Saturday night Aquarium Drunkard welcomes Megafaun back to Los Angeles at the Satellite. In support is Doug Paisley, whose record Constant Companion was one of the finest singer-songwriter driven LPs of 2010. Megafaun are presently touring in support . . .
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Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980: Not unlike Studio One Soul, the (excellent) compilation released by Soul Jazz Records, this 2001 Blood & Fire collection focuses on the American soul and R&B impact/influence on Jamaican music. While perhaps a bit uneven on the whole, this dubbed out version . . .
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Thanks to an off the cuff mention by our amigo Jeff Weiss last night, I ended up spinning an old favorite, Brother Jack McDuff's 1969 Blue Note album, Moon Rappin'. A nocturnal soul jazz groover, I was hipped to the LP by a DJ about a decade ago while in the midst of a heavy Hammond B3 binge. If your west coast, try this one out . . .
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Wanted to share this video, but embedding has been disabled (visit YouTube to view). A favorite -- Bardot and Gainsbourg at their most whimsical.
MP3: Serge Gainsbourg :: Comic Strip
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In terms of girl-group uber-camp, Lori Burton's "Nightmare," off the 1966 LP Breakout, should top most any list. As noted in the 2005 reissue, Burton and company (recording as the Brill building constructed group, The Whyte Boots) take the "Leader of The Pack" thing to a whole new level. Think: 'bad girls' in bible black leather and warpaint mascara chain-smoking cigarettes in the . . .
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As you may have noticed, there is a massive Pink Floyd campaign underway -- deluxe reissues, box sets, etc. As such, appreciations, re-appreciations and other ancillary pieces are popping up on various publications both online and off. Rolling Stone has dedicated its most recent cover to taking a look back at the creation of the band's opus, Dark Side of The Moon. In the cover story David Gilmour is quoted, noting how the public's attention span has changed in the four decades since the LPs original release. In short, folks largely do not sit around with . . .
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Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus.
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Lagniappe Sessions in which we invite some of our favorite artists to cut exclusive covers paying tribute to some of their favorite artists. This week we’re joined by Houston singer-songwriter Robert Ellis. Earlier this year Ellis become a member or log in.
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 213: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Nirvana - Son Of A Gun (Vaselines Cover) ++ Wilco - Art of Almost ++ Talkdemonic - Revival ++ Luna - 23 Minutes In Brussels ++ Deerhunter - Cover Me (Slowly) ++ Deerhunter - Agoraphobia ++ My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath ++ The Cure - Prayers For Rain ++ Pure X - Twisted Mirror ++ Fugazi - Cashout ++ Women - Eyesore ++ Abe Vigoda . . .
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Maffitt/Davies was a short lived duo who released one album via Capitol Records in 1968. Judging by the cover you'd expect psychedelic fireworks but The Rise and Fall of Honesty is really an Ameriana folk-rock record. This is another good one that never saw release in the CD era. I found a vinyl copy in the Boston area for only $15 though lately this lp has been somewhat hard to come by. While labelmate lps by the Common People . . .
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Warren Zevon doing Leonard Cohen...the old masters at work. While the two auteurs approach to their craft is obviously different, Cohen and Zevon were far from diametric; working the same seam, exorcising tales of the human condition -- not to mention their own demons -- through song. Not surprisingly, the similarities and contrasts of Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman immediately come to mind.
An inspired cover, Zevon's live reworking of "First We Take Manhattan" injects a bitter bite into the Cohen original . . .
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In anticipation of the October 11th release of New Blood, we're giving away the entire almost the entirety of Peter Gabriel's discography to an Aquarium Drunkard reader. The package will be a mix of vinyl and CD. I rarely do these types of things on the blog, but the enormity of Gabriel's work speaks for itself. To enter, leave a comment with your favorite Gabriel 'era.' I'll let you all decide how . . .
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(Welcome to the fourth installment of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, will be sharing some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond. — AD)
One of the great things about doing these 'Clifton's Corner' installments is the motivation and opportunity to dig deeper into my record collection . . .
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It used to be possible to think about a new Wilco record simply by noting how much enjoyment it yielded. AM, Being There, Summerteeth–these are all interesting records that are technically challenging and ambitious in their own ways, but they’re also primarily pop records, written and performed for our entertainment. That all changed with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, of course, when the Chicago group–of whom only Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, and Glenn Kotche remain, joined now by Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen . . .
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Thursday night Aquarium Drunkard presents AA Bondy at The Bootleg Theater. Couldn't be more excited for this gig. We're giving away three pairs to AD readers. Hit up the comments below with your name, email address and fave Bondy and/or Verbena song to enter. Winners notified Wednesday, tickets held at will-call night of show.
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Yup, kids, that's Charles Bradley covering Nirvana's "Stay Away." To say I had reservations about this pairing would be an understatement, thankfully my friend Matt would have none of it and threw it on a couple of weeks back while playing records at his house one night. In the hands of Bradley and the Menahan Street Band, "Stay Away" morphs into a swampy psychedelic . . .
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