Los Angeles: Thursday night, October 29th, Aquarium Drunkard presents The Antlers at the Bootleg Theater . Their debut LP, Hospice, has been a mainstay on my stereo and in my car since SXSW. See why Thursday night. We are […]
Year: 2009
Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum
Sometimes an album’s cover really does capture the atmosphere of its aural contents — something we semi-regularly explore on the recurring Scratch The Surface feature. Jordaan Mason’s cryptic blend of fucked folk, Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head , is one . . . Only the […]
Decade :: Mclusky, The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not On Fire (2004)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
Decade :: Tiger Bear Wolf, S/T (2005)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , 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 […]
Aquarium Drunkard @ CMJ :: Today, NYC 10.22
If you’re in NYC, play hooky from work today and come hang with us. Aquarium Drunkard is having an informal, unofficial, day party today (October 22nd) on the lower east side at Fontana’s . It is […]
Decade :: Cat Power, The Greatest (2007)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
Ernie Graham :: S/T 1971
Ernie Graham was a member of Eire Apparent , whose claim to fame was their Sunrise album, produced by Jimi Hendrix. His brilliant 1971 solo record often gets the ‘pub rock’ tag, but sounds closer to genuine […]
Decade :: Animal Collective, Feels (2005)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
A Brazilian Tribute To Guided By Voices
Yeah, so the new Boston Spaceships LP is the shit. Doubters and skeptics need to seriously step up and give old uncle Bob a listen. In other GBV news we just profiled Isolation Drills , sooo this seems like as good […]
The Low Anthem :: This God Damn House
Last week I lamented not being able to keep up with the ever expanding Daytrotter sessions. Ditto goes for Hear Ya who have been releasing some excellent stuff this past year including last week’s session with Rhode […]
Decade :: Jurassic 5, Quality Control (2000)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
Decade :: Guided By Voices, Isolation Drills (2001)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
A Night With Lou Reed :: The Bottom Line, 1983
I’ve been consumed by Lou Reed’s The Blue Mask of late and finally made time for the 1983 live document A Night With Lou Reed . The DVD finds Reed live in an intimate setting ( The Bottom Line ) in his native NYC, sparsely backed […]
Sgt Dunbar :: Everything Is, Pt III
Sgt Dunbar’s Hobo Banned may be a collective form Albany, NY but their sound is more akin to the strange bouillabaisse that’s been brewing in the New Orleans Bywater neighborhood of late: 2 parts continental gypsy, 1 part Balkan […]