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Month: April 2011
Crystal Stilts :: In Love With Oblivion
Scour music blogs and magazines from over the past three to four years and you’ll find numerous assessments that clump Crystal Stilts into groups of low-fi indie acts employing mountains of reverb […]
Five Eight :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In their twenty-plus year career, Athens, GA’s Five Eight has amassed quite an impressive share of critical adoration and a loyal (and vocal) fan base. Despite a short stint opening for REM […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Horses (Greatest Palace Version)
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Diversions :: The Black Swans on Larry Jon Wilson
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) This week we catch up with […]
Quintron :: Sucre Du Sauvage
Continuing to defy categorization, New Orleans eccentric Quintron has a new record out, Sucre Du Sauvage , this month via Goner Records. Sugar of the savage? Sounds about right. Recorded live at […]
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
Some folks, particularly those in and around Austin, caught on to Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears shortly before they signed to Lost Highway in 2008. For many of the rest of us, the Black Joe […]
Howard Nishioka :: Carnivourous Dogaramus
Greetings from Paris. I’m renting an apartment for a week, walking around a city I haven’t visited in 14 years, discovering the new while trying to remember some of my […]
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 […]
Dave Edmunds :: Queen Of Hearts
I grew up in a household where country radio was a staple of our car rides. And I certainly remember Juice Newton’s version of “Queen of Hearts” as a song […]
Aztec Camera :: Stray
Whatever it is about Scotland that makes its songwriters singularly smart devotees of pop music, it has continued unabated for some time. Alongside the power-pop titans of Teenage Fanclub and […]
Gardens & Villa :: Black Hills
Gardens & Villa : I was recently turned on to this coastal California quintet via their connection to Richard Swift who produced group’s upcoming, self-titled LP. Having teamed up with Secretly Canadian on the label […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra :: Thought Ballune
Portland, Oregon’s Ruban Nielson (former guitarist for New Zealand’s The Mint Chicks) steers Unknown Mortal Orchestra in many directions (Glam, Soul, Psych). He corners those markets into a cohesive and radioactive brand of […]
Futurebirds
Before last year’s Hampton’s Lullaby placed them firmly on the national radar, Athens, GA’s Futurebirds self-recorded and released their eponymous debut EP. This week Autumn Tone is releasing a remastered version of the EP digitally in […]
Arthur Lee with The Fuzztones :: 7 and 7 Is
1990: Love’s Arthur Lee joins The Fuzztones at L.A.’s Coconut Teazer absolutely laying waste to his old band’s “7 and 7 is.” Thanks Scottie Diablo for the tip. _____________________________________________________________________________________ . . . Only the […]