Nevermind Lifehouse — this is the Great Lost Who Album. Originally intended as a stopgap release between The Who Sell Out and Tommy, Who’s For Tennis was shelved in 1968. All of the tracks […]
Month: October 2014
Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
The steady hand of Canadian musicologist and curator Kevin “Sipreano” Howes has been present in many of Seattle-based label Light in the Attic’s key releases, but his newest project for […]
Foxygen :: … And Star Power
Returning to a tack they’d previously embraced before achieving a measure of critical success, … And Star Power reorients Foxygen’s trajectory, without any regard for making a “follow-up.” In hindsight, 2011’s Take The Kids Off Broadway EP and 2013’s […]
Kevin Morby :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Late last year, after incessant touring among the ranks of his Alma mater acts Woods and The Babies, Kevin Morby released his solo debut – the stunning folk of Harlem River . On […]
Jimmy Lee Williams :: Hoot Your Belly Give Your Backbone Ease
Jimmy Lee Williams lived his entire life in Poulan, GA . He also lived his entire life as a peanut farmer and juke joint rocker. Williams was pretty much unknown to everyone […]
Steve Palmer :: Unblinking Sun
Listening to the first 30 seconds or so of Steve Palmer’s excellent Unblinking Sun , you might think you’re in for an album of low-key, Fahey-style fingerpicking. Think again. Six-string eclecticism is […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Hipshakers & Heartbreakers – Vol 2
My grandfather, C.W. Hardwick, died when I was sixteen. We were not close. Growing up, I knew very little about him. I knew that he was fond of jumpsuits, Sam […]
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 359: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On August 27th Chicago-based label Drag City announced a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , by uploading a staged interview with Will Oldham, the cryptic force and songwriter behind the “Prince” Billy moniker, dubbed […]
Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters :: 1974 – Bremen, Germany
“…I had been spending so much time exploring the upper atmosphere of music and the more ethereal kind of far-out spacey stuff. Now there was this need to take some […]
Diversions :: Luke Winslow-King (Delta Blues/NOLA Mix)
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Luke Winslow-King’s latest long-player, Everlasting Arms, hit shelves last month via […]
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott :: If I Were A Carpenter (Johnny Cash Show)
They don’t make ‘em like The Johnny Cash Show anymore. In September 1969, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott appeared on the program and performed this spellbindingly cosmic rendition of Tim Hardin’s “If I Were a Carpenter.” […]
Hello, Mr. Soul :: Neil Young Covers, 1967-1978
Dig into this — a wide array of Neil covers from his first decade or so in action. There’s folk rock, funk rock, country rock, yacht rock, pop rock — […]
Catching Up With Steve Gunn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
With 2013’s Time Off , guitarist Steve Gunn took a leap that often proves disastrous for guitar soli performers: he started singing. His albums had featured vocals before, but Time Off was […]
Bear Medicine :: The Moon Has Been All My Life
Lexington, KY’s Bear Medicine doesn’t occupy a space–it invents one. Any description of their music using rock crit shorthand–“chamber-prog-folk,” for instance–seems inadequate, even misleading. To put it plainly, Bear Medicine leaves me […]