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As previously reported, Yer Bird Records just released their excellent, newly compiled folk comp entitled, wait for it, Folk Music for the End of the World ! How great — and fitting — is that title? Even better than the comp’s […]

It’s no secret I have an interest in the late sixties, early seventies Laurel Canyon/L.A. music scene; even today, living in Los Angeles, you occasionally catch a glimpse of its […]

As you may have guessed from previous SXSW entries, as a whole, my favorite *night* of music, in retrospect, would have to have been the Secretly Canadian – Jagjaguwar showcase. No surprise there as […]

Welcome to Episode 27 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is […]

This summer will mark the tenth anniversary of the release of the Spiritualized masterpiece Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space . Wow, that went fast. When I first heard this album it came off like a waking […]

I would love to one day see the documentary film equivalent of Ben Fong-Torres’ definitive Gram Parsons biography Hickory Wind ; unfortunately Fallen Angel isn’t it . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard […]

Have a copy of Dean & Britta’s latest? If not, and you’re interested in a copy of Back Numbers , leave a comment below listing your email address, favorite Luna song, and why. Winners will […]

Last week in Austin I was often asked what I’ve been listening to lately. My reply was/is: this excellent, yet shitty sounding, bootleg compilation of vinyl rips of 1960s French […]

I spent last night taking the alternate cut of D.A. Pennebaker’s career defining Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back, which is included in the – just released – Don’t Look Back deluxe DVD package . Entitled ’65 Revisited , the film […]

Longtime Drunkard favorite Page France will be releasing an album via Suicide Squeeze on May 8th, and (you guessed it) fresh from a string of dates at SXSW , are now making their way up […]

So. Pardon my french, but White Denim proved to be the shit at this years SXSW . The were definitely one of the more talked up acts on everyone’s lips (along with bbq […]

Oddly, I stumbled upon the U.S. release of Gonzalez’s Solo Piano album, and Dustin O’Halloran’s 2000 album Piano Solos , within two days of one another. Funny how these things often happen. Serendipity, indeed. I had […]

When I think I of Gospel music, two things from my childhood immediately come to mind: 1) the old-timey Gospel vinyl records my grandparents would play on their aged, multi-disc, […]

I’ve been pretty excited by this Sparklehorse tribute since I first heard about it last Fall. The Slight Records release is a compilation of 20+ artists celebrating the work of Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. […]

You may remember I featured Gillian Welch’s genre bending cover of Radiohead’s “Black Star” a couple of years ago while the Drunkard blog was still in it’s infancy. If you grabbed it back […]