(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) Yesterday […]
Month: April 2008
Off The Record :: Sun Kil Moon (San Francisco, CA)
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 […]
Car Jamming, Pt 3 :: Po’ Monkey’s Lounge
(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) “I would hate […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lie Down in the Light
Will Oldham fanatics (raises hand) can expect the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Lie Down in the Light , out next month via the Drag City label. While there is no firm trackist yet, it looks like the album drops stateside May 20th. Excerpt […]
SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our 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 45: […]
AD/NOLA :: Parliament/Funkadelic @ Republic
Heading to the second weekend of Jazzfest in New Orleans? If so, head to Republic Friday night, May 2nd, as Aquarium Drunkard presents George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic . The combination of George Clinton and ‘Fest should be insane. We have ten […]
Dale Hawkins :: LA, Memphis & Tyler, Texas
Been traveling around the Mississippi Delta (presently in Greenwood, MS) for over a week now, doing juke joint research and eating all manner of fried food, soul food, crawfish, et al (speaking of, might I […]
Amnion :: aTONn
Good things tend to beget good things. Here’s a recent example of this: A few months ago I was turned on the the Amnion album by one of my favorite L.A. artists of the past year, […]
The Raconteurs :: Consolers of The Lonely
There’s something to be said for guerrilla marketing. The Raconteurs , the super-group that’s only a super-group if you’re a hard-nosed indie-rock person to begin with, announced the release of their sophomore album only one week before […]
Kathleen Edwards :: The AD Interview
Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards ‘ debut, 2003’s Failer , made our top ten list of that year. Five years and three albums later, Edwards, on tour in support of her new album Asking For Flowers, sat down with […]
R.E.M. :: Wolves, Lower (10/10/82, Raleigh, NC)
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Car Jamming, Pt 2 :: Route 66 – Erick, OK
The road tales continue in this second edition of Car Jamming . As I previously mentioned, until Thursday, we had been traveling east on Route 66 (when applicable) from L.A. en route to the Southeast. Before hitting […]
A Cassette Valediction: Part One of Two
Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty ). Part one of two. – […]
SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our 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 44: […]
The National :: The Black Sessions (Paris, 2005)
This is a re-post per multiple requests following the 2007 White Session posted a couple of weeks ago. The following should be required listening for National fans; its material taken from the Cherry Tree EP […]