Astral blues. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. Green swamp fuzz from the 1970s. Direct download, below. Subscribe to future transmissions via iTunes and/or […]
Month: January 2013
The Yardbirds :: I’m Waiting For The Man – VU Cover (Live, 1968)
Wooden Wand :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Wrapping one’s head around the music of Wooden Wand , the ongoing project of idiosyncratic singer/songwriter James Jackson Toth takes some effort. With over 100 releases to his name, from spiraling freak-out […]
Christopher Owens :: Lysandre
In a lengthy, revealing interview with Pitchfork, Christopher Owens mentioned that he thought the songs he’d written for Girls’ 2011 album Father, Son, Holy Ghost were capable of winning Grammys. If […]
Lonnie Holley :: Just Before Music
“Where did it begin?” asks Lonnie Holley in his liner note. “We had songs with us all the time. Humans had songs even if they weren’t doing anything but moaning, […]
Melody’s Echo Chamber :: The Aquarium Drunkard Session
This Friday, during the second hour of the Aquarium Drunkard show, we’re airing the AD session Melody’s Echo Chamber laid down for us at Red Rockets Glare Studios last Fall while in Los Angeles. […]
Besnard Lakes :: People Of The Sticks
The Besnard Lakes return with “People of the Sticks”, the band’s first glimpse of brilliant light taken from their forthcoming album, Until in Excess, Imperceptiple UFO, coming April 2 through […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Turquoise Wisdom takes over the reins during […]
Imaginational Anthem: Volume 5
Imaginational Anthem Volume 5 is the first volume in this long-running series not compiled by Tompkins Square label boss Josh Rosenthal but by young guitarist Sam Moss, and refreshingly offers some curveballs. […]
Townes Van Zandt :: Live – Minneapolis, MN, 1973
There’s a collection of unreleased Townes Van Zandt recordings from 1971-72 coming out in a few weeks. I haven’t heard a note of it, but I’m going to go out on a […]
Samuel Yirga :: Abet Abet / Guzo
Samuel Yirga is a talented, young jazz pianist from Addis Ababa. His music is indebted to the “Golden Age” of Ethiopian music, that funky mish-mash of Western jazz and East […]
The Uniques :: The Love I Saw In You (Was Just a Mirage)
Originally by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, this poppin’ rendition by The Uniques belongs to the band’s lead singer, Keith “Slim” Smith. His full voice had soul, and his falsetto […]
Tim Hecker And Daniel Lopatin :: Instrumental Tourist
Despite David Byrne and St. Vincent gracing the decommissioned altar of the Church of St. John the Baptist, despite Win Butler and the Strokes’ Nik Fraiture running a charity basketball game […]
Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold (A Mixtape)
Turquoise Wisdom here with another installment of my Sad Seasons mixtape series for AD. This time around we’re thinking about winter. ps- I have officially joined the future and started […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Tashaki Miyaki (The Flamingos / Replacements)
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions return with Tashaki Miyaki . Here, the […]