Stop Making Sense may have the Big Suit, but if you’re looking for the pinnacle of live Talking Heads footage, I’d point you in the direction of this unbelievable show from Rome, 1980. Completing the Heads’ journey from […]
Month: December 2012
You See Me Laughin’ :: The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen
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 272: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ Talking […]
Talking Heads :: Stardust Ballroom – Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 1979
By the close of the 1970s, Talking Heads had come a long way in a shockingly short period of time. After emerging as a minimalist three-piece at CBGBs in ’75 centered around the nervous presence […]
Sevens :: Nick Cave – There She Goes, My Beautiful World
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) There is no taxiing towards the sky here. It begins with the click of landing gear retracting, then […]
Bill Fay :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Singer-songwriter Bill Fay has enjoyed a long and legendary career in obscurity. The British musician first raised eyebrows among listeners back in 1970 with his startlingly unique, baroque debut record Bill Fay, which despite a […]
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 9) — Podcast / Mixtape
Marc Bolan :: T. Rexmas
We’re not sure who the mysterious folks behind the Bolan Boogie Bandcamp are, and even less sure how we missed the 4-track T.Rexmas! EP they uploaded last December, but here it is. T.Rexmas! is mainly built around the stomping woulda-been […]
Charles Bradley :: I’ll Slip Away (Rodriguez Cover)
Light In The Attic Records’ 10 year anniversary 7″ series continues with Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band taking on Rodriguez’s “I’ll Slip Away“. Pressed to colored vinyl, the A-side houses the cover, (a soul burn exorcism in Bradley’s […]
Simon Joyner :: Ghosts
There is something squarely stubborn about releasing a vinyl-only double record in 2012. In an industry currently dominated by mixtapes and playlists, modern music consumers increasingly lack the attention span required to sit through one […]
Liars :: WIXIW
Like all of their records, Liars’ sixth, WIXIW , is a departure from the one that came before it. And while Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill, and Julian Gross have gone way, way out in the past–did anyone […]
The Beatles :: Christmas Singles Club, 1963-1969
From 1963 to 1969 the Beatles issued limited edition Christmas fan-club singles on 7 inch flexi-discs. All very relaxed and off the cuff, it’s interesting to note how the cover art changed, along with the […]