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For the most part I haven’t really kept up with the last ten years of David Bowie’s recording career (the last ‘new’ album I picked up was 1995’s Outside a decade ago), so last month when Blake […]

Fat Tuesday is approaching. As I have discussed before on the these pages, Daniel Lanois’ unique production style leaves it’s unique fingerprints on any project he touches, no matter the genre, no matter the artist. In the case of Yellow Moon that meant […]

Yeah! Dig that album cover! Among other things, 2006 found me delving heavily into ’70s afro-beat, and one cannot begin to mention the genre without Fela Kuti . Kuti was so hot The JBs  allegedly readily admitted to copping […]

I consider Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road to be a true genre classic in every sense of the word. Its marriage of southern gothic lyrical imagery and atmosphere, paired with a good […]

Our dear friends at Yer Bird will be releasing the next J. Tillman full length, Cancer And Delirium, in April. Details are scarce at the moment, but this release will follow hot on the tails on the much anticipated […]

I love The Breeders . After the Pixies disbanded it was not Frank Black’s career I followed with great interest, but Kim Deals. Austin’s Yellow Fever sound a bit like Pod era Breeders, and “Katcatcher,” the first song off […]

Much of my time spent with the silver screen this past year has been with documentary films. This is both due to the fact my wife has been working closely with documentary filmmakers here in […]

Last year Filter magazine had a light bulb of an idea getting native Kentucky songwriters/actors Dwight Yoakam and Will Oldham to interview one another. Upon seeing the artwork for the feature I knew I had to scan it for you […]

Peter, Bjorn And John’s latest full length Writer’s Block finally saw its U.S. release this past Tuesday coupled with a bonus disc of six additional tracks. Anyone who became entranced with the Stockholm trio’s synth/folk, sixties inspired

Welcome to Episode 24 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 week’s podcast. […]

I did not have the pleasure of catching Tony Dekker’s Great Lake Swimmers live this past year, but a friend was kind enough to send me a copy of their tour-only Hands In Dirty Ground EP.I have posted […]

You could hardly fault the casual Elephant Six fan for being under the impression The Apples In Stereo had long ago disbanded; after all, five years is a long time for an artist or group to go without a record. But […]