Vintage languid and drowsy instrumental surf dirge courtesy of the Truants. File under: fake nostalgia. MP3: The Truants :: Sunset Surf ——————— _____________________________________________________________________________________
Month: June 2011
Ramsay Midwood :: Spinnin’ On This Rock
“Spinnin’ On This Rock”, found on the absolute classic Shoot Out At The Chinese Restaurant . Midwood comes on strong, eating vowels like nobody’s business, with a voice/vibe like Bobby Charles and Link Wray playing Russian roulette in a woodshed. […]
Jim Ford :: Harlan County (Reissue)
(Our friends at Light In The Attic Records have gone ahead and done justice to one of our favorite records, Jim Ford’s Harlan County . We are giving away a copy of the deluxe vinyl reissue. […]
Drendall, Thrower & Friends :: Papa Never Let Me Sing The Blues
There are enough worthwhile vanity pressings from the late 60s – mid 70s that make collecting a rewarding interest, though the really good ones ( the Bachs , the Rising Storm , Wilson McKinley, […]
Dan Sartain :: Atheist Funeral
The twisted nonchalance of Dan Sartain should appeal to most anyone with even a passing interest in Cramps style rockabilly, Jon Spencer’s Heavy Trash, and gen-u-wine punk inflected rock & roll. Check […]
Bleached :: Think of You
Sounding like a long lost, sun-kissed, Misfits single, L.A.’s Clavin sisters, formerly of Mika Miko, have a new project dubbed Bleached with 7″ on the horizon via Art Fag Records out next month. […]
Boston Spaceships: Let It Beard / Andenu: Cowboy Zoo Theme
The dig…parsing through the archives, the muck. I suppose it’s what separates the men from the boys when it comes to the Robert Pollard canon. Pollard, who on average releases […]
Girls Names :: I Lose
While college radio may have lost some ground over the past 15 years, I discovered the following while passing through Atlanta last week listening to WRAS 88.5 . Via Slumberland Records comes […]
Mike Watt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Punk rock changed Mike Watt’s life, and then he kept changing. Along with guitarist D. Boon and drummer George Hurley, Watt was a member of the Minutemen, one of the earliest signees […]
Les Blanks On L.A.’s Silver Screen Moments
Los Angeles’s Les Blanks released In Country , their second full-length, earlier this year. Continuing in the vein of their debut the record is another solid slice of rock & roll that eschews […]
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 199: Jean Michel […]
S.E. Rogie :: Please Go Easy With Me/Do Me Justice
Something to cool off with: Sierra Leone’s S.E. Rogie , highlife and palm wine guitarist, as featured on our Mondo Boys Tidal Wave mixtape last summer (still fresh). Weird Summer three on the horizon… MP3: […]
Whiskeytown :: Kiss & Make Up (Those Weren’t The Days Version)
While visiting family last week in North Carolina I ran across an old CD-R I’d left there 8 or so years ago, a Whiskeytown bootleg of late 90s studio demos entitled […]
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 198: Jean Michel […]
The Rosebuds :: The AD Interview
The Rosebuds just released their fifth studio album, Loud Planes Fly Low ; their most inventive, inspired, and honest record to date. Following their fourth release, 2008’s Life Like, the relationship that inspired the group in […]