“I got to keep moving, blues falling down like hail. And the day keeps on remindin’ me, there’s a hellhound on my trail.” – Robert Johnson Beginning in October of […]
Month: June 2009
AD Presents :: Roadside Graves CD Release, NYC
AD and Stark Online present Roadside Graves’ album release party, this Friday, at Piano’s in NYC. If you have yet to catch the My Son’s Home material in a live setting, you should do so immediately. […]
AD Presents :: Rodriguez @ The El Rey, 6.27.09
June 27th AD presents Rodriguez at the El Rey in Los Angeles. We are giving away a few pairs of tickets to AD readers. Also, if you did not win the Rodriguez vinyl […]
Lî´ Borges :: S/T (1972)
After two weeks of near impenetrable June Gloom here in Los Angeles the sun has again decided to grace us with its presence. With it, Lî´ Borges’ 1972 self-titled album sounds that much better. […]
David Byrne :: Glass, Concrete & Stone
“Anxiety and angst can certainly produce some interesting work, but it’s not the only way to make music. I’m also not as obsessive and crazy as I used to be.” […]
Status Quo :: Pictures of Matchstick Men
I’ve recently been reintroduced to Telephone Free Landslide Victory , Camper Van Beethoven’s 1985 debut, via a copy of the 2004 reissue. While I never gave Cracker, David Lowery’s second project much of a […]
SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM , channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at […]
The Clique :: Superman
Beginning last year with Murmur, the R.E.M. catalog is once again getting the redux treatment — up next, Reckoning (more on that next week). Listening the reissue I’ve been digging […]
Diversions :: Skygreen Leopards On Fashion Sense
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Subtracting JV’s entry on Bay Area Side Trips , thus […]
Sonic Youth :: The Eternal
Rounding out their third decade as a band, with sixteen full-length records under their belt, Sonic Youth once again find themselves back on an independent label, Matador Records , after nearly two decades under […]
Dump :: That Skinny Motherfucker With The High Voice?
Last week Matador Records treated Yo La Tengo fans to “Periodically Double Or Triple,” the first single off the band’s upcoming September release, Popular Songs. If you’ve been following along […]
AD Presents :: Jay Reatard @ The Echo, L.A.
This Friday Aquarium Drunkard presents Jay Reatard at The Echo in Los Angeles with guests Thee Oh Sees and Earthmen & Strangers . On August 18th Reatard has a new album out on the Matador label entitled Watch Me […]
Grizzly Bear :: Owner of A Lonely Heart
It’s June — we are now almost officially half-way through the year. Thus far – and not surprisingly – Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest is, at present, ranking as my favorite release of 2009. The […]
Roadside Graves :: My Son’s Home
Listening to the Roadside Graves forthcoming LP, My Son’s Home , you might draw associations to dusty, cross-country road trips and grainy, lo-fi photography. Paying homage to nearly every piece of Music Americana–folk, alt.country, […]
Elton John Does Nick Drake :: July 1970 Session
The past couple of weeks have found me spinning a disc comprised of the following Elton John session (from July 1970) in which the artist lays out, among other tracks, a selection […]