July 2010
Drinks With: Julian Casablancas →
Skip Matheny— currently a songwriter in the band Roman Candle and former bartender in a retirement community — caught up with Julian Casablancas before his recent show at the Cannery in Nashville,…
Daily Downloads (Lollapalooza Sampler Album,... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: The Biters: “Hang Around” [mp3] from
Home On The Range: An Interview With Cowboy... →
Cowboy Junkies have been making great music since 1985; and they’re about to make a whole lot more. Their latest album, Renmin Park, finds them exploring new sounds and locales; it’s a concept album,…
Wye Oak extend fall tour to include dates with The... →
Wye Oak are hitting the road beginning August 17 with Lou Barlow + the missingmen and have just added new dates with The Mountain Goats and David Bazan. Don’t miss the chance to see Wye…
You Ought To Be In Pictures: The Ballad Of Mike... →
In Judd Apatow’s latest comedy Get Him to the Greek, Russell Brand takes the stage as Aldous Snow, the rowdy rock star Jonah Hill is put in charge of herding to the Greek theater in Los Angeles.
In…
Big Machine Lands Rascal Flatts →
Today’s press conference announcing that country sales juggernaut Rascal Flatts were signing to Big Machine Records, home of country queen Taylor Swift, was all about instant gratification. Big…
Shorties (Band of Horses, Jose Saramago, and more) →
Band of Horses visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance.
LA Weekly shares a 2008 interview with the recently departed author Jose Saramago.
Kathryn Calder of…
Book Notes - Justin Kramon's Own Music for Finny →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. I have already expressed my adoration for Justin…
Daily Downloads (Jens Lekman, Flaming Lips, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: Black Mountain: “The Hair…
Book Notes - Cathy Malkasian ("Temperance") →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. I have been creating a list of my favorite graphic…
Kris Kristofferson :: The Publishing Demos 1968-72... →
Kristofferson fans: I have a deluxe vinyl, first pressing of the double-LP release, Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72, plus an autographed photo for an AD reader….
Shorties (Band of Horses, Jose Saramago, and more) →
Band of Horses visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance.
LA Weekly shares a 2008 interview with the recently departed author Jose Saramago.
Kathryn Calder of…
Book Notes - Tony O'Neill ("Sick City") →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Sick City is one of the funniest books I have read…
Daily Downloads (The Rosebuds, Les Savy Fav, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: A B & The Sea: …
Atomic Books Comics Preview - July 28th, 2010 →
In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics and graphic novels. Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. The Mobtown Shank
Shorties (The New Pornographers, A Guns 'N' Roses... →
New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman talks to Boise Weekly.
Steven Adler, the original Guns ‘N’ Roses drummer, has published a memoir, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns…
Largehearted WORD Books of the Week - July 28,... →
In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn’s WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week. WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in…
Daily Downloads (Jens Lekman, Flaming Lips, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: Black Mountain: “The Hair…
Dylan’s Origins Explored On Bootleg Series Vol. 9 →
Bob Dylan Bootleg Series albums are always cause for celebration, and the release of Vol. 9 should be no different.
According to Rolling Stone, who quote the Dylan fansite Isis, The Bootleg Series…
Next Big Nashville Announces Lineup: Yeasayers,... →
This year’s Next Big Nashville festival will take place Sept 29-Oct 2 in various venues throughout Music City, and the lineup looks stellar.
Among the many bands performing this year (150+) are…
Rolling Stones Are/Aren’t Retiring →
Have you heard the rumor about the Rolling Stones?
According to news sources like MTV.com (the British edition), the world’s greatest rock band, who are approaching their 50th anniversary, will…
Superchunk announce “Majesty Shredding” release... →
Superchunk will celebrate the release of their new album Majesty Shredding with a concert on Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
After releasing their…
Ween :: The Subversive Tease, or Pure Guava... →
We’re gonna stay on this 90s hangover tip for a minute. While I’m a fan of the majority of the Ween output, it’s the early lo-fi stuff through The Mollusk that I return to on the regular. Dean and…
Black Crowes Get Personal With “20 Years Of Tall... →
You’ve got questions, the Black Crowes have answers.
