“We are the goon squad and we’re coming to town, beep beep.” From 1980. “Fashion,” one of my favorite Bowie bangers with Robert Fripp happens to be one of my […]
Month: July 2010
Deerhunter :: Revival
It wasn’t so long ago Deerhunter was weighed down by inconsistent, nonsensical, live performances coupled with mountains of bad press that did nothing but urge critics to inspect and second […]
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 […]
Kris Kristofferson :: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 (Vinyl)
Kristofferson fans: I have a deluxe vinyl, first pressing of the double-LP release, Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 , plus an autographed photo for an AD reader. Hand numbered and limited to only 2,000 copies. […]
Ween :: The Subversive Tease, or Pure Guava Revisited
We’re gonna stay on this 90s hangover tip for a minute. While I’m a fan of the majority of the Ween output, it’s the early lo-fi stuff through The Mollusk that […]
Sevens :: Hum/Stars
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) The shifting landscape of commercial music has forced the industry to reconsider how […]
Fred Neil :: S/T (1967)
From the clatter of the Greenwich Village 60s folk scene came a voice that was inspired, authentic, and extraordinarily deep. Fred Neil had one of those unmistakable voices, a baritone that could […]
Futurebirds :: Hampton’s Lullaby
Covered in kudzu and swathed in a blanket of humidity, spanish moss, feedback and reverb exists Futurebirds . Here, at this intersection, we find a synthesis of the two extremes of […]
Diversions :: Bill Baird/Sunset on Songwriting
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Bill Baird and Sunset have steadily become […]
Menomena :: Mines
Weird
Not sure how I had never seen this gem before (high five, Reid). Like a lost Jonathan Richman project from another dimension, Son Seed (?) kicks out the jams with […]
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 […]
J. Tillman :: Three Sisters
I heard “Three Sisters,” the first track off J. Tillman’s forthcoming LP, Singing Ax, last Spring while sitting in Josh’s van on the side of Glendale Blvd. It was just after dusk […]
Ryan Adams w/ Gillian Welch :: Revelator (2000)
I hadn’t heard this in years. Pulled out a hard drive today in order send this track to a friend as we had just been discussing Gillian Welch’s Soul Journey LP from […]
Fool’s Gold :: Montreal, Quebec July 20th
(AD’s m. garner , exiled in Montreal the past two years, takes in a Fool’s Gold show in the north country.) It’s been hot this summer in Montreal. We’ve broken into the […]