Juan Wauters , the Uruguayan poet and songwriter, makes his physical home in Queens and his artistic home in the space cleared by Jean-Luc Godard. Like Godard’s Breathless, Who, Me? politely acknowledges the world outside of its creator’s bedroom […]
Month: May 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 388: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ David […]
White Eyes :: S/T (1970 / 2015 – Numero Group)
Chooglin’ through Midwest backwater towns in a 1953 Cadillac Hearse – appropriately named “Black Boris” – Missouri’s White Eyes were almost another lost to time psychedelic band. That was until the Numero Group happened upon them amongst […]
The Kingston Springs Suite
If things had worked out differently, Vince Matthews and Jim Casey’s 1972 album The Kingston Springs Suite might be heralded as an outlaw country standard, alongside conceptual records like Red Headed Stranger, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, and Bitter […]
Twain :: Life Labors In The Choir
Twain is the vehicle of Mat Davidson, previously of the Low Anthem and Spirit Family Reunion. In the way the latter describes their music as “open door gospel,” Twain very much evokes that same atmosphere — […]
Diarrhea Planet – Kids :: Pickathon / Galaxy Barn
Welcome to the sixth installment of an ongoing series with Pickathon , showcasing footage from the Galaxy Barn located at Pendarvis Farm in Oregon: Diarrhea Planet – “Kids”. Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered […]
Fats Domino :: Lady Madonna
“Lady Madonna’ was me sitting down at the piano trying to write a bluesy boogie-woogie thing … It reminded me of Fats Domino for some reason, so I started singing a Fats Domino impression. It took my other […]
Los Freddy’s :: Sufrirî¡s Sin Mi (It’s Only Love) – Beatles, 1966
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 387: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Oliver […]
John Cale :: Big White Cloud
Following his departure from The Velvet Underground, John Cale re-emerged with this sleeper of a solo debut, Vintage Violence . The centerpiece of the record is the lush and elysian dream-pop number “Big White Cloud.” As […]
At the Drive-In :: Arcarsenal (Sydney, 2001)
Depending on who you believe, At the Drive-In were on the verge of becoming the next – and maybe last – band of the ‘alternative’ era to earn household-name status when they broke up in […]
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 26 – Soul, Calypso, R&B & Beyond
(Volume 26 of Clifton’s Corner . Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.) For the last couple of months, I’ve been […]
Wax Wonders :: The Rain Parade
In honor of The Rain Parade appearing in Los Angeles last week, here’s where it all began; 33 years ago at 45 RPM. In the early 1980’s the Los Angeles music scene was a place of diametric opposites. […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: An Evening With Ryley Walker
Wednesday, June 3rd, Aquarium Drunkard presents an intimate evening with Ryley Walker in Long Beach. Location to be announced . Limited capacity. Tickets available for purchase, here . We have a few pair to giveaway to AD readers. To enter, leave […]
The Birth of Rock And Roll :: Jim Linderman – The AD Interview
One of my favorite things about collecting old records is the ephemera. Dried and pressed flowers, photos, newspaper clips, love letters, stems. In most cases, I’ve kept each these artifacts with the record I found […]