Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. The Lagniappe Sessions return with Cornelia Murr whose debut lp, Lake Tear of the Clouds , dropped earlier this month. […]
Month: July 2018
Sidecar :: Aquarium Drunkard’s Bi-Monthly Newsletter
Every two weeks, Aquarium Drunkard delivered straight to your inbox. Audio esoterica, interviews, mixtapes, playlists, exclusive content, and more. Check out this week’s issue , featuring our recommendation of the meditative “Albatross” megamix, and don’t delay, subscribe now […]
Network 77 :: Escalator to the Stars
Near the end of “Escalator to the Stars,” the first episode of the new comedy series Network 77 , Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift, as hosts of a star sign-themed segment about pop music called Astrology Domine, speculate what […]
Transmissions Podcast :: Yosuke Kitazawa/Remembering Richard Swift/Strange Stars
Humid funk out there, but we’re keeping cool. You are tuned into the July edition of the Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions podcast, our monthly series of interviews, features, and audio esoterica. On this episode, Justin Gage sits […]
Monomono :: Give The Beggar A Chance
A standout cut from the Casual Water mixtape we assembled for Reverberation Radio . Nigeria, 1971. Monomono :: Give The Beggar A Chance
James Booker :: The Lost Paramount Tapes (1973)
One night in 1973, pianist James Booker and his band, freshly seasoned from recent shows at the nearby club Dirty Pierre’s, sauntered into Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood. It was late at night, maybe 10:30 […]
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 530: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane […]
Daniel Bachman :: The Morning Star
Our romanticized image of the American Primitive-style guitarist is of a solitary figure. We picture him or her alone, hunched over six strings, eyes closed in concentration or reverie, shutting the noise of the world […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Wilder Maker
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Wilder Maker’s new album Zion is an angry yet passionate, tongue in cheek […]
Did It! :: A Jerry Rubin Player
In the last years of the 1960s, pop culture and revolution felt synonymous. “The late 1960s-early 1970s were an era when on a college kid’s dorm room, there would be a poster of both Mick […]
Diversions :: Nathan Salsburg / Beyond ‘Third’
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. The first time I heard “Impossible Air,” the third track from Kentucky […]
Carl Stone :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Listening to Carl Stone’s second compilation for the excellent archival label Unseen Worlds, it’s not uncommon to find yourself completely lost in a web of sounds. It’s not necessarily a disorienting feeling. Instead, it’s kind […]
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 530: Sir Richard Bishop – Essaouira ++ […]
Tonight in Los Angeles: Talk Show / Aquarium Drunkard In Conversation With David Weinberg
Los Angeles: Tonight, Aquarium Drunkard presents TALK SHOW, an intimate series of conversations centered around the worlds of music, art, film and beyond. Our third guest in the series is David Weinberg, host of KCRW’s […]
Beverly Glenn-Copeland :: Keyboard Fantasies
In 1970, Canada via Philadelphia singer / songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland cut his first two records. One self-titled, the other just called Beverly Copeland , on both discs he creates an intense and intimate dialogue amongst backdrops of […]