Art Brut

Aquarium Playlist, 9/13/22

By Jack Silbert on September 13, 2022

EPISODE #504: QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRIBUTE London Army Band & Choir — “God Save the Queen” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Smiths — “The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)”Half Japanese — “Too Bad About Elizabeth”Queen — “Killer Queen”The Stone Roses — “Elizabeth My Dear” The Beatles — “Her Majesty”Chuck Berry — “Little Queenie”Big […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Beatles, Big Fish Ensemble, Chuck Berry, Half Japanese, London Army Band & Choir, Perfume Genius, Queen, Robyn Hitchcock, Sex Pistols, Stone Roses, Suzanne Vega, The Good the Bad & the Queen, The Smiths | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 4/12/22

By Jack Silbert on April 12, 2022

EPISODE #482: PSYCHIC The Who — “Happy Jack” [acoustic; ALTERNATE THEME]Neil Young — “If You Could Read My Mind”The Goon Sax — “Psychic”Joy Cleaner — “My Psychic Dent (Is Acting Up Again)”Dog Date — “Psychic Clay”Castle Black — “Psychic Surgery”Hüsker Dü — “Terms of Psychic Warfare”Crocodiles — “Sunday (Psychic Conversation 9)”Art Brut — “I Am […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Bat Fangs, Castle Black, Chris Bailey, Crocodiles, Dog Date, East River Pipe, Hüsker Dü, Joy Cleaner, Nap Eyes, Neil Young, Neon Indian, Papercuts, The Goon Sax, The Saints, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 3/9/21

By Jack Silbert on March 9, 2021

EPISODE #425: BREAKFAST The Who — “Happy Jack” [acoustic; ALTERNATE THEME]Orange Juice — “Breakfast Time”Art Brut — “Awkward Breakfast”The Incredible Casuals — “Love Gets Breakfast”Tom Waits — “Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson)”The Magnetic Fields — “The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee”High Waisted — “Cereal”They Might Be Giants featuring Elma Mayer […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Dusty Springfield, Elma Mayer, Frank Zappa, High Waisted, Incredible Casuals, Magnetic Fields, Monty Python, Orange Juice, Sir Douglas Quintet, Slothrust, Tall Dwarfs, The Bachelor Pad, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, White Stripes | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 11/24/20

By Jack Silbert on November 24, 2020

EPISODE #410: THANKSGIVING 2020Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Los Cripis — “I’m Going To Buy Food”R. Stevie Moore — “Puttin’ Up the Groceries”Robert Johnson — “Come On in my Kitchen”Kicking Giant — “Appetite”Bob Dylan — “Gotta Serve Somebody”Young Marble Giants — “Salad Days”Waitresses — “Bread and Butter”Spare Snare — “Taking on the Sides”Game Theory […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Bob Dylan, Game Theory, Kicking Giant, Los Cripis, Mary Gauthier, R. Stevie Moore, Ray Davies, Robert Johnson, Robyn Hitchcock, Spare Snare, Thanksgiving, The Waitresses, Young Marble Giants | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/19

By Jack Silbert on September 3, 2019

EPISODE #346: FORMED A BAND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Art Brut — “Formed a Band” (early version)Butterglory — “She Clicks the Sticks”They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell — “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)”Rob Wasserman featuring Willie Dixon and Al Duncan — “Dustin’ Off the Bass”Owls of Now — “Lead Singer”Peter Holsapple & […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Butterglory, Cheap Trick, Chris Stamey, Julie Doiron, Laura Cantrell, Owls of Now, Peter Holsapple, Rob Wasserman, Rubinoos, Strange New Places, Talking Heads, Teeth, They Might Be Giants, Willie Dixon, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 7/9/19

By Jack Silbert on July 9, 2019

EPISODE #338: SUBWAYS AND TRAINS dedicated to my friend Leo The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Ella Fitzgerald — “Take the A Train”New York Dolls — “Subway Train”adult mom — “J Station”Tom Waits — “Downtown Train”the marshmallows — “Hoboken”The Jam — “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”The Bats — “In the Subway”Art Brut — “The […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Adult Mom, Art Brut, Betty and the Werewolves, Ella Fitzgerald, Justin Townes Earle, New York Dolls, Pete Green, Tender Trap, The Bats, The Jam, The Just Joans, The Lucksmiths, The Marshmallows, Tom Waits | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 2/20/18

By Jack Silbert on February 20, 2018

EPISODE #269: WINTER OLYMPICS 2018 (LOVE) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Superchunk — “Winter Games” Randy Newman — “Korean Parents” Fire Town — “Carry the Torch” The Bangles — “Eternal Flame” Wondermints — “Ski Party” Paul McCartney — “Figure of Eight” Warren Zevon featuring David Letterman — “Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)” Art Brut […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged 2018 Winter Olympics, Art Brut, David Letterman, Fire Town, James Kochalka Superstar, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Puffinboy, Randy Newman, Superchunk, The Bangles, The Regrettes, The Zambonis, unpopular music, Warren Zevon, Winter Olympics, Wondermints, XTC | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 9/19/17

By Jack Silbert on September 19, 2017

EPISODE #249: KEN BURNS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ex Cops — “Ken” Frank Sinatra — “The Brooklyn Bridge” (saluting Ken Burns’ Brooklyn Bridge, 1981) XTC — “Statue of Liberty” (The Statue of Liberty, 1985) Jack Frost — “Civil War Lament” (The Civil War, 1990) Stephen Chopek — “Radio Caroline” (Empire of the Air: […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Big Star, Elvis Perkins, Ex Cops, Frank Sinatra, Jack Frost, Karl Hendricks Trio, Ken Burns, Long Ryders, Louis Jordan, Magnetic Fields, Oxford Collapse, Simon & Garfunkel, Stephen Chopek, unpopular music, XTC | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16

By Jack Silbert on May 24, 2016

EPISODE #234: WEEKEND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff — “Seven-Day Weekend” NRBQ — “It’s a Wild Weekend” Art Brut — “Good Weekend” Tom Petty — “Big Weekend” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Somewhere a Weekend of Sin” Terry Malts — “Where Is the Weekend?” Dr. Dog — “Weekend” Jason Lytle […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Big Dipper, Dr. Dog, Elvis Costello, Franklin Bruno, Jason Lytle, Jimmy Cliff, Karl Hendricks Trio, Kurt Baker, Memorial Day Weekend, NRBQ, Paul Westerberg, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Smith Westerns, Terry Malts, The Long Blondes, Tom Petty, unpopular music, Waxahatchee | Leave a response

Book Review: ‘I Formed a Band’ by Eddie Argos

By Jack Silbert on April 26, 2016

4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase I don’t remember how the band Art Brut entered my life a decade ago — did I read a review? did my friend Christine recommend them? — but that debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, really did it for me. Soon my buddies Allan and Jim […]

Posted in unsolicited criticism | Tagged Art Brut, Eddie Argos, Katie Pope, unpopular music | Leave a response