The second installment of Analog Africa’s Afrobeat Airwaves series touched down earlier this month with Return Flight to Ghana , probing the years 1974-1983. Once again afro-funk, beat, heavy groove, highlife and soul focused. As with the first installment […]
Month: September 2013
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. Michael Morin , part of LA’s Blundertown , is my guest this week. […]
Hailu Mergia :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“The sound is good… the sound is modern and old fashioned. The melodies are very nice melodies, so because of this, everybody had some kind of…. nostalgia.” That’s how Hailu Mergia describes the sound of his […]
The Fall :: The Wonderful And Frightening World Of Mark E Smith
Hey-uh, tell all yer frenz. . .one hour BBC documentary from 2005 chronicling the rise of The Fall and one Mark E Smith . Who knows, perhaps you’ll even learn “ how he “Wrote ‘Elastic Man ” Twenty-four Peel Sessions can’t be wrong. Stream in […]
AD Presents: Twin Peaks – The Mercury Lounge, Oct 2nd – NYC
Wednesday night, October 2nd, AD presents Twin Peaks at the Mercury Lounge , NYC. No Diane, Dale Cooper, Laura Palmer or Donna Hayward. No midnight trysts over the border at One Eyed Jacks. Instead, itinerant fuzzy rock & roll […]
Spacemen 3 :: Come Down Easy (Demo)
Released ten years ago, the Forged Prescriptions collection not only re-sparked my interest in Spacemen 3, but introduced what I now consider to be the ‘definitive’ version of several tracks – none more so than the demo […]
The Complete Tom Waits Storytellers (Unedited)
There is little to no argument that Tom Waits is one of the longest standing bullshitters in the history of popular music. As such, upon the release of his 1999 Mule Variations lp, he graced television […]
Mazzy Star :: Seasons Of Your Day
Most people anticipating the return of Mazzy Star this month got their first taste nearly 20 years ago, playing “Fade Into You” on repeat (or rewinding the deck, as it were) over and over and […]
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 311: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Shin […]
Bill Callahan :: Dream River
Dream River is a display of Callahan’s peak powers, a masterpiece work documenting Callahan’s aesthetic as a refined craft. Over his 20 plus years of making music, his voice has matured, deepened, become more controlled. The […]
This Festival Could Be Your Life: The Replacements, Riot Fest
(Last weekend the reformed reunited Replacements gigged at Riot Fest in Chicago. AD’s Marty Garner was there. The following is his report.) I hope I’m not being presumptive about the kinds of things the average AD reader […]
Aquarium Drunkard x Cold Splinters: Indian Summer – A Mixtape
Earlier this month Cold Splinters shared Indian Summer, a transitional/seasonal mix I put together for their ongoing Trail Mix series. As I’ve noted here in the past, if you like to get outside, Cold Splinters, helmed by […]
Transfigurations 2013: Recent & Recommended Guitar Soli
2013 has already offered up an embarrassment of riches for fans of the guitar soli world, from necessary reissues of Lena Hughes and Don Bikoff to fresh masterpieces by Chuck Johnson, Glenn Jones and others . But there are still more […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: No Jacket Required — CMJ 2013 — October 16th — Mercury Lounge, NYC
We’re heading to New York, so come party with us. Aquarium Drunkard — CMJ 2013 — No Jacket Required. October 16th at Mercury Lounge . Tickets available, here . More details next month. . . White Denim ~ Jonathan Rado […]
Joe Barry :: I’m A Fool To Care
Down in the Crescent City where Desire meets the Mississippi, Ernie K. Doe smiles from the side of a pink palace packed to the gills with audio treasures both new and old; a trove called […]