Next Friday at the Echoplex , February 25th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Sebadoh performing their 1994 classic Bakesale in its entirety. We have several pairs of tickets for ya’ll. To land a pair leave a […]
Month: February 2011
Diversions :: Telekinesis/Vintage Automobiles
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Those of you who have owned, […]
Ambulance LTD :: Arbuckle’s Swan Song
With “Arbuckle’s Swan Song,” Brooklyn genre-benders, Ambulance LTD, somehow teleport back to Los Angeles, circa 1975, expertly capturing a whiff of the city’s laissez-faire hedonism. Culled from the band’s New English EP , […]
Telekinesis :: 12 Desperate Straight Lines
When Michael Lerner recorded the self-titled Telekinesis debut , it was full of travel imagery, of wishes to be with someone he was separated from and the listlessness of constantly wanting […]
Bill Fox :: Over And Away She Goes
I worked as the music supervisor for my friend’s upcoming film, Natural Selection (it premieres at SXSW/Film should you find yourself in Austin next month). While I couldn’t find a spot […]
Jim White :: Sounds of the Americans
If I were performing a play titled The Americans, I’d want Jim White to write the score for it as well. It just makes sense to have one of the […]
Shuggie Otis :: Freedom Flight
The oldest cliché in rock is the casualty list. There are the high-profile heroes of misadventure: Buddy Holly, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan. There are those that couldn’t handle success and […]
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 […]
AD Presents :: Dirty Beaches (Trans Pacific Radio 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 catch up with Vancouver’s Dirty Beaches , the nom […]
Marva Whitney :: It’s My Thing (1969)
Originally released in 1969, Marva Whitney’s James Brown produced LP It’s My Thing plays out something like the JBs fronted by Betty Davis . Brown’s leading female vocalist during the late 60s, Whitney expertly works the […]
Chubby Checker :: Holland Sessions, 1971
Cut in Holland in ’71, and touted as Chubby Checker’s ‘psychedelic’ record, we grabbed this on a lark expecting (if nothing else) an interesting look at Checker’s later work. What […]
Nina Simone :: Save Me (Aretha Franklin)
This shit just works on so many levels. Like most everything Nina Simone chose to cover throughout her career, this, her incredibly funky take of Aretha Franklin’s “Save Me,” adds […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The World’s Greatest (R. Kelly)
If you follow my twitter feed , or really, if you keep up with much music ‘news’ in general you may very well have come across last week’s interview between Will Oldham (donning his interviewer’s cap) and R. Kelly . If not, you’re […]
Shocking Blue :: Venus/Hot Sand (Vinyl Rip)
Come for the ear candy that is “Venus“—stick around for the pop trash goodness of “Hot Sand.” (Is that a sitar I hear? Yes, yes it is). Culled from a […]
Son Tillman :: Writing A Novel
Rough demo of “Writing A Novel“; the first taste from the upcoming Son Tillman LP. MP3: Son Tillman :: Writing A Novel