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 372: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Month: January 2015
The Music of Tim Sutton’s ‘Memphis’ :: Willis Earl Beal, Shirley Ann Lee and Bobby “Blue” Bland
“Like a waking dream…located somewhere between blue midnight and grey dawn” While the above quote describes Willis Earl Beal’s self-released 2014 collection, Experiments in Time , it can easily be applied to Beal’s […]
John Lurie :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It feels like John Lurie has done it all. As leader of the Lounge Lizards, he dominated New York’s underground music scene with punk-inflected jazz from the early ‘80s until the early […]
England’s Glory :: Shattered Illusions
England’s Glory : early 70s pre-Only Ones band fronted by Peter Perrettt. Very similar to later era VU, but recorded before Lou Reed cut the Transformer LP. As there were only 25 […]
Fairport Convention :: Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 29, 1970
By the time Fairport Convention took the stage at the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival, they had already been through more lineup changes than most bands experience in decades. Since forming in early […]
Ryley Walker :: Primrose Green
Ryley Walker returns this spring with his second long-player, and Dead Oceans debut, Primrose Green . Last year’s All Kinds Of You made our 2014 Year In Review , and this one somehow bests it. High praise, indeed. Below […]
Can :: Midnight Sky / The Empress and the Ukraine King
1968 free-jazz, psychedelic, art rock-funk. Sure, and from who else but Can. Culled from the still vital Lost Tapes compilation, “Midnight Sky” is one of the group’s earliest rarities, featuring […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Jess Williamson
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. The Lagniappe Sessions return in 2015 with Austin, TX based […]
Videodrome: Day Of The Outlaw (1959, André De Toth)
(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.) Sometime around college, I […]
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. Jonathan Rado, of Foxygen, is my […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: January — A Medley
Sidle up and dig in to this all-vinyl medley of unicorn dreams, flittering romances, rusty country cuts. Start your year with this mix and maybe you’ll follow Mike Wilhelm’ s lead when […]