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, rock and more–the record indeed […]
Year: 2009
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 of Nick Drake covers. Yes, you read […]
Radio, I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
“Radio is a sound salvation. Radio is cleaning up the nation. They say you better listen to the voice of reason. But they don’t give you any choice ’cause they think that it’s treason. […]
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 Midnight EST. Below is this […]
Steve Earle on Townes Van Zandt
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) As tributes go, Townes is the sound of inevitability. One […]
Karen Dalton :: It’s So Hard To Tell…
Greenwich Village folker Karen Dalton’s 1969 debut, It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best , has been reissued for the first time (and on 180g vinyl) by the folks over at Light In The Attic Records . In 2006 the label reissued Dalton’s sophomore effort,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds :: Austria, October ’86
Last month AD revisited Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds first four albums: From Her to Eternity , The Firstborn is Dead ,
Sevens :: Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming Down
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) In 1995, through an unusual series of connections involving Coretta Scott King , my mother and high colonics, I got to […]
AD Presents :: Cotton Jones, Spaceland 6.4.09
This Thursday, June 4th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Cotton Jones at Spaceland in Silver Lake aided and abetted by our friends The Parson Red Heads . We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. If you’ve been keeping up with […]
Off The Record :: Avi Buffalo (Long Beach, CA)
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 […]
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds :: Your Funeral…My Trial
It’s a good time to be a Bad Seed . In addition to releasing the critically-acclaimed Dig, Lazarus, Dig!! , Nick Cave has, in the past year, toured relentlessly to rabid crowds, written the score to John . . . […]
Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan :: One Too Many Mornings
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Magnolia Electric Co. :: Josephine (July 21st)
July 21st sees the release of Magnolia Electric Co. ‘s fifth LP, Josephine , an album that marks Jason Molina’s sixteenth full-length with the Secretly Canadian label. In a word, prolific. Whether recording under his own name,
Neko Case :: Dreaming Man (Neil Young Cover)
(Leading up to the June 2nd release of the first volume of Neil Young’s long awaited Archives project , AD is posting a series Neil related posts .) Those keeping track the past couple of weeks will note this is the second cover […]
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 […]