SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, 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 102: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found ++ Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 ++ Guided By Voices - Are You Faster ++ The Olivia Tremor Control - Memories of Jacqueline 1906 ++ Pylon - Cool ++ Talking Heads - Born . . .

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Yim Yames :: Long, Long, Long (Harrison Tribute)

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Last week I was working on an acoustic-based folk playlist for my show on SIRIUS/XM.   Halfway through I wound up scrapping it as my mood changed, and if music is anything it is mood. The second track, following The Tallest Man Alive, was Jim James' cover of the Beatles "Long, Long, Long" which was just released this week on Tribute To, his tribute to the late George Harrison.

Recorded in 2001 . . .

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The Baptist Generals :: No Silver/No Gold

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File under: New to me.   Denton, TX outfit The Baptist Generals released No Silver/No Gold on Sub Pop in 2003, but I didn't catch wind of it until this May while visiting a friend in Atlanta. While definitely not an . . .

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The Emitt Rhodes Recordings :: 1969-1973

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The first time I heard Emitt Rhodes self-titled debut LP from 1970 I must have listened to it, and it alone, for a straight for a week.   It's that kind of album.   Recorded in Rhodes' home studio the album is a near perfect piece of unabashed McCartney influenced pop.   Recording to four track tape, writing all of his own material and playing all of the instruments, the album has that indescribable intimacy . . .

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Spriral Stairs :: Maltese Terrier (MP3)

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I twittered about this bit of Pavement related news a couple of weeks ago, but in case you missed it...Scott Kannberg, aka Spiral Stairs, is set to release his solo debut October 20th via Matador Records. Note this is not to be confused with Kannberg's initial post-Pavement project Preston School of Industry.

Release Details: Following an extended sojourn in Melbourne, Spiral returned to Seattle rejuvenated at the . . .

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Neil Young :: A Perfect Echo Vol II – Pt 1 of 2

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In the spirit of the residual frenzy surrounding the release of volume one of Neil's archives, we continue with the Neil Young reposts.   Below is part 1 of 2, of Volume II, of the Perfect Echo compilation chronicling the years 1978-1984. Stay tuned for part two.
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For those interested in the back story, here are notes on the series via sharing the groove:

"Braden Strickler has done it again. He's compiled and lovingly mastered, almost exclusively from soundboard recordings, an 8-DISC SET which runs chronologically from August 1967 to January 2001. It's like an expanded version of the "Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy" concept, but with far superior sound.

This is a compilation of soundboard recordings from 1967-2001. The term soundboard is a bit of a misnomer. By soundboard I mean, basically, not an audience recording. Some are true soundboards, while others are FM, TV, ALD, or video-sourced recordings. The recordings were all taken from cdrs or videos that are circulating in the trading community. There are a total of 115 tracks (109 songs, as 6 get repeated). Some years were heavy with available recordings (1976 and 1989 come to mind). I tried to balance the set by not using too many songs from a single show. The entire 8 discs run in, roughly, chronological order.

+ Tracks removed per Neil Young's attorney's request......

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Diversions :: Roadside Graves on Roger Miller

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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.)

Below Roadside Graves principles, John Gleason and Jeremy Benson, discuss their introduction, and relationship, with the late great (and vastly underrated) Roger Miller. The band just recently sold out their album release show at Pianos in NYC and will be embarking on . . .

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Neil Young :: A Perfect Echo Vol. I – Pt 2

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Below is the second half of the Neil Young soundboard-derived live collection A Perfect Echo Vol. I. capturing the years 1974 - 1976.   The first half can be found here. For those interested in the back story, here are notes on the series via sharing the groove:

"Braden Strickler has done it again. He's compiled and lovingly mastered, almost exclusively from soundboard recordings, an 8-DISC SET which runs chronologically from August 1967 to January 2001. It's like an expanded version of the "Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy" concept, but with far superior sound.

This is a compilation of soundboard recordings from 1967-2001. The term soundboard is a bit of a misnomer. By soundboard I mean, basically, not an audience recording. Some are true soundboards, while others are FM, TV, ALD, or video-sourced recordings. The recordings were all taken from cdrs or videos that are circulating in the trading community. There are a total of 115 tracks (109 songs, as 6 get repeated). Some years were heavy with available recordings (1976 and 1989 come to mind). I tried to balance the set by not using too many songs from a single show. The entire 8 discs run in, roughly, chronological order.

+ Tracks removed per Neil Young’s attorney’s request……

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SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 101: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Destroyer - My Favourite Year ++ St. Vincent - Actor Out of Work ++ Circulatory System - Overjoyed ++ Ruby Suns - Blue Penguin ++ Blair - Rampage ++ Foreign Born - That Old Sun ++ Dump - Raspberry Beret ++ Wilco - Car Can't Escape ++ Dirty . . .

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Well Hung :: ’60s Communist Hungarian Funk

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When I'm asked "so, what are you listening to these days?" more often than not, the answer regularly involves some sort of compilation, sanctioned or otherwise, ranging from dancehall, dub, French pop, tropicalia, Ethiopian hybrid jazz/funk to '60s garage-rock, freakbeat, obscure soul and weird psych comps from yesteryear.   While I will always be an admirer of the album format, these collections, in terms of gathering up the one-offs and interesting curios, consistently deliver (see labels: Soul Jazz, become a member or log in.

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Wilco (The Album)

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Starting with “Wilco (The Song),” which sounds like an upbeat inverse of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man,” Wilco announce their intentions quickly on Wilco (The Album).   “Do you dabble in depression?” Jeff Tweedy asks, and it’s not the question itself that’s new for Wilco–far . . .

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Yoî±lu :: A Society In Which No Tear is Shed

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Yoî±lu was the recording nom de tune of 16 year-old Vinicius Gageiro Marques.   Note the use of "was" here.   His story is as interesting as it is tragic.   From his parents home in the Southwestern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, Marques, recording as Yoî±lu, crafted lo-fi, tropicalia-soaked, pop and folk pieces reminiscent of José Gonzî¡lez and Nick Drake all in the fragmentary style of

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Off The Record :: Citified (Greensboro, NC)

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Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without – be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

Thus far we've seen NC related entries in the Off The . . .

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