Great Lake Swimmers :: Debut Eponymous LP

By the 2005 album Bodies And Minds, Tony Dekker's songwriting vehicle Great Lake Swimmers, had become a fully realized touring band. Not the case with his 2003 self-titled release. Recorded in an abandoned grain silo, this album showcases Dekker's voice and guitar, save a couple of . . .

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AD Exclusive :: Yer Bird Records Interview

Over the past five months, one label that has remained high on my radar is Yer Bird Records. Based out of Charlottesville, VA, Yer Bird busted out the gate this past year with it's stellar debut release The Wolf Is At The Door by Sounds Like Fall. Yer Bird's founder, owner, and operator, Morgan King, sat down with An Aquarium Drunkard to discuss the beginnings of the . . .

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Songs Rewind 2005 :: The Lord God Bird

"Independent radio producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister were curious about how Stevens writes his songs, which, much like their own work, are filled with stories of places and people. So, they introduced Stevens to the Arkansas town of Brinkley. Brinkley is a small farming town not far from where the ivory-billed woodpecker recently was rediscovered. News that the bird is not extinct has brought a ray of hope to the residents of . . .

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Syd Barrett :: Barrett

Earlier this week I posted on Greg Ashley and mentioned Syd Barrett's solo work as a touchstone. This led me to dust off Syd's 1970 eponymous second solo album...the last of his work I have actually heard. The record is graced with some great moments -- Baby Lemonade is a classic in and of itself. Members of Pink Floyd were involved in the production here, and . . .

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Songs Rewind 2005 :: Punks In The Beerlight

Once again paired with sometime Jew Stephen Malkmus, Dave Berman released one of the best Silver Jews album to date. Here is the opening track from the album released in October of 2005. "I love ya to the max...I love ya to the max."DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight ----------

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Edith Frost :: The Demos

"You're now holding in your digital hands some of the original sounds that have wafted from the home studio of Edith Frost over the last decade. Before the acclaimed albums Wonder Wonder, Telescopic, and Calling Over Time were rendered, this was Edith's sound, lonesome and unadorned." "Country, blues and old-timey are all . . .

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Greg Ashley :: Medicine Fuck Dream

Ah yes....an album that truly makes you just wanna say fuck it. I'm assuming Greg entitled this album Medicine Fuck Dream only because Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To was already taken. Listening to this album is like swimming through . . .

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The Cover Wars :: Handle With Care

DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care LINK FIXEDMP3: Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Handle With Care (cover)----------Amazon: The Traveling Wilburys - Vol I

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