Matthew E. White’s “Tranquility” is lovely. It’s about a fatal heroin overdose. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s overdose, to be precise. And it’s lovely. I’ve spent three months listening to Fresh Blood, […]
Month: March 2015
Will Oldham Interviews Masaki Batoh
Here I was given the great opportunity to interview Masaki Batoh . I became aware of some of Batoh’s work in the mid-1990’s when a relationship between Batoh’s band Ghost was begun with […]
Ryley Walker :: Primrose Green
We were big fans of Ryley Walker’s debut LP on Tompkins Square last year, but his latest, Primrose Green , shows that the Chicago singer-songwriter was just getting started. A whole review […]
Laura Marling :: The Aquarium Drunkard Session
The Aquarium Drunkard Session: Previewing five songs from her just released lp, Short Movie , Laura Marling cut the following session for us last December in Los Angeles. The set airs Friday […]
Michael Angelo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Michael Angelo’s self-titled 1977 LP is an earnest fusion of post-Beatles psychedelia and “out there” lyrical incantations, but reflecting on its 2015 re-release by Anthology Recordings, the Kansas City songwriter would like […]
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. SIRIUS 381: Jean Michel Bernard […]
John Renbourn :: 1944 – 2015
We lost a great musician this week — English guitarist John Renbourn. Whether duetting with Bert Jansch , creating a masterful folk-jazz hybrid with Pentangle , or playing all on his own , Renbourn was the epitome of taste, style . . . Only the good […]
Dennis Taylor :: Dayspring
The Minnesota-based Grass-Tops Recordings has earned the love of guitar soli devotees over the past few years thanks to its stellar reissues of some of Robbie Basho’s hard-to-find masterpieces, as well as […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Strange Light – A Mixtape
Enter Strange Light, a sister mix to last year’s Blue August Moon . If the latter played like a transient spirit hovering over a hazy, humid dusk, then think of this as a […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Lloyd & Glen – Keep On Pushing
Welcome to Jamaican Snapshots — the second installment of a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside genre enthusiasts. Lloyd Robinson was best know for his […]
Sharam Shabpareh :: Prison Song
It’s extremely difficult not to think of Iranian music in terms of black and white, before and after. The 1979 Revolution all but put an end to non-religious music-making in […]
Michel Colombier :: Canon
With two days off in Paris after a show at La Maroquinerie, I wanted to explore another side of the city, hitting the Belleville neighborhood. After lunch, a friend and […]
Kamasi Washington :: The Epic
On May 4th, tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington will release The Epic, a 3-disc, 171-minute record on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. Referred to by Lotus as “West Coast Spiritual,” Washington’s record will include a 32-piece […]
Hallelujah The Hills :: Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
This one came out with little fanfare last year, but it deserves more ears — and it’s just been released on vinyl, too. Hallelujah the Hills have been kicking around the Boston area […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Jim Ford — A Companion Piece
Pack your bags, hop in that green Volks’ van and take a Bobby McGee-esque trip with one of America’s most underappreciated musicians and a godfather of Country Funk – Kentucky […]