On this latest archival release, Boogie Shoes: Live on Beale Street, fans of Alex Chilton get a sonically perfect snapshot of the polished side of the artist—the side that loved playing funky-ass R&B with a tight backing band.
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Frame For the Blues: The Powerful Ease of Alex Chilton
Right as he finally began to be recognized as a proto-indie rock figurehead in the late eighties and early nineties, Alex Chilton found himself drifting toward the sounds of his youth. Right as people had begun clamoring for Big Star and the acerbic rock & roll Chilton wrote after that band’s end, he opted to crack open the Great American Songbook and channel his inner Chet Baker.
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn :: Cubist Blues
In December, 1994, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn, and Alan Vega walked into Dessau Studio in Manhattan. They had only the vaguest idea of what might happen. There was a basic […]
Alex Chilton :: Electricity By Candlelight, NYC 2/13/97
In 2009 I went to see Charlie Louvin play a small club in L.A. on a rainy night in February. Not long into his set the power went out. Sudden […]
Alex Chilton :: Jumpin’ Jack Flash / Free Again: 1970 Sessions
Released last month, Free Again: The 1970 Sessions highlights a fertile, if transient, period in Alex Chilton’s life and career. As the decade began the twenty year old Chilton found himself at a crossroads. Having […]
Sevens :: Alex Chilton – My Rival
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) There is an understood snarl to much of Alex Chilton’s latter work beginning […]
Alex Chilton :: I’m In Love With That Song
One of indie-rock’s most important pioneers and songwriters died today. Alex Chilton, founding member of Big Star , died at the age of 59. It is especially sad given that Big Star […]
Snap, Crackle & Pop: Lost Gems of 1970s Power Pop
Power pop is a genre built for mainstream appeal—big hooks, catchy riffs, ear-worm melodies—yet dominated by bands that never broke through, making it the most radio-friendly music that rarely made it to the radio.
Here are just a few unsung bands from the second-wave era of 1970s power pop. While these artists may be lesser-known, they’re just as bittersweet as Big Star, as rollicking as The Romantics, and as melodic as Eric Carmen.
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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 33
Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. In this month’s stack: all things Roxy Music, some narco strung out street-lit by way of east Texas, the infinite puzzle that is the crack in the cosmic egg, the ever erudite and entertaining travels of the late Patrick Leigh Fermor, and more. Your librarians for this installment are Justin Gage, Tyler Wilcox, Ian Everett, and Mark Neeley.
J Spaceman on Stranded in Canton :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“It’s almost a Biblical connection.” Today at Aquarium Drunkard, Jason Pierce, aka J Spaceman, discusses Harmony Korine, Jim Dickinson, and his new soundtrack to William Eggleston’s 1974 documentary Stranded in Canton, released this week on Fat Possum Records.
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)
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An Abstraction of Peculiar Experience :: Tom Lunt On William Eggleston
Tom Lunt on producing music by Memphis photographer William Eggleston and assorted collaborators: Brian Eno, Matana Roberts, Sam Amidon, and others.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2023 Year in Review
Looking back to look ahead. It’s our Year In Review 2023. As always, our list is unranked and unruly. Let it blurb.
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