Blues/garage/gospel/punk/folk…introducing New Orleans’ Benjamin Booker . Via the Waiting Ones demos (2012). MP3: Benjamin Booker :: Have You Seen My Son?
Month: August 2012
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Download The Orwells Aquarium Drunkard […]
Kelly Hogan :: The AD Interview
People like to call Kelly Hogan a “ chanteuse ,” but isn’t that really just a fancy French word for “she can sing her ass off?” The Georgia native cut her […]
The Orwells :: Aquarium Drunkard Session
You get them first — airs Friday on the Aquarium Drunkard show on SIRIUS XMU. Recorded June 2012 at Sunset Sound during the Orwells L.A. stint. Get this: The Orwells Remember When . MP3: […]
Thelonious Monk – Straight No Chaser’€¬ (Documentary, 1988)
The Dead Sea Scrolls of jazz. Thelonious Monk – Straight No Chaser : Produced by Clint Eastwood, the documentary is a medley/marriage between West German television documentarians Michael and Christian Blackwood’s archival 1968 footage “of the […]
Jacques Dutronc :: L’Espace D’Une Fille
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Sixteen
(Volume 16 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, […]
Alemayehu Eshete :: Kotuma Fikreye
Here’s a favorite piece of choice vintage footage: legendary Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete decked out in his trademark butterfly collars, sporting a sly grin and sultry shoulder shimmy, gesticulating along with the […]
Matthew E. White :: The Lagniappe Sessions
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. A veritable bouillabaisse of sound, Matthew E. White’s debut LP, […]
The Orwells :: Remember When
You almost don’t want to believe it, it seems so perfect. Five kids from suburban Chicago, wrapped in scuffed-up jeans, writing punk songs about going to the mall, dedicating their […]
Colossal Gospel :: Circles
You’ve heard mention of the “Heart of the South” aplenty. It’s something of a regional reference point, the geographic central organ of whatever context in which it’s breathed. It can […]
AD & LA Record Present :: Thee Oh Sees, Sept 9 @ The El Rey
Sunday, September 9th, AD and LA Record present Thee Oh Sees with Sic Alps , The Mallard and our L.A. hombres, Zig Zags . We’re giving away a few pairs of tickets — to enter for a pair, leave […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 256: Jean Michel Bernard – […]
Allah-Las :: Don’t You Forget It
From their forthcoming Nick Waterhouse produced LP (out September 18th), the Allah-Las “Don’t You Forget It“. ( via ) MP3: Allah-Las :: Tell Me What’s On Your Mind MP3: Allah-Las :: Don’t You Forget It
Paul Ngozi :: In The Ghetto
Title track from Zamrock shaman Paul Ngozi ‘s 1976 joint, In The Ghetto. Reissued by Shadoks Music in 2011, “Ghetto” was also featured in the latest Ghost Capital mix for AD, […]