Prior to the show, you could just feel the anticipation in the room…. the Joo’s were actually here in Los Angeles playing the Henry Fonda Music Box. Rumors were flying around that Steve Malkmus would make a cameo, but […]
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SSLYBY Reissue :: Lambchop’s Damaged
Initially released a year ago via Catbird Records; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin sees their album, Broom, reissued by Polyvinyl in the here and now of 2006. If you didn’t check out these guys the first time around, I would suggest […]
The Whigs :: Six Questions
Parker Gispert, vocalist for Athens, Ga. trio The Whigs , answered six questions on a Drunkard’s mind. The band’s self-released album, Give ’em All A Big Fat Lip is on my short-list for 2006. It is also […]
WEEN :: SHINOLA VOL. 1
” SHINOLA VOL. 1 is a collection of odds, ends, and leftovers from around our studio and contains killer new mixes of a lot of songs that have been floating around. I don’t mind telling you that it’s […]
Chad VanGaalen :: Skelliconnection
Wow, where did this guy come from? Canada apparently. From what little information I gathered around the Interweb, VanGaalen self-released an album, entitled Infiniheart , which was later picked up by Sub Pop for a 2005 re-release. Fast […]
Blonde On Blonde Outtakes :: Bob Dylan
Modern Times has led me to rummaging through a lot of obscure Dylan stuff that I had been neglecting for some time. This thin wild mercury music is just too good not to share with […]
Bobby Bare Jr. :: The Longest Meow
Now Podcasting :: Episode 14
Welcome to last week’s show recorded at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. The first half of the show is dedicated to selections from Pitchfork Media’s top 200 songs from the sixties. The second hour is an ad […]
Serge Gainsbourg :: Revisited
My introduction and love of sixties French Pop began a few years ago when a friend turned me on to the decadent sounds of Jacques Dutronc . His frenetic pop music followed me via iPod on a […]
Dengue Fever :: Cambodian Sugar Beat
Centro-matic :: Los Angeles, CA
If you have yet to take in a live Centro-matic show, the Drunkard emphatically hopes that you will — and soon. The band landed Tuesday night here in L.A. at The Troubadour opening with a tender version of […]
Orange Juice :: The Glascow School
RIYL: The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, The Vaselines, et al. Orange Juice , while a relatively short-lived outfit, went on to influence quite a few bands that readers of An Aquarium Drunkard most likely […]
HEM :: New Album (Funnel Cloud)
Bob Dylan :: Modern Times
Dylan’s latest album Modern Times was released a week ago today, and after nearly a week to digest I can honestly say I am enjoying the hell out of it. I tend to approach albums by rock […]
Summer Hymns :: Backward Masks
Yet another Athens band to fall in love with all over again: Summer Hymns .DOWNLOAD:MP3: Summer Hymns :: Start Swimming MP3: Summer Hymns :: Pity & Envy ———-eMusic: Summer Hymns – Backward Masks
