No Jacket Required returns this Friday at the Grandstar in Chinatown with a quadruple bill of Superhumanoids, Polls, John Carpenter and Lord Huron. Come hang. DJ Travis Keller (Buddyhead) will be spinning the rock & roll records. Bonus treats . . .
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August 17th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Cotton Jones, Parson Red Heads and Roadside Graves at the Echo. We're giving away several pairs of tickets for the show. To enter: leave a comment below with you name and email address. Winners chosen at random and will be notified with tickets held at will-call.
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If you're solely interested in sonic fidelity you can find a much cleaner version of this track, but in terms of sheer atmosphere this old vinyl rip has it in spades. Cut in the late fifties "This Is The Night" finds Billy Storm fronting the Valiants---doo wop, slightly surreal and old L.A.
Elsewhere: Speaking of old doo wop, the following tale is required reading/listening for those with a sense of history . . .
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"We are the goon squad and we're coming to town, beep beep." From 1980. "Fashion," one of my favorite Bowie bangers with Robert Fripp happens to be one of my favorite Bowie videos as well. Beep beep.
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It wasn't so long ago Deerhunter was weighed down by inconsistent, nonsensical, live performances coupled with mountains of bad press that did nothing but urge critics to inspect and second guess their every move. Things have changed. Since the release of 2008’s Microcastle I have to search the farthest recesses of my brain, with the tiniest of instruments, to even locate those experiences or memories. The band is so strong on all fronts that I would be shocked if their . . .
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 152: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Bob McFadden & Dor - The Mummy ++ Ty Segall - My Sunshine ++ The Fresh & Onlys - Grey-Eyed Girl ++ Jacques Dutronc - J'ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare ++ Carlos & The Bandidos - Mexicali Baby ++ The Yardbirds - Stroll On ++ The Rolling Stones . . .
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Kristofferson fans: I have a deluxe vinyl, first pressing of the double-LP release, Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72, plus an autographed photo for an AD reader. Hand numbered and limited to only 2,000 copies. Double 180-gram vinyl, housed in an "old school" tip-on gatefold LP jacket. Enter below in the comments. Winner chosen at random this Friday.
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We're gonna stay on this 90s hangover tip for a minute. While I'm a fan of the majority of the Ween output, it's the early lo-fi stuff through The Mollusk that I return to on the regular. Dean and Gene were clearly inspired by, and doing it for, the Boognish. That and several half dozen . . .
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(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
The shifting landscape of commercial music has forced the industry to reconsider how to best deliver its music to an audience. It has also, inadvertently, breathed new life into songs and artists that were past their heyday. Nick Drake's estate owes his modern rediscovery to Volkswagon; M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" made a huge splash in the . . .
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From the clatter of the Greenwich Village 60s folk scene came a voice that was inspired, authentic, and extraordinarily deep. Fred Neil had one of those unmistakable voices, a baritone that could rumble your brain and leave cracks in your spine. Add to that the skills of one of the better blues-folk songwriters; his songs were covered by Karen Dalton, Harry Nilsson, Jefferson Airplane... anybody who knew their stuff . . .
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Covered in kudzu and swathed in a blanket of humidity, spanish moss, feedback and reverb exists Futurebirds. Here, at this intersection, we find a synthesis of the two extremes of Neil Young's yin and yang. It's at this crossroads, on this plane that Futurebirds meld the sweet, lilting, pedal steel and harmonies of the Stray Gators with the raucous, buzzing, distortion of Crazyhorse.
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(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Bill Baird and Sunset have steadily become one of my favorite exports out of Austin, TX. As prolific as he is talented, Baird and co. seemingly, and quietly, release a record, 7", EP, etc every several months on Austin's own burgeoning Autobus Records. The label is poised to release not only a new Sunset LP (Loveshines but The Moon Is Shining Too) but a Baird solo album as well (Silence!) After the jump Baird takes us through the highly personal, and equally mysterious, process that is songwriting.
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The fact is, I really want you to like Menomena. In particular their latest, and third LP, Mines. I could go on and on about the songs, the amazing composition, the intricate sounds and layers they incorporate, about the fact that this is a band that uses a computer program one of the members invented himself and not just the setting on a . . .
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Not sure how I had never seen this gem before (high five, Reid). Like a lost Jonathan Richman project from another dimension, Son Seed (?) kicks out the jams with "Jesus Is My Friend." So many "special" moments...too many to go into here. Wow.
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
Today I'm airing, in its entirety, Scottie Diablo's THE CRAP OUT, a mixtape which you can download become a member or log in.