Month: March 2016
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 425: Jean-Michel Bernard – […]
Jon Tiven of Prix :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
1975 was a strange time for rock & roll in Memphis. Big Star , the flagship band of Ardent Records, was kaput, and the label itself was in flux, tethered to the […]
Wax Wonders :: Abdou El Omari
In the mid ’70s, to western ears, records rarely arrived more exotic than these Moroccan beauties featuring organist Abdou El Omari. Combining rock / funk / progressive jazz and (very […]
I Cut Meat and Sing My Song: The Soft Boys, 1976-78
40 years after they emerged from Cambridge, The Soft Boys remain a totally singular band: both ahead and behind their times, Robyn Hitchcock and co. blended an array of influences (Barrett, Beatles, Beefheart, […]
Ty Segall :: Music For A Film 1
Speaking of Can , in 2013 Ty Segall released “Music For A Film 1″, the A-side to a split 7” with Chad & The Meatbodies via Famous Class Records . The Can intonations abound, here — […]
Lucinda Williams :: The Ghosts of Highway 20
Is there ever a point in your life where it’s in some way easier to lose someone? Does getting to spend a little more time with them – well into […]
Can :: The Peel Sessions (1973-1975)
Consider the following a public service announcement: Can’s collected session work with John Peel, recorded on four different occasions, between 1973-1975. The six tracks were released in 1995 via the Strange […]
Checking Back Into The Solar Motel :: Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band, Sunwatchers + Nick Millevoi
Chris Forsyth’s Solar Motel adventure continues with The Rarity of Experience , a double LP that brings plenty of the six-string fireworks that have become the Philadelphia-based guitarist’s signature over the past few years. […]