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. Jared, from Black Lips , is our guest host this week. Rest […]
Month: January 2014
Night Beats :: H-Bomb
Haunted psych soul beat. Lots of inky night, lots of open desert. Windows down. I just became reacquainted with this one, as it’s in a folder comprised of music I’m stockpiling for a film I […]
Allen Toussaint :: Poor Boy Got To Move / Go Back Home
In 1965, Allen Toussaint recorded this 45 for the New Orleans label, Alon Records -“Poor Boy, Got to Move” b/w “Go Back Home.” Two gorgeous cuts of down-tempo soul, the tracks are apparently the first […]
Videodrome: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) It’s safe to say that when Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song was […]
Catching Up With Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner :: The AD Interview
It’s been five and a half years since we last spoke with Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner – around the release of 2008’s OH (Ohio) – and it’s been a productive set of years. The group played an awe-inspiring set at Merge Records’ 20th Anniversary festival in […]
Mariano Rodriguez :: Praise The Road
The open road has always played a role in our transformative journeys, and with his new album, Argentinean guitarist Mariano Rodriguez evokes its mysteries and possibilities. Bill Meyer cites the trips of the Apostle Paul, […]
Damien Jurado :: Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
For most of his career, Damien Jurado’s records have been low key, sturdy things. There were stylistic outliers, sure — the crashing indie rock of 2002’s I Break Chairs and the minimal electronics of songs […]
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. Light In The Attic Records ‘ founder, Matt Sullivan, is our guest this week. We […]
Odds & Ends :: Dylan’s 1965 Studio Fragments
Big Star :: Mod Lang (Alternate Mix)
“Rattle my gin!” Last year’s Big Star documentary, Nothing Can Hurt Me , is now streaming over at Netflix…which I’ll use, here, as an excuse to highlight the alternate mix of “Mod Lang”, culled from disc two of Thank You Friends: The Ardent Story . […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Doug Paisley (George Jones / Elvis Presley)
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Doug Paisley’s previous long player, 2010’s Constant Companion , became just that – […]
Hiss Golden Messenger :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“I had a little bit of a crisis,” songwriter M.C. Taylor jokes. Arriving in Asheville, North Carolina, where Taylor performed earlier this month with members of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. as a tribute […]
Portishead Recreate Third :: Live / Parts 1- 4 (2008)
Promotional video, for Third , upon its original 2008 release. With a near 35 minute runtime, the footage captures Portishead running through the live arrangements worked up for the Third tour. Alright, now to revisit that Beth Gibbons/Paul Webb record . After […]
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. Turquoise Wisdom guests during the first hour of today’s show. To download […]
Beachwood Sparks :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
As El Nino rolled into Southern California in the summer of 1997 it pushed two friends, Brent Rademaker and Chris Gunst, to escape Los Angeles. Frequent trips to Joshua Tree were coupled with crashes at […]