Austin, Texas: Last Saturday afternoon A.D. and co. made our way over to the KLRU Austin City Limits television studios, located on the campus of the University of Texas, for day II of consecutive ACL tapings (Friday we caught the Arcade Fire taping, see reviews here, become a member or log in.
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 016: The Whigs - Technology ++ The Whigs - Violet Furs ++ Horse Feathers - Finch On Sunday ++ Dogme 95 - A Traffic Light . . .
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Heads up. One pair of tickets to give away to The National show, this Friday, at The Wiltern. If you have yet to win anything (recently) from A.D.; shoot an email to aquariumdrunkard @ gmail dot dom. St. Vincent opens...
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MP3: The National :: Murder Me Rachael
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Athens, Georgia resident singer-songwriter, Jim Willingham, returns November 6th with his second LP The Captain's Table.
Recording and performing under the nom de plume Ham 1, Willingham, when not performing his duties as a schoolteacher, likes to lay down tracks with his Athens buddies...who just happen to include, but not limited to: Liz Durrett, former members of become a member or log in.
Welcome to part four, the final installment, of the rare garage-rock series.
Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of . . .
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We have three pairs of tickets to The New Pornographers show, tomorrow night, at the Henry Fonda Theater to give away to A.D. readers. Want to go? Send an email with your name and a valid email address to: aquariumdrunkard @ gmail dot com. First three senders get 'em. Tickets are gone...
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MP3: The New Pornographers :: Myriad Harbor
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Part three of four of the rare garage-rock series. Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of retro-cool to . . .
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On October 23rd Hyena Records will release the new Grayson Capps album, Songbones, which was recorded in 2003 prior to his debut album If You Knew My Mind. This will be Capps' third release since we first heard his New . . .
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The rare sixties garage-rock continues. Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of retro-cool to its already smoldering 26 . . .
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Alright, just getting back into the swing of things here in Los Angeles after five days in Austin. Three words: The Salt Lick.
Thanks to all the A.D. readers who came out for the Hot Freaks!, Pt. II, after-parties, both Friday and Saturday nights, at the Mohawk and Club DeVille. I love after-parties, especially when they are free, so ups to Dell Lounge for backing our lineup which included: Grizzly . . .
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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.
Sparrow House - Foxes (Sighing Like A Furnace) ++ Pink Mountaintops - I (fuck) Mountains ++ Yeasayer - Sunrise ++ TV On The Radio - New Health Rock . . .
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Wednesday afternoon we made our way over to the CBS studios off Beverly and Fairfax, to catch Spoon do a live taping on the Late Late Show. Not surprisingly the band was super-tight, with a horn section in tow, performing "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" off their latest album become a member or log in.
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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Ahem, speaking of garage rock, those ATLiens, the Black Lips, from my hometown of Atlanta, GA (holla), just released their latest studio LP this week, entitled Good Bad Not Evil.
This, the follow up to their live-jam, long . . .
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One of our favorite Canadian imports, Great Lake Swimmers, have just released a free 5-track Live EP. For free. It was recorded April 14th at Toronto's Church of The redeemer....download the zipped folder below.
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Zip File: Great Lake Swimmers :: Live 2007 (Toronto)
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