1970 Dutch fuzz monster. Throwaway elliptical bubblegum lyrics. Perfection. MP3: Darwin Teoria :: De La Ceca A La Meca (Sally’s Uptight)
Month: February 2013
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital IV (A Mixtape)
Once again, we touch down in Portland, OR with the fourth installment of our Ghost Capital series. Helmed by Nick Barbery with an ear bent toward the obscure, esoteric and out-of-print, Ghost Capital digs globally mining the […]
The B.C. Harmonizers :: You Ought To Been There
The Fine Recording Studio Gospel Highlights: A vintage gospel compilation, its 25 tracks have aided an abetted many a cross-country trek since they came into my life several years ago. I included The B.C. Harmonizers […]
Levon & The Hawks :: Pop Ivy’s, Port Dover, Ontario, CAN, 1964
“We have an announcement,” says the drummer between songs. “There’s lots of corn left! So alla you who feel like havin’ a cob…” Just another glamorous gig for Levon & The Hawks, the group that […]
Townes Van Zandt :: Sunshine Boy – The Unheard Studio Sessions And Demos, 1971-1972
Though he made plenty of them over his career, Townes Van Zandt was not particularly interested in studio recordings. He was a songwriter first and foremost, a performer second, and a record-maker a distant third, […]
Yo La Tengo :: Fade
Recently, I was thinking about artists who have been around awhile and whose work has been labeled as ‘influential’ at one point or another. Thirteen albums into their career, Yo La Tengo certainly falls into […]
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 281: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ The […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra :: II
“FFunny FFriends” was the peppy Bandcamp track that amassed so much online hype it morphed Ruben Nielson’s bedroom project from an internet mystery into an established, touring band. Yet despite a solid, self-titled LP and loads of […]
Cody Chesnutt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Cody Chesnutt indirectly made himself into a bit of enigma this past decade. After his band was dropped from a record deal right before the release of their finished debut, Chesnutt holed up in his bedroom and […]
John Cale & Friends :: The Ocean Club – NYC, July 21, 1976
Ten years after they first emerged from Warhol’s Factory, the Velvet Underground loomed larger than ever before in the CBGB-centered NYC punk scene of the mid-1970s. With Patti Smith leading the charge — she covered the Velvets frequently […]
Peter Howe :: I’m Alive (Morning Of The Earth)
Our brother in arms, Turquoise Wisdom , entered the digital sphere last month with Play As It Lathes , an audio diary of recently ripped vinyl from his stacks. The January 9 entry highlights the lethargic, faded vibe that is Peter […]
Are Your Songs Rabbits? :: Wooden Wand Interviews Howe Gelb
Our Longshots series returns with two of the more prolific voices working in music today — Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth and Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb; both of whom just saw album releases this year, Blood Oaths of the New Blues and […]
Retribution Gospel Choir :: 3
On paper, it was always supposed to be easy to divide Alan Sparhawk’s work between his long-running trio Low and his rock ‘n’ roll outfit Retribution Gospel Choir . Low is the taut one, minimal and terse, defined by […]
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. Podcasts archives: Sidecar: Transmissions SIRIUS 280: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane […]