As I hinted at last month, if I was to really break it down, the majority of my annual ‘music spend’ goes towards various genre compilations; largely due to residing just a few miles from […]
Year: 2009
Revisiting :: Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
(September 29th sees the release of the Flaming Lips double LP, Embryonic . Between now and then we’re looking back on some of the band’s pre-Soft Bulletin moments) The Flaming Lips spent most […]
Diversions :: Portugal. The Man on Sci-Fi: Surviving Childhood in Rural Alaska
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Thus far, Diversions has featured artists discussing, amongst other things, their […]
Lotus Plaza :: Dot Gain
The inevitability of impulse purchases. As if the physical CD/mp3s weren’t enough, in an inexplicable need to own the title in all three available formats, I went whole-hog several weeks ago and picked up the […]
Tonight In L.A. :: Le Switch, Roadside Graves and The World Record @ Spaceland
Roadside Graves have been traversing the wilds of the USA the past few weeks touring behind their new LP My Son’s Home, which, as I think I’ve mentioned, is thus far my favorite ‘roots’ based rock & […]
AD Presents :: The Henry Clay People’s Rock & Roll Summer Circus @ The Echoplex, L.A. August 14th
L.A.’s The Henry Clay People have been busy. As I write this they are presently on the road, somewhere in the Midwest, having just wrapped up their Daytrotter session in Iowa, now en route to Chicago to play the main […]
Local Natives :: August Residency, Spaceland
Monday night begins Local Natives month-long weekly residency at Spaceland . It is free – AD presents along with Filter . The band is back in L.A. after near-constant touring post-SXSW; most recently supporting Of Montreal in the UK and taking […]
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 EST. Below is this week’s […]
Crime/Sonic Youth :: Hot Wire My Heart
Switching gears entirely, and in the words of John Cleese, “and now for something completely different.” With the release of Sonic Youth’s The Eterna l earlier this summer I’ve been working in tracks from Evol and Sister on ye […]
Sevens :: You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) My friend Mike may have departed L.A. for Brooklyn at the beginning of ’09, but that is not […]
Merge XX :: An Anniversary Party
Ebaahi Soundz :: The Oshit’„‡ Cassette
Fans of highlife, afrobeats and African funk, among others, generally discover new music due to either insane passion or dumb luck (count me as the latter). Most music from the Dark Continent is short on […]
Roadside Graves :: U.S. Summer Tour Dates
If you somehow couldn’t tell , Roadside Graves new LP, My Son’s Home , is our favorite roots-based album of 2009. Period. Clocking in at an hour, in the span of 18 tracks, the record is a testament to the art of […]
Off The Record :: The Minus 5 (Portland, OR)
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 […]
Diana Ross & The Supremes :: Not Fade Away
Let The Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960-1969 , part of Hip-O Select’s Lost & Found series, just continues to impress. I originally wrote about the set in March of 2008, upon its release, and have . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is […]