Patterson Hood :: The AD Interview

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Currently on tour (note: Aquarium Drunkard will be presenting the West coast dates), AD caught up with Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood earlier this week in NC to discuss, among other things, the Truckers latest LP Brighter Than Creation's Dark, songwriting, revisiting a live album release, and the majesty of Spooner Oldham.

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Hayden :: In Field & Town

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The pinnacle of Hayden Desser's career thus far was his 2001 album, Skyscraper National Park. It took the suffocating isolationism of Hayden's lyrics and finally let it transcend the minimalist structures of his first two LPs, allowing it room to breathe and explode across songs like the noisy and gorgeous "Dynamite Walls." But those elements disappeared a bit through the follow-up, become a member or log in.

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AD Presents :: Earlimart – May 17th / Echoplex

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Aquarium Drunkard presents the the home team, Earlimart, at the Echoplex May 17th with special guests Voxhaul Broadcast, Siggy and Light FM. Tickets are $12 advance, or free if you win one of the five pairs we are giving out to AD readers below.

To win a pair: In the . . .

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Dirty Laundry :: The Soul of Black Country

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Get off yer horse and check out a few samples from volume one of the two-volume Dirty Laundry compilation that rounds up a collection of black country-soul nuggets, both covers and originals (James Brown covering Hank Williams, anyone?), from the sixties and seventies. Thanks to mr. Ryan for the turn-on.

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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 47: Pylon - Stop it ++ B-52’s - 6060-842 ++ Orange Juice - Moscow ++ R.E.M. - Wolves Lower ++ Port O'brien - I Woke Up Today ++ Bodies of . . .

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Off The Record :: Port O’brien (Coastal C. California)

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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.

Today’s installment of OTR catches up Van And Cambria . . .

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Win Butler/Mac McCaughan :: The AD Interviews

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Arcade Fire and Superchunk just played the Obama rally in North Carolina. Aquarium Drunkard was there. Below, J. Neas speaks with both Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Superchunk/Merge Records founder Mac McCaughan about the show, the campaign, politics and the music.

Aquarium Drunkard: I wanted to ask how the Arcade Fire got involved with the . . .

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Off The Record :: The Everybodyfields (Tennessee)

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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.

Today’s installment of OTR catches up with

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A Cassette Valediction: Part Two of Two

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Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty). Part two . . .

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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 46: DJ Shadow - Best Foot Forward ++ Darondo — Let My People Go ++ Sister Nancy - Bam Bam ++ The Meters — A Message From The Meters ++ Shuggie Otis — Inspiration Information . . .

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Citified :: The Meeting After the Meeting

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There's something to be said for brevity - albums that know when to quit and don't stick around too long. All too often I'm subjected to albums that have just too many songs, or even EPs with lackluster filler surrounding one or two solid entries. When albums come out that are honestly fantastic from stem to stern, it's worth noting.

Greensboro, North Carolina's Citified released their first album back in 2005, but its follow-up, The Meeting After the Meeting, has been worth the . . .

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Car Jamming, Pt 4 :: Levon Helm – Short Film

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(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way)

Yesterday morning, after leaving the Shack Up Inn, we crossed over the Mississippi river into Helena, Arkansas, the once bustling port-town that was at one time home to Sonny Boy Williamson, the become a member or log in.

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Off The Record :: Sun Kil Moon (San Francisco, CA)

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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.

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Car Jamming, Pt 3 :: Po’ Monkey’s Lounge

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(note: i'm on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way)

"I would hate to have lived my whole life and never been to Po' Monkey's." - myself to Mrs AD after thirty minutes - and three beers - inside...

While I would love to post on every juke joint and ramshackle blues room around the Mississippi Delta, I . . .

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