My first exposure to both Pink Nasty (and her brother Black Nasty ) was through her website and myspace pages. I thought it was brilliant, smartass (see Black Nasty) parody. My second exposure was the release of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's live document become a member or log in.
What better way to start the month of November than with a bit of Rick Rubin era Johnny Cash. This, the self-penned title track off Cash's 2002 American IV album, is filled with dark & foreboding apocalyptic imagery that suits both Cash's voice, persona, and legend like a second skin. Cash, the master of straddling . . .
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Photo: Lou Reed (seated) with fellow songwriter Paul Simon, circa 1982
Saturday night, while having a drink at the neighborhood bar, Lou Reed's "Dirty Blvd." came drifting out of the Jukebox, darting past the bad Halloween costumed drunkards and landed right in my glass. An immensely satisfying surprise at 12:20 a.m., the tune got me . . .
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photo credit: john vanderlsliceWhile dropping Eric Bachman's name in this earier post I later realized I had yet to feature anything concerning Bachman's own 2006 . . .
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It's been quite some time since An Aquarium Drunkard has had the opportunity to feature anything Wilco related, which in a way is a shame given the blog's namesake.Directed by the Burn To Shine ducu-series creators, Brendan Canty and Christoph Green, become a member or log in.
Welcome to Episode 17 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.Prompted/inspired by a Lambchop show a few weeks ago here in L.A. I decided to continue the theme of Episode 16 for this week's show . . .
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Recorded in Micah's hometown of Abilene, TX, it's a small wonder we're even getting to hear this album so soon after Hinson's debilitating back surgery following his European tour earlier in the year. I suppose all that time on the mend must be an agent of creativity as ...And The Opera Circuit comes on strong. A slew of friends were . . .
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Los Angeles based Ill Lit's latest album entitled Tom Cruise is a 10 track trek through '70s singer-songwriter country rock propped up by the economical use 21st century electronic synth flourishes. It pans out pretty well somewhere in the vein of Josh Rouse crossed with The Jayhawks. Breezy you could say."a . . .
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Gob Iron's Death Songs for the Living is the sort of wonder project that keeps the alt.country/alt.folk set frothing at the mouth in anticipation. And for good reason. Comprised Jay Farrar and Anders Parker, Gob Iron is almost entirely the duo's take on old, yet re-styled and arranged, traditional folk songs . . .
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October 10th saw Secretly Candians's release of Damien Jurado's latest LP And Now That I'm In Your Shadow -- his seventh full length album. I *just* missed seeing Jurado with Rosie Thomas in Atlanta . . .
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Brought to you by L.A.'s own Buddyhead Records is the latest LP from Washington D.C.'s The Cassettes. Self described as a "rock n' roll vaudeville western band" The Cassettes play there own brand of indie rock referred to as steam punk -- yeah, dig that. I'm new to these guys but fully on board after listening to this latest release the past few days . . .
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Live Daily has recently aired an interview I did for them with Richard Hawley at SXSW in Austin last March. A casual interview, Hawley and I discussed touring, music blogs, his influences, etc at a restaurant prior to his gig later that night. A real gentleman and a pleasure to interview.DOWNLOAD:MP3/Stream: SXSW 2006 :: Richard Hawley Interview
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This 2006 documentary (surrounding the final year of LUNA's career as a working band) has come up several times in conversation within the past week. I figure that alone merits yet another LUNA post on the Drunkard.As a huge fan of the band's catalog it was both an interesting documentation of the inner-workings of the group, as well as a bit depressing and anti-climatic. become a member or log in.
photo: Sticky Fingers' LP jacketThe kings of early '70s hedonism had a court order produced declaring this documentary could not be shown without the presence of it's director, Robert Franks. That did not stop the bootleg of the film from being widely dispersed on the black market. This is a truly naked, candid, often disturbing look at a band on tour wrapped up in drama and addiction. It's also fascinating. The film takes up where Albert Maysles documentary
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The story of John Lennon's estrangement from Yoko Ono in 1974 has become the stuff of rock & roll lore. Holed up for months in L.A., Lennon's adventures have long been playfully referred to as his "lost weekend." Read: super-bender. During this stint to the golden coast, among drinking, drugging, corralling and other la la treats, Lennon produced Nilsson's album become a member or log in.
