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, during the first hour of the show we're airing Miles Kurosky's Aquarium Drunkard session, recorded at Red Rockets Glare, as well as last year's become a member or log in.
While teaching my students about Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" an idea came to me. Emerson stated that society doesn't care for "realities and creators" but prefers "names and customs." "Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist," he wrote. I asked my students if they thought Lady Gaga was a non-conformist. They roundly said yes. Playing devil's advocate, I pointed out that in a way, as unique as she seems, she's really only playing within the rules of the game - participating in the very machinations of the music . . .
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After Van Morrison's departure from the group in 1966, Them relocated to Los Angeles and released a string of worthwhile efforts. The group completely revamped their image and sound behind Jim Armstrong's accomplished guitar work and Ken McDowell's vocals; the only hold over from the Van Morrison era was guitarist Alan Henderson. Now And "Them" and become a member or log in.
For everyone who cringed while watching the very-real-life 2005 Beulah break-up documentary A Good Band Is Easy To Kill, the news last year of a 2010 Miles Kurosky solo record on the horizon was akin to the promise of reuniting with an . . .
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This is it, folks. This is where the rubber meets the road---the mother of all trucker movies: Sam Peckinpah's Convoy. The recipe: take Kris Kristofferson (the Rubber Duck), a young Ali MacGraw (in a convertible) and a cranky, curmudgeon state trooper named "Dirty Lyle" (played by Ernest Borgnine) and place them in a hokey, genre-bending, tale based on the country song of same name by C.W. McCall. Believe me, it's quite the stew. A kid . . .
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Most (if not all) of you reading this know a thing or two about the names Phil Spector and Neil Young. But I would wager that the immediate name recognition of Jack Nitzsche, a pivotal force in behind both artists, ranks much lower. Studio wizard/producer, arranger and songwriter, Nitzsche released his own sort of 'surf' album in 1963---yet one that was a far cry from the surf rock coming out of a.m. radio at the time. Jan & Dean this is not.
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Twin Sister leads listeners down a completely new path with Color Your Life, the quintet's first batch of new recordings since 2008's stunning Vampires Dreaming with Kids EP. Both releases are heavy on atmosphere, spacial rhythms and knockout vocals that make you forget about everything else that's going on in pop music right now. Singer Andrea Estella effortlessly slides . . .
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Athens, GA's Venice Is Sinking are set to release their third full-length, Sand & Lines: The Georgia Theatre Sessions, on June 13th. Recorded live, stripped down in the vein of the Cowboy Junkies Trinity Session using two mics and minimal adornment, Sands & Lines exudes a late-night warmth that begs for the vinyl treatment. In terms of overall feel this may very well be the groups most consistent . . .
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The best compilations are very often the ones that succeed in contextualizing an experience---be it a genre, a movement, or in this case, a sub-genre within a decade. Taken as a whole the (fantastically titled) '50s Rockin' Sci-Fi compilation paints a picture of an alternate reality. Subtitled "Original High Octane Rock 'n Roll And Hillybilly Boogie" the set provides . . .
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Band of Horses third LP, Infinite Arms, hits retail shelves May 15th via their new label home at Fat Possum. We have four pairs of tickets to giveaway to their Greek Theater date Saturday, September 25, 2010. As of right now tickets to the show are exclusively available for purchase through the Greek Theater and Gibson Amphitheater's Premiere Marquee . . .
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Master At Arms, B. Kramer, caught up with Toronto's Born Ruffians' just after their second performance at SXSW. Things soon turned meta. New album drops June 1st via Warp. Words after the jump....
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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.
Turquoise Wisdom is my guest today during the first hour of the AD show. If you like what he's laying down, be sure to grab the mixtape he put . . .
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Wednesday, April 14th, Aquarium Drunkard presents the Ruby Suns with guests Toro Y Moi at the Echo on Sunset on Echo Park. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. To enter, leave a comment below with both your name and the title of your favorite Ruby Suns album thus far. We'll email the winners prior to the show---tickets can be picked up under your name . . .
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It's April---we're now a good bit into 2010. Being so I've been thinking about, and digging into, the slew of sleeper albums from 2009 that I either missed entirely, or was hipped to shortly before the end of the the year. Hush Arbors latest LP, Yankee Reality, falls into the latter . . .
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