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If you follow AD on Twitter you have no doubt seen the various live videos I've linked to capturing J. Tillman and his new band out on tour this summer. This new live incarnation of the Tillman catalog is ferocious in its intensity; reminding me both of the first Magnolia Electric Co. tours, as well as Phosphorescent's transcendent run . . .
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A highly talented singer-songwriter from Lowell, Massachusetts, Bob Martin released Midwest Farm Disaster in 1972 -- a record that is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and a genre benchmark.
Martin's voice is gravelly, weathered, soulful and honest. Think of a strange Kevin Coyne, Van Morrison, or Bob Lind blend and you're right on target. The lyrics are top shelf too, the equal or better of . . .
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All has been quiet on the Westerberg front since last September, but lo and behold, the man has sneaked up on us again, this time with the six-song PW & the Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys EP that dropped via Amazon today. It follows in the footsteps of his most recent releases - obviously home-studio recorded, obviously Westerberg and no one else playing anything. The lone difference here being that it . . .
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"At first listen, it might be tempting to label Fool's Gold as 'world music,' but the band is, in its essence, a Los Angeles band." Or so says Fool's Gold's label, I Am Sound. And indeed, in some ways at least, that description is apt. You certainly can't say that Fool's Gold's debut (Sept. 29) doesn't unleash immense helpings of international musical dialect that would make any xenophobe scramble for apple pie . . .
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L.A. Burnout is made up of the sounds floating around Los Angeles in the late '60s and '70s; a faded aural imprint of the canyons, beaches, wildfires, neighborhoods, late-nights and early mornings of a bygone L.A.
Play this mix around dusk while driving through Topanga with the windows rolled down – it’s the next best thing to time travel. Grab it after the jump....
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When Margo Guryan heard "God Only Knows" for the first time, she dropped everything. Raised on classical music and steeped in theory and composition, by the time she graduated college Margo seemed prepared for a serious career in Jazz music. But a friend played her Pet Sounds, that spiritual hymn, and her interests suddenly changed direction. Inspired, and working in the glow of Brian Wilson's masterpiece, Margo released Take a Picture through Bell Records in 1968. It's a beautiful . . .
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Today, during the second hour of our SIRIUS/XM show, we are airing the Local Natives AD session recorded last month at Infrasonic Sound Studios in Alhambra, CA. If you're not hip to Local Natives yet, you will be. All four tracks unreleased. Special thanks to Meghan Pochebit and everyone at Infrasonic for their time and expertise.
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 111: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Les 5 Gentlemen - Si tu reviens chez moi ++ The Olivia Tremor Control - Memories of Jacqueline 1906 ++ The Kinks - Til Death Do Us Part ++ Beach Boys - Mount Vernon & Fairway (Theme) ++ The Beatles . . .
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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.)
Last year Everest found themselves on tour with Neil Young. If you are familiar with their debut LP, Ghost Notes, or their live show for that matter, then . . .
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MP3: Atlas Sound :: So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (Everly Brothers cover)
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In 2005 Jon Spencer and pal Matt Verta-Ray released their rockabilly ode to greasers, garage rock, Jerry Lee Lewis, switchblades, pomade, greasy-spoon diners, and teenage rebellion -- they called it Heavy Trash. As with everything Jon Spencer related, you either buy into the aesthetic or you don't. You accept it as-is, or snidely call bullshit and turn up your nose. Maybe it depends on your . . .
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Marc Bolan much? The Smith Westerns do, and on this, their 2009 s/t debut, the Rabbit Fighter vibe is immediate - something like a pack of teenagers locked in a humid garage with a stack of warped T. Rex and Gary Glitter vinyl; well that, and a penchant for love songs, a little hocus pocus and a 4-track. The group dropped another non-album track ("Imagine, Pt. 3"
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Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.
Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without -- be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.
Until this week I knew two things about Bloomington, IN, 1) it . . .
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The 2009 reissue of the Feelies 1980 debut, Crazy Rhythms, nixes the inclusion of their cover of the Stones 'Paint It Black" -- a track which was tacked on to the 1990 A&M Records CD release. With this most recent reissue the band opted to present their debut to fans as it was originally intended -- nine songs. While this makes perfect sense, I am a . . .
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