Christopher Denny :: Age Old Hunger

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Lately, while in the car, I've been listening to Christopher Denny's album Age Old Hunger. At eleven songs and 43 minutes, it's a strange, and entertaining, take on the classic Dylan mojo. While Denny's androgynous croon may not be for everyone, it gives his plaintive folk songs the bottom and personality lacking in so many of todays singer-songwriters . . .

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Off The Record :: Explorers Club (Charleston, SC)

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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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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 42: The Henry Clay People - Working Part Time ++ The Whigs - Don't Talk Anymore ++ The Glands - Livin' Was Easy ++ Le Switch - Big Ol' Tree ++ Mojave 3 . . .

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The Watson Twins :: Just Like Heaven/Fire Songs

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While I've always found the music of Rilo Kily to be tepid at best, I did enjoy Jenny Lewis's country-tinged side project, from 2005, Rabbit Fur Coat. I have Fur Coat to thank for introducing me to the music of The Watson Twins who received co-billing . . .

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The Basement Tapes (Columbia Records, 1975)

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Hardcore Dylan-phile nitpicking aside, there is a lot to love about the (official) Basement Tapes. While many of these recordings (from 1967/68) were originally known on the bootleg circuit from the unofficial comp The Great White Wonder, a number of them received overdubs and general sprucing up before being . . .

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Chris Mills :: Living In The Aftermath

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In three short years Chris Mills has gone from living the dream to living in its aftermath. I loved Mills last album, The Wall To Wall Sessions, and distinctly remember listening to album's first track, the tragically beautiful "Chris Mills Is Living The Dream . . .

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Mission of Burma/Joy Division/Channeled By Moby

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Moby is a curious cat. After breaking techno wide open in the early '90s, he dabbled in industrial-lite dance music, only to wind up the hero of Pure Moods compilation makers and the people who make in-store soundtracks for stores that have a philosophy. His new album, Last . . .

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds :: Dig! Lazarus Dig!

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Those who saw last year's gritty Grinderman side trip as a return to form need look no further that The Bad Seeds new full length Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!. Like the Grinderman project,

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Nine Years Later :: Black Foliage: Animation Music

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Has it really been an entire decade since the Olivia Tremor Control released their Black Foliage album? Almost, as the album hit retail shelves in 1999. Sonically both an epic, psychedelic collage, as well as a reverent paean to Sixties pop, Olivia Tremor Control created records that begged for your headphones. Below, AD contributor . . .

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Heading Down The Atlanta Highway

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Last week The B-52's released Funplex, their first album in sixteen years. After three decades together, they haven't lost it. We'll discuss Funplex further at a later date, but right now we're gonna go back a couple of records (and nearly 20 years).

It's springtime, which means as the weather gets warmer the more often I . . .

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Without You :: Pete Ham (Solo Version)

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In response to my Badfinger post from last month, Duke sent me this solo version of "Without You" that can be found on the Pete Ham collection Golders Green.   Elegant minimalism and simplicity.

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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin :: Pershing

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Springfield, MO: both the home of Americanized Cashew Chicken (yes, true) and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin -- both, also, very tasty. Pershing, SSLYBY's sophomore album, is an uncomplicated, yet excellent, pop record - the kind that won't leave your car's stereo all Spring. Available April 8th via Polyvinyl Records.

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John Cale :: Paris 1919

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Tuesday, while walking through the hallowed halls of Capitol Records' studios, in Hollywood, surrounded by decades of recorded musical history, I had a conversation with a friend regarding album art: the power it can wield, and its demise over the past 20+ years, thanks to, first, compact discs, and more recently MP3s (guilty). This got me thinking about the relationship between music and its presentation, both visually, and in the sense of the packaging itself. Despite the ease, and immediacy, of digital music I still love the tactile sense of a physical album in my hands, be it vinyl, or . . .

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