October 1993 – La Maison de la Radio. Mazzy Star , two weeks into touring behind their second album, So Tonight That I Might See, record a Black Session at studio 105 in Paris. Even now, almost twenty years […]
Month: February 2012
Spiritualized :: Hey Jane
Sweet Heart Sweet Light is due out on Fat Possum Records April 16th, and in this instance “ Huh?” may be the perfect album art. Like most Spiritualized fans, I can imagine Jason Pierce’s cold stare piercing the […]
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 10 – Freakbeat Primer
(Volume 10 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, psych and beyond. — AD) […]
Two Banks of Four :: Foggy Dew
Languid, repetitive and hypnotic, I heard this somewhere in the neighborhood of 2:30 am last week via Gilles Peterson’s show on BBC Radio 1. I had just been listening to a pair of Dr. John’s early Nightripper albums, […]
Nina Simone :: To Love Somebody
Last week John Gleason guested on AD touting the lesser known side of the Bee Gees, making a case for their catalog being equal to or greater than the Beatles. Brave. And while I can’t say I share that sentiment, there’s […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: New York, NY 2006
As Will Oldham prepared to embark on what would become a very busy Fall of 2006, he played two very special nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City with brothers Paul and Ned Oldham. Honoring 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 234: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Father […]
Bill Callahan :: So long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen)
Bill Callahan’s dark country & western croon takes on “ So long, Marianne ,” the opening track off side two of Leonard Cohen’s 1968 debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen . Slowing things down, Callahan and co. eschew the original’s violin and backing female […]
Willis Earl Beal :: Monotony
In a era of near constant spin, hype and worse it’s increasingly rare to engage with art on one’s own terms sans any preconceived notions. It’s for this reason I shared two tracks by Willis Earl Beal without commentary […]
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan :: Deus Ibi Est
The atmospheric baritone. Next to Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Mark Lanegan possesses one of the few contemporary voices capable of a kind of subliminal storytelling that exists outside the realm of pure vocabulary. It’s a vocal […]
Frankie Rose :: Interstellar
When Frankie Rose revealed Interstellar’s incredibly catchy first single, “Know Me,” she tapped in to a familiar place, and I’m not just talking about the ease in which she weaves a tapestry of colors into a fully realized dream-pop single […]
Pulp :: This Is Hardcore
An audacious choice as a single based on running time alone, the title track from Pulp’s 1998 album made an equally brazen choice for video. This is Hardcore , the album, is more than worthy of a post on […]
Jimmy Had a Bomb and the Bomb Went Bang: Reconsider the Bee Gees
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. This week: Roadside Graves’ John Gleason takes on the often misunderstood world of the Bee Gees ; […]
Jim White :: Where It Hits You
There’s a key moment in Jim White’s fifth and latest LP, Where It Hits You , where the album pushes itself into emotional depths only hinted at in its opening sections. When the marching-band tempo of “Here We Go!” […]
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 233: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ […]