I took the bus to work today because my car broke down, and I found myself in downtown Los Angeles, hemmed in on all sides by skyscrapers, alone with my bag and the headphones that […]
Year: 2008
Otis Blue :: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Reissue)
With an artist like Otis Redding , who is truly a legend in every sense of the word, the market bears countless compilations, greatest hits collections, and bargain basement truck stop best of’s. Both official and not […]
Sevens :: Richard Hell: Blank Generation
(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) My first exposure to a lot of things punk was the late music critic Robert Palmer’s Rock and Roll: An Unruly History , which was […]
Dwight Yoakam :: The Greek Theatre, July 27th
While he won’t have Will Oldham in tow (how great is the above rendering of the two?) when it comes to cool capital, Dwight Yoakam has plenty to spend. Aquarium Drunkard has five pairs of tickets to give away […]
Alejandro Escovedo :: The AD Interview
Poet…musician…troubadour…survivor, Alejandro Escovedo is all of those and more. Decades into a career that has spanned various styles and genres (all the while arguably creating his own), Escovedo has just released his 9th solo album, Real Animal , one […]
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 54: […]
Uncle Tupelo :: First TV Appearance (1989)
Graveyard Shift – Mississippi River Center Benefit Show, May 1989 . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by […]
The Fourth of July :: Springsteen Style (10 tracks)
The 4th of July is almost here, and while I’ll be taking in an Angels game out in Anaheim with my dad (how American is that? Fathers, baseball, and Disneyland?), I figured it would be best to leave […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Wilding In The West (Live)
Have you been listening to Lie Down In The Light ? I’m calling it my favorite Will Oldham release since the 2005 Superwolf collaboration with Matt Sweeney. Not to discount
Silver Jews :: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is a the epitome of well crafted modern art – its search for truth and progress takes it through moments both high and low, serious and silly, and comes out all the better for it on the other side.
Will Johnson (Centro-Matic) :: The AD Interview
A strong, if hefty, follow up to 2006’s excellent Fort Recovery , Will Johnson and company lay it all out on Dual Hawks , the new two disc affair that stables Centro-matic on . . . Only the good shit. […]
“Why Can’t There Be More Suffering?”
“I wish no public service of any kind.” Those were George Carlin’s wishes regarding his death. Burial rites and, well, rites of any kind, were exactly the kind of befuddlement that he would–and did–cut down to size […]
STAX :: Does The Beatles (A Compilation)
Released earlier this year, STAX Does The Beatles compiles tracks recorded between 1966-1972 rounding up Beatles cover versions from the Memphis label’s creative peak. Essential? Not really, but to no fault of the artists, as covering the Beatles is […]
Golden Animals :: Free Your Mind And Win A Pony
Here is some bad haiku in regards to the new Golden Animals LP Free Your Mind …. Like Jim Morrison Bareback in the desert sky Delaney Bonnie Download: MP3: Golden Animals :: The Steady Roller MP3: Golden Animals :: Try On […]
Hayden :: The AD Interview
Hayden has come a long way from his introduction to the U.S. as the heir to the folky mope-rock throne over a decade ago. His new album, In Field & Town , is instrumentally his most fully realized to date. […]