All three major American counterculture movies of the late sixties benefited from the new vogue for rock soundtracks. The Strawberry Statement mixed purpose-written orchestral themes with mostly familiar numbers by Crosby, Still & Nash and Neil Young, plus […]
Month: April 2011
Scratch The Surface :: Lou Reed, Street Hassle
(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.) Expectations. We all have them, for better or worse, and with […]
Elvis Presley :: Stranger In My Own Town (1970 Rehearsal)
One on my favorite Elvis albums, even though it’s a bootleg, is Cut Me & I Bleed released on Double G Records. The album is a collection of alternate studio, home, and live rehearsal recordings […]
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 189: Jean Michel […]
Eddie The Wheel :: Nearsayerfive
My friend Thomas hipped me to this track earlier today. It’s been on repeat since. The vibe is early 80s melodic post-punk crossed with a nice dose of ambient new wave and ennui. Eddie The […]
Margo Guryan :: Take A Picture
Today’s confection: Margo Guryan’s 1968 platter of orchestral pop, Take A Picture . We’ve waxed on Guryan’s excellent 25 Demos collection here in the past, but Take A Picture further succeeds in taking the singer-songwriter and placing her […]
Bill Callahan :: Apocalypse
“Once Bill was making extremely forward statements from behind a veil. Now he’s making veiled statements from a forward position. He’s fundamentally the same person, but stylistically almost everything has changed.” The above quote is […]
Grant Green :: Ease Back (The Meters)
Reheated vinyl rip of Grant Green covering the Meters’ “Ease Back” off the 1969 Carryin’ On LP.
Dirty Gold :: Roar EP
Via Autumn Tone , we’re releasing Dirty Gold’s debut EP, Roar , today. At five tracks, the EP is a set of shimmering beachside pop, here just in time for the change in season. Get a taste, below. MP3: Dirty Gold :: California Sunrise ——————— […]
Patterson Hood :: Eddie Hinton’s Mighty Field of Vision
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) One cannot overstate the power of regionalism. Growing up in Georgia, […]
Howlin’ Rain :: Three From A Phantom Saloon
I’ve been catching up on Ethan Miller’s blog, Silver Currant , over the past couple of months. Sporadically updated, Miller, who fronts Howlin’ Rain , presents a treasure trove of homemade psych compilations (and more) geared toward the obscure […]
Ray Charles :: Live In Concert, 1964
An inherited copy, on wax, of Ray Charles’ Live In Concert has been in my regular rotation for years. Last month I read (via the LA Times ) that the classic set was finally seeing a CD release. The […]
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 188: Jean Michel […]
Zipper :: Bullets
File under awesome. 1973 no-frills, no bullshit, cock rock. This is Zipper— Fred Cole and company’s sicko American twist on Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by our patrons . Keep the servers humming and […]
Psychedelic Aliens :: Psycho African Beat
Speaking of western Africa…here’s a set I’ve been sitting on since December—Psychedelic Aliens, Psycho African Beat. A funky, early 70s, Ghanaian psych-soul collection culled from a mish-mash of tracks destined to labor in indefinite obscurity […]