Big Ears Transmissions 2026All praise to the mighty Sunsphere! After years of watching enviously from afar, I’m finally heading out to Knoxville for Big Ears this weekend. This festival seems designed to overwhelm the senses, with an unbelievable lineup that packs a year’s worth of live music into a couple days. But I won’t just be going to shows at Big Ears … here’s Jason P. Woodbury with the details: “The Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions team—me, co-host Tyler Wilcox, and producer Andrew Hor...
Mary J. Blige brings the family. Stars of the Lid bring the ambience. Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Mary J. Blige’s No More Drama (#32) and Stars of the Lid’s The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (#97). Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record […]
Almighty Warpath vom Bremer Label Am Apparat zusammen mit Chezz & DAM mit dem wunderbaren Track „Pencraft“ gibt es heute zum Comeback, nachdem es hier ein Zeit lang ziemlich ruhig war. Aber, keine Angst, es geht weiter. Checkt erstmal das:
"California Love (feat. Roger Troutman & Dr. Dre)" by 2Pac Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. A song that represents where you live View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist
Between 1965 and 1968, the Lovin’ Spoonful were the nearest America came to producing a Beatles of their very own. Their string of hits took in irresistibly winsome folk-rock jingle-jangle (“Do You Believe in Magic”, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind”, “Younger Girl”, “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice”), wistful sunshine […]
EFIX & Henri Pfr — I'm Going Down (feat. Florence Welch & Kid Harpoon) There are things in this part of the known universe that I consider essential to even...
I don’t think I have the correct cable to connect this library branch with my home stereo system.
Following 2 releases on LA-based Leaving Records, local duo Green-House’s latest long-player comes care of Brooklyn’s Ghostly International. Hinterlands sees the pair further evolve their electro-acoustic “Eco-Ambient” sound. Pieces like the softly syncopated Sun Dogs lean into the acoustic. Its laidback, languid, lounge-y exotica laced with Oriental timbres and tones. Well Of The World is […]
"Walk This Way" by Hayseed Dixie Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post a cover that's done in a different style than the original version. I used to listen to a podcast called Coverville and they would frequently have some blue grass covers of different songs. I picked this version because I wrote about the Run-DMC cover and I wanted to highlight how you can do a song in multiple ways. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist
Today's Jam 🎶🧌 I've falling down the rabbit whole on YouTube of Gwar covering covering different pop songs. It started with them covering Pink Pony Club. I'm not going to post a link because I want you to ruin (improve) your own YouTube algorithm by searching for this yourself. 😂
Two tunes to almost kind of make a travelogue of the week's highlights
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my favorite bit of Feldman's Triadic Memories comes at around 21 minutes, the clarity of the 2nds and 9ths.
I have been fortunate enough to see Klaus Mäkelä give a couple of concerts as part of the BBC Proms over the past two years – before the first of these I had no idea about his growing reputation, I was simply interested in hearing Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Instantly mesmerised, I quickly got up to speed, […]
All One Song :: A Neil Young Podcast (Season Two)This past weekend, my daughter asked me: “How much can anyone even talk about Neil Young?” Well, we’re going to find out! Welcome (back) to Miami Beach — All One Song Season Two, presented by Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions and Talkhouse kicks off next week! In case you missed it, this is my podcast, wherein I talk to writers / musicians / artists / cool people about their favorite (or at least one of their favorite) Neil Young songs. (And who ...
Rufus Wainwright takes on Kings of Convenience Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Poses by Rufus Wainwright (#64) and Kings of Convenience’s Quiet is the New Loud (#65). Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challenge and noted that I’d be writing some of these […]
McLusky “As A Dad” Anger is real. It’s arguably the strongest emotion we can feel, and it’s certainly the most destructive. There’s lots of ways for anger to be righteous and sensible, something that fuels constructive behavior. But I think more often than not, we experience anger in stupid, pointless, petty ways. It manifests in […]
For today’s TDC – a short jazzy tune
The other day, I had a casual conversation with colleagues about buying music. Nobody gave a rat’s ass; they all just either downloaded the .mp3 files or used Spotify. Most conversations on this topic end like this so I expected the response from more than a few individuals, but not from everyone. I was deemed the silly fool who buys stuff and supports artists. Yet at the same time, we all bemoan the fact that creative individuals are losing their job due to the rise of generative...
It’s not often that I go to the National Concert Hall in Dublin on a Monday evening, but I made an exception last night to attend a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (who are currently on tour and have recently played a number of concerts in the UK). It was an interesting […]
"Street Survivors" by Lynyrd Skynyrd Post a cover that's done in a different style than the original version. The original cover of Street Survivors by Lynyrd Skynyrd showed the band standing in a street surrounded by flames. It was released October 17, 1977. Three days later, the band's chartered plane crashed in Mississippi, killing Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, along with crew members. Because the artwork showed the band engulfed in fire, the image suddenly felt disturb...
I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and we managed to go to Germany three years ago to see them live at their Memento Mori concert, which is actually the name of their last album. This interesting article is an interview of Marta Salogni who was initially the mixing engineer for Memento Mori, James […]
Two razor-cut slices of electro from Venture Silk (Ruslan Shyshniak), a Ukrainian ex-pat based in the Netherlands. I will absolutely never tire of well-executed Detroit-style electro. When done well–as is the case here–it’s the ideal vehicle for Roland/vintage synth fetishism. Some may idolize the 909s of 4×4 techno and 303s of acid house (I love […] The post From the Mailbox 46 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
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