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Frankel :: Anonymity Is The New Fame
Those who have been around a minute may recall that in 2007 Frankel's debut LP, Lullaby For The Passerby, ranked as one of my absolute favorite albums of the year. It remains so today. Frankel is the songwriting/recording vehicle of Michael Orendy who hangs his hat in the hills of L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood . . .
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Jay Farrar :: The AD Interview
There's no doubt about Jay Farrar's legacy in modern music. As a co-founding member of one of its genre-defining bands, Uncle Tupelo, and then as the creator behind one of its certifiable masterpieces, Son Volt's Trace, his body of work ranks among the finest in contemporary country and rock and roll. His unique voice and image-laden lyrics . . .
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SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
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 99: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Foreign Born - That Old Sun ++ Dirty Projectors - What I See ++ El Guincho - Palmitos Park ++ Seu Jorge - Starman (David Bowie cover) ++ Dump - Raspberry Beret (Prince cover) ++ The Flaming Lips - A Spoonful Weighs A Ton ++ Grandaddy . . .
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Neil Young :: A Perfect Echo Vol. I – Pt. I
The following set was posted on AD in 2007 and I had planned on reposting it in early 2008 in conjunction with the release of the first volume of Neil Young's archives project. Since then the set was, obviously, pushed back multiple times...and with it, this repost. So for those who have requested it over the past couple of years, below is part I of Volume I of the Neil Young soundboard-derived live collection, A Perfect Echo, capturing the years 1967-1971. Part two up next. For those interested in the back story, here are notes on the series via sharing the groove:
"Braden Strickler has done it again. He's compiled and lovingly mastered, almost exclusively from soundboard recordings, an 8-DISC SET which runs chronologically from August 1967 to January 2001. It's like an expanded version of the "Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy" concept, but with far superior sound.
This is a compilation of soundboard recordings from 1967-2001. The term soundboard is a bit of a misnomer. By soundboard I mean, basically, not an audience recording. Some are true soundboards, while others are FM, TV, ALD, or video-sourced recordings. The recordings were all taken from CDRs or videos that are circulating in the trading community.
Each track was checked out in Cool Edit with headphones, and may have had some cleanup done to remove any odd clicks, hiss, or other sound quality problems. The volume was set on each track so as to have them at similar volumes. Fades were added at the beginnings and ends of each track, so the tracks don't segue, for the most part. There are a couple of segues where successive songs were taken from the same concert, so it still needs to be burned DAO. Most of the banter between tracks was removed to make room for more tracks.
There are a total of 115 tracks (109 songs, as 6 get repeated). Some years were heavy with available recordings (1976 and 1989 come to mind). I tried to balance the set by not using too many songs from a single show. The entire 8 discs run in, roughly, chronological order."
+ Tracks removed per Neil Young’s attorney’s request……
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Athfest 2009 :: Athens, GA, Friday 6.26.09
Aquarium Drunkard is heading to Athfest this year. Join AD and our friends at Team Clermont Friday night, June 26th, for a party/showcase at Nuçi's Space in Athens, GA during the festivus. Special performances by Circulatory System (their only AthFest performance,) Liz Durrett . . .
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Neil Young :: Archives Vol. 1: 1963 -1972
Here's the thing about the first installment of Neil Young's Archives project: only the obsessive will care, and with the (variable) price point, care enough to pony up the cash to purchase. This was never intended to appeal to the casual fan and/or newbie. Now that alone isn't revelatory, but when one considers the amount of previously released material included, and how long . . .
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Diversions :: Patterson Hood on Back Lounge Days (And Nights)
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Murdering Oscar, the long delayed follow-up to Patterson Hood's 2004 solo debut,
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Memphis And The Delta Blues Trail
"I got to keep moving, blues falling down like hail. And the day keeps on remindin' me, there's a hellhound on my trail." - Robert Johnson
Beginning in October of 2007 my wife and I embarked on a joint venture to explore, document and report on the the current state of Delta Blues Trail spanning TN, AR and MS. For those unaware, the Mississippi Delta is famously said to begin in the lobby of The Peabody Hotel, in Memphis, TN, ending on Catfish Row in Vicksburg, MS. All told we spent approximately two and half . . .
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AD Presents :: Roadside Graves CD Release, NYC
AD and Stark Online present Roadside Graves' album release party, this Friday, at Piano's in NYC. If you have yet to catch the My Son's Home material in a live setting, you should do so immediately. Blair, who has left L.A., finished a new record, and is . . .
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AD Presents :: Rodriguez @ The El Rey, 6.27.09
June 27th AD presents Rodriguez at the El Rey in Los Angeles. We are giving away a few pairs of tickets to AD readers. Also, if you did not win the Rodriguez vinyl last month, his label just hooked me up with another copy, so even if you don't live in L.A. you can enter below for that. Please let me know in the comments what you are looking for, re: the tix or vinyl...not both.
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Lî´ Borges :: S/T (1972)
After two weeks of near impenetrable June Gloom here in Los Angeles the sun has again decided to grace us with its presence. With it, Lî´ Borges' 1972 self-titled album sounds that much better. I'm a strong proponent of situational listening; I believe in both the late-night album and Sunday morning background music . . .
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David Byrne :: Glass, Concrete & Stone
"Anxiety and angst can certainly produce some interesting work, but it's not the only way to make music. I'm also not as obsessive and crazy as I used to be." -David Byrne (via)
The name David Byrne has been popping up in the news quite a bit lately. He was the featured artist in last month's Fader icon issue, his record label, become a member or log in.
Status Quo :: Pictures of Matchstick Men
I've recently been reintroduced to Telephone Free Landslide Victory, Camper Van Beethoven's 1985 debut, via a copy of the 2004 reissue. While I never gave Cracker, David Lowery's second project much of a chance, the Camper Van Beethoven catalog holds up surprisingly well; far better than a lot of their musical peers branded . . .
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SIRIUS/XM Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 98: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double Or Triple ++ Beirut - Le Moribund (Jacques Brel cover) ++ The Magnetic Fields - Le Tourbillion ++ No Age - Teen Creeps ++ Deerhunter - Little Kids ++ Avi Buffalo - What's It In For? ++ Grizzly . . .
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