Month: November 2006

Although suffering from poor health in the spring of 1970, Howlin’ Wolf agreed to travel to Europe to record with the who’s who if British rock royalty; namely the Stones rhythm section (Charlie Watts […]

A number of readers have requested additional tracks off The Zabriskie Point Sessions, so here is another excerpt from the cream of the crop. Per the comments in the original […]

After years of speculation and anticipation, Neil Young has finally released the first artifact from his legendary archives. The six track album is culled from the March 6th & 7th, 1970 performances at Bill Graham’s […]

When Radiohead’s Ok Computer was released, one of the finest and most appropriate appraisals was that of deeming the band the ’90s Pink Floyd. I was reminded of this recently […]

Welcome to Episode 19 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is […]

Last month Matador Records released the three disc Better Days Will Haunt You , a clearing house for all things Chavez related. Bless you, Matador. Chavez, along with Guided By Voices, Pavement, and a whole slew of […]

You may recall that a couple of months ago I derided Beck’s output post Sea Change ; you can read that here if you like. The gist was that the last two commercial […]

THE SONG DIARY – Long Story Short: 365 songs in 365 days Morgan at Yer Bird introduced me to the sounds of Paleo last April, but I had almost entirely forgotten about the […]

The Hold Steady’s “Southtown Girls” may well be the most listened to single song in my collection since the release of their latest album, Boys and Girls in America, in October. It’s damn catchy in that ‘return-to-the-rock’ kind […]

First off, a big thank you to the friend who sent me this session earlier in the week — it’s been a fine listen indeed.Secondly, if you are a Molina, […]

If it seems like this 1969 recording, Johnny Cashs second Live stint in a prison, was just reissued not too long ago it’s because, well, it was. In 2000 audiences were graced […]

The second Dischord related post in a week comes to us via Fugazi bassist Joe Lally’s solo full length debut, There To Here. With Ian MacKaye teamed up with partner Amy Farina on the […]

A copy of Magnus Larsson’s (aka Pet Politics ) latest EP arrived in the mail the other day via Catbird Records , which reminded me I had yet to mention another of the labels releases I […]

Read music blogs? If so you have no doubt read (numerous) blurbs on the languid, yet exceptional, Beach House debut — and for good reason. Laid back in all the right places, […]