Month: March 2007

This demo of “Casimir Pulaski” (the original found on 2005’s Illinoise’s ) hit the Internets a little over a month ago, but it wasn’t until last week that I finally gave it a listen. And […]

Due to an overwhelming response, via email, to the bootleg sixties freakbeat compilation featured last week, here is part II. Stay tuned for the rest. Tracks up for a very limited time only. ————- Last week in Austin I […]

About four years ago I made a two disc alt.country-folk compilation, for friends, entitled “Downer Country.” If I ever find a copy of it I might post it on the Drunkard for posterity. Anyway, […]

Now that the ink on the contract is dry, I want to announce the news that Aquarium Drunkard is teaming up with Sirius satellite radio . Beginning mid-April, Friday evenings, Sirius subscribers will be able to listen to […]

As previously reported, Yer Bird Records just released their excellent, newly compiled folk comp entitled, wait for it, Folk Music for the End of the World ! How great — and fitting — is that title? Even better than the comp’s title (not to mention the […]

It’s no secret I have an interest in the late sixties, early seventies Laurel Canyon/L.A. music scene; even today, living in Los Angeles, you occasionally catch a glimpse of its past, be it an aging […]

As you may have guessed from previous SXSW entries, as a whole, my favorite *night* of music, in retrospect, would have to have been the Secretly Canadian – Jagjaguwar showcase. No surprise there as they are, collectively, one of […]

Welcome to Episode 27 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 the tracklisting order for this […]

This summer will mark the tenth anniversary of the release of the Spiritualized masterpiece Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space . Wow, that went fast. When I first heard this album it came off like a waking dream; and now 10 years […]

I would love to one day see the documentary film equivalent of Ben Fong-Torres’ definitive Gram Parsons biography Hickory Wind ; unfortunately Fallen Angel isn’t it . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. […]

Have a copy of Dean & Britta’s latest? If not, and you’re interested in a copy of Back Numbers , leave a comment below listing your email address, favorite Luna song, and why. Winners will be chosen at random by […]

Last week in Austin I was often asked what I’ve been listening to lately. My reply was/is: this excellent, yet shitty sounding, bootleg compilation of vinyl rips of 1960s French Freakbeat tracks I happened upon about […]

I spent last night taking the alternate cut of D.A. Pennebaker’s career defining Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back, which is included in the – just released – Don’t Look Back deluxe DVD package . Entitled ’65 Revisited , the film is made up of outtakes […]