AD is back in New Orleans April 7th with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at One Eyed Jacks . Twin Shadow supports. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. Hit us up in the comments for […]
Month: March 2011
Eddie Ray :: You Got Me/You Got Me (Demo)
While the satisfaction of happening upon a track from a long forgotten artist, with a song barely heard through the ages, has in part been sated by various reissue labels […]
Josh T. Pearson :: Last Of The Country Gentlemen
It has been a decade since the release of Lift To Experience’s The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads . Fast forward to 2011. At seven songs in sixty minutes, the long awaited solo debut of Lift’s […]
Dillard & Clark :: Don’t Let Me Down
Here we have the short-lived, yet excellent, Dillard & Clark covering the Beatles “Don’t Let Me Down.” I originally had planned to run this the same week in December that I shared Charlotte Dada’s Ghanese […]
Link Wray :: Midnight Lover (1975 UK TV Performance)
Our pal Jessica, from Rotter And Friends designs, just shared this Link Wray UK television performance clip with us from 1975. Smokin. Rotter’s own Link Wray t-shirt has been on my wish list since the design […]
Nancy Sinatra :: Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham
In reference to the LA Burnout comps last week, I was reminded of this Nancy Sinatra nugget found on the reissue of 1967’s Country, My Way. Exercising a time tested theme in […]
David Bowie: Fresh from Divorce: The Scary Monsters Chronicles
I’ve been a real freak for Bowie’s Scary Monsters over the past year. Compounding this near obsession was discovering the collection Fresh from Divorce: The Scary Monsters Chronicles five or so months back. At 19 tracks […]
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 […]
Thurston Moore :: Benediction (Demolished Thoughts)
Earlier today Matador Records released the first taste from Thurston Moore’s upcoming (third) solo album, Demolished Thoughts. Produced by Beck, “Benediction” easily falls in line with the more subdued tone of […]
Lower Dens :: Twin-Hand Movement
Sludging through the ever-expanding assortment of year-end lists feels like a second job by mid-December. Having said that, I’ve never not come away with at least a few new favorites […]
Os Mutantes :: Mutantes
Any Mutantes record is a mind-blower and this one makes an unforgettable introduction. The music and voice of Os Mutantes transcends any language barrier such that even the most literary […]
Belong :: Common Era
The catastrophe, emotion and bleak tones that permeated Belong’s amazing debut October Language places the listener in a world that may be difficult to deal with. While the sounds are familiar […]
Scratch The Surface :: Wire, Pink Flag
(Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface takes a look at particularly interesting and/or exceptional cover art choices.) There is a temptation to romanticize: […]
Mercyland :: The AD Interview
Two decades after its original release Mercyland’s sole full-length album, No Feet On The Cowling, is finally seeing a proper reissue. Based in Athens, GA, comprised of David Barbe (vocals/bass), Andrew Donaldson (vocals/guitar) and Joel Suttles (drums), the seminal southern blast of post-punk that was Mercyland’s run lasted from 1985-1991. Below I catch up with founder, David Barbe, who has since gone on to produce a number of records likely found in your collection, act as 1/3 of Bob Mould’s Sugar and co-found Chase park Transduction studios. Barbe is now the director of the University of Georgia’s music business program. His thoughts on that, and much more, below.
Kurt Vile :: Smoke Ring For My Halo
Welcome to Kurt Vile’s best record yet. Perhaps your favorite song is culled from one of his earlier efforts; fair enough, but there is no denying that Smoke Ring For My Halo , his fourth LP, is […]