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 & […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 . […]
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 […]