I probably wouldn’t have given two shits about Suede had it not been for Flying Saucer Attack ’s over-saturated and explosive cover of the group’s “The Drowners”. Dave Pearce and Rachel Brooks started FSA in 1992, crafting an […]
Month: July 2013
Videodrome :: Werewolves On Wheels (1971)
(Welcome to Videodrome. A new column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema — from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) As Vietnam festered, Nixon lied and free love gave […]
Danny Paul Grody :: Between Two Worlds
Multi-instrumentalist Danny Paul Grody f irst came to my attention amidst the solo acoustic reveries of last year’s Imaginational Anthem comp. Grody’s “Lookout Point” stood out from the rest thanks to the gentle feedback drones and resonant piano chords that hovered […]
Dead Notes #3 :: Dark Star (8/27/72 Veneta, OR)
Welcome to the third installment of Dead Notes , where we find ourselves deep in the heart of Oregon at the Old Renaissance Fairgrounds in Veneta, August 27, 1972. The Grateful Dead have now been home 3 […]
Richard Hell & The Voidoids :: CBGB, NYC, November 19, 1976
By the end of 1976, Richard Hell had co-founded two of the most important bands of New York’s fertile underground music scene — Television and The Heartbreakers . He’d also been kicked out of both of them (or he left […]
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 Sonny & The Sunsets session HERE . SIRIUS 303: […]
Kaleidoscope :: S/T Digital Reissue (Now Again Records)
Good news for those with 6th generation super lo-fi vinyl rips. Now Again Records is set to digitally reissue (for the first time) Kaleidoscope’s lone self-titled LP . Release notes via the label: “one of our favorite garage-psych records of […]
Andrew Brown :: You Made Me Suffer
Originally released on 7″ by Brave Records in 1973 as the b-side to Andrew Brown’s “Blue Monday”, the platter at one point reportedly sold for over 5k on eBay ( apparently only three existing copies have […]
Bob Dylan: Abandoned Love – The Other End, NYC, July 3, 1975
The announcement of the latest installment of Bob Dylan’s indispensable Bootleg Series is yet another reminder of the sheer depth of the man’s archives. But even with outtakes regularly emerging in official form, there’s plenty of […]
Talking Heads vs. Television :: A BBC Channel 4 Production, 1984
Via Image Oscillate : 1984 BBC Channel 4 production. Hour plus medley of interviews, concert footage and random visual media via David Byrne, who served as the creative consultant.
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Sonny And The Sunsets
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Prolific – a word that is often bandied about in reference to […]
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. You can download, Transmission 6 , from hour two of the program, […]
Tom Waits :: Ivanhoe Theater 11/21/76 — Radio Broadcast (WXRT)
Captured radio broadcast (WXRT) from 1976 of Tom’s performance in Chicago at the Ivanhoe Theater. Download: Tom Waits :: Ivanhoe Theater 11/21/76 – Radio Broadcast (WXRT) (103mb)
Phil Cook :: The Jensens / This Side Up (EP)
We ask songs to serve all kinds of functions. We ask them to remind us, to make us forget. Sometimes we ask them to take us someplace else. Phillip G. Cook has written songs that […]
Daughn Gibson :: The AD Interview
Last year, Daughn Gibson (née Josh Martin) debuted All Hell , a mysterious record by a deep-voiced, monikered singer that unfolds in an arresting whirl of loops and twang. The songs on All Hell are moody and disorienting in […]