Theirs is a sound that is not easily pinned down. This, the thing that seems to frustrate and confuse White Denim’s critics is very thing that initially drew me in–it’s also what has kept me coming back. […]
Month: May 2011
Gil Scott-Heron :: Communicator (April 1, 1949 — May 27, 2011)
Gil Scott-Heron’s death was announced on Twitter. And that feels strange, this announcement. It happening in something that consolidates social construction into a linear sheet of micro-thoughts. Cleaning up the fringes, the frays and outliers. Funneling us […]
Gil Scott-Heron :: Live @ The Bottom Line 1977
Essential Gil Scott-Heron recording from 1977 captured at the now defunct Bottom Line club in New York City. If you’re looking for an intro to the man, there is no better place to start. Download links, info, etc after […]
Neil Young :: RAI Theatre, Amsterdam, February 20, 2008
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 195: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ […]
Ned Kelly :: Music and Lyrics by Shel Silverstein (1970)
I took a film class once where we contemplated what kinds of movies could or could not be construed as Westerns. The professor was tall and lanky in a bow tie, with hands that hung […]
Anthony Lamont :: Benny The Skinny Man
Sticking with the early–raw–R&B for a minute, here’s a side that pops up on eBay every once in awhile if you’re into collecting 45s. Recently comped on a sampler entitled Mr Hot Shot R&B, Anthony Lamont’s “Benny The Skinny Man” […]
Simon & The Piemen :: Cut It Out
Should you ever happen upon it, there’s a great underground, oft-bootlegged, raw soul, r&b and trash compilation floating around called Pass The Soul . At twenty-five tracks the collection kicks off with Simon & The Piemen’s “Cut It […]
Mississippi Fred McDowell :: I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
A bittersweet love letter to the city of new Orleans post-Katrina, season two of David Simon’s Treme continues to boast inspired music supervision. If you tuned in this past Sunday you may have caught the inclusion […]
Arthur Alexander :: Anna (Go To Him)
Just wrapped a music consulting gig downtown and included this bit; a favorite early soul ballad culled from an old soul an old r&b mixtape I put together years ago of tracks the Beatles covered. […]
Bob Dylan :: Born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941
Happy 70th birthday, Bob. Here are a few links to recent AD Dylan posts… The Los Angeles Gospel Choir: The Gospel According To Dylan How Many Roads :: Black America Sings Bob Dylan (Compilation) The Chocolate Watchband :: It’s All Over Now Baby Blue _____________________________________________________________________________________
Stephin Merritt’s Obscurities: Forever And A Day
Merge Records just announced they will be releasing a collection of hard to find and previously unreleased tracks by the Magnetic Fields ‘ Stephin Merritt. Entitled Obscurities , the set will feature songs during the bands run on the label from […]
Monster Rally :: Surf Erie
If you keep up with our Mondo Boys stuff (pt. 3 of our Weird Summer mixtape series is on the horizon) than you’re familiar with the stylings of Monster Rally . Like a self-contained surf & sand b-movie from the sixties, […]
AD Presents :: White Denim @ The Echo, May 25
Wednesday night, May 25th, Aquarium Drunkard welcomes back White Denim to Los Angeles at The Echo . I’ve said as much numerous times on these pages in the past, but if you’ve yet to see this band live than […]
Big Sambo & The House Wreckers :: The Rains Came
Spun this joint today on the radio show. You may be familiar with Doug Sahm and his band’s cover , but this, the original, is seriously where it’s at. Fronted by vocalist/saxman James Young, Big Sambo & The […]