This *might* make it into a film I am presently working on. Regardless, you need it in your life. Gilbert O’Sullivan :: Alone Again (Naturally)
Month: June 2014
Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper :: Cantos De Lisboa
As highlighted here recently, the recent crop of Mike Cooper reissues from Paradise of Bachelors are utterly essential. Fearlessly eclectic, masterful stuff. And judging from Cantos De Lisboa , Cooper’s brand-new collaborative LP with Steve Gunn, the man has lost none of his […]
Ty Segall :: Girlfriend (At The Galaxy Barn, Pickathon 2013)
Ty Segall Footage performing “Girlfriend” (last summer in the Galaxy Barn at Pickathon) at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. This year’s festival is happening August 1-3. We’ll be there again, DJing. Details, here […]
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 14) — Podcast/Mixtape
Black sand blues. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. This is transmission fourteen. Direct download, below. The first thirteen transmissions can be found and downloaded, here. MP3: Sidecar: Transmission / 14 Intro […]
Kris Kristofferson :: Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends
For those familiar with the sentiment, Kristofferson never penned or sang a sadder song — and no version is more potent than this, found on the 2010 collection the Publishing Demos 1968-1972 . Kris Kristofferson :: Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends (demo)
Hiss Golden Messenger :: Saturday’s Song
M.C. Taylor’s Hiss Golden Messenger albums weave a lot of layers into the songwriter’s work — folk, blues, gospel, touches of psychedelia, boogie, and raga — but with “Saturday’s Song,” a taste from his upcoming […]
Gil Scott-Heron :: Message To The Messengers
Been way deep into this one over the past few months, Gil Scott-Heron’s Spirits . Released in 1994 it was Gil’s penultimate LP (he would not release another album until 2011’s I’m New Here , his last). Here’s a […]
Alton Ellis :: Whiter Shade Of Pale
Via Alton Ellis Sings Rock And Soul – Coxsone Records – 1967. Alton Ellis :: Whiter Shade Of Pale
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. Dig into this week’s playlist, further, via Maison Dufrene II. SIRIUS 346: Jean […]
Maxayn :: Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones) 1972
Brown Sabbath :: Planet Caravan
Brownout’s new release — Brown Sabbath. It was with a lot of trepidation and skepticism that I pressed play. A Latin funk version of Sabbath songs?!?! Could such a thing work? In the time since the […]
Carcosa: Music Inspired By True Detective
First off, read/listen to this: Behold The Yellow King: The Music Of True Detective The following playlist continues down the path of True Detective. If there is a musical equivalent of “fan fiction,” well, then this is it — Carcosa: Music Inspired By True […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Maison Dufrene II – A Mixtape
The bouillabaisse of sound that is Maison Dufrene – Part II. An all-vinyl serving of vintage soul, country and British/American folk. Part one, still fresh, HERE … Download/tracklisting after the jump…
Mike Cooper :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Miriam Makeba :: Love Tastes Like Strawberries
Culled from Miriam Makeba’s 1962 lp The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba , the spellbinding “Love Tastes Like Strawberries” is a marshland of sparse, misty terrain. Miriam’s voice — positively otherworldly — drifts in and out of the ether, blurring […]