This Wednesday, September 21st, Futurebirds bring their psychedelic country-rock to the Satellite in Silver Lake. Waters and Loch Lomond support. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers. Hit us up in the comments, below, with your name and […]
Month: September 2011
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Three / Choice Jazz Joints
(Welcome to the third installment of Clifton’s Corner . Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , will be sharing some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, […]
David Bowie :: Cracked Actor – Los Angeles, September 5, 1974
Live “Cracked Actor” during the “Philly” Dogs tour in Los Angeles coupled with Bowie’s twisted ode to Hamlet. Dig the cape. CC: Yorick. Video: David Bowie :: Cracked Actor (Los Angeles, September 5, 1974) _____________________________________________________________________________________ . . . Only the […]
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 210: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ […]
I Want My MTV :: Part One of Two
( MTV turned 30 last month. Wow. Any music lover who came of age in the 80s, and most of the 90s, certainly has a positive or negative (or both) opinion of the network and its […]
The Buff Medways :: Archive From 1959
Early rock & roll fetishist, garage devotee, punk rocker, bandleader, impresario: Billy Childish has gone by about as many names and monikers as he has mustaches (and he’s had some good ones on both counts) but at […]
Cass McCombs :: The Same Thing
Humor Risk , Cass McCombs second full-length of 2011, is set to release on November 8 via Domino Records . Here’s the first taste, “The Same Thing.” At this rate McCombs may land two slots on my best of […]
Nancy Sinatra :: Flowers On The Wall
A young Nancy Sinatra, seated with the ever-dapper Michael Caine, in 1965 at the Hollywood premiere party for Martin Ritt’s film, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. While this photo has absolutely nothing […]
Kool And Together :: Original Recordings 1970-77
Working the same vein as Black Merda and Band of Gypsys , 70s psychedelic funk outfit Kool And Together are getting the Heavy Light treatment next month. Forged in south Texas, the group merged raw, thick-grooved, soul and r&b with era-appropriate rock & . . […]
Bobbie Gentry :: The Delta Sweete
With its picture of the gorgeous Bobbie Gentry superimposed in monochrome over a fallen-down shack, The Delta Sweete promises the peculiarly Southern music that Gentry is known for. Released in 1968, it was Gentry’s second album, coming on the heels […]
AD Presents :: Jason Isbell/Justin Townes Earle – Wednesday
Wednesday night: AD presents Jason Isbell and Justin Townes Earle with Caitlin Rose at the Music Box in Hollywood. The last time I saw Earle and Isbell paired together on a bill (at Spaceland) was an inspired evenig of music. I have no doubt this […]
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 209: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ […]
The Olivia Tremor Control :: The AD Interview
(In 2009, with news of a long awaited Circulatory System lp follow-up, I asked Athens, GA’s Lucas Jensen to catch up with and interview Will Cullen Hart. Now, two years later, The Olivia Tremor Control are once again a working unit with a […]