Mirage is the “ambient dream-pop” recording project of Robin Nydal, a resident of Los Angeles. That geography seems to have some influence here, especially on “Blood for the Return,” the title track to his 2014 debut. […]
Month: March 2015
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 380: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++Intro — […]
Stoneface And Life Everlasting :: Love Is Free (1973)
By the time he rounded up a pack of teenage musicians to form Life Everlasting, Innocent “Stoneface” Iwuagwu was a veteran of many top Eastern Nigerian bands (including The Tall Men, The Postmen, In Crowd, The […]
Harvey Mandel: An Appreciation On His 70th Birthday
There’s a sound in Harvey Mandel ’s “Long Wait,” the last song on Side One of his 1968 debut, “Cristo Redentor.” 1:43 into a searing, grinding, winding guitar passage, there’s a little … “plink.” It’s a moment […]
Leonard Cohen: Yad Eliahu Sports Palace, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1972
“He was looking forward to playing Israel,” writes Leonard Cohen’s biographer Sylvie Simmons of the songwriter’s first tour of the Holy Land in 1972. “He was terrified of playing Israel.” The kickoff show in Tel […]
Parachutes Are For Deserters: An Interview With Simon Joyner
I’ll stand on Steve Earle’s coffee table in my Chuck Taylors and say that Simon Joyner is every bit the songwriter Townes Van Zant was. To me and many other appreciators of fine songwriting, Joyner’s status […]
Courtney Barnett — Avant Gardener :: Pickathon / Galaxy Barn
Welcome to the fourth installment of an ongoing series with Pickathon , showcasing footage from the Galaxy Barn located at Pendarvis Farm in Oregon: Courtney Barnett — “Avant Gardener”. Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered […]
Dead Notes #10 :: New Potato Caboose (8/24/68 Los Angeles, CA)
Welcome to Dead Notes #10 where we revisit Two From the Vault , recently released by Light in the Attic Records for the first time on vinyl. 1968 was a deeply exploratory period in the early history of the […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Noel Simms – Mr. Foundation
Welcome to Jamaican Snapshots – the first installment of a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside genre enthusiasts. The column’s intent is to both highlight some of the […]
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Huddie Ledbetter, widely known as Lead Belly, is one of the most important figures in the history of American music. His recordings popularized songs that would become parts of the folk and blues canon, and Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection , a […]
Jake Xerxes Fussell :: S/T
Via Paradise of Bachelors, the self-titled debut long player from North Carolina singer and guitarist, Jake Xerxes Fussell — a lively and wholehearted gem of folk, country and bluegrass. Immersed in old world Americana, Fussell’s debut finds him […]
John Fahey :: The Zabriskie Point Tapes
For his 1970 counterculture headtrip epic, Zabriskie Point , Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni had an inspired idea. He’d hire American Primitive pioneer John Fahey to supply (at least part of) the soundtrack. Things didn’t quite work out […]
Jennifer :: I Am Waiting (Rolling Stones, Cover 1968)
Jennifer :: I Am Waiting (Rolling Stones . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by pledging your support. To continue reading, become a member or log […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: March — A Medley
From Del Shannon to Arthur Russell: March, A Medley. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: March — A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by pledging your support. To […]