Sandy Denny played with plenty of great bands in her all-too-brief life, from The Strawbs to Fairport Convention to Fotheringay. She even jammed with Led Zeppelin. But the British singer-songwriter didn’t need anything more than her voice, […]
Month: August 2016
AD Presents: Vox Scapo – A Mixtape
Ethereal jazz and slow grooves throughout, this is Vox Scapo. Set it to cruise control and take in a free and easy summer soundscape as August begins to wane. Our fifth collaboration with Portland, OR based record […]
Hank Williams :: The Complete Mother’s Best Collection
In 1951, Hank Williams — one of the finest songwriters the USA has ever produced — shilled shamelessly for Mother’s Best, a Northern Alabama flour company. And thank the good lord he did. Otherwise, we […]
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 443: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Pot […]
Cyrus Erie :: Get The Message
In this Big Star worshiping world (a church of which I’m a card-carrying member), Eric Carmen ’s seminal power pop work with the Raspberries simply doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But that’s another story. Several years […]
Vetiver/Wolf People/The Men/Woods :: Live From Pickathon
Just returned from Pickathon , the 18th annual “indie roots” celebration out in Happy Valley, Oregon. Held on Pendarvis Farm, this year’s happening was, once again, fantastic, maintaining the feel of a jovial party in the […]
Garcia Live :: Volume Six (1973) / Volume Seven (1976)
As the jolly Captain Trips once mused: ‘All goods things in all good time’. As such, Heads around the world tuned in and took notice when the GarciaLive series made it’s roaring return with the […]
Lambchop :: The Hustle
Always a pleasure to wake up to a new song from Nashville’s Lambchop, particularly an 18-minute plus epic like “The Hustle,” the first single in advance of the group’s forthcoming For Love Often Turns Us […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: The Now Generation / A Mixtape
Enter The Now Generation. A gauzy 18 track ride through Portland record collectors Sam Huff and Meghan Wright’s current crate. It is as it must be….man. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: The Now Generation / A Mixtape Pot Party — Mike Curb & Bob Summers I’m […]
Andy Shauf :: On the records behind The Party
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. He’s been at awhile now, but there is a reason you are […]
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 442: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Sun […]
Social Climbers :: Palm Springs
“Palm Springs”, via Social Climbers’ 1980, self-titled , sole lp – the vehicle of Bloomington’s Mark Bingham. Though existing in the new wave world, the project stands as an outlier, in great thanks to Bingham’s further […]
CAN :: Collected – Live & Beyond (1970-1972)
Can’s influence cannot be overstated. Highly impacted by the improvisational side of The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa’s Mothers and Sly Stone, the group incorporated repetitive grooves that brought to mind African percussion and American funk. Two […]
Douala By Night: A Mixtape
Rhyton :: Redshift
With a pedigree than includes stints with sonic adventurers like No-Neck Blues Band, Pigeons and Stygian Stride, and an arsenal that includes an array of Greek stringed instruments, you might expect something pretty esoteric from […]