Heron :: Upon Reflection: The Dawn Anthology

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It was last winter when I first heard Heron's 1970 self titled debut and the only thing I knew about the record was that it was recorded outside in England near the Thames river. After spending a few days with the album, I began to get the itch to figure out who the dudes were that were responsible for these perfect pastoral folk sing alongs. Who was this band that managed to record an album that sounded like an . . .

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Le Switch :: CD Release Show – Tonight @ The Echo

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One of our very favorite bands, our L.A. brethren, Le Switch, will be at The Echo next tonight. It's going to be a festivus; a CD release party for their upcoming debut LP entitled And Now...Le Switch. Our Autumn Tone label is releasing the album September 30th, but we're giving the locals a sneak peak with copies available for sale at . . .

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Matthew Sweet :: A Career: Thus Far…

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Matthew Sweet is bringing his 'dinosaur' act back on august 26th with Sunshine Lies. You can click here and check out a streaming player with three songs off of the forthcoming album. But, right now let's talk about the past.

There's a lot to be said about scenes that develop in cities, but one of the things not always discussed is that they can pull people in from elsewhere. Thus, the oft lauded Athens, Georgia managed to pull a kid from all the . . .

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The Beatles :: After The Break Up – The Singles

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While reading Cold Splinters, I came upon a link directing me to a post entitled And Then There Were Four. In a nutshell the post juxtaposes the Beatles solo work immediately after their break up in 1970 -- i.e., the first singles each member released - and each of the singles individual cover art. Visually, the post notes "how (the Beatles) saw themselves (or wanted to be seen): John the one-man revolutionary army; George contemplating holier . . .

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David Bowie :: Live: Santa Monica, CA – 1972

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"It was like walking into the future. When that strobe light started going, it seemed like everything was black, white and silver - except for his red hair." - L.A. DJ Rodney Bingenheimer

This one, in the world of Bowie fans, is a long time coming. Culled from a local radio (KMET-FM) broadcast, October 20, 1972 in Santa Monica, CA, Bowie's appearance that night has long been one of the most sought after, and heavily traded, of Bowie bootlegs. I've been listening to my old . . .

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SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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

SIRIUS 59: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Erma Franklin/Jackie Wilson - Light My Fire ++ Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby ++ Rahmelzee Vs. K.Rob - Beat Bop . . .

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The Felice Brothers :: The AD Interview

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New York’s Felice Brothers — whose excellent self-titled record was released this year by Conor Oberst’s Team Love label — were one of the highlights of this year’s Newport Folk Festival. The group, which consists of Ian, Simone, and James Felice along with their friends Farley and Christmas (seriously), played foot-stompin’ country music, knee-deep in the mud and up to their eyes in adoration.

Aquarium Drunkard sat down with James Felice at Newport to ask a bit about the group’s history and to see how they’re handling the transition to the big time.

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Aquarium Drunkard: You guys grew up playing country, folk, and bluegrass, right?

James Felice: Playing and listening to it, yeah.

AD: Is that mostly your father’s influence?

JF: Our father and friends and, for me, my older brothers Simone and Ian. They listened to it all the time. Every opportunity.

AD: And that’s how you got started, just playing at your house, right?

JF: Yeah, playing at my dad’s house at barbecues and stuff. Then we took it to the street and started playing a lot of gospel music and stuff like that; all the old stuff.

AD: And you played in the subways, too?

JF: Yeah, the subways in New York, a lot of farmer’s markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and in a lot of the towns near where we grew up. Touristy towns and all of that. Now we’re here.

AD: You guys have played Bonnaroo —

JF: Yep.

AD: And a few other festivals. It’s a pretty rapid rise from the subways and farmer’s markets to the big stages.

JF: It’s crazy, you know? I can’t even explain it; I’m just excited to be here.

AD: How’s the crowd reception been?

JF: The crowd’s been amazing. We’ve had a lot of fun. There are some mishaps: we were playing in Athens, opening for the Drive-By Truckers, and after the show some old lady came up to us while we were packing our shit up and said, “You are the worst band I’ve ever heard.” Like, straight up. (laughs) But usually people enjoy the music.

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AD Presents :: James Jackson Toth @ Echo 8.16

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Straight out of Nashville, James Jackson Toth's new LP has been on constant rotation the past two weeks. Literally. We are more than a little excited that to be presenting his show at the Echo Saturday night, and have five pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers.

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Johnny Cash :: The Man, His World, His Music

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"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." The other night PBS, as part of their P.O.V. Series, aired the 1969 Johnny Cash documentary Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music. Shot in 1968 and '69, the film is an absolute must for Cash fans, featuring the artist on the never-ending road shortly after his stint at Folsom Prison - one of the many peaks in his long career that began . . .

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Rodriguez :: Cold Fact (Revisited 2008)

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His name is Rodriguez...Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, and, among other things, he sang about "jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane," and would reportedly only gig at "hooker bars, inner city dives, and biker bars." Sounds like a party, no? If you haven't heard of him, it is most likely because he dropped out of the music world decades ago, existing semi sub rosa in Detroit, all the while unknowingly becoming a cult figure in South Africa. In fact, by the mid-late '70s the man's music . . .

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Vetiver :: Thing of The Past

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One of my frequent go-to LPs of the summer, Vetiver's Thing of The Past, is an album made up solely of obscure covers - consequently giving the collection the feel of an original work. Relatively speaking, the most widely known tracks on the LP are arguably Loudon Wainwrights III's "Swimming Song," or Townes . . .

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Soul Sides :: Deep Covers 2: Mas Profundo

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Soul Sides Oliver Wang continues to release eclectic compilations, both on his own and via his collaborative partnership with NYC based Zealous Records (who have released the two volume Soul Sides funk and soul collections). Wang's latest mixtape, Deep Covers 2:

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Bob Marley :: The Black Ark Demos (1978)

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While combing through some reggae/dub for an upcoming dancehall/dub/reggae heavy AD radio show, I happened upon some demos recorded at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio in 1978 - a few years prior to Marley's death. Here are a couple of the tracks along with their dub counterparts.

Previously: Bob Marley & The Wailers :: Radio Session 1973

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Newport Folk Festival :: Sunday Recap

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With the sun taking its seat in the top of the sky alongside a few billowing clouds left over from yesterday’s rainstorms, Day Three of the 2008 Newport Folk Festival kicked off in a swirl of cracking mud and beating heat, with enough hype and excitement surrounding today’s performances to warrant standing around in the sun. The yachters showed up early today for fellow pirate Jimmy Buffett’s headlining set, and Brenton Cove started to look more and more like San Pedro Island during Spring Break as the day moved by.

The relentlessly friendly Ryan Fitzsimmons (an OurStage Newport winner) opened Sunday’s festivities with a set of stark, eerie folk on the Waterside Stage. Fitzsimmons’ chiming open chords shoved their way across layers of feedback and programming (courtesy of a tiny Line 6 amp modeler), until they found a place situated somewhere between country music and horror soundtrack. The four songs he played were forceful, passionate pleas about cigarettes, gasoline, crystal meth, and everything between: the soundtrack to small-town boredom and that ever-present hope for light. The fact that he was so polite between songs (even taking the time to thank the sound man, the promoters, the audience, and anything else he lay eyes upon) struck the darkness of his songs even deeper. Complex dude.

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