Currently on tour (note: Aquarium Drunkard will be presenting the West coast dates), AD caught up with Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood earlier this week in NC to discuss, among other things, the Truckers latest LP Brighter Than Creation’s Dark , songwriting, […]
Year: 2008
Robert Pollard :: Gratification To Concrete
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business – the first release on the newly christened Guided by Voices record label – is set to hit stores June 3rd. As a Pollard pundit, I’m obviously into it, but look forward to checking out […]
Hayden :: In Field & Town
The pinnacle of Hayden Desser’s career thus far was his 2001 album, Skyscraper National Park . It took the suffocating isolationism of Hayden’s lyrics and finally let it transcend the minimalist structures of his first two LPs, allowing it room […]
AD Presents :: Earlimart – May 17th / Echoplex
Aquarium Drunkard presents the the home team, Earlimart , at the Echoplex May 17th with special guests Voxhaul Broadcast , Siggy and Light FM . Tickets are $12 advance, or free if you win one of the five pairs we are giving […]
Dirty Laundry :: The Soul of Black Country
Get off yer horse and check out a few samples from volume one of the two-volume Dirty Laundry compilation that rounds up a collection of black country-soul nuggets, both covers and originals (James Brown covering Hank Williams, anyone?), […]
SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS , channel 26 Left Of Center , can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 47: […]
Off The Record :: Port O’brien (Coastal C. California)
Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing […]
Win Butler/Mac McCaughan :: The AD Interviews
Arcade Fire and Superchunk just played the Obama rally in North Carolina. Aquarium Drunkard was there. Below, J. Neas speaks with both Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Superchunk/ Merge Records founder Mac McCaughan about the show, the campaign, politics and the […]
Off The Record :: The Everybodyfields (Tennessee)
Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing […]
A Cassette Valediction: Part Two of Two
Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty ). Part two . . . […]
SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS , channel 26 Left Of Center , can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 46: […]
Citified :: The Meeting After the Meeting
There’s something to be said for brevity – albums that know when to quit and don’t stick around too long. All too often I’m subjected to albums that have just too many songs, or even […]
Car Jamming, Pt 4 :: Levon Helm – Short Film
(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) Yesterday […]
Off The Record :: Sun Kil Moon (San Francisco, CA)
Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing […]
Car Jamming, Pt 3 :: Po’ Monkey’s Lounge
(note: i’m on the cross-country road trip for six weeks doing research on a book about memphis and the delta blues trail. car jamming is recurring feature that documents random curios along the way) “I would hate […]