Sitting on a green room couch at the Teragram Ballroom in downtown Los Angeles, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer John Herndon nod in sync when it’s ventured that the band’s new […]
Month: January 2016
Tariverdiev :: Film Music
The Iron Curtain made sure Mikael Taraverdiev remained relatively unknown in the west, but from the early 1960s to his death the early 1990s, he was one of the Soviet […]
Alice Swoboda :: Potter’s Field
The companion CD to the Oxford American’s recent Southern Music/Georgia issue contains a melancholic and swooning folk-jazz piece entitled “Potter’s Field,” by a woman named Alice Swoboda. Led by Swoboda’s deep, soulful voice […]
Wes Montgomery :: One Night In Indy
The jazz archaeologists at Resonance Records keep on coming up with fantastic relics. Their latest release is a heretofore unknown and unreleased live gig from January 1959, featuring the great […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Mirage — A Mixtape
Mirage: Our fourth collaboration with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. Perception is all about your vantage point….man. The following collection, Mirage, is a half-blind foray into a […]
Gun Outfit :: Two Way Player
In 2012, Dylan Sharp and Carrie Keith of Gun Outfit moved from Olympia, Washington, where the weather had grown “oppressive,” and headed down to Los Angeles. The change in locale […]
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 418: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Mike Heron :: Call Me Diamond
Mike Heron didn’t so much as strike out on his own as he brought in everyone he knew. As a member of the Incredible String Band he helped pioneer “psychedelic […]
David Bowie :: Heroes (French Version – 1977)
Héros. French single release, 1977. Repose en paix, David Bowie. David Bowie :: Heroes (French Version . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming […]
Cease To Exist: Charles Manson / The Beach Boys Association – A Documentary
Cease To Exist – 2008 documentary exploring the music motive to the Manson murders and Charles Manson’s relationship with Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson and record producer Terry Melcher. Written and […]
Jermaine Bossier / 79rs Gang :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Transcendence — A Mixtape
Transcendence: Our third collaboration with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. Consider the following a vintage Friday night basement-party jammer. 70s era groove-makers, stoned soul bass rhythms and […]
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. The Ryley Walker session can […]
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn :: Cubist Blues
In December, 1994, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn, and Alan Vega walked into Dessau Studio in Manhattan. They had only the vaguest idea of what might happen. There was a basic […]
Laddio Bolocko :: Live and Unreleased 1997-2000
They didn’t last long — just about four years — but Laddio Bolocko made a hell of a noise for a little while there. This excellent compilation (two CDs or three LPs, plus […]