Aquarium Drunkard

SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:40 +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. SIRIUS 132: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Guided By Voices – Captain’s Dead ++ Abe Vigoda – Dead City/Waste Wilderness ++ Lotus Plaza [...]

Saturday Nite, Austin :: FREE – Blair/Harlem/The Strange Boys

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:08:59 +0000

Tomorrow night (March 13th) in Austin we’re kicking off our SXSW early with a FREE night-party at Red Eyed Fly with Scion. This year we have local champs, and AD favorites, The Strange Boys and Harlem lined up along with Blair, in town from Brooklyn, opening the show. I would advise getting there early as [...]

Hi-Tone Poppa :: Like A Hillbilly Jukebox

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:32:14 +0000

Named after the Faron Young classic, the 1991 Hi-Tone Poppa compilation plays out like your favorite hillbilly deluxe jukebox at your local dive bar. Through the magic of digital distro, the comp is again available. Listening to this with fresh ears, I’d love to see a contemporary take on these tracks by various artists. Speaking [...]

Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:10:52 +0000

Buried somewhere in the hour-long rubble of buzzed guitars, martial drums, shredded vocal cords, unsuspected string sections, skronking sax solos, and, uh, bagpipes that form NJ suburbanites Titus Andronicus’ second full-length record is a smart, smart album that’s sorta about how being smart doesn’t really count for shit. The Monitor, ostensibly named for the [...]

Sparklehorse :: Little Fat Baby (Video, 2001)

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:16 +0000

Off Sparklehorse’s 2001 album It’s A Wonderful Life. What an album. + Download Sparklehorse via eMusic’s 25 free MP3 no risk trial offer ____________________________________________________________________________________

The Morning Benders :: Big Echo

Satisfied '75 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:04:53 +0000

Big Echo is a well titled LP. For a band so clearly indebted to the sounds of the echo chamber of a particular branch of rock and roll, it is honest and forthright nomenclature. The Morning Benders, only now two albums into their career, have crafted a subtly charming album that at once fully involves [...]

Mississippi Records Tape Series :: Vol. 18 – Blues & Spirituals

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:58:39 +0000

Over the past year the RootStrata blog has been sharing the Portland, OR based Mississippi Records’ ongoing Tape Series in individual installments for those without cassette decks. Shared as zip files, broken into two mp3s (side A and side B), the series has become my defacto road trip music. I’m gearing up to make the [...]

Don Cavalli :: Cryland

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:22:59 +0000

A friend turned me on to Don Cavalli’s Cryland shortly after it came out (2008), which I then promptly slept on until about six months ago. This was, indeed, my loss. Cavalli’s debut, it turns out, is one Frenchman’s take on swampy, gutbucket, rock & roll so steeped in deep southern imagery you’d swear it [...]

Okamatos :: Boogie Chudoku 東京都

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:49:17 +0000

Jukin’ howl from the land of Japan. If that piques your interest you need Okamatos’ “Boogie Chudoku” in your life. Shit really gets kickin’ halfway through the track. Catch the band this month on tour in the states with select dates in Austin (SXSW), NYC, L.A., Seattle, Chicago, etc. High five to Rollo Grady for [...]

Sparklehorse :: Return To Me (Travel by Sea)

Satisfied '75 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:34:57 +0000

We lost another great talent this weekend. Yet another tragic loss. That is what immediately came to mind when I read of Mark Linkous’s suicide last night; that and the recent passing of Vic Chesnutt in December. This morning I pulled out a number of Linkous’ albums and and re-discovered my favorite track off That [...]

…On The Midnight Radio

Satisfied '75 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:29:04 +0000

Jody at When You Awake asked me to contribute to her ongoing, themed, mixtape series. I came up ‘midnight radio‘ and put together a 34 minute medley of old, scratchy, vinyl rip weirdness inspired by a surreal, late-night, drive through the New Mexico desert. This could also very well be the soundtrack to an, as [...]

Roadside Graves :: Liv Tyler (Video)

Satisfied '75 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:21:37 +0000

Last month Roadside Graves debuted “Liv Tyler,” the first single off their forthcoming EP, You Won’t Be Happy With Me (out March 23rd). The band now has a video for the track, shot by Travis Huggett, in and around their hometown of Metuchen, NJ (see below). I described the direction of new EP to a [...]

Aquarium Drunkard @ SXSW Interactive: Strange Boys, Harlem, Blair – Saturday Night, March 13th

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:00:42 +0000

Like last year, Aquarium Drunkard is kicking off our SXSW early and doing a night-party during Interactive at Red Eyed Fly with Scion, Saturday night, March 13th. This year we have local champs, and AD favorites, The Strange Boys and Harlem lined up along with Blair opening the show. I would advise getting there early [...]

No Jacket Required :: Aquarium Drunkard SXSW Day Party – Thursday @ Lamberts, March 18th

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:44:24 +0000

It’s that time of year again. The time when team AD leaves L.A. and decamps for Austin, TX for a week of non-stop tex-mex, Lone Star, non-existent cabs, salty margaritas…and, of course, music. Come hang out w/ Aquarium Drunkard all day Thursday, March 18th, at Lamberts noon-6pm. Free day-party = no badges/wristbands needed. Also, no [...]

SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:50:17 +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. SIRIUS 131: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Cat – Do The Watusi ++ So Many Wizards – Nico ++ Washed Out – Feel [...]