Fang :: Diary Of A Mad Werrwoulf

May Aleister Crowley put a curse on the house of Twilight for de-fanging the Lycanthrope. To counter-balance that bullshit, take a listen to Fang's 1983 "Diary Of A Mad Werrwoulf" --   a two and half minute, gnarled, punk howler. Imagine the aural equivalent to the transformation scene in An American Werewolf In London.   Trick or treat.

MP3: Fang :: Diary Of A Mad . . .

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Neil Young :: Walking To New Orleans

As any casual viewer of David Simon's  Treme  will tell you, it's nearly impossible to define and understand New Orleans and its citizens apart from their music. For years, and particularly since Hurricane Katrina battered the city's levees in August of 2005, the city has been viewed through the funked-out filter of the jazz, early rock, r&b, and hip-hop that has rolled up its bowl and into the wider world. In the storm's immediate aftermath . . .

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Lou Reed :: Halloween Parade

A highlight of Lou Reed's 1989 album New York, "Halloween Parade" is as evocative as it is chilling. Through a processional cast of characters the track chronicles the decade's AIDS epidemic and the friends Reed lost to it. Subdued, while the wistful narrative works well enough on its own, it is expertly employed as the glue between the LPs "Romeo Had Juliette" and the Dickensian "Dirty . . .

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Hunter S. Thompson :: The Playboy Archives

I picked up Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary upon its '98 release and then kept up with tales of a supposed film adaptation for years afterwards. Bouncing in and out of development and pre-production, by the mid '00s most fans had largely given up any hope of the film coming to fruition. But alas, in 2009 -- apparently defying considerable odds -- filming commenced in Puerto Rico, helmed by director Bruce Robinson, with Johnny Depp once again reprising his role of become a member or log in.

Tom Waits :: Bad As Me

You'd be forgiven for not realizing it had been seven years since the last Tom Waits album of new material. Between the enormous wealth of fantastic, previously unreleased songs on 2006's Orphans boxset and the 2008 Glitter and Doom tour and subsequent live album, it hardly seems like Waits was relaxing exactly. But it's also not the first time that Waits has taken an extended hiatus from releasing new work. There were large gaps between 1987's Franks Wild Years and 1992's Bone Machine and between 1993 . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: The Stepkids @ The Echo, 10.29

Saturday night, October 29th, Aquarium Drunkard presents The Stepkids at the Echo here in Los Angeles. The band's eponymous debut is without a doubt one of my my favorite psychedelic soul releases of 2011. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers. To enter, leave your name and a valid email we can reach you . . .

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Trick Or Treat :: Halloween Mixtape, Volume 7

Best Halloween mix you're likely to see all season...courtesy of Grey Haas. Save a couple tracks the collection is comprised of 25 vintage spookers spanning 1958-1966. Tracklisting/download after the jump. Boo.

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 216: Generique Stephane / Jean Michel Bernard ++ The Heart Is Willing / AA Bondy ++ The Same Thing  / Cass McCombs   ++ New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 / Jana Hunter ++ When It's Cold I'd Like To Die /  Strand Of Oaks   ++   Art of Almost / Wilco ++ Changes   / Sandro Perri . . .

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The Graham Bond Organization :: The Sound of 65

It’s a matter of record that the British Blues Boom of the sixties - as discrete from British Rhythm‘n’Blues, a similar but different beast - was originally created not by former rock’n’roll or Beat musicians but principally by ex-jazz players searching for a new “authentic” sound. Its earliest practitioners came to the blues via skiffle, the ersatz rural American folk movement of the mid-fifties; subsequent ones via the brief vogue for revivalist traditional jazz at the turn of the sixties. Furthermore, the Blues Boom began not, as popularly thought, with erstwhile jazzman

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The Ify Jerry Krusade :: Everybody Likes Something Good

In reference to a DJ set I did for Dublab a few weeks back, a number of folks have inquired as to the origins of the Ify Jerry Krusade's "Everybody Likes Something Good" I included. So here you go. The track can most readily be found on the 2008 collection, Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump -- a . . .

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Michael Hurley :: I Paint A Design

An unexpected, yet very welcome, side effect of the latest Ghost Capital mix has been an (of this writing) unyielding Michael Hurley bender. Here's "I Paint A Design," culled from Hurley's 1994 album, Wolfways and featured in Ray McKinnon's poignant southern gothic short-film become a member or log in.

Roy Orbison :: Life Fades Away

Halloween's approaching, kids. As such I've been trolling through all things spooky for the accompanying all hallows eve radio show. This of course includes the oeuvre of the living comic book character that is Glenn Danzig. And I say that with all due respect as the Misfits and Samhain were nothing if not reverent kitsch-horror fiends.

And speaking of scary admissions, I've probably watched the ’80s excess-fest . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital II (A Mixtape)

Our mixtape series returns with our second set featuring Nick Barbery of the Portland, OR based Ghost Capital. Find his first entry, here. With an ear bent toward the obscure and out-of-print, digging globally, Ghost Capital mines the secret shafts of psych, folk, blues and beyond. Mix download, notes, and tracklisting after the jump.

Ghost Capital is my guest, this Friday, during the second hour of the AD show on SIRIUS/XMU.

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Sandro Perri :: Impossible Spaces

I've had Imposible Spaces, the first sign of new Sandro Perri since the release of 2007's Tiny Mirrors, in the deck for weeks now. Yes, it has proved worth the wait. The album, which hits shelves tomorrow (via Constellation Records), kicks off with "Changes," a seven and half minute slow-build . . .

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Thurston Moore :: Interview, September 1988 (Part1)

Caveat emptor: The following is recommended for fellow Sonic Youth nerds only, so no comments about 'banality' below, k? Alright, for those of you still reading, this is like a late 80s lower east side version of Cribs in which (over the span of two videos) Thurston takes the viewer on a guided tour of the apartment he shared with Kim Gordon. If nothing else it's worth watching for the story of the genesis of the become a member or log in.