Though they didn’t go on hiatus until the following year, next month marks ten years since the release of the last Fugazi album, The Argument , more or less giving us a decade without one of post-punk’s […]
Month: September 2011
Tom Waits :: Ivanhoe Theater 11/21/76 – Radio Broadcast (WXRT)
The collective Waits-ian growl has reached near audible levels as fans anticipate the release of October’s Bad As Me . If you haven’t yet, do check out the teaser video that was unveiled last month for the record — It’s […]
Richard Buckner :: Our Blood
Richard Buckner always felt like an artist you had to meet half way. His songs weren’t always easy, but if you made a little effort, the payoff would be generous. It’d be easier not to […]
AD Presents :: Rebirth Brass Band @ The Echoplex, Friday Night
This is, without a doubt, the party Friday night — AD Presents New Orleans own Rebirth Brass Band at the Echoplex . We’ve got three pairs of tickets for AD readers. If you’re hip to Rebirth, hit up the comments […]
Kathleen Edwards :: Change the Sheets / Wapusk (w/ Bon Iver)
By the time Kathleen Edwards’ forthcoming album, Voyageur, sees the light of day early next January, it will have been almost four years since her last album, Asking For Flowers . A complete travesty for those of us who have […]
MTV @ 30 :: A Discussion With John Norris
MTV turned 30 last month. Last week AD’s J Neas looked back at the legacy of network and its place in pop culture. He also spoke with one of the more recognizable faces of MTV’s news department, former MTV News anchor and […]
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. During the second of of today’s show, Jennifer Clavin […]
The Beach Boys :: Rehearsal Session 1967
Dug reading all of your thoughts on the upcoming Beach Boys SMiLE sessions earlier this week. After posting it, a deluge of emails came in requesting that we re-post the Beach Boys rehearsal sessions that have popped up on AD […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Low @ The El Rey Theatre, 9/20
Next Tuesday, September 20th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Low at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Bachelorette support. Low are presently touring behind their 2011 Sub Pop release, C’mon . We’re giving away three pairs . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium […]
Charles Bradley :: Aquarium Drunkard Session
Soul man Charles Bradley recorded this stripped down version with us at Red Rockets Glare studio while in town last month prior to the band’s gig at the Echo . It airs this Friday on the radio show, but here’s a sneak […]
The Beach Boys :: SMiLE Sessions
We all knew this day would eventually come, it was only a matter of time. Earlier this month it was announced the sessions from the Beach Boys fabled Smile sessions would finally see an official […]
AA Bondy :: Believers
There’s a guitar tone that opens A.A. Bondy’s third album Believers like someone ringing strings at the bridge of the guitar. It fades as “The Heart Is Willing”‘s metronome drums and main guitar line come in, […]
Buffy Sainte-Marie :: Illuminations
Beginning with 1967’s Fire & Fleet & Candlelight , the music of Cree folksinger Buffy Sainte-Marie began to take on a decidedly schizophrenic nature. Traditionally celebrated for her biting political songs, as well as her stark approach to folksong, […]
Roof Light :: Penfold
While it may sound as if it’s been culled from one of the dozen or so 70s outsider folk compilations you have stashed on your hard drive, it is not. The following slightly damaged, instrumental, […]
Matthew Sweet :: The AD Interview
It’s hard to believe, in some ways, that it’s been 25 years since Matthew Sweet’s solo debut. Possibly even harder to believe it’s been 20 since his career-breaking album, Girlfriend . Regardless, the perennial high priest of power […]