Welcome to the sixth episode of AD’s Transmissions podcast , our recurring series of in-depth conversations. In this episode, Jason P. Woodbury sits down with Jesse Jarnow, host of WFMU’s The Frow Show , to discuss his recent book, Heads: A Biography of […]
Month: August 2016
Idris Ackamoor :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In the early 1970s, bandleader Idris Ackamoor formed the Pyramids, blazing a trail that united psychedelia, soul, and jazz, and began to travel the world. The group started in Ohio, at Antioch College, where Ackamoor […]
Teenage Fanclub :: Here
There’s a case to be made for quality over quantity. Sometimes, bands with decades-long careers offer extensive output, pumping out album after album in an effort to appear relevant and hip. Then there’s Teenage Fanclub. […]
Johnnie Frierson :: Have You Been Good To Yourself
How sweet it is. Johnnie Frierson was the brother of the great Wendy Rene and a fellow member of The Drapels, a group unearthed as part of Light In The Attic Records’ 2012 Wendy Rene […]
Introducing Karl Blau
Washington State’s Karl Blau has been releasing music for the better part of two decades, much of which has remained under the radar. However, that may be changing. On Introducing Karl Blau , his recently released covers record, we find […]
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 445: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Bongos […]
Money Maker :: Studio One
Earlier this year, Yep Roc Music Group launched its massive Studio One reissue campaign. Founded in 1954 in Kingston by Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, the label practically defined reggae, releasing records by the biggest names in the […]
Health&Beauty :: No Scare
There’s an enjoyably perplexing quality to Chicago trio Heath&Beauty’s new album, No Scare . Opening with “Back to the Place” – its title indicative of the sidewise humor which marks the songs of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Brian J. Sulpizio […]
Annette Peacock :: Pony (RCA, 1972)
ain’t it funky, now… Annette Peacock :: Pony
The Palm Trees Fall Into The Sea: An August Mixtape
In recurring August fashion we offer the latest in a series of exploratory, atmospheric mixtapes. True to its seasonal home, like its predecessors, The Palm Trees Fall into the Sea exudes a humid, tropical ambiance. Below, […]
Barney Kessel :: Live At The Jazz Mill 1954
Sometimes it’s all about right place, right time. When a 21-year-old Jack Miller camped out at the short-lived Jazz Mill night club in Phoenix, Arizona, for a few nights in late March of 1954, it […]
Unfitting For The Lay People: Entheogens – The Gnostic Mass
During the 90s and the first part of the millennium there was a great UK based mail order psychedelic music store called the Freak Emporium. Their catalogs were as fun to read as the music […]
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 444: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Stereolab […]
AD Presents: Guided By Voices / Teragram Ballroom – Friday
The club is open. Friday night, Aquarium Drunkard presents Guided By Voices at the Teragram. Get tickets, HERE . Wanna roll? Hit us up in the comments with your favorite GBV era; we’ll slide a few pairs to some of y’all at […]
Lou Barlow :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
If a band’s going to stage a “comeback,” there are few greater examples of doing it right than the one put down by Dinosaur Jr. Since reforming in 2005, the original lineup of J Mascis, […]