(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
Masterful songwriting often leads to reinvention. Sometimes a song so is so approachable, so adaptable, that to cover it almost feels like a duty. At their best, these interpretations have the ability to transcend just being a cover, but act as a new entry into the song's lineage.
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It's always interesting to see a band work outside of the realm of the traditional three or four piece set. North Carolina's The Rosebuds have been functioning as a two-person outfit since the release of their 2003 debut, Make Out. Though they hire additional players for the studio and subsequent tours, the band's albums, including their fourth full . . .
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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 and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 79: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Bodies of Water - Under The Pines ++ Midlake - Roscoe ++ Imaad Wasif - Halcyon ++ Oakley Hall - Confidence Man ++ Women - Black Rice ++ Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened ++ Sonic Youth - Superstar ++ Yo La Tengo - Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm . . .
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By January 1st it was readily apparent that Fleet Foxes' debut had pretty much landed on the majority of Best of '08 lists - both on and offline (including our #1 slot). Selling out larger venues every time they route through town, the group is now poised to perform on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Tune in. In the meantime check out the following (pristine) show, recorded last November in Den Haag, Netherlands. Big tip of the hat to the original taper.
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MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Intro / Tuning
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Sun Giant
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Sun lt Rises
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Drops in the River
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: English House
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: White Winter Hymnal
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Ragged Wood
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Your Protector
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Crayon Angels (Judee Sill Cover)
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Oliver James (Robin solo)
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: He Doesn't Know Why
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Mykonos
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Blue Ridge Mountains
MP3: Fleet Foxes :: Outro
Download the night's soundcheck after the jump....
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An AD reader recently reminded me of this great clip from 1966 of Dylan playing "Can't Leave Her Behind", filmed in a Glasgow hotel room with Robbie Robertson while on tour in the UK. While the general consensus among the Dylan faithful is that the following is the only known recording of the tune (and a fragment at that), I can't help but wonder if somewhere in Dylan's archives a rough demo doesn't exist, just waiting for an eventual, future, "bootleg series" release. One can always hope. While just a fragment, this is arguably . . .
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Sure, John Lennon's original is precious in its own right, but as I've stated on these pages in the past, for me the definitive version of "Jealous Guy" is the soul-drenched Donny Hathaway cover off his very much essential 1972 live album. Note: If you've not made that album a part of your life, you may wanna close this page right now and get on it . . .
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Repost: Received several emails Per the Mangum acoustic tracks (from 1996, posted last week) saying that the old E6 links, for the the XFM '98 set, are no longer active. I have upped the five tracks to my server for anyone who has not grabbed them during previous years. Worth picking up for the versions of "Engine" and "Gardenhead" alone.
We posted this XFM set a year ago, today, while reflecting on . . .
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Bodies Of Water's new vid for "Under The Pines" off 2008's A Certain Feeling. I'll leave you with two words: Wizard dog.
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MP3: Bodies Of Water :: Under The Pines
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The following requires no introduction. As this is GBV, some drinking implied.
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MP3: Guided By Voices :: Don't Stop Now
MP3: Guided By Voices :: King and Caroline
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Motor Away
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Gold Star For Robot Boy
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Hot Freaks
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Why Did You Land
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Postal Blowfish
MP3: Guided By Voices :: My Son Cool
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Shocker In Gloomtown
MP3: Guided By Voices :: My Valuable Hunting Knife
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Tractor Rape Chain
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Jar of Cardinals
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Closer You Are
MP3: Guided By Voices :: I Am A Scientist
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Game of Pricks
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Echoes Myron
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Red Men And Their Wives
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Exit Flagger
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Pimple Zoo
MP3: Guided By Voices :: Smothered In Hugs
Download the rest of the show after the jump.....
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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 and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 78: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ The Magnetic Fields - Xavier Says ++ My Bloody Valentine - Loomer ++ Yo La Tengo - Decora ++ Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened ++ Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others ++ Thurston Moore - The Shape Is In A Trance ++ The French . . .
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Having garnered a good bit of praise for their 2007 LP War Elephant (which was then re-released in '08), Deer Tick kick off the new year issuing a free MP3; a cover of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" off his 1975, Phil Ramone produced, become a member or log in.
Sugar Mountain, the third live release in anticipation of Neil Young's forthcoming Blu-Ray/DVD archives project, finds the bard at the University of Michigan, aged 23, soon after become a member or log in.
I was recently given a vinyl copy of Dengue Fever's second album Escape From Dragon House; an LP I hadn't listened to since its initial 2007 release on CD. One component that has long been a feather in their cap is that . . .
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While AD opted for a limited 2008 year-end wrap up, I can assure you that, had we each listed our top twenty LPs of the year, Women's self-titled debut would have most definitely made the bottom half of the list. Comprised of become a member or log in.
Repost: Crosby's 1970 outtakes (aka, Perro tapes)
One of my favorite LPs from the early '70s is David Crosby's underrated masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name? A fully realized embodiment of the sound of California's folk/rock/country/psychedelia movement of the time, the album features such players as Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Phil Lesh, etc., etc. Almost as good as the album (and just as, if not more, interesting) are these outtakes from the 1970 sessions. These tracks are further proof . . .
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