Yes, browsing an issue of Fader magazine can often seem like one big hipster lifestyle advertisement, but, and this is a big but, they do often have some good content if you are willing to dig. This past issue (with Devendra Banhart on the cover) has a Q+A with one of my all-time favorite . . .
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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.
This week we catch up with singer-songwriter
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I recently re-watched (and re-listened to) the Fugazi documentary Instrument from 1999. Unlike the majority of Discord artists, Fugazi remain one band whose music, despite having been a fan for close to 17 years, never seems to lose its edge, nor my interest. I think this "staying power," if you will, has to do primarily with the fact that no one else does what they do.
Sure, you can name a laundry list of artists who have purloined elements of the band's . . .
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Midlake's "Roscoe" was our favorite single of 2006, so we are more than a little excited to see the Denton, TX band pay a visit to the Henry Fonda Theatre Tuesday night.
We have threepairs of tickets to give away, so if you're in the Los Angeles area and want to see the band, hit us . . .
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01) "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" -- Peter Sarstedt
02) Title Music from Satyajit Ray's film Jalshagar -- Ustad Vilayat Khan
03) "This Time Tomorrow" -- The Kinks
04) Title Music from Satyajit Ray's film Teen Kanya -- Satyajit Ray
05) Title Music from Merchant-Ivory's film The Householder -- Jyotitindra Moitra
06) "Ruku's Room" from Satyajit Ray's film Joi Baba Felunath -- Satyajit Ray
07) "Charu's Theme" from Satyajit Ray's film Charulata--Satyajit Ray
08) Title Music from Merchant Ivory's film Bombay Talkie--Shankar/ Jaikishan
09) "Montage"from Nityananda Datta's film Baksa Badal -- Satyajit . . .
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One more Wilco related post this week. The below track is an MP3 dvd rip of Jeff Tweedy's cover of Bill Fay's "Be Not So Fearful" -- cribbed straight from the 2004 documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. Fay's lyrics, paired with the point in the . . .
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Austin, Texas: Last Saturday afternoon A.D. and co. made our way over to the KLRU Austin City Limits television studios, located on the campus of the University of Texas, for day II of consecutive ACL tapings (Friday we caught the Arcade Fire taping, see reviews here, become a member or log in.
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 016: The Whigs - Technology ++ The Whigs - Violet Furs ++ Horse Feathers - Finch On Sunday ++ Dogme 95 - A Traffic Light . . .
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Heads up. One pair of tickets to give away to The National show, this Friday, at The Wiltern. If you have yet to win anything (recently) from A.D.; shoot an email to aquariumdrunkard @ gmail dot dom. St. Vincent opens...
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MP3: The National :: Murder Me Rachael
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Athens, Georgia resident singer-songwriter, Jim Willingham, returns November 6th with his second LP The Captain's Table.
Recording and performing under the nom de plume Ham 1, Willingham, when not performing his duties as a schoolteacher, likes to lay down tracks with his Athens buddies...who just happen to include, but not limited to: Liz Durrett, former members of become a member or log in.
Welcome to part four, the final installment, of the rare garage-rock series.
Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of . . .
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We have three pairs of tickets to The New Pornographers show, tomorrow night, at the Henry Fonda Theater to give away to A.D. readers. Want to go? Send an email with your name and a valid email address to: aquariumdrunkard @ gmail dot com. First three senders get 'em. Tickets are gone...
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MP3: The New Pornographers :: Myriad Harbor
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Part three of four of the rare garage-rock series. Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of retro-cool to . . .
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On October 23rd Hyena Records will release the new Grayson Capps album, Songbones, which was recorded in 2003 prior to his debut album If You Knew My Mind. This will be Capps' third release since we first heard his New . . .
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The rare sixties garage-rock continues. Like the sixties French Freakbeat compilation featured back in April, the 60's Scarcest Garage Records (pt. 1 & 2) is a compilation I often frequent that has little to no information to be found online. In the 21st century, this fact alone adds yet another element of retro-cool to its already smoldering 26 . . .
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