It’s Halloween. If there was ever a time to celebrate the sonic aesthetics of filmmaker/composer John Carpenter…well, this is it. Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981), Prince of Darkness […]
Month: October 2015
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Halloween Edition)
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 409: Intro ++ The […]
Videodrome: A Frenzy of Halloween Horror to Dement Your Harvest Nights
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Another October, another opportunity […]
White Out with Nels Cline :: Accidental Sky
Lin Culbertson and Tom Surgal, known to experimental music fans as New York City improv duo White Out, have a long, extensive list of collaborators, including Jim O’Rourke, Mike Watt, […]
Pharoah Sanders :: Kazuko – Live In An Abandoned Tunnel, 1982
Pharoah Sanders with accompaniment via Paul Asrlanian, on harmonium, in an abandoned tunnel. San Francisco (Marin Headlands – close to the Golden Gate Bridge), 1982.
God Less America :: Beyond The Fringe Of C&W
It’s late October, and we’re breathing chill, autumnal air, damp with death and lit by the blood moon. During these darkest of nights we while away our witching hours and […]
Patterson Hood :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Nearly two decades into their career, it makes sense that Drive-by Truckers would be releasing another live album, their first since 2000’s Alabama Ass Whuppin’ . Given that their catalog has grown to […]
Phil Cook :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On Southland Mission , Phil Cook has hit his stride. The record, which found him weeping upon listening back to demos alone in a cabin in Gailax, VA is a testament to the […]
Labi Siffre :: Give Me Just A Little More Line
You may never have heard the name Labi Siffre before but you’ve definitely heard his music. One of London’s unsung musical heroes, Siffre was born in Hammersmith in 1945 and, between 1970 […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Diane Coffee
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Diane Coffee (née Shaun Felming) returned to the fray […]
Mark Jones :: Snowblind Traveler
With its pedal steel leads, Gram-and-Emmylou-style harmonies, and social realist imagery, Mark Jones’ Snowblind Traveler hitchhikes down some of the same highways as the LA burnout LPs of the early […]
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 408: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Joan Shelley :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Here in the west, it’s finally starting to feel like autumn. As the sunset comes earlier each evening, it’s been hard to get Joan Shelley’s beautiful Over and Even off the turntable. Deep […]
Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records
Amid a now decades-long glut of roots music reissues, reappraisals, and deep cuts, one would think the keg would eventually kick. But that sure as shit isn’t the case with […]
Catching Up With . . . Car Seat Headrest
Will Toledo, the 23-year-old songwriter behind Car Seat Headrest, is not sweating the release of Teens of Style , his Matador Records debut. He’s excited, sure, but these songs – culled from his […]