Person To Person is the album I’d been waiting to hear from Foreign Born since first catching their live show in Echo Park three years ago. Entering the club cold, having never heard […]
Month: July 2009
AD Presents :: Magnolia Electric Co. July 28th
Heads up. Magnolia Electric Co. has a new album out, Josephine , their first since 2006’s Fading Trails . Tuesday, July 28th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Jason Molina and Co. with guests
24-Carat Black :: Gone: The Promises Of Yesterday
If I had an extra minute to spare I would seriously consider starting another blog focused strictly on covering the growing number of on-point reissue labels that have popped up […]
Fool’s Gold :: Surprise Hotel
Back here on the L.A. homefront — multi-lingual afro-pop enthusiasts Fool’s Gold , who have signed with Los Angeles based IAMSOUND Records , just released “Surprise Hotel” the first single from their full-length debut […]
Fela Kuti :: Koola Lobitos ’69 Los Angeles Sessions
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Pitchfork :: Festivus 2009
Ahoy, J. Neas here. AD is heading to the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago next weekend. I’ll be uploading recaps of each day’s festivities on AD as well as updating my personal Twitter account on […]
Jay Farrar :: Thus Far
It has to be intimidating – building a legacy. The shadow that Uncle Tupelo has cast across the alt.country genre for the past 20 years is an enormous one, no matter what […]
Les Surfs :: Tîº Serî¡s Mi Baby (Be My Baby)
It’s hot out there today — this should help. I happened upon this cover of the Ronettes “Be My Baby” a couple of weeks ago via the power of…wait for […]
Yo La Tengo :: They Shoot, We Score
“If you build it, they will come,” or in the case of Yo La Tengo , if they record it I will most likely eventually get around to listening to it — whatever […]
Wilco (The Near Miss)
(Several months ago Jeff Leven, whose byline you’ll recognize if you’re a Paste reader, and I were discussing music and that of young fandom. Leven told me a great story, from […]
AD Presents :: Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies, LA 7/16
Next Thursday, July 16th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Son Volt and Cowboy Junkies live at The Wiltern in L.A. Son Volt are touring behind American Central Dust their new LP released last week on Rounder Records. We are giving […]
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 with an encore broadcast at Midnight […]
Yim Yames :: Long, Long, Long (Harrison Tribute)
Last week I was working on an acoustic-based folk playlist for my show on SIRIUS/XM . Halfway through I wound up scrapping it as my mood changed, and if music is […]
The Baptist Generals :: No Silver/No Gold
File under: New to me. Denton, TX outfit The Baptist Generals released No Silver/No Gold on Sub Pop in 2003, but I didn’t catch wind of it until this May while visiting a friend in Atlanta. While definitely […]
The Emitt Rhodes Recordings :: 1969-1973
The first time I heard Emitt Rhodes self-titled debut LP from 1970 I must have listened to it, and it alone, for a straight for a week. It’s that kind of album. Recorded […]