These past few weeks, Ahmed Gallab has been the toast of NYC. He just released his debut record for DFA Records as Sinkane, and his band was the celebrated guest at many a high-profile CMJ party. Before cultivating his own music as Sinkane, Gallab performed on a variety of instruments for a handful of indie rockers who came up in the late ‘aughts –Of Montreal, Caribou, Eleanor Friedberger, and most notably Yeasayer. He was born in Sudan to intellectual parents who landed in the U.S. as political exiles, and his adolescent years were spent playing in hardcore and punk bands in Ohio. Now Gallab’s HQ is in Brooklyn. It’s no surprise that Mars sounds remarkably cosmopolitan.
Month: October 2012
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 17 – I Hear A New World
(Volume 17 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 . […]
Bill Wilson :: Ever Changing Minstrel
File under: Rough hewn, blue-eyed, vintage Southern soul. Tracked in a single night in 1973, with producer Bob Johnston and the same Nashville session cats that cut Blonde on Blonde, Bill Wilson’s Ever Changing Minstrel was […]
Ty Segall’s Year Of The Dragon
Terry Callier :: You Goin’ To Miss Your Candyman
Mixing trad-folk, funk and soul with straight jazz sensibilities, Callier’s “Candyman” is the cornerstone of his 1973 LP What Color Is Love? . Due to the strength of the album as a whole, […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Hacienda
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. The Lagniappe Sessions return this week with Hacienda . Now […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Halloween Edition)
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 266: Count Chocula […]
AD Presents: Father John Misty & The Orwells / Chicago / Oct 29th
Dear Chicago: just in time for Halloween, we bring you live Evil courtesy of Father John Misty and the Orwells , October 29th. Six pm. All ages. Free. Hosted at saki — Details:
Johnny Thunder :: I’m Alive (1968)
A Tommy James and the Shondells original, Johnny Thunder and his crew turned the track inside out in 1968 transforming it into the soul/fuzz monster you hear, below. They took […]
Crystal Syphon :: Family Evil
The San Francisco ballroom scene of the mid- to late-60s produced some genuinely legendary groups — Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Moby Grape among them. But […]
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 […]
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 5) — Podcast / Mixtape
Sevens :: Jason Lytle – Get Up And Go
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) It’s science: We live in the Age of the Sad Song . Bright melodies, major chords, and “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah-isms” […]
Trick Or Treat, Volume 8 (A Vintage Halloween Mixtape)
Boo. 34 vintage spookers from the grey haas spanning 1957-1972. Download/tracklisting after the jump. For more undead, last year’s Halloween mixtape is still available, here . Download: Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Trick Or Treat, Volume 8 (A Halloween Mixtape) […]