The tree that was the Velvet Underground has borne all manner of strange fruit since its inception and Hackamore Brick’s One Kiss Leads To Another, from 1971, may very well have […]
Month: June 2010
Pearly Gate Music :: Daddy Wrote You Letters
An asthmatic, wheezing, pump organ…drums, harmonica, a guitar and Zach Tillman’s vocal storytelling. This is the sound of Seattle’s Pearly Gate Music . MP3: Pearly Gate Music :: Daddy Wrote You Letters ——————— + Download Pearly Gate Music via […]
No Jacket Required :: This Friday – The World Record/Le Switch/Les Blanks @ the Grandstar, July 2nd: Chinatown
No Jacket Required kicks off this Friday at the Grandstar in Chinatown with three of my favorite locals: the World Record , Le Switch and Les Blanks . This threesome kills every time they gig together. Look for No […]
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 […]
L’Aventure :: A Los Angeles Music Sampler – 2010
Last year Aquarium Drunkard released RAM On L.A. — a local music compilation featuring eleven Los Angeles artists each covering a track off Paul McCartney’s 1971 LP, RAM. Today we’re following that up […]
AD Presents :: Tame Impala @ Silverlake Lounge, June 29th
This Tuesday, June 29th, AD Presents Tame Impala at the Silverlake Lounge . Buy tickets now — early show just added . Very much expected to sell out . . . Only the good shit. […]
Television :: Adventure
I was never quite sure what to make of people’s outright indifference towards, or ignorance of, Television’s sophomore album Adventure . Here you have a legendary band’s follow-up to an unquestionable masterpiece […]
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 […]
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From 1971 Japan comes this gleaming gem of classic rock, encompassing a myriad of American styles from rural rock and country to raw garage, blues, experimental, and blazing west coast […]
Johnny Dowd :: Wake Up The Snakes
Since his auspicious, creepy-as-fuck, debut, Wrong Side of Memphis , at the age of 49 in 1998, Johnny Dowd has been exploring the darkest corner’s of the evil that men do. Twelve years, and as many […]
Diversions :: The Jim Jones Revue on Hitting The Source
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Musically, Brits absorbing American influences and […]
Cotton Jones :: Glorylight And Christie
“Glorylight And Christie” is the first single off Cotton Jones upcoming LP, Tall Hours In The Glowstream. While always a commendable tunesmith, under the Cotton Jones moniker Michael Nau has truly grown […]
Tape Deck Mountain :: Aquarium Drunkard Session/Atlas Sound
Tape Deck Mountain laid down an Aquarium Drunkard session that I will be spinning on the show Friday. AD readers get a sneak peak download, below. In addition to the Summer vibe running […]
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion :: Now I Got Worry (Reissue)
Imagine Orange kidnapped, blindfolded, tossed in the trunk of a car—doused with gasoline, lit on fire, and set adrift at 80 miles an hour, in backwoods Mississippi, under a new moon. […]
Wayne Jackson :: It Happened In Tennessee, Pt 2 (1973)
While I surely recommended inspecting the whole of the Shangri-La mixtape , I do want to highlight one track in particular: Wayne Jackson’s “It Happened In Tennessee.” I first caught wind […]