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Upon listening to David Vandervelde's late 2006 Daytrotter session (dude covered the Stones "cocksucker blues"..i mean, c'mon) I immediately shot an email to his label Secretly Canadian to get the scoop on who this guy was and if/when he had an album in the works. Not . . .

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In 2006 the Luv N' Haight folks released this nine track career spanning collection of Darondo's . . .

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Picking up right where 2003's L'Avventura left off, Dean And Britta return with their new full length Back Numbers. As with L'Avventura and their work with become a member or log in.

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First Off: If you have yet to make your way to vote for the nominees in this years PLUG Independent Music Awards -- head on over and cast your vote. And if you're local, grab your tickets ($10) and be there in person at the awards in New York City on February 10th. It's worth the price of admission for Stephen Malkmus' performance alone, let . . .

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The James Booker re-post from last week has reinvigorated my interest in my New Orleans funk and soul collection which -- with Mardi Gras in a couple of months -- couldn't have happened at a better time. So consider the Booker post the first in a series of NOLA themed features from now until Fat Tuesday.Some of you . . .

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I have probably watched the '80s excess-fest that is the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel Less Than Zero thirty or so times the past fifteen years. Good lord. In retrospect it's not that it is that a great film, in fact it's a terrible book adaptation, but it is great in it's . . .

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Welcome to Episode 20 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.Very off-the-cuff show today, kids. An all over the place eclectic wam bam. This show is not unlike the way I was listening to my iPod on . . .

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Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos and they have come to bring you the rock & roll. Never one to fuck around, Nick Cave returns to studio rediscovering his Birthday Party roots with a few of his Bad Seed cohorts and kicks out the jams like it's 1982.Oh, and if you haven't . . .

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Dr. Dog: a name that has been floating in and out of my consciousness for the past couple of years, but it took a kind soul feeding me their past two recording efforts to really take hold. As a testament to the band, much of my time on flights the past two months has been occupied by the sounds . . .

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I uploaded this rare 1978 live recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival to the Drunkard in October of 2005 as part of the original Live Upload Series. I suspect many of you were not readers back then so it's with great pleasure I share it again here. I have several live albums from this New Orleans piano master, and this one is by far the best. Very raw arrangements with Booker backed by a loose . . .

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2006 saw many interesting online developments in the world of music; my favorite of these being the launch of the Daytrotter sessions. Whether widely introducing new artists to their audience or providing a new take on existing talent, the 'trotter is on point every time.Like many, I too have Daytrotter to thank for my introduction to the music of Brooklyn-ite Casey Dienel. It was . . .

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As reported earlier on the Drunkard, local favorites The Brokedown switched their name to The Broken West this past Fall due to legal issues. No matter, the bands chops, their sound and the tunes themselves keep getting better. Having signed on to MERGE in late 2006 the band sees the release of their debut full-length album January 23rd following up the excellent '05 EP become a member or log in.

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