Decade :: The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?

Here at AD, we started talking it through and decided we weren’t going to add to the cacophony of lists being put out by various music pubs. There are enough of those. Since the beginning of October, Monday through Friday, we have been featuring posts detailing . . .

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Futurebirds :: EP

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Hand painted on brown cardboard sleeves, the above image is an example of Futurebirds 2009 eponymous EP. Its contents feel just as DIY. Based in Athens, GA, the band's incredibly strong six-song debut pays lo-fi homage to three decades of cornbread-fed psych, folk and and rock 'n roll with production values reminesnct of Tennessee Fire era MMJ. Megachills, indeed.

MP3: Futurebirds . . .

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Decade :: Ted Leo, Hearts of Oak (2003)

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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?

Here at AD, we started talking it through and decided we weren’t going to add to the cacophony of lists being put out by various music pubs. There are enough of those. Since the beginning of October, Monday through Friday, we have been featuring posts detailing . . .

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Kindness :: Gee Up (B-Side)

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A few months ago the UK's Kindness released a 7".   Side -A is comprised of a metronomic rendering of the Mats' "Swinging Party" sounding like the Talking Heads in a deadpan karaoke booth. Bravo. The B-side is "Gee Up," a short, funky nod to post-punk as channeled by a dude who loves Arthur Russell's dance jams. Don't miss the no-frills video after the jump. It is well worth that extra click. Promise.

MP3: Kindness :: Gee Up
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Diversions :: Japandroids on Albums 2009

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(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)

With three weeks left in 2009, we asked Brian King of the Vancouver based, two-piece, Japandroids to run down his ten favorite LPs of the year. Don't sleep on the duo's stellar debut, Post-Nothing, (released earlier this year ) and do make plans to catch them on road beginning January 23rd through SXSW in March. Also: my favorite Post-Nothing jam after the jump.
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A Place to Bury Strangers :: Exploding Head - Full disclosure: excellent song by Fugazi. Even fuller disclosure: we've toured with this band. The fullest disclosure: I dig the cleaner production on this record, and have found myself humming these songs for months - just ask Dave.

+ The Rest of Japandroids 9 Album Picks of 2009 After The Jump....

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Decade :: Kathleen Edwards, Failer (2003)

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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?

Here at AD, we started talking it through and decided we weren’t going to add to the cacophony of lists being put out by various music pubs. There are enough of those. Since the beginning of October, Monday through Friday, we have been featuring posts detailing . . .

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AD Presents :: Foreign Born/Best Coast, Dec 18th: Spaceland

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Friday night, December 18th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Foreign Born with Best Coast at Spaceland. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. Wanna go? Leave the name you want the tix under, and a valid email address we can reach you at, below in the comments. Winners notified prior to show; tickets at will-call.

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J. Tillman :: Introducing Townes Van Zandt (A Tribute Compilation)

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J. Tillman covering Townes Van Zandt off the recent compilation Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown. Also featuring: Great Lake Swimmers, Anders Parker, Chris Mills and more.

MP3: J. Tillman :: My Proud Mountains (Townes Van Zandt)
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Decade :: Cat Power, You Are Free (2003)

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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?

Here at AD, we started talking it through and decided we weren’t going to add to the cacophony of lists being put out by various music pubs. There are enough of those. Since the beginning of October, Monday through Friday, we have been featuring posts detailing . . .

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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. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 120: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Surf City - Autumn ++ Alex Bleeker And The Freaks - Animal Tracks ++ Hush Arbors - Sugar Mountain (Neil Young cover) ++ Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains ++ Jens Carelius - Strange Roads ++ Woods - To Clean ++ Harlem - Junkie Nurse (Royal Trux . . .

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Diversions :: The Whigs On Albums of The Decade

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(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)

With three weeks left in 2009, we asked the Whigs vocalist/guitarist Parker Gispert to run down his ten favorite LPs of the decade. The Whigs have a new album (their third) due in 2010. Stay tuned.
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1. Modest Mouse :: The Moon and Antarctica I was in high school and had just gotten into Modest Mouse.   It was the days of Kazaa and Napster and I had been downloading live versions of the songs that would eventually constitute this record when I saw them at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.   The new songs blew my mind in the live setting and then supremely blew my mind when I heard the record.   Truly an artistically tasteful embrace of what I assume was a larger recording budget.

2. Godspeed You Black Emperor :: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven The seemingly eternal pitch ascension that climaxes into the   “Gathering Storm” movement of this disc is bewildering.   I don’t know how many frets are on the stringed instruments I’m hearing, I don’t know how a piece of modern rock music could possibly create more tension.   My favorite six and a half minutes of music from the decade.   The only time I had the privilege of seeing them live they opened the show with the title track and I missed it because I was studying for an exam.   I’ve now spitefully repressed anything I learned for that exam.

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Guano Padano :: Ramblin’ Man

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As I've mentioned previously, I keep a folder on my macbook designated for the sole purpose of collecting songs for an imaginary David Lynch soundtrack. Experimental Italian Americana act, Guano Padano, do a cover of Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" that absolutely fits the bill, and is the latest addition to the pile. Those familiar with Lynch's score and soundtrack work, with longtime collaborator Angelo Badalamenti, will immediately catch my drift.

I was initially hipped to . . .

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Dirt Dress :: Cassette Style

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There's a certain thrill in walking into a club to a new sound that instantly grabs you; when your first reaction, before bobbing your head, is to ask yourself, "Where do I get more of this?" Dirt Dress puts on such a show, and luckily, to the initial listener, their recorded output is just as captivating.

Presently in the midst of a 3-part (cassette-only) series entitled, Perdido en la Suciedad

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Harlem :: Hippies

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Over at the Matalbog, Gerard Cosloy updates us on the status of the upcoming (April 6, 2010) Harlem album, Hippies. Deets, plus a taste off the LP, below.

...the resulting 16-song pop meisterwerk, recorded with the assistance of Mike McHugh, reveals the triumvirate of Coomers, Curtis and Jose in fine fettle. The gents really “knocked it out of the park” as ice hockey fans are so fond of saying, but we remain hopeful, if not confident . . .

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Decade :: Fleet Foxes, S/T (2008)

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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?

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