For a decade-and-a-half, Cory Rayborn’s Three Lobed label has been a reliable trademark of quality when it comes to adventurous underground sounds. From the blown speaker glory of Bardo Pond to the […]
Month: September 2015
The City :: Now That Everything’s Been Said
Following her stint as one of the most successful pop songwriters of the ‘60s but before her emergence as a defining singer/songwriter in the ‘70s, Carole King briefly fronted a […]
Benny Joy :: Nowhere
Rarely does Tampa appear in the annals of early rock history. It was there bluesman Hudson Whittaker, aka Tampa Red, worked up his slide chops before making his career in […]
SK Kakraba :: Songs of Paapieye
Awesome Tapes From Africa has been a prolific source for reissued African sounds for a few years now, but the label’s not devoted exclusively to the past. October 2nd sees the release of a […]
Aquarium Drunkard: A Decade Floating In The Ether / The Shirt
Time flies. Ten years of genre-bending, freeform interstitial airwave debris – black sand blues, green swamp fuzz, psych, soul, garage, funk, jazz and beyond. 2005-2015. Decade — Celebrating Ten Years Floating In The Ether Transmitting somewhere off the coast […]
K. Leimer :: Savant
In the Pacific Northwest of the late ‘70s, electronic composer K. Leimer dedicated himself to enveloping, minimal soundscapes, but in the early ‘80s, he launched Savant, an ambitious studio project […]
Ought :: Sun Coming Down
Montreal post-punkers Ought returned last week with Sun Coming Down, their second full length following several eps beginning in 2012. And while shades of Talking Heads, Television, the Fall and the […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 405: Jean Michel […]
Bob Dylan w/ Robbie Robertson: I Can’t Leave Her Behind
Rumors were flying all summer about a massive Bootleg Series covering Bob Dylan’s unbelievable, earth-shaking 1965-66 period. And hey, the rumors were true. The Cutting Edge (available in 2-, 6- and 18-(!!!) disc […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Calvin Love
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 record is entitled Super Future — Calvin Love’s […]
Miles Davis w/ John Coltrane: “Walkin'” / Cafe Bohemia, 1958
Swan Silvertones :: If You Believe Your God Is Dead (Try Mine)
There’s not much that needs to be said about this Swan Silvertones cut. A far cry from the hall of fame gospel group’s early (and heavenly) A Capella arrangements, “ If You Believe Your God Is Dead […]
Bobby Brown :: Hawaii
Hawaii’s Bobby Brown redefines private press psych-folk, with his floating echo, homegrown instrumentation (pictured above) and atmospheric blend of tropical surf vibes, Indian raga music and new age spaciousness. Brown […]
Maurice & Mac :: Why Don’t You Try Me
Maurice McAlister and Green “Mac” McLauren were part of the Chicago-based doo-wop group The Radiants, recording on Chess Records in the 1960s. In the latter half of the decade, they […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: No Jacket Required — CMJ 2015 — October 16th — Rough Trade, NYC
AD / NYC. Aquarium Drunkard — CMJ 2015 — No Jacket Required. October 16th at Rough Trade in Brooklyn. Tickets available, here . More details next month. . . Protomartyr ~ Drinks ~ […]
