Holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. After the jump, Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree II: The Eggnog Is Spiked. Find part one, […]
Month: December 2014
Bonnie Beecher :: Come Wander With Me (The Twilight Zone)
Despite being a lifelong fan of The Twilight Zone, I had somehow missed Come Wander With Me – the third to last episode of the show’s fifth and final season. Perhaps that’s because Come Wander With Me doesn’t exactly […]
Bill Fox :: Get Your Workingman’s Things
The Beatles :: Christmas Singles Club, 1963-1969
From 1963 to 1969 the Beatles issued limited edition Christmas fan-club singles on 7 inch flexi-discs. All very relaxed and off the cuff, it’s interesting to note how the cover art changed, along with the […]
Lumerians :: Transmissions From Telos Vol. III
The new Lumerians is paced with the menace of a slow-motion fever dream. It smolders to the rhythms of experience; a tyger’s pulse biding in the nightscape. “Murder Dubbs,” the lead track from Transmissions from Telos […]
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. Download Ultimate Painting’s lagniappe session, here …. SIRIUS 367: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Jennifer Castle covers Bob Dylan / The Flatlanders
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. At once fragile, delicate and rugged, Jennifer Castle’s Pink City is one of the […]
RIP :: Ian McLagan
It’s with a heavy heart that I write about the loss of a true legend; the great Ian McLagan . Born in 1945, Ian began playing in bands while still a teenager, and joined up with the […]
Yo La Tengo :: Nowhere Near (Black Sessions, 1993)
At this point, it’s hard to imagine a world without Yo La Tengo. The band celebrates their 30th anniversary this week with a series of east coast shows, and yesterday released a deluxe reissue of […]
Symarip :: These Boots Are Made For Stomping
Picture a dance club with sweaty, young adults losing their minds in New Orleans. The scene is the Saturn Bar. It’s freezing outside and everyone wants to be inside dancing, if only to survive the […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Ultimate Painting
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Ultimate Painting is the collaborative pairing of James Hoare (of Veronica Falls) and Jack […]
Nina Simone :: The Desperate Ones
Nina Simone’s work, eclectic and nuanced, continually surprises. Her rendition of Jacques Brel’s “The Desperate Ones” is one of countless such displays. A delicate and poetic gem (which appeared on our November mix ), the tune closes […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: December — A Medley
Traverse wet and snow-covered ground, escape the cold winds of December and dig in to this all vinyl mix of warm-blooded soul and wintry folk ballads. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: December — A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by […]
Blaze Foley :: Clay Pigeons
Blaze Foley did not have it easy. An Arkansas-born, Texas-raised country artist who was revered by the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Merle Haggard, Foley lived and died in obscurity. The man had it […]
Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape
Each December, Brian Reese at Big Rock Candy Mountain deals out a month’s worth of holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Keeping it loose, he trims his […]