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Happy 55th: John Coltrane, Giant Steps (Article)
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
55 years ago today, a jazz legend dropped a legendary jazz album, one which is part of the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry and is generally considered by music fans – yes, even those who don’t generally care for jazz – to be one of the greatest albums of the 20th century. Giant Steps was Coltrane’s fifth album fronting his own band, but it was the first one that really put him on the map within the jazz community, possibly because his profile had been raised considerably when he signed to Atlantic Records. It probably also didn’t hurt that the material contained therein
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Medeski, Martin, Wood & Beyond (Article)
Monday, January 19, 2015
Jazz, funk, soul -- Medeski, Martin & Wood have been swirling the three into their own special bouillabaisse since the 90s -- both as a unit as well as collaborating with others (see: John Scofield). At twenty tracks his week's playlist highlights just that. ABOUT AQUARIUM DRUNKARD Based in Los Angeles, Justin Gage is the founder of the long-running, eclectic music blog Aquarium Drunkard. In addition to the blog you can catch his weekly radio show, Fridays, on SIRIUS XMU satellite radio -- noon-2pm EST. Gage is also the founder of Autumn Tone Records and works as a music consultant and
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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Eagles, Hotel California (Article)
Friday, January 16, 2015
39 years ago this week, the Eagles sat atop of the Billboard Top 200 with their fifth studio album, an effort which would ultimately go on to be the best-selling studio album of their entire career. Hotel California was a transitional album for the Eagles: in addition to being the first album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the last album with the band’s original bassist, Randy Meisner, it was also the inaugural album for guitarist Joe Walsh. That fluctuation in the lineup obviously didn’t hurt the Eagles’ creativity, though, given that the album featured such signature songs for the
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ENTER TO WIN A FRAMED LIMITED EDITION CAPTAIN BEEFHEART PRINT AND SUN ZOOM SPARK BOX SET: PART DEUX (Article)
Thursday, January 15, 2015
We're pretty sure Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart would want you to celebrate his birthday (that would be today, January 15) by entering to win a framed limited edition print of his art and a copy of his SUN ZOOM SPARK BOX SET. If you're having deja vu, we DID give away a DIFFERENT print and a box last month and if you aren't staring at that colorful print up on your wall, it most definitely means you can enter again! Good luck and godspeed! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchase will not increase chances of winning. Open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S./D.C. (excluding Puerto Rico, U.S
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Morrissey: 1988-1992 (Article)
Monday, January 12, 2015
Morrissey...loved, hated, but rarely ignored. Depending on my mood, pound for pound, 1992’s Your Arsenal may quality as my favorite post-Smiths Morrissey joint -- a kind of a glam renaissance album with Mick Ronson producing, giving it that sordid glam texture and feel. Armed with Ronson and a new band, the lp served as the kick in the ass the Mozzer needed after the uneven (and slightly underrated) Kill Uncle. This week's playlist pays tribute to Morrissey's post-Smiths work from 1988's Viva Hate on through 1992's Your Arsenal. And as it's presently raining in LA, the set feels aesthetically
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Rhino Factoids: Bowie’s Big Birthday Bash (Article)
Friday, January 9, 2015
First of all, if you’re looking at the headline and thinking, “How embarrassing for Rhino: they’ve gotten David Bowie’s birthday wrong,” then think again: we know quite well that his birthday is January 8. When the Thin White Duke hit the big 5-0 in 1997, however, he actually threw a party for himself on January 9. Why? Because the big birthday bash took place at Madison Square Garden, and when the Garden’s already booked, even David Bowie can’t do anything about it. Rest assured, though, that the party was well worth the 24-hour wait. 18 years earlier, Bowie had been asked by a reporter for
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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Carly Simon, “You’re So Vain” (Article)
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
42 years ago today, the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 was held by a single that, even now, continues to keep listeners asking, “Yes, but…who’s so vain?” When Carly Simon released her ironically titled No Secrets album in 1972, she’d already begun to strut her stuff on the charts: her self-titled debut had earned her a top-10 single with “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” and the title track of her sophomore effort, Anticipation, hit #13 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The sassiness of “You’re So Vain,” however, helped take Simon to the next level
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Morphine: Twenty (Article)
Monday, January 5, 2015
Compared to his contemporaries, Morphine’s Mark Sandman came off like more of an out-of-place beat poet than the zeitgeist’s ‘slacker’ guitar sound of the day. With a presence tapped in to the lineage of Tom Waits and Bukowski, Morphine worked the noir and worked it hard. They dubbed their sound “low rock.” No one else sounded anything like them at the time…no one else sounds anything like them today. This week's playlist - the first of 2015 - highlights twenty selections from the group's first three long-players: Good, Cure For Pain and Yes. ABOUT AQUARIUM DRUNKARD Based in Los Angeles
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Rhino Factoids: Prince Plays Live For You (Article)
Monday, January 5, 2015
36 years ago today, at a benefit performance for the Capri Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a gentleman with a decidedly royal moniker made his concert debut as a solo artist. That’s right: if you’d had a whopping $4.00 in your wallet – or $4.75 if you’d bought your ticket at the door – you could’ve been one of the lucky MFs who got to see the first proper live performance by Prince. Last year around this time, The Current – a music blog tied to Minnesota Public Radio – wrote about the 35th anniversary of the performance, which was followed by a second show the following evening. Prince’s
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Happy 35th: Peter Cetera, PETER CETERA (Article)
Monday, December 26, 2016
35 years ago this month, Peter Cetera released his self-titled solo debut, little realizing that the next time he left Chicago behind to step out on his own, he’d be doing it for the long haul. Co-produced by Cetera and Jim Boyer, PETER CETERA was and remains a somewhat startling change of pace for Cetera, musically speaking, because – believe it or not – it’s a pretty rockin’ album. In fact, it’s pretty easy to argue that it’s more forceful than the material Chicago was putting out at the time, but looking back at the period in a 1995 interview with the L.A. Times, Cetera indicated that there
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