Some records have the ability to get under your skin and change the entire trajectory of your listening habits. A couple of months ago, I Got Soul , by New Orleans’ Tony Owens, […]
Month: September 2010
Brian Wilson :: L.A. Smog (Spoken Word)
The first track on last month’s Still Burnt (LA Burnout pt. 2) is a meandering Brian Wilson vocal rap taken from an old 70s interview. His ‘thoughts’ on the Los Angeles smog problem are placed over […]
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1972 Concert Film)
Fellow Stones freaks have no doubt crawled youtube and the net for gems like the video (after the jump) of the band ripping “Happy” during the 1972 Exile On Main Street tour. I wasn’t […]
Wonderland :: 1977 Dutch L.A. Documentary, Chapter1
Speaking of L.A. Burnout , the above video is part one of a1977 Dutch produced documentary covering the, then, up and coming Los Angeles music scene featuring Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie […]
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 […]
The People’s Temple Choir :: He’s Able
Diversions :: Great Lakes on writing Ways of Escape
October 12th sees the release of Great Lakes fourth album, Ways of Escape . Below, founding, and constant, member Ben Crum reflects on the process, and hurdles, it took to get there. Great Lakes will […]
Hopscotch Music Festival
( J. Neas reports from his native North Carolina on last weekend’s inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival.) Living in the South can be a frustrating endeavor when it comes to getting great concerts. […]
Tom Waits :: Orphans: Vinyl Edition Tracks
For those of you who purchased the Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards collection on vinyl, upon its 2009 release, the following is old news. But if you, like me, have the set on compact […]
J. Tillman :: Tillman Sings ‘Tonight’s The Night’
“Well, late at night, when the people were gone, he used to pick up my guitar. And sing a song in a shaky voice that was real as the day […]
Superchunk :: Majesty Shredding
When Portishead released Third in 2008, it had been nearly a decade since the release of their previous album. That’s a lifetime in the music industry and all sorts of […]
WAVED OUT 2 :: Los Angeles, Sept 25th @ The Echo/Echoplex
Lineup: Dungen , The Entrance Band , Sharon Van Etten , Lord Huron , The Fresh & Onlys , Shannon & The Clams , John Carpenter ,
Roadside Graves :: Aquarium Drunkard Session (2010)
Earlier this month Muzzle of Bees posted the ‘lost’ Aquarium Drunkard session we did with Roadside Graves at Infrasonic Studios during the summer of 2009. Among other things the session marked the first appearance of […]
Elvis Costello :: Girls Talk
“Several of the songs on Get Happy had been played on the mysteriously named “Armed Funk Tour” in the spring of 1979, our last American trip for over two years. […]
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 […]