James Booker :: Live @ Montreux July 1978

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I uploaded this rare 1978 live recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival to the Drunkard in October of 2005 as part of the original Live Upload Series. I suspect many of you were not readers back then so it's with great pleasure I share it again here. I have several live albums from this New Orleans piano master, and this one is by far the best. Very raw arrangements with Booker backed by a loose . . .

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Casey Dienel :: Wind-Up Canary

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2006 saw many interesting online developments in the world of music; my favorite of these being the launch of the Daytrotter sessions. Whether widely introducing new artists to their audience or providing a new take on existing talent, the 'trotter is on point every time.Like many, I too have Daytrotter to thank for my introduction to the music of Brooklyn-ite Casey Dienel. It was . . .

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The Broken West :: New Album

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As reported earlier on the Drunkard, local favorites The Brokedown switched their name to The Broken West this past Fall due to legal issues. No matter, the bands chops, their sound and the tunes themselves keep getting better. Having signed on to MERGE in late 2006 the band sees the release of their debut full-length album January 23rd following up the excellent '05 EP become a member or log in.

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lay And Love

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Will Oldham is starting off 2007 with the release of the Lay And Love single culled from his 2006 LP The Letting Go. If yer keeping tabs, this is the third single from . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 20

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Welcome to Episode 20 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week's podcast. Today's show marks the first episode of 2007. The beginning of the first track got cut off, which is fitting as the song's title is "Accidents Will Happen."

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James Brown :: The Federal Years 1956-1960

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As a rule I don't update An Aquarium Drunkard during the holidays, but the death of James Brown almost warranted that I do so. Being from Georgia and a lover of all things funky, the Godfather's passing was truly sad news and seemed (understandably) overshadowed in the media by the death of president Gerald Ford. If you searched diligently you could find some interesting television . . .

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Matt Marque :: Nothing Personal

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2007...wow, that's gonna take a bit of getting used to. Hope everyone had a good holiday season and rang in the new year with a gusto. I know we did. One of the things the holidays provided, with all the cross country travel they entailed, was an opportunity to revisit some old favorites on the iPod and laptop. One such album is Matt Marque's 2004 LP Nothing's . . .

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HBO’s The Wire :: Way Down In The Hole

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Friends will attest to the fact that the past few months have found me neck deep in all things related to the HBO serial drama The Wire. For those not familiar, the show is a fascinating take on the overtones an undertones of life and the inner workings of the modern American city (Baltimore, Maryland). Far from pretty the show has, over the course of four seasons, tied together complicated plot lines more akin to . . .

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Neil Young :: BBC TV Theatre – 1971

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This short set was recorded February 23, 1971 at the BBC's Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London. An incredibly clean recording, I am hoping Neil explores selections from this tour in his newly minted Archives series. As you might note from previous live Neil Young shows I have posted here in the past, this era of his solo live performances are a personal favorite.

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Roy Orbison :: In Dreams (Blue Velvet Redux)

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Roy Orbison, like many pioneering rock & roll artists of his generation, has the dubious honor of countless greatest hits collections bearing his name -- all of them of varying quality. I know this because I have owned several over the years. One of the more interesting of Orbison's 'best of' collections is the 1987 greatest hits package become a member or log in.

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Sonic Youth :: The Destroyed Room

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New releases tend to notoriously dry up the last month of the year. This being so, I had been anxiously awaiting the copy of Sonic Youth's odds and sods compilation, The Destroyed Room, to land in my mailbox. I am happy to report -- as far . . .

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Tropicalia :: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound

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Through my father's collection I inherited a formidable amount of out-of-print and rare Latin jazz, Latin soul, and salsa on vinyl. One day I will get around to ripping some of it to MP3 format to share on the Drunkard, but until then a number of key artists and tracks are captured on the Soul Jazz label's 2006 compilation become a member or log in.

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Seasons Greetings :: The Pogues

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Irish lilt mixed with the attitude of early UK punk rock was what initially powered the The Pogues. Fronted by the (in)famous Shane MacGowan, The Pogues lifted traditional Irish music out of the gutter of past injecting it with a strong dose of piss and lager.Originally released in 1987 If I Should Fall from Grace With . . .

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