oy vey! i need an intern, or we need an intern. someone like darren from seinfeld. this here site should be up and operational, much like the death star, within the next few days. everything is being re-uploaded, all 27,000 files of it and as you can imagine it’s taking a while. so here are some of my favorites from the past few days.
Best New Music
Posts Tagged american aquarium
bj barham live at roux house, april 3, baton rouge
Posted by doubter on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
hey howdy hi! i am back from vacation, and it was just lovely. if youre the type to look at photos of other peoples vacations, here are a few that i have thrown up thus far.
american aquarium "louisiana beauty queen" off live in raleigh
Posted by doubter on Monday, February 20th, 2012
admittedly, i was late the american aquarium party. ive said it before, and ill say it again, how the hell did this band put out 5 records before i finally heard of them and their record small town hymns – which ended up at #3 on my best of 2010 list. boggles the old noggin. i cant believe no one ever said “hey greg there’s this band you should check out cause they pretty much encompass everything you love about music, theyre called american aquarium.” nope never happened. another thing that annoys me is they tour relentlessly, i wont make up a number, but i know they are on the road more than 3/4 of any given year. i may be wrong with that, but not that far off, im sure.
american aquarium live at old town tavern, 9.20.08
Posted by doubter on Thursday, August 4th, 2011
last year sometime, american aquarium and their record, small town hymns, somehow and mysteriously came into my field of vision. i thought they were a “new” band but dammit if i hadnt been missing out since like 05, which is when i think they formed. shit, i think i even missed em when they stormed through new orleans last year. either way, said record ended up at #3 on best of 2010 list and really up until about a month or so ago, thats all of theirs i had listened to. well, all that has changed cause i have dug into their catalogue and its all full of awesome.
i cannot recommend digging into their catalogue enough. buy something via amazon
rattlesnake off small town hymns
thanks to mstaper for the recording, which if you click here you can also grab the lossless version. btw, old town tavern is in sheffield, alabama.
1. katherine belle
2. intro
3. telling a lie
4. queen of the scene
5. bj rap
6. i aint going to the bar tonight
7. another bj rap
8. louisiana beauty queen
9. betting man
10. good fight
11. i hope he breaks your heart
12. the last bj rap
13. hurricane
14. clark avenue
captains dead's top 11 records of 2010
Posted by doubter on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
well, i guess this is it, huh? 2010 is just about done, and while i usually wait a little longer to do my end of the year list, i figured at this point it was pretty solidly impacted in my brain. so, there was really no point in waiting. oh, im sure ill hear something between now and the end of the year that will blow my mind, cause thats just the way shit goes. i am not going to talk to much re: the list, and just let the songs i have provided do the talking. why fuck up a good thing w/ talking? i think an ex-girlfriend once said that to me. without further ado…
1. superchunk – majesty shredding
2. strand of oaks – pope killdragon
3. american aquarium – small town hymns
4. the futurebirds -hampton’s lullaby
5. the gaslight anthem – american slang
7. the mynabirds - what we lose in the fire we gain in the flood
let the record go
numbers dont lie
8. glossary – feral fire
no guarantee
bend with the breeze
9. travel by sea – two states and the blindness that follows
11. trampled by turtles – palomino
bj barham (american aquarium) doing "hurricane"
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
off one of my favorite records of the year, american aquarium’s small town hymns
captains dead's top 5 at the kinda midway point, 2010
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
was thinking bout this today. so i figured i’d put my picks to paper, or internets as it were. there’s been a lot of great stuff, but not too much that has that amazed me. now the question being, would i rather have 2 or 3 amazing records, and the rest so-so, or 10 great records, but maybe no amazing records? i think i would take the latter, but thats just my feeling right now.
the futurebirds record keeps getting better and better with each listen, and i am more than super pissed that i missed em last week. if you cant find something to like or love about it, we probably wouldnt be friends. american aquarium’s small town hymns falls into the same category. first listen i thought it was nice enough, but now that im a few months into it, man its a great piece of no bullshit rock n roll. same with gaslight anthem’s american slang, which i keep hearing isnt as good as their first two, but man it scratches me right where i itch. i dont care if it may sound half-baked, or samey, cause its an awesome summer record, or maybe the soundtrack to kickin some ass, and takin some names, and best played full blast. glossary’s feral fire, well they’re just a perfect model of consistency. i hate to use the term, but “all killer, no filler” on feral fire. the real surprise though is palomino. as i stated a couple of days ago, i have dug their previous output, but this record has really hit home. my co-worker today stated that if he had to listen to it for more than an hour, he’d go crazy. its manic, for sure, but there’s a calm if you listen close enough.
1. futurebirds – hamptons lullaby – out next week on autumn tone
johnny utah
2. american aquarium – small town hymns
rattlesnake
3. trampled by turtles – palomino
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