Via Strut Records, Souljazz Orchestra returned last month with Resistance . Compared to previous albums, this one has a very strong French / Caribbean influence, placing it in some of the same territory as label’s Sofrito and […]
Month: October 2015
Bembeya Jazz National :: Petit Sekou
Tom Carter :: Long Time Underground
“[Tom Carter] is tearing a giant hole in the sky right now at @3lobed Hopscotch Fest day show,” Yo La Tengo’s James McNew tweeted back in September of 2013. And anyone who was there or […]
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 408: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ […]
Sad Movies: The Secret History of Neil Young / 1973-1978
Dig into an assortment of choice live recordings from Neil Young’s peak 70s period — the period that will presumably be covered by the next volume of the songwriter’s Archives series … whenever that comes […]
Promised Land Sound :: For Use And Delight
Promised Land Sound’s 2013 debut was a fun romp, getting by on garage-y energy and pleasing country rock choogle. The energy and the choogle remain firmly in place on the Nashville-based band’s sophomore effort, but […]
Deerhunter :: Fading Frontier
Leading up to the release of Deerhunter’s seventh long player, Fading Frontier , Bradford Cox revealed a “ concept map ,” drawing together some influences on the group’s latest work. Amongst the musical clues are influences as disparate […]
This Is Barbara Lynn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In 1962, a young left-handed guitarist from Texas named Barbara Lynn Ozen penned a song called “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.” More than 50 years later, the song continues to resonate with audiences: It was […]
Charles Mingus :: Mingus Plays Piano
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 407: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Disappears […]
GospelbeacH :: Pacific Surf Line
It’s all too easy to hang your Stetson on the wince inducing tag that is ‘all-star band’. But when your rich rail yard is comprised of veterans of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ryan Adams’ Cardinals, Further and […]
Protomartyr :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
A funny thing happens toward the end of “Cowards Starve,” the second song on Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr’s third album, The Agent Intellect . Singer Joe Casey delivers a weird, cutting line, as a synth buzzes in the […]
Gene Boyd :: Thought Of You Today (1982)
The Montgomery Express :: Montgomery Movement
“My whole life, I heard music in the air, beautiful music. I’ve been involved in supernatural things, spoken with spirits. I have heard an orchestra up in the air. I know I’ve heard it.”–Paul Montgomery […]
Dwight Sykes :: Songs – Volume 1
Yeah, speaking of nasty . . . Songs Volume 1 — a 2013 compilation wrangling 7 tracks from the unreleased cassette archives of Detroit musician Dwight Sykes. Originally recorded in his home studio, L.U.S.T. Productions between 1980-1990. Step into the […]