For those of you who stop by from time to time, it’s no surprise I’m a Pavement fan. Below is an assortment of collected Pavement articles/interviews from over the years that have been gathering dust […]
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Velvet Underground vs. Cowboy Junkies
A truly inspired cover can sometimes trump an artist’s original vision for a song. In this ongoing series, The Cover Wars, I’m interested in which version (or versions) you prefer. The song: Velvet Underground’s “Sweet […]
Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Saw this documentary today in West Hollywood. Alt-country musician, champion of the redneck-underground, Jim White steers us through the deep South connecting the various threads that make this part of America such a potent, fertile, ground for […]
Neil Young vs. Built To Spill
New Order vs. Galaxie 500
Part III of the covers war. Ceremony was the last Joy Division song the band wrote before the death of frontman Ian Curtis. No “dancey” New Order vibes to this one. Galaxie 500 does a really […]
JAMC vs. Pixies – Covers II
The Jesus Lizard…be afraid
Sugar Smacks Ain’t This Sweet
So I just bought this Brendan Benson album in May, but damn if it’s not going to make my top 10 of 2005 list come December. Actually, in truth I hadn’t heard of this dude at all until I […]
Stone Roses: B-Side – “Tell Me”
The Killing Moon
In honor of tonight’s full moon, the drunkard is offering up two appropriately evil tunes for download. First up — the Echo & The Bunnymen classic “Killing Moon.” The second — Pavement’s worthy cover of The Bunneymen’s song off […]
On The Midnight Radio
The Aquarium Radio has been updated…all new playlist including: star room boys, gillian welch, son volt, magnolia electric company, michael stanley band, bloodkin, patterson hood, bob dylan, bonnie ‘prince’ billy, george harrison, lucinda williams, neil […]
CUTTERS
Inspired by an Impervious Surface posting, I am reminded of the classic ’70s cycling epic ” Breaking Away ,” or more famously known as “Cutters.” If you haven’t seen this, I implore you to queue up that Netfix account […]
Neutral Milk Hotel: Live Videos
You Ain’t No Picasso is hosting live Neutral Milk Hotel videos on his site. Check it out.   . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue […]
FUGAZI – Archived Live Series
Listening to The Evens debut album recently re-sparked my interest in the Dischord label. One of the more interesting finds while browsing their site is the Fugazi Live Series . “This site is a way to offer our audience […]
Steve Albini: Post-Punk Foodie
Chicago Indie rock engineer (rock snob/icon) talks about food, music…and musicians who cook food with the Gourmandizer . “Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I’ve found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking […]
