Warning, anecdote ahead: Until Kevin, from So Much Silence, guest posted on The Clientele, last summer while I was traveling, I was under the impression they were some sort of post-post-post punk band from the UK. If I recall correctly, I believe I was under the impression they sounded like, oh, say, Clinic or something. The namebecome a member or log in.

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The Switch's EP Hello Today is self described as "A mixture of 60's pop and Motown soul. 5 songs which blend raw, raspy vocals with sweet harmonies layered on top of horns, guitars and keys." After you see them in a live setting that description rings even truer.

The band guested on my Little Radio shows one year anniversary this past Wednesday and blew . . .

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Before the weekend officially hits I want to remind folks that Tuesday saw the official release of one of the better - new - albums I have heard lately -- The Shaky Hands self-titled debut.

Perky, jangly, rough around the edges, indie pop your thing? Then try this LP on for size. Also, if you like early, early R.E.M., you may very well . . .

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So not to be all "let's talk about the L.A. weather on Aquarium Drunkard," but damn, today has been the windiest I can remember in the near six years I have lived out here. We're talking six story palm trees bending and buckling in the wind, huge L.A. County garbage cans being blown across the boulevard, and more than one or two bits of debris lodging themselves in my eyes. That will teach me to leave my sunglasses in the house. Other than that it's a bright, sunny day here in la la . . .

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Just got the word that Jax of L.A.'s Rock Insider is presenting the excellent, Drunkard approved, Peter & The Wolf show tomorrow night here in Los Angeles, at Pehrspace, in Echo Park. Also performing: The Monolators, Luke Paquin (of Hot Hot Heat), Divisadero

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Like the podcast?   If so vote for it HERE.   This podcast is culled from my one year anniversary of hosting a show on L.A.'s Little Radio. Special guest The Switch came in and not only played a spirited acoustic set, but spun some fantastic sides. About ten of us were in the loft studio crowded around a keg of beer, an arsenal of instruments, and . . .

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If you dug the French Freakbeat series posted earlier on the Drunkard, then Johnny Hallyday's 1967 French cover of "Hey Joe" may be the coolest thing you'll download this month.

A real renaissance man, ole Hallyday, like fellow Frenchman Jacques Dutronc, fashioned himself both as an actor and as a songwriter/performer. No clue what his post sixties output was like, but this track is swingin'.

Big nod to Spoilt Victorian Child for their assistance . . .

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RE: Pop Levi - Let's just get it out there: The T. Rex inspired production and latter era Robert Plant vocals cannot be ignored; it's the 800 lb. gorilla in the living room. But get past the obvious inspration-on-sleeve references and you're left with a fun rock record -- i.e., the kind you can just "put on" without having to think about it. Just let the wah-wah pedal wash over you.

Our local rag, the L.A. Weekly, appropriately deemed Pop Levi as: "Like every . . .

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