The recent release of The SMiLE Sessions must mark the ebb tide of the steady stream of retrospective issues of mythical “lost” albums from the sixties. One other such offering that […]
Month: January 2012
Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro :: Look Around The Corner
I remember the first time I heard Alice Russell’s voice. Blown away doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling. I can only describe it as devastating, in the best possible […]
Ponderosa Twins Plus One :: Bound
Threw this track on a mix for a friend over the holidays: Ponderosa Twins Plus One. A five-piece consisting of two sets of identical twins plus a friend from the neighborhood, […]
Pulphead :: The Last Wailer – Let Him Go
“There’s a sound on that recording, a vocalized So! right between the ninety-ninth and one-hundredth seconds: the Wailers, have just sung, “remember he is young, and he will live long.” […]
AD Presents :: Cass McCombs, Monday, New Orleans
Tomorrow night AD Presents Cass McCombs at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers via email (you can also purchase tickets here ). To enter […]
Dirty Three :: Rising Below
It’s been seven years since the last Dirty Three album, 2005’s Cinder. Come February 28th the Melbourne based trio make up for lost time with the release of Toward the […]
Lee Ranaldo :: Off The Wall
First taste from Lee Ranaldo’s upcoming solo full-length, Between The Times And Tides, out March 20th via Matador Records. More Ranaldo news/etc over on his the Sonic Youth page (keep an […]
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 228: Thurston Moore […]
Four Men Reflect On The 20th Anniversary of Gish…
Last fall marked the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind. As watershed moments in music history go it was surely one well worth noting. But in terms of my own continued […]
Michael Kiwanuka :: Home Again EP
While AD’s 2011 Year In Review solely focused on full-lengths, I did have a favorite single of the year: Michael Kiwanuka’s “ Tell Me A Tale ” – a track I wrote about last May. I described Kiwanuka as having […]
Africa :: Music From “Lil Brown” (1968)
Known to J Dilla disciples for his sampling of “Light My Fire” on Donuts , it was Lil Brown’s title and artwork – an obvious nod to Music From Big Pink – that initially caught my ear […]
The Owsley Brothers :: Rotten On The Vine
Dark, reverb-y, Kentucky-born garage blues strike back. “Rotten On The Vine” – the new single from the Owsley Brothers upcoming full-length – delivers on all the promise of last year’s Pure Lust ep (see: “Blood […]
Junior Parker :: Tomorrow Never Knows
Sip on this narcoleptic soul brew – Junior Parker’s psychedelic molasses rendition of the Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows.” One of three Beatles covers found on his 1971 LP, Love ain’t Nothin’ But A Business Goin ‘ […]
Calvin Keys :: Shawn-Neeq
Originally released in 1971 via the Black Jazz label, Tompkins Square is set to drop a vinyl-only reissue of Calvin Keys debut LP, Shawn-Neeq, this Tuesday. Check out “B.E.” below for a […]
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Eight – Blues Heaven (Pt. 1)
(Volume eight of Clifton’s Corner . Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, […]