Art Museums :: Sculpture Gardens (Via Rough Frame)

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Art Museums tell 'sordid tales of artists, lovers & poseurs with cult new wave jangle', or so says duo's label, Woodsist. I'll buy. On Rough Frame, their debut, Art Museums, made up of Josh Alper & Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards), cop early '80s Pete Townsend moves that, more recently, occasionally sounds like something out of Robert . . .

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Harlem :: Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus cover)

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I caught Austin's Harlem twice last weekend here in town; Friday night at a house party in Chinatown and the following night at Spaceland. As expected, both shows were beautifully unhinged; the wheels teetering, barely staying on the tracks as the trio bashed out Lenny Kaye approved blasts of garage rock strewn with keen pop sensibilities.

As I've mentioned here in the past, the band has an interesting, if eclectic, ear when it comes to cover material (Royal . . .

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So Many Wizards :: Nico (Love Songs For When You Leave Me)

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So Many Wizards' "Nico," the third track off their forthcoming 2nd EP, Love Songs for When You Leave Me, (produced by The Morning Benders Chris Chu) feels like swimming through a pool of hot Jello. Slow, heavy, fuzzy---dense, sticky and hazy sweet. While the new EP doesn't drop until March, you can (if you're in L.A.) catch their upcoming live dates at The . . .

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Karen Dalton :: In My Own Time

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The first time you hear her voice, you'll know what I mean. Karen's is a voice with "whoa" factor. She has been lauded by the likes of Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and surely must have inspired (Joanna Newsom). Yeah, the first time you hear that voice, it can transfix you.

Cover songs are hit or miss, only some manage to surpass the original, but this . . .

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Mondo Boys :: Continuous Monument – A Winter Mixtape

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We are Mondo Boys – a NY/LA sound collage collaborative.   This is our lunar transmission winter mix.   We do cassettes/digital. "CONTINUOUS MONUMENT” was created exclusively to get you through the next month. Press play and shake them Winter blues...spring's just around the corner. Mucho take it easy. — MB

(mondo boys are: m. schanzlin, j. gage, m. griffin, and n. punwar)

01 JAVELIN - THE MERKIN JERK (TAKE 3) / ALAN WATTS: ZEN . . .

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AD Presents :: The Strange Boys @ The Echo, February 26th

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Even more fun via Austin, TX this Friday in L.A. --- Aquarium Drunkard welcomes the Strange Boys to The Echo with opening guests Chain And The Hang and Neverever. We've got three pairs of tickets for AD readers. Interested? Leave your full name and a valid email address we can reach you at below in the comments.

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 129: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Robb London - Gloria ++ The Raincoats - No Side To Fall In ++ The Vaselines - Slushy ++ The B-52's - 52 Girls ++ Pylon - Stop It ++ Leslee Swanson :: Each Time ++ On The Air :: Even Try ++ My Bloody Valentine - Loomer ++ The Jesus & Mary Chain . . .

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Mission of Burma :: AD Session @ Infrasonic Studios

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Tomorrow (Friday), during the second hour of my SIRIUS/XMU show, I am airing Mission of Burma's Aquarium Drunkard session recorded last Fall at Infrasonic Sound Studios. We caught up with the band as they were touring through southern California before catching them again, in November, at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin. I've now seen Mission of Burma three times since they first got back together, and have been blown away every time. Huge honor to have them on my show.

As always, special thanks to Meghan and all our friends at Infrasonic Studios. Video produced by Jason Mittleman and Jack Schlinkert. Photos by Jimmy Fleming. Tune in Friday noon-2pm EST; four videos from the session after the jump.

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The Morning Benders :: Excuses/Promises

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We will be discussing the Morning Benders sophomore LP, Big Echo, at length closer the date of its release (March 9th), but in the meantime I couldn't resist posting the two sanctioned tracks that their label, Rough Trade, recently made available.

The Berkeley quartets 2008 debut, Talking Through Tin Cans, was one of those fantastic sleeper releases that subtlety made the rounds by word of mouth. Big Echo is the groups coming out party. Produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, the album is poised to deliver on the promises made by both Tin Cans and the two earlier EPs. Do stay tuned...

After The Jump: Don't miss the video session our friends Yours Truly did with the band cutting "Excuses."

MP3: The Morning Benders :: Excuses
MP3: The Morning Benders :: Promises
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Under the Covers :: When Doves Cry

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Covering an artist as unique and esoteric as His Royal Badness could be an endeavor destined for fantastic failure. What is the solution? Bring in an artist with their own unique take on most everything they've created---Greg Dulli and his band the Twilight Singers. No stranger to reinterpreting other artists work, Dulli has done his share of covers over the years both with the Afghan Whigs and the Twilight Singers, including the . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Harlem @ Spaceland, Feb. 20th

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Austin, TX's Harlem released one of our favorite rock & roll records of 2009---Free Drugs. They are back this Spring with the release of their Matador Records debut, Hippies. February 20th Aquarium Drunkard welcomes the band to . . .

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The Girls Can’t Help It :: Rhino Records (1984 Girl Group Comp)

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This most recent trend of American artists mining the sounds of vintage sixties girl groups (Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, etc.) inspired me to pull out Rhino Records 1984 new-wave, all female, compilation The Girls Can't Help It. At thirteen tracks Girls is an inspired time capsule featuring, among others, Leslee Swanson, Tiger Lilly

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Robb London :: Gloria

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I'll be the first to admit that, on paper, getting excited about checking out yet another cover of Them's "Gloria" sounds like a losing proposition. And in most cases you would be right. Culled from a Robb London set I came across on Garage Hangover last year, this is the exception. Supplanting Them's (and 90% of subsequent covers) chugging, seminal, garage blast in favor of languid, seemingly off-the-cuff white . . .

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The Antlers :: The AD Interview

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A lot has changed for Brooklyn-born quintet The Antlers since last year's breakout LP, Hospice. A concept album about the relationship between a hospice worker and a dying cancer patient, Hospice is an intense, atmospheric triumph of spirit, covering a vast range of emotion, that while carrying the weight of despair, is ultimately a story of survival. With an upcoming show at Boston's House of Blues (with the Editors, 2/18/10), frontman/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Peter Silberman found the time to discuss their unlikely album in a recent phone interview.

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