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14 Iced Bears :: Sure To See

UncategorizedPosted on August 9, 2006

Last week after hosting Little Radio's Aquarium Drunkard Show, I stuck around for the first half of the The Garden Fence of Sound show which directly follows mine. Regular host Dave Newton was out, but his fill-in played some great stuff -- including this track. It turns out I missed out on 14 Iced Bears during their run in the Eighties, but I was immediately attracted to the tune "Sure To See . . .

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Posted on August 9, 2006Uncategorized

Ladyhawk :: Let There Be Rock

UncategorizedPosted on August 9, 2006

I am loving all this return-to-the-rawk shit that has been coming out of indie-land the past couple of years. It's like everyone put down their Joy Division and Television albums for awhile and started spinning their cool uncle's old vinyl from the late '70s. The latest record from this camp to grace my desk is that of the Ladyhawk debut. Judging from the jacket artwork alone I knew this would be, at the . . .

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Posted on August 9, 2006Uncategorized

Jolie Holland :: Stubborn Beast

UncategorizedPosted on August 9, 2006

A sultry Billie Holiday with an East Texas drawl? Soul-Jazz with a Country-politan lilt? Maybe, but the quality and craft of Jolie Holland's third full-length, Springtime Can Kill You, is beyond any convenient comparison. Like her previous albums (and brief stint with The Be-Good Tanyas), Holland's bouillabaisse of traditional American music defies easy . . .

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Posted on August 9, 2006Uncategorized

The Killing Moon :: Cover Wars

UncategorizedPosted on August 8, 2006

In our infancy, An Aquarium Drunkard hosted a semi-regular feature entitled "The Cover Wars" in which a (typically) obscure cover was paired with it's origin and you the reader would decide the verdict on which one you preferred. One of my favorite's in this series was Pavement's cover of the Echo & The Bunnymen new-wave classic "The Killing Moon." Tonight the moon is full -- or at least close enough to revisit this tune.Pavement's cover of "The . . .

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Posted on August 8, 2006Uncategorized

Jason Collett :: Idols of Exile

UncategorizedPosted on August 7, 2006

Keeping track of the extended Broken Social Scene cadre and it's member's various solo projects (not too mention their related band's projects) can be an excercise unto itself, which is why it took me until early summer to give Collett's become a member or log in.

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Posted on August 7, 2006Uncategorized

Brightblack Morning Light :: Self Titled

UncategorizedPosted on August 6, 2006June 30, 2025

I wrote the following about Brightblack in the fall of 2005 after first listening the pair's ala.cali.tucky album: "Brightblack is made up of longtime friends and musical partners Nabob and Raybob -- two Alabama ex-pats . . .

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Posted on August 6, 2006June 30, 2025Uncategorized

Sonic Youth :: Live Television Spots

UncategorizedPosted on August 4, 2006

Nearly a decade's worth of Sonic Youth's television appearances collected and captured in an MP3 format. Any of you have video for some of these? If so, leave a link in the comments.DOWNLOAD:MP3: Sonic Youth :: Silver Rocket (NBC Studios , Live Night Music, 1989)MP3: become a member or log in.

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Posted on August 4, 2006Uncategorized

Revisiting :: Flat Duo Jets

UncategorizedPosted on August 3, 2006

This years Raconteurs release re-sparked my interest in the early White Stripes albums which in turn re-sparked an interest in the music of Flat Duo Jets. Long credited as an influence on Jack White and company, Flat Duo Jets minimalist guitar/drums rock & roll/rock-a-billy approach proved years before it's time. Following tracks off . . .

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Posted on August 3, 2006Uncategorized

Tyrone :: Under The Covers

UncategorizedPosted on August 3, 2006

Yesterday while hosting the Aquarium Drunkard show at Little Radio I played My Morning Jacket's cover of Erykah Badu's "Tyrone" off a 2000 radio boot I posted here. Damn that Jim James can sing. You very well may have this tune as Dodge included the . . .

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Posted on August 3, 2006Uncategorized

Augie March :: Strange Bird

UncategorizedPosted on August 3, 2006

Fact one: Australia's Augie March purloined their name from a Saul Bellows novel. Fact two: Their 2004 album Strange Bird has heavily occupied my stereo of late . . .

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Posted on August 3, 2006Uncategorized

Howlin’ Rain :: Live & On The Record

UncategorizedPosted on August 2, 2006

While traveling through Atlanta this summer, the little lady and I took in the Sonic Youth/Be Your Own Pet show at midtown's Centerstage theatre. You can read about that here. Post-show we headed straight to The Drunken Unicorn for the aftershow. If memory serves there . . .

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Posted on August 2, 2006Uncategorized

Lions In The Street :: Camaro-Rock

UncategorizedPosted on August 2, 2006

You know what, fuck it, in the spirit of Howlin' Rain, let's just keep kicking out these '70s styled jams. Lions In The Street just released an EP full of the garage rock you might expect to hear backed up by the sound of a rusty Camaro with a Molly Hatchet sticker on it's rear window. Maybe a gun rack too. Class, baby . . .

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Posted on August 2, 2006Uncategorized

Danielson :: Ships

UncategorizedPosted on August 2, 2006

A voice only a mother could love (and thousands of underground music fans.) Whimsical and experimental, Danielson's latest full-length is also the collective's strongest and arguably Daniel Smith's most inviting work to date. Aided by the likes of Sereena-Maneesh, Sufjan Stevens, Deerhoof and other like-minded folk bandits, Ships pushes it . . .

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Posted on August 2, 2006Uncategorized

Cash/ Will Oldham :: Under The Dark Covers

UncategorizedPosted on August 1, 2006

"Johnny Cash's voice was so big, it made the world grow small... When I first heard 'I Walk the Line' so many years earlier, it sounded like a voice calling out 'What are you doing there, boy?' I was trying to keep my eyes wide opened, too." -- Bob Dylan, Chronicles Vol. IIn 2006 the final volume of the American Recordings was released effectively closing the . . .

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Posted on August 1, 2006Uncategorized

Bob Dylan On A Bicycle?

UncategorizedPosted on August 1, 2006May 24, 2022

This month the man formerly known as Robert Zimmerman will release his forty-fourth album entitled Modern Times. News of the release led to asking myself the question: "do I hold Bob Dylan on a pedestal?" I like to think not, but at the same time I don't actually picture him doing everyday things either. Such as mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, or say . . .

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Posted on August 1, 2006May 24, 2022Uncategorized

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