Rob Mazurek is building a life’s work. Coming up in the Chicago free music scene, the cornet player and composer has made pioneering music alongside his peers, including Tortoise , Jim O’Rourke , […]
Month: March 2017
John Scoggins :: Pressed For Time
The existence of the ‘tax scam’ LP is one of the stranger tales of the 1970s record business. In short, crooked label heads would press up demos of unsigned artists, […]
The Beach Boys: The River’s A Dream In A Waltz Time
Our enthusiasm for 70s era Beach Boys and the creative stretch of brothers Carl and Dennis Wilson runs deep, notably during the course of albums Surf’s Up , “So Tough” , and Holland . 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. SIRIUS 473: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Real Estate :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Immediately apparent when listening to Real Estate is their sense of motion. Melodic guitar lines swirl; the rhythm section bounces and folds along; and their literal knack for memory and/or […]
Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2: The AD Interview
Collaborating as often as they do, Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) and Jared and Jonathan Mattson (The Mattson 2) seem especially glowing while speaking of their latest project. As a […]
Endless Boogie :: Vibe Killer
There are few constants out there in this big, bad world; few things one can always count on. But check it out, Endless Boogie is one of them. Helmed by Paul “Top […]
Lifted On High :: The Texan Transcendence of Lift To Experience
“This is the story of three Texas boys, busy mindin’ their own bidnis when the Angel of the Lord appeared to them saying, ‘When the Winston Churchills start firin’ their […]
Don Muro :: Synthesizer Pop For a New Age
Back in 2013, our friends at Flannelgraph Records hipped us to the synth pop sound of Don Muro when they reissued his 1977 LP It’s Time. Since then, Flannelgraph has kept at […]
1970’s Sesame Street: Steel Drum Rhythm / A Drum From A Barrel
Children’s programming just doesn’t seem to teach the kids how to do the important things in life anymore. You know, like make steel drums. But that wasn’t always the case! […]
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 472: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Sleepwalker :: The Voyage (featuring Pharoah Sanders)
Visiting Tokyo in 2003, Pharoah Sanders sat in with local spiritual jazzists Sleepwalker at a club gig laying down what would become “The Voyage”. Released the following year as a Japanese-only […]
Chances With Wolves 4 / Penguin Dust – A Mixtape
Our guest mixtape series returns with the fourth offering via our east coast compatriots, NYC’s Chances With Wolves : Penguin Dust – A Mixtape. As always, it’s a heady/essential brew. Records are magic. […]
The Districts :: Ordinary Day
The post-Vile/War on Drugs Philly renaissance has only grown stronger with the addition of four-piece The Districts . “Ordinary Day” is the group’s first track since their 2015 release, A Flourish and a […]