Aquarium Drunkard: MP3 Blog, Music Blog

Dirty Laundry :: The Soul of Black Country

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:21:27 +0000

Get off yer horse and check out a few samples from volume one of the two-volume Dirty Laundry compilation that rounds up a collection of black country-soul nuggets, both covers and originals (James Brown covering Hank Williams, anyone?), from the sixties and seventies. Thanks to mr. Ryan for the turn-on. Download: MP3: Bettye LaVette :: [...]

SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:46 +0000

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 47: Pylon - Stop it ++ B-52’s - 6060-842 ++ Orange Juice - Moscow ++ R.E.M. - Wolves Lower [...]

Off The Record :: Port O’brien (Coastal N. California)

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:00:18 +0000

Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native. Off The Record gathers some of my favorite [...]

Win Butler/Mac McCaughan :: The AD Interviews

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:38:35 +0000

Arcade Fire and Superchunk just played the Obama rally in North Carolina. Aquarium Drunkard was there. Below, J. Neas speaks with both Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Superchunk/Merge Records founder Mac McCaughan about the show, the campaign, politics and the music. Aquarium Drunkard: I wanted to ask how the Arcade Fire got involved with [...]

Off The Record :: The Everybodyfields (Tennessee)

Satisfied '75 — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:00:19 +0000

A Cassette Valediction: Part Two of Two

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:17:11 +0000

Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty). Part two of two. You can read part one, HERE - AD I never want to own a car without a cassette [...]

SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:00:32 +0000

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 46: DJ Shadow - Best Foot Forward ++ Darondo – Let My People Go ++ Sister Nancy - Bam Bam [...]

Citified :: The Meeting After the Meeting

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:20 +0000

There’s something to be said for brevity - albums that know when to quit and don’t stick around too long. All too often I’m subjected to albums that have just too many songs, or even EPs with lackluster filler surrounding one or two solid entries. When albums come out that are honestly fantastic [...]

Car Jamming, Pt 4 :: Levon Helm - Short Film

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:29:44 +0000

(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) Yesterday morning, after leaving the Shack Up Inn, we crossed over the Mississippi river into Helena, Arkansas, the once bustling port-town that [...]

Off The Record :: Sun Kil Moon (San Francisco, CA)

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:55 +0000

AD Presents :: Le Switch - Residency @ The Echo

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:25:44 +0000

Aquarium Drunkard proudly presents Le Switch’s Los Angeles residency, every Monday night this May, at The Echo. Besides four free nights of Le Switch’s boozy soul-pop, each night of their residency boasts fantastic support slots by the likes of: Frankel, Amnion, Seasons, The Henry Clay People, Division Day, Princeton, I Make This Sound, Adeline [...]

Car Jamming, Pt 3 :: Poor Monkey’s Lounge

Satisfied '75 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:10 +0000

(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) “I would hate to have lived my whole life and never been to Poor Monkey’s.” - myself to Mrs AD after [...]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lie Down in the Light

Satisfied '75 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:42:15 +0000

Will Oldham fanatics (raises hand) can expect the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Lie Down in the Light, out next month via the Drag City label. While there is no firm trackist yet, it looks like the album drops stateside May 20th. Excerpt from product description (amazon.com): “Lie down in the light’ is the follow [...]

SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:35:46 +0000

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 45: Phosphorescent - A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise ++ Sandro Perri - Everybody’s Talkin’ ++ Bon Iver - [...]

AD/NOLA :: Parliament/Funkadelic @ Republic

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:02:52 +0000

Heading to the second weekend of Jazzfest in New Orleans? If so, head to Republic Friday night, May 2nd, as Aquarium Drunkard presents George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic. The combination of George Clinton and ‘Fest should be insane. We have ten pairs of tickets to give away to AD readers. To land a pair, leave your [...]

Dale Hawkins :: LA, Memphis & Tyler, Texas

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:55 +0000

Been traveling around the Mississippi Delta (presently in Greenwood, MS) for over a week now, doing juke joint research and eating all manner of fried food, soul food, crawfish, et al (speaking of, might I recommend Lusco’s restaurant in Greenwood, MS). Look for the next installment of Car Jamming soon-ish. Right now though, we’re [...]

Amnion :: aTONn

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:11 +0000

Good things tend to beget good things. Here’s a recent example of this: A few months ago I was turned on the the Amnion album by one of my favorite L.A. artists of the past year, Frankel. Thanks to his recommendation Amnion’s LP from last year, AmenNAmO 9rghmxs, has quickly worked its way [...]

The Raconteurs :: Consolers of The Lonely

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:09:11 +0000

There’s something to be said for guerrilla marketing. The Raconteurs, the super-group that’s only a super-group if you’re a hard-nosed indie-rock person to begin with, announced the release of their sophomore album only one week before its street date. I liked that. It’s gutsy and, in an age when record companies worry [...]