“I think — no, I’m sure — Coast to Coast wouldn’t work with a daytime audience.” Art Bell died in his Pahrump home in the Nevada desert on Friday, April 13. No doubt, someone somewhere […]
Month: April 2018
Damien Jurado :: Allocate
At the conclusion of the majestic Maraqopa trilogy, and four consecutive records with Richard Swift behind the boards, Damien Jurado returns to a previous form on his upcoming, self-produced lp,
Dean Ween :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Here’s how I first encountered Ween. I’m in junior high and in the lunch line at the school cafeteria, shuffling my tray along that metal railing, as my buddy, who as an adult would do […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (7pm PST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with an encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app. SIRIUS 518: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane […]
Joan Shelley :: Rivers and Vessels
Though she’s justly hailed for her own empathic and deep-toned original songs , Joan Shelley brings an undeniable grace to the songs of others. Following her Lagniappe Session , which found the Kentucky songwriter interpreting material by Frank Sinatra and […]
Omni :: Sunset Preacher
They’re back. Atlanta’s OMNI just released the first single from their upcoming 7″ on Chunklet . A modern-day paragon of the infinite possibilities, and rewards, of the post-punk form. OMNI :: Sunset Preacher Related:
Orrin Evans :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The movement of musicians into or out of a jazz ensemble isn’t the kind of news that draws much attention. They are so often juggling different projects and schedules that it doesn’t raise any eyebrows […]
Minami Deutsch :: With Dim Light
Behold With Dim Light, the excellent new album from Japanese psych-heads, Minami Deutsch. As Kikagaku Moyo and Guruguru Brain honcho, Go Kurosawa, mentioned last year, the band’s self-titled debut was more or less different variations […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (7pm PST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with an encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app. SIRIUS 517: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane […]
Colin Newman (Wire) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
2018 looks to be a banner year for fans of the defiantly minimal Wire. Following 2017’s Silver/Lead, a record that marked the band’s 40th anniversary in the most inspiring way possible — by demonstrating its […]
Seu Jorge And Almaz :: Everybody Loves The Sunshine
In 2010 LA’s Now Again Records dropped a 12″ of Brazilian singer-songwriter Seu Jorge backed by the group Almaz, comprised of drummer Pupillo, guitarist Lucio Maia and rounded out by bassist and composer Antonio Pinto. Like the majority of […]
Sitka Sun :: Yes Yes Forward
Sitka Sun , the self-titled album marking the inaugural release from The Long Road Society , introduces itself as an Afrobeat record – and in some ways this is true. But it’s also not, as the six genre-bending tracks contort the […]
Katie Von Schleicher :: Sell It Back
Last year, Katie Von Schleicher released Shitty Hits, an earnest statement of blown out melancholic bedroom pop, invoking the likes of Emmitt Rhodes, Angel Olsen, and Alex Chilton. Over the course of a lean thirty-five […]