get lost in there sometimes and my only savior is the allure of Stumptown coffee next door at Fresh Pot (the adjacent local coffee house). In fact a testament to Portland’s love for the store is that recently during a street fair on Mississippi ave. where the store is located, someone put a “Future Home of Starbucks” banner on the store front. Before I knew it was a hoax everyone I knew was seething with anger ready to brick windows and commit arson. . .just goes to show you what local business means to people here.

2. Beulahland :: I went for a long time in Portland without declaring a bar my own but I think this is the one. Beulahland is definitely the closest thing to Cheers we’ve got in Northeast Portland. I am guaranteed to see half a dozen people I know there on any given night which is sometimes both a good and bad thing. The combination of good food, cheap whiskey beer backs, booths, and an incredible amount of stuff to look at on the walls brings me back way too frequently.

3. Powells Books :: This one goes without saying, but it must be mentioned. It’s practically the Disneyland of literature. If you can’t find it at Powells you might be out of luck. I have lost days in this place before, so it comes with a warning. . .

4. Irvington :: Not necessarily on the cool map of Portland, but it is where my place is and I have to say that when I’m on tour I really miss walking around and looking at all the old giant Portland homes . During the spring it seems totally surreal with everyone’s perfect gardens blowing up. It actually appears that in this neighborhood the real plants actually choke out the weeds.

5. Valentines :: A very small and intimate venue located downtown where you are likely to witness the freshest music projects Portland has to offer. It seems that for some reason musical rules don’t really apply here and I am always impressed with how casual it all seems. It’s my favorite place to watch quieter folk stuff, or singer songwriters, plus they have great art on the walls.

Download:
MP3: Horse Feathers :: Curse In The Weeds (new)
MP3: Horse Feathers :: Finch On Sunday
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Athens, Georgia’s perennial rock & roll torch-bearers, Bloodkin, have a new album in the can entitled Baby They Told Us We Would Rise Again. Fuck yes; further proof you can never count these guys out. Stay tuned for details regarding a label and release date (looking like late ‘08) as they leak out.

In the late Summer of 2000 the band recorded their sole, official, live album, All Dolled Up, at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta. Living in town at the time, between Athens and Los Angeles, I count myself fortunate to have been there. Packed, boozey and humid, the room was rock ‘n roll incarnate. The live document was released soon after by the Phoenix Presents Series, a label which reportedly soon went under due to business disputes. Unfortunately All Dolled Up was collateral damage, and has since been commercially unavailable, digital or otherwise, for at least seven years. Here’s hoping for a re-release. Until then, chew on a couple of tracks from that September night in Atlanta, eight years ago, recorded upstairs at Smith’s Olde Bar…

Related: Bloodkin :: Live @ Caledonia 4/26/05 (via Southern Shelter)

Download:
MP3: Bloodkin :: Paying What I Owe
MP3: Bloodkin :: Breakfast In Bed (Dusty Springfield cover)
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Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without, be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

Today’s installment of Off The Record finds us Detroit, Michigan, home of Rodriguez. Whenever we here of an artist long rumored to be dead, not to mention inspiring revolutionaries worldwide, we, naturally, take notice. And when that person plays guitar and sings like a psychedelic Nick Drake crossed with Cream, we really take notice. We’re happy to report that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez is indeed alive and well and living in Detroit. With the reissue of his late-sixties LP Cold Fact hitting retail shelves today, Rodriguez uses OTR to provide an unfiltered, politically charged, tour of his hometown. Heads up, this may piss some folks from “the D” off.

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This is a walk through Detroit. But be protected. Our history reads: Not so peaceful. As you take this tour, be sure you stay with the Living. And should you find yourself, a snowflake in an ocean of Darkness, be secure. The Force is with you.

Taking a ride on the bus, might be one quick approach. Especially a crosstown, like the Dexter. These buses don’t run on a regular schedule but once you take this ride, the cultural diversity will become clear and obvious.

At the waterfront stands the Renaissance Center, now owned by General Motors. This is the company that is crying poverty. This is the biggest building in Detroit. Before this it was owned by Ford (Motor Company).

Go to the City County Building and you will be confronted with the security measures that are being taken there. This is a city under siege.

Visit the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, flanked by the Wayne County Jail. It is in the vicinity of one of three magnificent casino skyscrapers newly built to continue to drain this impoverished, undereducated, politically-abused population.

This is a city of victims. Everyone I know and everyone I have met have told me their stories of rip offs, of theft, of violence and of urban mayhem. And I am a musician. They confide in me like others might confide in a priest.

Stop in at 36th District Court. Be witness to the sociology there. The Courthouse sits next to Ford Field (NFL) and Comerica Park (MLB), reflected in the strobe lights of the Fox Theatre and Hockeytown Cafe (NHL). Once there, betwen Woodward and Griswold, pass by what is known as, Urine Street. The stench of it will almost knock a person down.

As a person is en route to a place called Capitol Park, you will find an area adorned by ten dead trees, with a statue of the first governor of Michigan. Governor Mason. His head swarmed with pigeon shit. This is not far from historic Campus Martius where a monument stands to commemorate so many who sacrificed so much in the Civil War.

This, Our beloved polis. - Rodriguez

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MP3: Rodriguez :: Sugar Man
MP3: Rodriguez :: Only Good For Conversation
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