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The second Dischord related post in a week comes to us via Fugazi bassist Joe Lally's solo full length debut, There To Here. With Ian MacKaye teamed up with partner Amy Farina on the excellent become a member or log in.

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A copy of Magnus Larsson's (aka Pet Politics) latest EP arrived in the mail the other day via Catbird Records, which reminded me I had yet to mention another of the labels releases I purchased this year: Tap Tap.Frequent readers of A.D. should recognize . . .

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Read music blogs? If so you have no doubt read (numerous) blurbs on the languid, yet exceptional, Beach House debut -- and for good reason. Laid back in all the right places, this may be the Sunday morning album of 2006. The LP makes the case for quality unobtrusive background music that seeps in over time/over coffee with the morning news.If you're here in Los Angeles, the Baltimore duo will be playing become a member or log in.

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In my mind The Pixies canon is hallowed ground, so much so that I opted out of seeing them live when they re-formed in 2004 for fear the experience might taint the music and memories for me. After watching this DVD I see that my fears were unwarranted as the . . .

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A truly great documentary works for the audience regardless of it's source material; one such recent example of this is The Devil And Daniel Johnston. Regarded by some as an incomparable artistic genius, and by others as a troubled and talentless hack, Johnston's cult of personality is polarizing to say the least.

A haunting film, director Jeff Feuerzeig captures . . .

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While picking up the The Evens new release, Get Evens, Tuesday it dawned on me that the purchase was actually quite fitting with all the political hub-bub in the air (tv/conversation/computer/papers) of late. There is still something satisfying and somehow comforting about a new . . .

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We had a special guest visiting the loft studios at Little Radio yesterday. Kyle Kersten, one half of rising indie-folk duo Travel By Sea, stopped by The Aquarium Drunkard Show and spent a couple of hours playing unreleased songs off their forthcoming album. We also chatted briefly about the roots of the outfit, and how he and Brian Craft came to work together, production, influences, etc. **Special thanks to Jimmy . . .

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Welcome to Episode 18 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.Today's episode is an eclectic ode to the 1960s, a decade I only know from history books, film, anecdotes and of course, music. The following two hours span fairly well known sixties pop and . . .

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Most folks today are completely unaware of Dwight Yoakam's original punk rock alliances at the beginning of his career. For when Yoakam started out his music was completely disregarded by the established country music regime who saw him as a honky tonk rebel. Instead, and quite fortuitous, Yoakam was readily embraced by the L.A. punk rock/rockabilly scene including X, and become a member or log in.

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