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SXSW :: Richard Swift (Thursday Night)

Have you seen Richard Swift in a live setting?? If not, make it a high priority on your to-do list. I was pretty much blown away by the show with his full band Thursday evening at The Mohawk, and from the looks of the crowd (a veritible "who's who" in indie rock) so was everyone else. When the band broke into the sugar sweet pop perfection of the chug-a-long "Most . . .

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SXSW :: The Whigs (Thursday)

Oooo weee...back home in L.A., and as expected, SXSW, and Austin in general, did not disappoint. The four days and nights of music, old (and new) friends, bbq and beer, coupled with agreeable weather, made for another excellent SXSW experience. I'll be posting more detailed thoughts from the festival throughout the week, but in the meantime here are some notes I had jotted down about Thursday's events in Austin.
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SXSW 2007 :: Heading To Austin

Team Drunkard is about to head out the door to catch a plane to Austin for this year's SXSW festivities. Therefore, things will no doubt be a little quiet around here, BUT, you can keep up with my adventures, and a gaggle of other folks', via the Rough Mix SXSW blog. I should be doing brief posts over there about three times per day describing what's going on downtown in the clubs and the at day parties. Bring on . . .

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Neil Young :: Live, Massey Hall (1971)

Today marks the "official" release of Neil Young's 1971 live at Massey Hall performance in CD format (with an accompanying DVD). This is the second live offering in preparation for Neil Young's long awaited archives project.

Here are some notes on The Massey Hall release in Neil's own words: "This is the album that should have come out between . . .

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: I Am Drinking Again EP

The I Am Drinking Again EP was released via Domino records in 1998 and consists of two songs, on original, and one a cover of The Cranberries "Dreaming My Dreams." I have never heard the Cranberries original, but have long loved Oldham's cover off the EP. Anyone out there know the original, and is it similar?

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R.E.M. :: Tonight – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

One of my all-time favorite bands, Athens, GA's R.E.M., is getting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame treatment tonight, and you can watch it live, without commercial interruption, via AOL's Spinner. Tune in to the stream this evening at 8:30 p.m. ET

Here are a couple of tracks off the Chronic Town EP that started it all back in 1982. The EP can now be found on the

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The Duke Spirit :: Covered In Love

This is what we listened to a lot over the weekend. It's a four song covers EP The Duke Spirit released digitally in Europa last November via Rough Trade. Travis at Medication turned me onto it (thanks).

From Rough Trade: "The Duke Spirit return with this Rough Trade digital exclusive featuring four cover versions: Desmond Dekker's '007 (Shanty Town)'; Jessie Mae Hemphill’s . . .

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I Might Be Wrong…

At the time of The Eraser's release I was in the middle of two months of travel, and could not be bothered, so i just ignored it. And truthfully, based on the description and the handful of reviews I glanced at, it just did not seem all that interesting.

Cut to last month: a friend, while visiting, left a copy with me urging I check it . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 26

Welcome to Episode 26 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week’s podcast.

Also: If you have not already, subscribe to the podcast feed and never miss an episode of the Aquarium Drunkard show. Just put this feed in . . .

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Low :: Drums And Guns

If you follow Low, you are well aware they turned a big corner, stylistically, on their last album, 2005's The Great Destroyer. Again teamed up with producer Dave Fridman, Drums And Guns . . .

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Dr. John :: Sun Moon & Herbs

[ I ran out of time last month to get through all the New Orleans posts I wanted to do prior to Fat Tuesday, so here is one that was all lined up in the trick bag. ]

Released in 1971, Sun Moon & Herbs walks that thin line between the backwoods, psychedelic, voodoo blues of Gris Gris and the return to New Orleans r&b that the Doctor would soon explore on his next LP, 1972's Gumbo.

Still working under the guise . . .

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Dead Meadow :: Owning It

My weekly Wednesday route to the Little Radio warehouse studio takes about 15 minutes from Los Feliz Blvd. I jump on the 5 south to the 10 east and get off on Alameda taking the first right on Long Beach avenue, where situated amongst a sea of warehouses boasting every kind of fruit and vegetable imaginable, sits Little Radio. Pretty typical.

This afternoon, though, was anything but typical. When I pulled in and walked into the Little Radio warehouse I was smacked across the face with the heavy blues jones of . . .

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Panda Bear :: Person Pitch

Panda Bear's Person Pitch is one of the more interesting advance albums I have heard so far this year. Interesting and rewarding in the sense you can let it wash over your headphones time and again, catching something entirely new each time in the gauzy, narcotic headspace that exists within the LPs span of 45 minutes.

Imagine listening to Pet Sounds in a dream, a dream in mono, with your subconscious randomly filling in bits and pieces from the past 40 . . .

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