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While The Rosebuds 2005 album Birds Make Good Neighbors received near unanimous critical accolades across the board, I have a sneaking suspicion 2007 might be real Rosebuds coming out party, judging by the buzz surrounding their performances at SXSW […]

According to the Austin grapevine, Steve Earle flew in strictly for the single solo show he did at The Parish Room Friday evening before heading back to NYC to continue working on his upcoming album. Thank you, […]

One of the many bands I had been looking forward to seeing in Austin was Brooklyn’s uber-prolific Bishop Allen . As many of you music blog readers (have no doubt) read countless times over the course of […]

Have you seen Richard Swift in a live setting?? If not, make it a high priority on your to-do list. I was pretty much blown away by the show with his full band Thursday evening at The Mohawk , […]

Oooo weee…back home in L.A., and as expected, SXSW , and Austin in general, did not disappoint. The four days and nights of music, old (and new) friends, bbq and beer, coupled with agreeable weather, made […]

Team Drunkard is about to head out the door to catch a plane to Austin for this year’s SXSW festivities. Therefore, things will no doubt be a little quiet around here, BUT, you can keep up […]

Today marks the “official” release of Neil Young’s 1971 live at Massey Hall performance in CD format (with an accompanying DVD) . This is the second live offering in preparation for Neil Young’s long awaited archives project. Here are some notes on […]

The I Am Drinking Again EP was released via Domino records in 1998 and consists of two songs, on original, and one a cover of The Cranberries “Dreaming My Dreams.” I have never heard the Cranberries […]

One of my all-time favorite bands, Athens, GA’s R.E.M. , is getting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame treatment tonight, and you can watch it live, without commercial interruption, via AOL’s Spinner . Tune in to the […]

This is what we listened to a lot over the weekend. It’s a four song covers EP The Duke Spirit released digitally in Europa last November via Rough Trade . Travis at Medication turned me onto it (thanks). From Rough Trade: […]

At the time of The Eraser’s release I was in the middle of two months of travel and could not be bothered, so i just ignored it. And truthfully, based on the description and the […]

As I mentioned last week, Gorilla vs, Bear posted some videos and MP3s from Grizzly Bear’s acoustic in-store appearance at Good Records in Dallas, TX.   Listening to the pared down versions has, again, made me re-visit 2006’s Yellow House which, […]

Welcome to Episode 26 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 the tracklisting order for this […]

If you follow Low, you are well aware they turned a big corner, stylistically, on their last album, 2005’s The Great Destroyer . Again teamed up with producer Dave Fridman, Drums And Guns . . . Only […]