Out of all the bands that released shoegaze-influenced material in 2010 Tamaryn’s The Waves can stand tall alongside influential peers like Slowdive and Mazzy Star. All three of these acts are anchored by mesmerizing, swampy vocals that […]
Month: January 2011
Michael Chapman :: Fully Qualified Survivor
Michael Chapman , apart from being a prolific English songwriter whose revered work spans four decades, is probably the best guitar smith you have never heard. While his skills are best evidenced on this album’s predecessor, Rainmaker, […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital: A Mixtape
Welcome to the latest installment of an ongoing mixtape series in which I highlight some of my favorite voices online and beyond. This week we touch down in Portland, OR with Ghost Capital . Helmed by Nick […]
Witch :: Introduction (1973)
File under: Zambia’s 70s “Zamrock.” Now-Again Records’ ongoing African reissue series continued earlier this Fall with their licensing of Witch’s Introduction . If you have been following the series thus far, know that there is absolutely no dip […]
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 175: Jean Michel […]
Kurt Vile :: Jesus Fever
New track from one of my favorites, solo or otherwise, Kurt Vile . “Jesus Fever” is culled from Smoke Ring For My Halo , due out March 8th via Matador. H/T GvsB . MP3: Kurt Vile :: Jesus Fever —————— ____________________________________________________________________________________ . . . Only the good […]
Ersen :: Gonese Don Cicegim
The slice of early seventies Turkish psych that is Ersen’s “Gonese Don Cicegim” has once again found itself sliding in and out of recent DJ sets. Culled from one of my favorite compilations of the […]
The Replacements :: Shit, Shower & Shave (1989)
A long traded compilation, Shit, Shower & Shave, recorded in 1989, is the sound of the band while on tour with Tom Petty who later, infamously, ripped off Westerberg’s “rebel without a clue” line from […]
Deadwood…Revisited
My friend Jeremy lives in Harlem; I live 3,000 miles away. As such we do not see one another all that often; and when we do it’s mostly centered around when his band, Roadside Graves , is […]
Diversions :: Influence: John Grant’s Six Albums
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) John Grant’s solo debut, the dark horse that is Queen of Denmark , made […]
Tape Deck Mountain :: It Goes Down
Earlier tonight, sitting back while travel-delirious from an east/west cross-country flight, I queued up this, a new track from Tape Deck Mountain from their forthcoming EP, Secret Serf. One of my favorite local-ish discoveries of the past couple […]
Adam Thorn And The Top Buttons
Adam Thorn is a chameleon. After fronting Greensboro, North Carolina’s Kudzu Wish, a band that pulled from Hot Water Music, Jets to Brazil and other proto-emo indie rock, he slipped into his current, self-titled project, […]
The Monkees :: Head (Soundtrack)
Head isn’t the best Monkees album; in fact it contains just six pieces of music, only one of which is a copper-bottomed classic. But it does best symbolize the wonderful set of contradictions that […]