January, 2006 - Aquarium Drunkard

Son Volt :: Austin City Limits 1996

Posted on January 24, 2006

DOWNLOAD:MP3: Son Volt :: Loose String (live) MP3: Son Volt :: Tear Stained Eye (live)MP3: Son Volt :: Chickamauga (live)———-Amazon:

Laura Cantrell :: Under The Covers

Posted on January 23, 2006

Championed by the late John Peel, among others, Cantrell’s recorded catalog has gotten stronger with each subsequent release. Below are some covers she has worked out over the years, plus two songs from her last […]

Live Upload Series III :: The Meters – 1977

Posted on January 22, 2006

Nobody..and I mean nobody funks it up like The Meters did in their prime. Shit-hot grooves. I have collected a number of shows from the band’s ’70s hey-day, and this is one of my favorites. […]

PJ Harvey :: Stories From The City/Sea

Posted on January 21, 2006

First, check out this Live version of “Big Exit” from Melbourne, Australia’s Live At The Rooftop series that originally aired on Radio 3RRR.Now on to Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

The Mountain Goats :: Part Two [live/rare]

Posted on January 21, 2006

DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Mountain Goats :: two-headed boy (neutral milk hotel cover)MP3: The Mountain Goats :: commandante (cat’s cradle)MP3: The Mountain Goats :: you’re in maya (cat’s cradle)MP3: The Mountain Goats :: yoga (cat’s cradle)

The Strokes :: First Impressions of Earth

Posted on January 20, 2006

Seems like there has been a lot of backlash towards this latest Strokes album . While I’m no Strokes pundit, it sounds pretty good to me. In fact, except for a few tracks, it sounds like it would […]

Jeff Buckley :: LIVE @ the Rooftop Radio 3RRR

Posted on January 20, 2006

DOWNLOAD: MP3: Jeff Buckley :: Grace [Live, Melbourne, Australia] ———**you can check out Buckley’s kcrw performance from 1994 here…

Wilson Pickett :: His Midnight Hour, RIP

Posted on January 20, 2006

NEW YORK – Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally” and “In The Midnight Hour,” died of a heart attack Thursday in a Reston, Va., hospital, according to his […]

The Mountain Goats :: Part One

Posted on January 20, 2006

“I am going to make it through this year if it kills me”DOWNLOAD:-Tallahassee-MP3: The Mountain Goats :: Tallahassee MP3: The Mountain Goats :: First Few Desparate Hours -The Sunset Tree-MP3:

Mark Kozelek :: @ The Troubadour Saturday

Posted on January 19, 2006

Thanks to some kind soul on Craig’s List , I have a ticket to see Kozelek’s sold-out show here in Los Angeles at The Troubadour Saturday night. Performing solo, here are some tracks in his catalog I would love […]

Doveman :: Weighing In

Posted on January 19, 2006

I’d like to add my two cents on Doveman , which you may have seen around the block on some of the other music blogs the past week. Look for my review of The Acrobat in the next week, […]

Alejandro Escovedo :: Now Touring

Posted on January 19, 2006

Alejandro is the man. Sometimes — after many beers and tequila — I like to ponder moving to Austin so I could hear more of his music Live, well that…and the barbeque. California’s ‘Que is […]

The Handsome Family :: Plays Murder Ballads

Posted on January 18, 2006

The Sparks family’s 2003 album Singing Bones features their usual heady brew of black humor, death, revenge, murder, insanity, white trash, etc., all wrapped up in the guise of dark, sparse alt. country. Spook city.DOWNLOAD:MP3: The […]

Getting Low P3 :: Bert Jansch

Posted on January 18, 2006January 29, 2025

I typically let the music speak for it’s self in this series, but the soundtrack to The Squid and the Whale has been one of my favorite compilations in the past few years. As carefully […]

2006 – Get To Know :: Scott Claassen

Posted on January 18, 2006

When The Brokedown give you a heads up on rising new artists, you best take notice. Such is the case with Los Angeles based singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Scott Claassen. Embracing both the quirkiness of early Tom Waits, and songrwritng […]