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The Killing Moon :: Cover Wars

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

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

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

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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Howlin’ Rain :: Live & On The Record

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

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

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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Cash/ Will Oldham :: Under The Dark Covers

"Johnny Cash's voice was so big, it made the world grow small... When I first heard 'I Walk the Line' so many years earlier, it sounded like a voice calling out 'What are you doing there, boy?' I was trying to keep my eyes wide opened, too." -- Bob Dylan, Chronicles Vol. IIn 2006 the final volume of the American Recordings was released effectively closing the . . .

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Bob Dylan On A Bicycle?

This month the man formerly known as Robert Zimmerman will release his forty-fourth album entitled Modern Times. News of the release led to asking myself the question: "do I hold Bob Dylan on a pedestal?" I like to think not, but at the same time I don't actually picture him doing everyday things either. Such as mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, or say . . .

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Cursed Sleep

I truly believe this may be the greatest video I have seen in years. The new Bonnie 'Prince' Billy release, "The Letting Go", cannot come out fast enough. Will Oldham rides again. Video directed by Andy Bruntel.

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The Jesus & Mary Chain :: The Reissues

The influence of Glascow's The Jesus & Mary Chain cannot be denied -- their distinct brand of lush, thick feedback and distorted noise can be found on half of the albums you purchased the past decade. But that's not why you should listen to them. While ultimately commercially ignored, the JAMC burned bright on the underground and stayed lit well past the demise of the majority of their peers. Listening to the band is no history lesson in posterity, as the music is as . . .

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Jim Noir :: Tower of Love

Admission: I'm no soccer-jock, so the constant references to one of Noir's tunes being in the World Cup commercial are meaningless to me. But what I do know is that "Eanie Meany" is one of the finest sunshine/pop songs of the Summer. Nothing dark here. Instant pop goodness that sounds as if it could have been a long lost Kinks b-side. Barsuk had apparently . . .

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