Clarity. This is the central theme that becomes immediately apparent on Parallax , the third Atlas Sound long-player. Here, Bradford Cox’s distinctive echoed voice is cleaner, more familiar, like he’s […]
Month: October 2011
Reigning Sound :: Abdication
Brand spankin’ new one from Reigning Sound . “Eve” from their forthcoming mini-album, Abdication. MP3: Reigning Sound :: Eve _____________________________________________________________________________________ . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Halloween Edition)
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 217: Count […]
Radio Cramps :: The Purple Knif Show
Lux Interior : inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of The Purple Knif Show, the one-off radio […]
Happy Halloween :: C.A. Quintet: Trip Thru Hell
One of the most unique, unheralded albums of the 60s, the C.A. Quintet’s Trip Thru Hell was a small indie pressing of under 500 from the Candy Floss label, making it a very […]
Fang :: Diary Of A Mad Werrwoulf
May Aleister Crowley put a curse on the house of Twilight for de-fanging the Lycanthrope. To counter-balance that bullshit, take a listen to Fang’s 1983 “Diary Of A Mad Werrwoulf” — […]
Neil Young :: Walking To New Orleans
As any casual viewer of David Simon’s Treme will tell you, it’s nearly impossible to define and understand New Orleans and its citizens apart from their music. For years, and particularly […]
Lou Reed :: Halloween Parade
A highlight of Lou Reed’s 1989 album New York , “Halloween Parade” is as evocative as it is chilling. Through a processional cast of characters the track chronicles the decade’s AIDS epidemic […]
Hunter S. Thompson :: The Playboy Archives
I picked up Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary upon its ’98 release and then kept up with tales of a supposed film adaptation for years afterwards. Bouncing in and out of development […]
Tom Waits :: Bad As Me
You’d be forgiven for not realizing it had been seven years since the last Tom Waits album of new material. Between the enormous wealth of fantastic, previously unreleased songs on […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: The Stepkids @ The Echo, 10.29
Saturday night, October 29th, Aquarium Drunkard presents The Stepkids at the Echo here in Los Angeles. The band’s eponymous debut is without a doubt one of my my favorite psychedelic soul releases of 2011. We’re giving […]
Trick Or Treat :: Halloween Mixtape, Volume 7
Best Halloween mix you’re likely to see all season…courtesy of Grey Haas . Save a couple tracks the collection is comprised of 25 vintage spookers spanning 1958-1966. Tracklisting/download after the jump. Boo. […]
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 216: Generique […]
The Graham Bond Organization :: The Sound of 65
It’s a matter of record that the British Blues Boom of the sixties – as discrete from British Rhythm‘n’Blues, a similar but different beast – was originally created not by […]
The Ify Jerry Krusade :: Everybody Likes Something Good
In reference to a DJ set I did for Dublab a few weeks back , a number of folks have inquired as to the origins of the Ify Jerry Krusade’s “Everybody Likes Something […]
