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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Gene Boyd :: Thought Of You Today (1982)
You’re not going to want to skip this one. Muscle Shoals disco funk rarity from 1982. Or rather, five minutes and twenty one seconds of raw space funk r&b from […]
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 […]
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 […]