The James Booker re-post from last week has reinvigorated my interest in my New Orleans funk and soul collection which — with Mardi Gras in a couple of months — couldn’t have happened at a better time. So consider […]
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Roy Orbison :: Life Fades Away
I have probably watched the ’80s excess-fest that is the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel Less Than Zero thirty or so times the past fifteen years. Good lord. In retrospect it’s not that it is that a great […]
Now Podcasting :: Episode 21
Welcome to Episode 20 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 […]
Grinderman :: Get It On
Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos and they have come to bring you the rock & roll. Never one to fuck around, Nick Cave returns to studio rediscovering his Birthday Party roots with a few […]
Dr. Dog :: Shake Shake Shake
Dr. Dog : a name that has been floating in and out of my consciousness for the past couple of years, but it took a kind soul feeding me their past two recording efforts to really take hold. As a […]
James Booker :: Live @ Montreux July 1978
I uploaded this rare 1978 live recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival to the Drunkard in October of 2005 as part of the original Live Upload Series. I suspect many of you were not readers back then so […]
Casey Dienel :: Wind-Up Canary
2006 saw many interesting online developments in the world of music; my favorite of these being the launch of the Daytrotter sessions. Whether widely introducing new artists to their audience or providing a new take on […]
The Broken West :: New Album
As reported earlier on the Drunkard, local favorites The Brokedown switched their name to The Broken West this past Fall due to legal issues. No matter, the bands chops, their sound and the tunes themselves keep getting better. […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lay And Love
Will Oldham is starting off 2007 with the release of the Lay And Love single culled from his 2006 LP The Letting Go . If yer keeping tabs, this is the third single from . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium […]
Now Podcasting :: Episode 20
Welcome to Episode 20 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 […]
James Brown :: The Federal Years 1956-1960
As a rule I don’t update An Aquarium Drunkard during the holidays, but the death of James Brown almost warranted that I do so. Being from Georgia and a lover of all things funky, the Godfather’s passing was truly sad […]
Matt Marque :: Nothing Personal
HBO’s The Wire :: Way Down In The Hole
Friends will attest to the fact that the past few months have found me neck deep in all things related to the HBO serial drama The Wire . For those not familiar, the show is a […]
Neil Young :: BBC TV Theatre – 1971
This short set was recorded February 23, 1971 at the BBC’s Television Theatre in Shepherd’s Bush, London. An incredibly clean recording, I am hoping Neil explores selections from this tour in his newly minted Archives series. As you might […]
The Soft Boys :: Underwater Moonlight
Robyn Hitchcock’s 2006 album Olé! Tarantula was such a strong comeback it re-kindled my interest in The Soft Boys 2004 reunion album,