The red-covered stepchild of the slim Television discography "Adventure," the band's sophomore album, has always been overlooked in favor of its groundbreaking predecessor, "Marquee Moon." Until now -- with the release of the Aquarium Drunkard compilation "L'Aventure," which assembles some of L.A.'s best young bands to cover different tracks from the 1978 post-punk classic.

A sequel of sorts to 2009's Drunkard-curated take on Paul McCartney's "Ram," called "Ram on L.A.," the album finds local favorites Local Natives, the Deadly Syndrome, Foreign Born and the Henry Clay People greeting Tom Verlaine's compositions on their own terms, with each outfit putting a unique spin on the originals. The lone non-L.A.  guest comes on Imaad Wasif's rendition of "The Fire," with backing vocals from Swedish pop star Lykke Li. All proceeds will go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

In honor of it's release today, Pop & Hiss spoke with Justin Gage, the owner of the Aquarium, to understand why an L.A.-based blog would enlist L.A.-based musicians to cover songs from such a quintessentially New York band.

Out of all the albums you could choose, what made you decide to choose "Adventure"?

I knew I wanted to do a follow-up to "Ram on L.A." and still focus on L.A. musicians, but I also understood that I had to take a different angle -- one that came from a different place than "Ram." This came out in 1978, and it's obviously a cornerstone post-punk landmark. I figured the right move was to tap into L.A.  artists that would fall into that head space -- some of the artists on "Ram on L.A." wouldn’t have made sense and vice-versa.