Aquarium Drunkard: Music Blog

SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:47 +0000

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 117: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Raincoats – No Side To Fall ++ The Vaselines – [...]

Decade :: Sun Kil Moon, Ghosts of the Great Highway

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:01 +0000

What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, we [...]

Kris Kristofferson :: The AD Interview

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:26:55 +0000

Last week AD cut a session with Kris Kristofferson at a studio here in Los Angeles — we also had the opportunity to interview the troubadour/actor/activist. Below Kristofferson speaks on his new LP, Nicaragua, old friends, and what exactly did happen with that National Guard helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn. Stay tuned for the AD [...]

Decade :: My Morning Jacket, At Dawn (2001)

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:04:18 +0000

Hey Paula And Lynchian Innocence

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:05:25 +0000

At their core, David Lynch films are the juxtaposition of the innocent and the obscene — something the auteur has repeatedly explored in every filmic vehicle save for his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. This juxtaposition very much carries over to his film’s soundtracks and scores — the innocent and the obscene. Over the past [...]

Diversions :: Cymbals Eat Guitars on Albums/Decade

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:52:55 +0000

(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Beginning last week with Port O’Brein’s entry, a number of the Diversions features leading up to December 31st will focus on artists personal lists of favorite albums of the Decade. Today we catch [...]

Mountain Man :: Animal Tracks

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:51 +0000

Got back to L.A. last night. The middle of my autumn traveling mix for the rental car was made up of Warpaint’s “Billie Holiday,” The Middle East’s “The Darkest Side,” John Martyn’s “Over The Hill” and the following track by Bennington, VT’s Mountain Man…which is made up of three women. Ideal for the change in [...]

Decade :: Bruce Springsteen, Seeger Sessions (2006)

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:09 +0000

Decade :: NoahJohn, Water Hymns (2002)

Satisfied '75 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Happy Halloween :: C.A. Quintet: Trip Thru Hell

Satisfied '75 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:08:30 +0000

One of the most unique, unheralded albums of the 60s, the C.A. Quintet’s Trip Thru Hell was a small indie pressing of under 500 from the Candy Floss label, making it a very rare 1968/1969 release. Originals will set you back a pretty penny, but for the die hard may be worth it [...]

Charles Manson :: Lie: The Love and Terror Cult

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:24 +0000

Charles Manson has always been cloaked and hidden in music, and if not music, then at least the counterculture that swirls around it. Manson and his Family have, since their inception upon his release from McNeil Island in 1967 and subsequent move to the Bay Area, associated themselves with the counterculture in general and the [...]

SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:03:45 +0000

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 116: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Dirty Projectors – What I See ++ Caribou – Eli ++ [...]

Transylvanian Sublet, A Halloween Mixtape

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:32:31 +0000

We are Mondo Boys — a NY/LA mixtape/sound collage collaborative. We’re back to fuck with your Halloween, just like you knew we would. Here’s 27 minutes of spooky weirdness. Look for our autumn mixtape soon. Mucho take it easy. – MB (mondo boys are: m. schanzlin, j. gage, m. griffin, and n. punwar) Download: MP3: Mondo Boys :: [...]

Decade :: Fugazi, The Argument (2001)

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:30 +0000

Diversions :: Port O’Brien on Albums of the Decade

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:26:43 +0000

(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) As the decade begins to wrap itself up, today’s Diversions catches up with Port O’Brien’s Van Pierszalowski as he runs down some of his favorite albums of the past ten years. The bay-area [...]

Decade :: Q and Not U, Different Damage (2002)

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:29 +0000

AD Presents :: The Antlers @ Bootleg Theater, 10.29

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:23:10 +0000

Los Angeles: Thursday night, October 29th, Aquarium Drunkard presents The Antlers at the Bootleg Theater. Their debut LP, Hospice, has been a mainstay on my stereo and in my car since SXSW. See why Thursday night. We are giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers. Hit us up in the comments with your full [...]

Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum

Satisfied '75 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:21:15 +0000

Sometimes an album’s cover really does capture the atmosphere of its aural contents — something we semi-regularly explore on the recurring Scratch The Surface feature. Jordaan Mason’s cryptic blend of fucked folk, Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head, is one such album. A frightening run through through one man’s psyche, the LP was crafted between [...]