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 191: Jean Michel […]
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 and choppy guitars. Obviously, it […]
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 and a proclamation by none […]
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 the Black Swans Jerry DeCicca as he […]
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 the New Orleans Museum of […]
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 Lewis revelation came in the […]
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 old haunts from the late […]
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 190: Jean Michel […]
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 that got quite a bit […]
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 twee-minstrels of Belle and Sebastian […]
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 front, G&V craft new-wavey pop […]
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 flowery, hook-laden rock on “Thought […]
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 conjunction with a vinyl edition […]
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 good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is […]