“You know, I used to be pissed off at Bobby Darin because he changed styles so much. Now I look at him and I think he was a fucking genius.” – Neil Young, 1988 Neil […]
Month: November 2015
Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann
“We all have these abilities. What I’m saying is, ‘Use them! Get into it deeper! Go for it even more!’” – Les McCann At the piano, Les McCann is a dominating soul jazz force, but […]
Happy Thanksgiving :: Doug Sahm And Friends — Austin, TX 1972
Tradition runs rampant around Thanksgiving: generations of old recipes, football, Alice’s Restaurant , The Last Waltz, and, of course, a parade of balloons shutting down NYC. What else do you need? If you thought you were covered […]
Staple Singers: Faith And Grace – A Family Journey 1953-1976
The first thing you hear as you set the needle down on “Faith and Grace” is the spectral sound of Roebuck “Pops” Staples’ guitar, and then the voices of his children, Mavis, Cleotha, Pervis, 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 412: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ […]
David Bowie :: Blackstar
New Bowie. There is only one. Via Blackstar , out January 2016.
Taj Mahal And Toumani Diabate :: Kulanjan
In 1999 American bluesman Taj Mahal teamed up with Malian kora master Toumani Diabate — together they recorded the transformative and meditative beauty that is Kulanjan . Named after a track from the 1970 album of […]
Anthology Recordings Surf Archive Series: Litmus / Glass Love
Aussie Andrew Kidman is — for lack of a better term — a renaissance man. Musician, painter, photographer, surfboard shaper, wave rider, filmmaker. That’s a lot of hats to wear by any measure but when […]
Michael Nau :: Winter Beat
Cotton Jones have been relatively quiet since their last studio album, 2010’s luminous and glacial Tall Hours in the Glowstream , a master recording of Cosmic Americana that placed the group in a category all their own. In the years […]
Les Loups Noirs :: Pilem Ou Face
Le funk via Les Petit Noirs. 1972. Via Haiti Direct . Les Loups Noirs :: Pile Ou Face
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Skateland – A Mixtape
For the last six months or so I’ve been religiously attending DJ Clyde’s Sunday Night Roll at Skateland in Northridge. True roller skating culture was not something I grew up with, so for me, seeing […]
Troy Dodds :: The Real Thing (1966)
The first thing that hits with this joint is El Camino Records gorgeous label design; the hills are more than likely the San Bruno mountains as seen while heading north on US-101 into San Francisco. […]
Zach Cowie: The Use Of Ashes / A Mixtape
Our ongoing collaboration with Zach Cowie, aka Turquoise Wisdom , returns with The Use of Ashes – A Mixtape. Tune in and turn on this Friday as Cowie guests on our SIRIUS show — channel 35, noon EST. Cowie’s latest […]
Marie Laforîªt :: Marie Douceur, Marie Colî¨re
Transporting: Bitchin Bajas / Blues Control
Earlier this year, Chicago ambient trio Bitchin Bajas released a limited edition EP entitled Transporteur, via the European label Hands in the Dark. From the now sold-out EP, they’ve shared the nine-minute-plus “Marimba,” a masterwork of pulsing […]