Saturday night, May 24th, Aquarium Drunkard and Blundertown present Protomartyr @ The Bootleg Theatre. Don’t miss this shit… as noted earlier , this LP is one of our favorite rippers of the year. The Intelligence […]
Month: May 2014
Famous L. Renfroe :: Children
“A long time ago I used to hear spiritual singers singing beautiful songs and I wanted to be a singer too. I first started my musical career by singing in […]
John Cale :: Heartbreak Hotel (Musical Express, 1981)
In the mid-70s, John Cale recorded a trio of solo albums for Island Records. Ever the forerunner of avant-garde, Cale concocted a heady brew of proto-punk, glam and art pop […]
Nico Icon :: Documentary (1995)
“She was almost proud of the fact that her teeth were rotten, that her hair was grey…her skin was bad, she had needle tracks all over. She liked that. That […]
Jerry Jeff Walker :: About Her Eyes
The man behind “Mr. Bojangles,” songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is best known for his progressive country work, a catalog that puts him squarely in league with Guy Clark, Townes Van […]
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 341: Jean Michel Bernard […]
AD Presents: Damien Jurado @ The Bootleg – May 18
If you have yet to check out Damien Jurado’s new LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son , you need to remedy that. And while you’re at it, download Other People’s Songs – his covers collaboration with frequent running […]
Neil Young :: A Letter Home
In almost 50 years full of sharp stylistic left turns and confounding career moves, A Letter Home has to be in Neil Young’s top 10 most Neil Young-y moments. In case you missed […]
Glen Campbell :: Guess I’m Dumb (The Shindig! – LA, 1965)
Filmed for ABC’s The Shindig ! – Los Angeles, 1965. Reportedly originally slated for inclusion on the lp The Beach Boys Today! , Brian Wilson penned “Guess I’m Dumb” with Russ Titelman, before handing it […]
Los Angeles Royalty :: Ned Doheny’s Separate Oceans
It’s no stretch to call singer/songwriter Ned Doheny “Los Angeles royalty,” both by the circumstances of birth and his association with the vanguard of ‘70s breezy Pacific pop. Born into an oil […]
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 340: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Donald Thomas :: Black Night Is Calling Me Home (Demo)
Here’s a little ditty culled from the the second installment in the Numero Group’s Local Customs series – 2010’s Lone Star Lowlands . Mining the scene surrounding Port Neches, Texas between 1969 […]
Mickey Newbury / Etta James :: Are My Thoughts With You?
Around the time when Mickey Newbury was working in Nashville as a hired gun, writing songs for some of the biggest names in country music, he was locked into a […]
Tommy James :: Midnight Train
Tommy James went solo in 1970 with a self-titled affair on Roulette Records. The album’s contents are not too far off from the likes of “Crimson and Clover” and “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” some […]
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 22 – Sitar Soul
(Volume 22 of Clifton’s Corner . Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.) Sometime during the […]