There are those among us who will shudder when I say this, but let’s face facts: Can was a jam band. Indeed, jamming was at the heart of pretty much everything the legendary krautrockers did. Rather […]
Month: November 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. SIRIUS 271: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Mission […]
Bert Jansch :: Heartbreak (Reissue)
As a solo artist and as one fifth of Pentangle , Bert Jansch’s six-string stylings captivated guitarists as disparate as Jimmy Page, Neil Young and Johnny Marr. His sound is instantly recognizable, as distinctive as a […]
Neil Young :: American Stars ‘n Bars
On paper, American Stars ‘n Bars is Neil Young’s followup to his 1976 album-length collaboration with Stephen Stills, Long May You Run. The truth, as it often is with Young, is more complicated. Having instructed his busdriver to head […]
RIP Mickey “Guitar” Baker: 1925 – 2012
Mickey Baker always wanted to play jazz, but will be remembered for laying down some of the fundamentals of rock and roll guitar. He fled a hard-knock upbringing in a Louisville brothel, landed in New York City, […]
Sahel Sounds :: Laila Je T’Aime
Desmond Dekker & The Aces :: Israelites, 1978 (BBC)
The grey curtain is starting to fall over the Upper Midwest, and in an effort to stave off winter’s cruel vibes, I’ve been spinning Desmond Dekker’s Super Best hits package. Here he is crossing through “Israelites” nine […]
Mad Music, Inc. :: Mad Music (Reissue)
Is this the sound of the band in heaven ? It might be. Echo-laden pianos, angelic female vocals, droning sitars, light disco beats, celestial harps. If that all sounds a little bit New Age-y to you, well, you might […]
Jim Jarmusch / Jozef van Wissem :: Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity
Let’s turn for a moment to the Netflix review section for Jim Jarmusch’s 2009 existential thriller The Limits of Control : “Bored me to death. I’ve never seen a more droll and excruciating film.” “Terribly slow. Extremely slow. Deathly […]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse :: Psychedelic Pill
Coming on the heels of the vexing Americana comes Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s second album of 2012, the double disc Psychedelic Pill . And it’s a doozie. Longtime fans of ol . . . […]
Sic Alps :: S/T
The first Sic Alps studio endeavor following four scrappier albums and some even scrappier singles is also the first to make good on the promise of the band’s superb live shows, and a defining statement by one […]
Chris Cohen :: The AD Interview
“Modern timelessness, without a speck of bullshit.” Those were the words employed by my good friend John describing Chris Cohen’s “Heartbeat”, a standout cut from the excellent Overgrown Path LP on Captured Tracks. Timeless and sans bullshit […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Christmas Eve Can Kill You (Everly’s)
‘Tis the season and pass the egg nog. As a warm-up to their forthcoming 2013 full-length paying tribute to the Everly Brothers, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Dawn McCarthy just released their take on the […]
Blood Meridian For Electric Drone Guitar: 6xCDR Box Set
Nashville’s Across Tundras have been quietly producing albums of postmodern meta-metal for nearly a decade, amassing an impressively large body of work despite a frustrating paucity of critical attention. Revolving around guitarist/vocalist T.G. Olson, Across Tundras dutifully […]
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. Today, during the second hour, I aired the latest AD […]