Aquarium Drunkard presents Jason Isbell and Justin Townes Earle this Thursday at Spaceland. I missed Earle in Austin last week, but have only heard great things about his performance...and I'm also a huge fan of his daddy. Isbell is presently touring in support of his sophomore solo album, become a member or log in.
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 87: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Bonnie Prince Billy - Beware Your Only Friend ++ Phosphorescent - Reasons To Quit ++ Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission ++ My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man ++ Big Star - September Gurls ++ The Replacements - Nightclub Jitters ++ Ryan Adams - Carolina Rain ++ Wilco - Poor Places ++ White . . .
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I've witnessed many a Wilco show over the years, but spare for a few moments, was not particularly impressed by the two-disc, 2005 live document, Kicking Television. I felt that it found the band in the midst of performance growing pains just prior to finding their footing again.
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There are very few artists who had album runs like the one Stevie Wonder pulled off in the '70s (the Rolling Stones come immediately to mind). The following set, from January of 1974, finds the artist in the midst of a creative high while touring the UK. Recorded after Innervisons and prior to Fulfillingness' First Finale . . .
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When a songwriter's prolificacy creates the volumes that Will Oldham's has, it can become difficult to draw reference from his catalogue. It often exists as one vast document of his contribution, nuance be damned to the onlooker. With notable exceptions Greatest Palace Music and the Tortoise-backed become a member or log in.
I have to admit, I'm not always excited about the idea of a single artist recording the entire soundtrack to a film. It's usually not the most career-defining moment for a musician. Sure, there are exceptions - but for every Aimee Mann and Magnolia, there are at least nine or ten Princes and become a member or log in.
Speaking of RAM, have you heard of Percy Thrillington? If not, don't feel bad as Percy "Thrills" Thrillington never actually existed outside of Paul McCartney's imagination. Back in the '70s, prior to the release of Ram, McCartney decided to have an orchestral version of the album laid to tape. But then become a member or log in.
Country music, at its best, is a dark apologetic for mystery. Like most things, it’s got its glitzy side, the side that it’s convinced itself that it wants the public to see. But once its Nashville sheen is scraped off, country is a dark, penetrating, and mysterious force that cuts away until it reaches a person’s core. Country music, when it’s good, is honest music.
Phosphorescent’s To Willie . . .
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(Diversions, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
This second installment of Diversions finds us with Daniel Hutchens of Athens, GA's Bloodkin - one of my favorite songwriters, wordsmiths and rock & rollers since I first discovered his music over a decade ago. Following the uber-dark tone of the band's last LP, become a member or log in.
We'll be discussing Bonnie "Prince" Billy's upcoming album, Beware, at length in the very near future. Until then, chew on the new video for "I Am Goodbye," which is very demonstrative of Beware's overall sound as a whole. It goes without saying that we love it. Another high five to Will Oldham, whose beard has coincidently also reached new . . .
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 86: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Television - Friction ++ Josef K - The Angle ++ The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong ++ Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware Your Only Friend ++ Brightblack Morning Light - True Bright Blossom ++ Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree ++ Department of Eagles - No One Does . . .
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Context is everything. And sometimes it's the mere shift of geography, the slighter or greater roar of the narrator that can make the biggest difference in a song.
Jim Carroll's "People Who Died" is a legendary song all its own. Originally released on 1980's Catholic Boy, "People . . .
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Giddy up. Aquarium Drunkard presents White Denim, Black Joe Lewis and American Princes, at Red Eye Fly, Saturday night March 14th. The show is free -- no badges, wristbands, etc. are needed but you must become a member or log in.
For the third year in a row our SXSW Hot Freaks! day-party is happening Friday March 20th, and Saturday March 21st, noon - 6pm. Two days of, AD approved, live music, on three stages, held at Club DeVille and the Mohawk, located next to one another on Red River street. Once again the parties . . .
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It's again that time of year: SXSW. In two weeks, hordes of artists, industry folks and fans alike will descend upon Austin for a non-stop marathon of music, friends, BBQ, beer, and yes, breakfast tacos. Once again we'll be there in a variety of capacities. This is the first AD announcement, of three, per our involvement with parties this year (stay tuned for the rest).
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