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Jason Molina/Magnolia Electric Co.

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Is it still necessary to mention how prolific Jason Molina is, or has that ground been pretty much covered? Like Will Oldham and Robert Pollard before him, Molina is back in two separate studio incarnations available late Summer and early Autumn. Recording his second full-length with his Crazyhorse-style band Magnolia Electric Co., Molina also finds himself putting out an LP under his own name. While the Magnolia project continues down . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 12

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And....we're back. My apologies for the slight delay in getting this week's podcast up and running. The following is last week's broadcast recorded live in the Little Radio studio. I can't tell you how much better it is doing these shows with a real mic/mixer/fader, etc. The computer got the job done, but it's not nearly as much fun.The show starts out mid-jam with Holwlin' Rain's "In Sand and Dirt " moving into . . .

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14 Iced Bears :: Sure To See

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Last week after hosting Little Radio's Aquarium Drunkard Show, I stuck around for the first half of the The Garden Fence of Sound show which directly follows mine. Regular host Dave Newton was out, but his fill-in played some great stuff -- including this track. It turns out I missed out on 14 Iced Bears during their run in the Eighties, but I was immediately attracted to the tune "Sure To See . . .

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Ladyhawk :: Let There Be Rock

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I am loving all this return-to-the-rawk shit that has been coming out of indie-land the past couple of years. It's like everyone put down their Joy Division and Television albums for awhile and started spinning their cool uncle's old vinyl from the late '70s. The latest record from this camp to grace my desk is that of the Ladyhawk debut. Judging from the jacket artwork alone I knew this would be, at the . . .

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Jolie Holland :: Stubborn Beast

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A sultry Billie Holiday with an East Texas drawl? Soul-Jazz with a Country-politan lilt? Maybe, but the quality and craft of Jolie Holland's third full-length, Springtime Can Kill You, is beyond any convenient comparison. Like her previous albums (and brief stint with The Be-Good Tanyas), Holland's bouillabaisse of traditional American music defies easy . . .

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The Killing Moon :: Cover Wars

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In our infancy, An Aquarium Drunkard hosted a semi-regular feature entitled "The Cover Wars" in which a (typically) obscure cover was paired with it's origin and you the reader would decide the verdict on which one you preferred. One of my favorite's in this series was Pavement's cover of the Echo & The Bunnymen new-wave classic "The Killing Moon." Tonight the moon is full -- or at least close enough to revisit this tune.Pavement's cover of "The . . .

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Brightblack Morning Light :: Self Titled

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I wrote the following about Brightblack in the fall of 2005 after first listening the pair's ala.cali.tucky album: "Brightblack is made up of longtime friends and musical partners Nabob and Raybob -- two Alabama ex-pats . . .

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Revisiting :: Flat Duo Jets

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This years Raconteurs release re-sparked my interest in the early White Stripes albums which in turn re-sparked an interest in the music of Flat Duo Jets. Long credited as an influence on Jack White and company, Flat Duo Jets minimalist guitar/drums rock & roll/rock-a-billy approach proved years before it's time. Following tracks off . . .

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Tyrone :: Under The Covers

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Yesterday while hosting the Aquarium Drunkard show at Little Radio I played My Morning Jacket's cover of Erykah Badu's "Tyrone" off a 2000 radio boot I posted here. Damn that Jim James can sing. You very well may have this tune as Dodge included the . . .

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Augie March :: Strange Bird

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Fact one: Australia's Augie March purloined their name from a Saul Bellows novel. Fact two: Their 2004 album Strange Bird has heavily occupied my stereo of late . . .

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Howlin’ Rain :: Live & On The Record

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While traveling through Atlanta this summer, the little lady and I took in the Sonic Youth/Be Your Own Pet show at midtown's Centerstage theatre. You can read about that here. Post-show we headed straight to The Drunken Unicorn for the aftershow. If memory serves there . . .

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Lions In The Street :: Camaro-Rock

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You know what, fuck it, in the spirit of Howlin' Rain, let's just keep kicking out these '70s styled jams. Lions In The Street just released an EP full of the garage rock you might expect to hear backed up by the sound of a rusty Camaro with a Molly Hatchet sticker on it's rear window. Maybe a gun rack too. Class, baby . . .

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Danielson :: Ships

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A voice only a mother could love (and thousands of underground music fans.) Whimsical and experimental, Danielson's latest full-length is also the collective's strongest and arguably Daniel Smith's most inviting work to date. Aided by the likes of Sereena-Maneesh, Sufjan Stevens, Deerhoof and other like-minded folk bandits, Ships pushes it . . .

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