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Month: June 2008
Joe Higgs :: Life of Contradiction (2008 Reissue)
As the vintage newspaper clipping above infers, those interested in early roots reggae most definitely need this 1975 album in their collection; it’s just a seminal and essential listen. Reissued […]
Celebrity Vinyl :: A Book By Tom Hamling
He’s doing it “Reynolds style.” Author/collector Tom Hamling suffers from a condition that drives him to hunt down the very most obscure in vinyl records. Granted, this in and of […]
Garage Rock Tales :: Jackson, MS
“A preachment, dear friend, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn nicotine and the temptations of Eve…” – The Hombres – Let It All Hang Out Really, you […]
Silver Jews :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Earlier this week Aquarium Drunkard caught up with Silver Jews’ David Berman whose new album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea drops June 17th via the Drag City label. Here, in part one of the interview, Berman discusses his faith, recovery, the documentary film Silver Jew, songwriting and his fairly recent role as bandleader in a live setting after years of non-touring, and what effect that has on one’s creative process. Stay tuned for part two of the interview which digs into the new LP and more.
Off The Record :: American Princes (Little Rock, AR)
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 […]
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 […]
Last Night :: Whigs/Le Switch/Henry Clay People
Sometimes a rock ‘n’ roller needs to howl to be heard. Last night Athens, GA’s, The Whigs ripped through tracks from their Dave Matthews- label -approved Mission Control for a devoted crowd at the Echo , abandoning […]
Playboy After Dark :: Grateful Dead (January 1969)
Back in the late sixties CBS used to broadcast Playboy After Dark , Hugh Hefner’s swinging variety show featuring artists, actors, beat poets, comics and, of particular interest, great musical guest performances from […]
Midnight Oil :: The Politics of Diesel and Dust
Politics in music is a tricky business. If it’s so pointed and obvious, it can often make the politics, and the music, insufferable, no matter how much you might agree. […]
Sevens :: Califone: “The Orchids”
(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) What starts in a daze often ends in clarity. That’s the way things […]
Jon Spencer :: Theremin Demonstration (Must See)
Hey kids, ever wonder how Jon Spencer gets all those wacky sounds out of that box on stage? Me too. It’s called a Theremin , and here he demonstrates it for a group […]
Bo Diddley :: December 30, 1928 — June 2, 2008
Sunday morning, I was flipping through Rolling Stone’s latest issue, specifically, its feature, 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time . The magazine has, over the years, loved to compile extensive and arbitrary “greatest” lists–greatest songs, greatest […]
American Princes :: Other People
Here is a classic case of better late than never. It took me a good two years to finally catch an American Princes show after a friend turned me onto their last […]
AD Presents :: The Whigs @ The Echo, 6-4
Aquarium Drunkard is once again proud to present our favorite Athens, GA export, The Whigs , at the Echo Wednesday June 4th with very special guests L.A.’s Henry Clay People and Le Switch . We have five […]