Sugar Mountain, the third live release in anticipation of Neil Young's forthcoming Blu-Ray/DVD archives project, finds the bard at the University of Michigan, aged 23, soon after become a member or log in.
Cambodia Rocks :: Sounds From The ’60s & ’70s
I was recently given a vinyl copy of Dengue Fever's second album Escape From Dragon House; an LP I hadn't listened to since its initial 2007 release on CD. One component that has long been a feather in their cap is that . . .
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Women / Soft Airplane
While AD opted for a limited 2008 year-end wrap up, I can assure you that, had we each listed our top twenty LPs of the year, Women's self-titled debut would have most definitely made the bottom half of the list. Comprised of become a member or log in.
David Crosby :: 1970 Outtakes (aka Perro Tapes)
Repost: Crosby's 1970 outtakes (aka, Perro tapes)
One of my favorite LPs from the early '70s is David Crosby's underrated masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name? A fully realized embodiment of the sound of California's folk/rock/country/psychedelia movement of the time, the album features such players as Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Phil Lesh, etc., etc. Almost as good as the album (and just as, if not more, interesting) are these outtakes from the 1970 sessions. These tracks are further proof . . .
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AD Presents :: Les Blanks @ The Echo, Jan 6th
Tuesday, January 6th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Les Blanks at The Echo with special guests The World Record, One Trick Pony and Amateurs. Show is free - get there early.
Previously: Les Blanks :: Shoot The Horse (2008)
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Bon Iver :: Blood Bank EP
What better way to stoke the fire for 2009 than by releasing an EP hot on the heels of near ubiquitous year-end praise for your debut LP? (Including a #2 slot here at AD.) Bon Iver has done just that with the Blood Bank four-song EP that . . .
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SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
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 77: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened ++ Sonic Youth - Diamond Sea (Radio Edit) ++ Modest Mouse - Convenient Parking ++ Yo La Tengo - Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind ++ The Velvet Underground - The Gift ++ Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me . . .
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Jeff Mangum :: Live, Aquarius Records, July 4, 1996
Related: Jeff Mangum :: XFM Radio Sessions - May 1998
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MP3: Jeff Mangum :: Oh Comely
MP3: Jeff Mangum :: Engine
MP3: Jeff Mangum :: Oh Sister
MP3: Jeff Mangum :: My Dream Girl
The Walkmen :: The AD Interview
Happy New Year. In case you missed it, The Walkmen's album You & Me was one of our favorite LPs of 2008. As the year closes out we caught up with Walter Martin to discuss, among other things . . .
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Performance :: Memo From Turner
February of 2007 saw the long-awaited DVD release of the 1970 psychedelic/schizophrenic gangster-meets-pop star tale, Performance. Famously known as Mick Jagger's on screen debut, Performance expertly captures the late . . .
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The Yardbirds :: Stroll On (From Blow Up – 1966)
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up, from 1966, left a lasting impression on me. Its depiction of mod-cool, sixties London, is aesthetically on point throughout its entirety -- and that's not even taking in consideration the actual (murder mystery) plot, which itself is both meandering (in the style of sixties art-house) and engrossing.
The Music: The majority of the film is scored by Herbie Hancock, which, while appropriate, pales in comparison to become a member or log in.
Alejandro Escovedo:: Sex Beat (Gun Club Cover)
Alejandro Escovedo’s cover of Gun Club’s “Sex Beat” has been posted here before and played many a time on my radio show over the years as well. Why? Because like any good re-interpretation, it takes the song’s bare essence and spins it until it becomes something entirely different – and yet it hangs on to the the original sense of purpose the songwriter . . .
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The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes
No, the photo to the left is not of Stephen Malkmus (although the resemblance is quite uncanny, no?) Even today the majority of Zeppelin fans still do not know that the band's epic “Dazed And Confused,” off their eponymous debut, was in actuality a cover tune. During a U.S. American tour in the late ’60s the Jimmy Page led version of the Yardbirds shared a NYC Greenwich Village . . .
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Off The Record :: The Small Sounds, Houston TX
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.
Today’s installment of Off The Record finds us in . . .
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Autumn Tone Records :: 2008 Recap
Our label, Autumn Tone Records, had its most, ahem, action-packed year yet with the release of three new albums, plus the digital distribution of J. Tillman's back-catalog (and his other band Fleet Foxes produced our favorite album of 2008). Last Spring saw the release of Travel by Sea's sophomore LP, become a member or log in.