On August 3, the same day that the Black Crowes will release their unplugged double-album Croweology, the band will start streaming daily…
Great Quotations: Sheryl Crow →
“Writing the lyrics, it was like having a term paper hanging over my head. But I saw the documentary of making ‘Exile on Main Street,’ and there’s a scene where Mick has all these tunes that don’t…
John Lennon Songwriting Contest “Maxell Song Of... →
From The Press Release:
New York, NY (July 27, 2010) – The Alternative Country duo, Madison Violet, has been announced the winner of the coveted “Maxell Song of the Year” from the 13th annual John…
Largehearted WORD Books of the Week - July 28,... →
In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn’s WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week. WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in…
Atomic Books Comics Preview - July 28th, 2010 →
In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics and graphic novels. Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. The Mobtown Shank
Shorties (The New Pornographers, A Guns 'N' Roses... →
New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman talks to Boise Weekly.
Steven Adler, the original Guns ‘N’ Roses drummer, has published a memoir, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns…
Book Notes - Tony O'Neill ("Sick City") →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Sick City is one of the funniest books I have read…
Daily Downloads (The Rosebuds, Les Savy Fav, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: A B & The Sea: …
Sevens :: Hum/Stars →
(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) The shifting landscape of commercial music has forced the industry to reconsider how to best…
Paul McCartney Delights In His First Ever... →
Paul McCartney, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, July 26th, 2010
A Paul McCartney concert makes up for every bad show you’ve ever seen in your life. Seriously.
Before it starts, a McCartney…
Justin Townes Earle Injures Hand, Cancels Newport... →
You know how they say any press is good press? With news like this, that statement could be up for major debate. It’s the kind of story a publicist hates to tell and a writer hates to write.
Justin…
Shorties (Nick Cave, Gary Shteyngart, and more) →
The Guardian reports that Nick Cave is writing the screenplay for the remake of the 1994 cult horror film The Crow.
Paste profiles author Gary Shteyngart. The New York Times…
Book Notes - Andrew Beahrs ("Twain's Feast") →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. I loved Andrew Beahr’s new book, Twain’s Feast:…
Daily Downloads (Local Natives, J. Tillman, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: Cheyenne Marie Mize &…
Try It Before You Buy It - July 27, 2010 Music... →
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from the week’s music releases: Afrobeta: Do You Party? EP Afrobeta: “Two Different…
Superchunk tackle The Cure for The AV Club’s... →
Superchunk visited the now-famous round room at The Onion AV Club headquarters in Chicago to deliver their take on The Cure’s “In Between Days.” The AV Club crew declares this cover…
Fred Neil :: S/T (1967) →
From the clatter of the Greenwich Village 60s folk scene came a voice that was inspired, authentic, and extraordinarily deep. Fred Neil had one of those unmistakable voices, a baritone that could…
House Star Hugh Laurie Sings The Blues →
British actor Hugh Laurie recently signed with Warner Music Group to record a New Orleans-inspired blues album. Laurie is best known for his part as the hard-to-love but hard-to hate Dr. Gregory…
Paul McCartney At Bridgestone Arena, Nashville,... →
Paul McCartney performs at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on July 26, 2010.
Photos by Bradley Spitzer.
Ben Keith, Neil Young’s Pedal Steel Guitarist and... →
[Ben Keith, at far left, in the film Heart of Gold. Photo courtesy of www.heartofgoldmovie.com]
Sadly, Australia’s Undercover Music News reports this morning that Ben Keith, legendary pedal steel…
Daily Downloads (Deer Tick, Sunset, and more) →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: Alright Alright: “I Am…
Shorties (Arcade Fire, Harvey Pekar, and more) →
Consequence of Sound reviews the new Arcade Fire album, The Suburbs.
The New York Times chronicles the final days of comics legend Harvey Pekar.
The Detroit Free Press…
This Week's Interesting DVD Releases - July 27,... →
My wife will rejoice tomorrow when one of her favorite television series of her youth, 21 Jump Street: The Complete Series is in stores tomorrow. Other television releases this week…
Daily Downloads (Local Natives, J. Tillman, and... →
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads: Cheyenne Marie Mize &…
Shorties (Nick Cave, Gary Shteyngart, and more) →
The Guardian reports that Nick Cave is writing the screenplay for the remake of the 1994 cult horror film The Crow.
Paste profiles author Gary Shteyngart. The New York Times…
Book Notes - Andrew Beahrs ("Twain's Feast") →
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. I loved Andrew Beahr’s new book, Twain’s Feast:…
This Week's Interesting Music Releases - July 27,... →
Paste called Best Coast’s Crazy for You “the soundtrack of being young, in love and in the sun” and I have to agree, this is an album that begs to be enjoyed all summer long. In a…