L.A.'s Ode to Television's Adventure

Aquarium Drunkard curated this nice tribute compilation for Television's 1978 album Adventure. You can download it for free from their site, but you should really throw in a couple of bucks since all donations will go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

"L’Aventure is an attempt to capture, if only for an instant, a slice of what is happening musically in L.A. in 2010. Or more specifically, it’s an attempt to highlight eight Los Angeles artists that have, individually, caught my ear over the past couple of years. By no means all encompassing, L’Aventure is a great jumping off point for those interested in the diverse landscape that is L.A.’s music.

Why Adventure? Why now? Like RAM, the album is used as a template—as a cohesive force—bonding these, at times, disparate artists together. A post-punk landmark, Television’s debut, Marquee Moon, tends to garner most of the adulation. It’s follow-up, Adventure, is now a classic album in its own right that seems to regularly get lost on the mix. In short, it is time for a reevaluation—perhaps this is the beginning of that conversation."

Tracklist:
The Henry Clay People - Glory
Foreign Born - Days
The Happy Hollows - Foxhole
Local Natives - Careful
The Deadly Syndrome - Carried Away
Imaad Wasif w/ Lykke Li - The Fire
Dirt Dress - Ain’t That Nothin’
The Growlers - The Dream’s Dream

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