Over beers earlier this summer at Athfest , team clermont’s Lucas Jensen casually mentioned that The Theatre Fire’s Everybody Has A Darkside album was his favorite release of ’06. I was immediately intrigued as: a) we share similar tastes […]
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Oakley Hall :: Gypsum Strings
Hitting their stride (and the record-buying public) with not one, but two, albums this year is Brooklyn’s Oakley Hall . The latter of the two, Gypsum Strings , sees the psych-country-rock monsters burning through another set of experimental […]
Jason Molina/Magnolia Electric Co.
Now Podcasting :: Episode 12
14 Iced Bears :: Sure To See
Last week after hosting Little Radio’s Aquarium Drunkard Show, I stuck around for the first half of the The Garden Fence of Sound show which directly follows mine. Regular host Dave Newton was out, but his fill-in […]
Ladyhawk :: Let There Be Rock
Jolie Holland :: Stubborn Beast
A sultry Billie Holiday with an East Texas drawl? Soul-Jazz with a Country-politan lilt? Maybe, but the quality and craft of Jolie Holland’s third full-length, Springtime Can Kill You , is beyond any convenient comparison. Like her previous […]
The Killing Moon :: Cover Wars
Jason Collett :: Idols of Exile
Keeping track of the extended Broken Social Scene cadre and it’s member’s various solo projects (not too mention their related band’s projects) can be an excercise unto itself, which is why it took me until early summer to […]
Brightblack Morning Light :: Self Titled
I wrote the following about Brightblack in the fall of 2005 after first listening the pair’s ala.cali.tucky album: “Brightblack is made up of longtime friends and musical partners Nabob and Raybob — two Alabama ex-pats . […]
Sonic Youth :: Live Television Spots
Nearly a decade’s worth of Sonic Youth’s television appearances collected and captured in an MP3 format. Any of you have video for some of these? If so, leave a link in the comments.DOWNLOAD:MP3: Sonic Youth :: Silver Rocket (NBC Studios , Live […]
Revisiting :: Flat Duo Jets
This years Raconteurs release re-sparked my interest in the early White Stripes albums which in turn re-sparked an interest in the music of Flat Duo Jets . Long credited as an influence on Jack White and company, Flat Duo Jets minimalist […]
Tyrone :: Under The Covers
Yesterday while hosting the Aquarium Drunkard show at Little Radio I played My Morning Jacket’s cover of Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone” off a 2000 radio boot I posted here. Damn that Jim James can sing. You very well may have this tune as Dodge included the . […]
Augie March :: Strange Bird
Fact one: Australia’s Augie March purloined their name from a Saul Bellows novel . Fact two: Their 2004 album Strange Bird has heavily occupied my stereo of late . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by […]
Howlin’ Rain :: Live & On The Record
While traveling through Atlanta this summer, the little lady and I took in the Sonic Youth/Be Your Own Pet show at midtown’s Centerstage theatre. You can read about that here. Post-show we headed straight to The Drunken Unicorn for […]