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 […]
Month: February 2010
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. The first hour of […]
Joanna Newsom :: Have One On Me
Listening to Joanna Newsom has always required certain things: patience, trust, an ability to overlook cosmetic flaws in favor of the more complete picture, more patience. Her precedent releases–2004’s Milk-Eyed Mender and 2006’s Ys –required these virtues in increasing numbers. […]
Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой
https://youtu.be/oavMtUWDBTM I just made your day/week.
Repo Man :: An L.A. Story
“But the truth is that L.A. was never entirely real anyway, as Steely Dan, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Larry David and Alan Ball all understood.” – Barney Hoskyns The above quote is from the 2009 […]
Art Museums :: Sculpture Gardens (Via Rough Frame)
Art Museums tell ‘sordid tales of artists, lovers & poseurs with cult new wave jangle‘, or so says duo’s label, Woodsist . I’ll buy. On Rough Frame, their debut, Art Museums, made up of Josh Alper & Glenn […]
Harlem :: Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus cover)
I caught Austin’s Harlem twice last weekend here in town; Friday night at a house party in Chinatown and the following night at Spaceland. As expected, both shows were beautifully unhinged; the wheels teetering, barely staying […]
So Many Wizards :: Nico (Love Songs For When You Leave Me)
So Many Wizards ‘ “Nico,” the third track off their forthcoming 2nd EP, Love Songs for When You Leave Me, (produced by The Morning Benders Chris Chu) feels like swimming through a pool of hot Jello. Slow, heavy, fuzzy—dense, sticky and […]
Karen Dalton :: In My Own Time
The first time you hear her voice, you’ll know what I mean. Karen’s is a voice with “whoa” factor. She has been lauded by the likes of Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders , and surely […]
Mondo Boys :: Continuous Monument – A Winter Mixtape
We are Mondo Boys – a NY/LA sound collage collaborative. This is our lunar transmission winter mix. We do cassettes/digital. “CONTINUOUS MONUMENT” was created exclusively to get you through the next month. Press play and shake them […]
AD Presents :: The Strange Boys @ The Echo, February 26th
Even more fun via Austin, TX this Friday in L.A. — Aquarium Drunkard welcomes the Strange Boys to The Echo with opening guests Chain And The Hang and Neverever . We’ve got three pairs of tickets for AD readers. Interested? Leave your full name and […]
Roadside Graves :: If Shacking Up Is All You Want To Do
This Tuesday Autumn Tone (AD’s label) is digitally reissuing Roadside Graves debut LP, If Shacking Up Is All You Want To Do, with an additional six bonus tracks. This comes out exactly one month before the band’s upcoming EP,
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. SIRIUS 129: Jean Michel […]
Mission of Burma :: AD Session @ Infrasonic Studios
Tomorrow (Friday), during the second hour of my SIRIUS/XMU show, I am airing Mission of Burma’s Aquarium Drunkard session recorded last Fall at Infrasonic Sound Studios . We caught up with the band as they were touring through southern California before catching […]
The Morning Benders :: Excuses/Promises
We will be discussing the Morning Benders sophomore LP, Big Echo, at length closer the date of its release (March 9th), but in the meantime I couldn’t resist posting the two sanctioned tracks that their label, Rough Trade , recently […]
