Released in 1989 (wow, a whole twenty years ago) The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young boasts an impressive array of artists representing a wide swath of the, then, contemporary "alternative" music scene. The set is culled from a fairly diverse pool of left of center talent including, but not limited to,
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Warren Zevon :: Werewolves Of London (Live 1982)
Warren Zevon, Live 1982. Check out the improvised lyrics/howling/growling. Awesome. Cocaine's a helluva drug...
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Memphis & The Delta Blues Trail :: Tonight, L.A.
Remember that travel book on Memphis and the Delta Blues trail we spent 2.5 months traveling around the region working on? Well, it's now out. If you are in L.A., come by STORIES
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Down By The River :: The Soul Covers
As I mentioned the other day, you can expect a good amount of Neil Young related posts leading up to the June 2nd release of the first installment of the bard's long awaited/delayed Archives Series. This is a good thing. And to be honest it really doesn't take much to come up with an "excuse" to post . . .
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Jarvis Cocker :: Further Complications
When Jarvis Cocker first called a hiatus, if not an end, to the band he had fronted for 20 years, it was hard to imagine what else a solo Jarvis could sound like. With a fairly consistent line up from 1994's His 'n' Hers through 2001's become a member or log in.
Off The Record :: The Flying Change (NYC, UWS)
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.
Tomorrow Scarlet Shame Records . . .
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Tunde Adebimpe :: Unknown Legend (Neil Young)
This being AD it is inevitable that there will be a myriad of Neil Young related posts on the horizon, what with the first volume of his long awaited archives set with a release date of June 2nd. Last year TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe made an appearance in Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married (as did become a member or log in.
Mikael Jorgensen :: The AD Interview
Since 2002 multi-instrumentalist Mikael Jorgensen is best known for his involvement as a collaborator and member of Wilco, but the New Jersey raised and now Brooklyn based artist has done much much more. AD sat down with Jorgensen near his Brooklyn home and discussed his new/old band Pronto, a day before the release of their debut record, become a member or log in.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds :: Firstborn Is Dead
It’s a good time to be a Bad Seed. In addition to releasing the critically-acclaimed Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!, Nick Cave has, in the past year, toured relentlessly to rabid crowds, written the score to John . . .
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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 94: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight ++ The Amps - Tipp City ++ The Glands - Livin' Was Easy ++ Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me ++ The Modern Lovers - Astral Plane ++ Camper Van Beethoven - The Day Lassie Went . . .
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The Posies :: Frosting On The Beater (Out Of Print)
Hit 'em hard and hit 'em fast is the credo of any good power-pop band, and the Posies' LP Frosting on the Beater opens with a run of three songs that could be put on par with any opening set from just about any pop rock record. "Dream All Day," "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the . . .
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Megafaun :: The Fade
Today, North Carolina's Megafaun released an mp3 for the "The Fade" -- the fist single from their forthcoming LP Gather, Form & Fly that is slated to drop July 21st via Hometapes. More backwoods, experimental, weirdness ensues. Can't wait.
Related: Megafaun :: The AD Interview
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Diversions :: John Vanderslice/Bay Area Day Trips
(Diversions, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
With a new record, Romaninan Names, and a new label home, Dead Oceans, John Vanderslice is never one to sit still. If he's not writing, recording or . . .
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Jeremy Enigk :: The AD Interview
Truly one of the most unique voices to come out of the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s, Jeremy Enigk crafted a reputation as a dynamic and emotive singer fronting the band Sunny Day Real Estate. His first solo record was released back in 1996, but it took another decade for him to return to solo work. Now he's back with his second solo album in three years, the lovely OK Bear, and he took a moment to sit down with Aquarium Drunkard to talk about improv on the new album, how it feels to be letting go, the legacy of Sunny Day and how he really doesn't mean to offend Ringo, honest.
Aquarium Drunkard: The title of the new album is OK Bear. Can you tell me about the album title?
Jeremy Enigk: Well it's sort of random. The whole record is random, which I like about it. But I was in the studio and joking around with the producers and the guys and doing my imitation of an opera singer singing in my fake Spanish, even though I don't know Spanish, and I sang "vale oso." And they said, "Hey, you just said 'OK bear.'" That basically is Spanish - 'vale oso' - 'OK Bear.' I thought it was rad. So I just stuck with it and it kept coming up during the recording. So, why not? I can't do anything better.
AD: You talk about a random feel to the record. Do you feel this is more of an album in a loose sense? Do the songs have a coherent feel to them or is it a smattering of a lot of things you've been working on grouped together under the heading of an album?
JE: The randomness, what I meant by that, was more the title. And also the cover is a picture of me as a kid and has no connection to any of the songs. But the music itself is all pretty cohesive and I think it sounds like it was recorded in the same place and yeah, there is a cohesiveness there. The way I feel with these collection of songs, it was all one thought.
AD: Has that been a common thing with your solo records?
JE: Yeah, there's always a sort of theme and that's easy to achieve because you're working with a specific producer, a specific time frame and a specific studio. So all these elements come together and create a very specific feel for each record. But going into this record, I had absolutely no ideas, well, maybe three very loose ideas, of what I wanted to do. I flew to Spain and just sort of improvised the record. It seems like it would be pretty random, right? But it ended up actually sounding like a cohesive piece of work. And that's because of the producers.
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Sevens :: Savion Glover, P.O.S
(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
Politics and hip-hop go like peanut butter and jelly and on one of this year's best hip-hop albums, Never Better, P.O.S. takes a song that was written before the demise of the Bush administration and creates a song . . .
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