If you’re listening for musical borders in Borderlands , the latest from Tucson, Arizona-based psychedelic unit the Myrrors, good luck. In the record’s collected extended jams and briefer numbers, whatever […]
Month: August 2018
Industrial Estate Blues :: A Gwenifer Raymond Mixtape
On her debut lp You Never Were Much Of A Dancer , guitarist Gwenifer Raymond emerges as a new voice in the American Primitive lineage. Playing acoustic guitar and banjo, the Brighton-via-Cardiff musician’s compositions are steeped in blues […]
Country Joe McDonald :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
49 years ago, on the second day of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Country Joe McDonald took to the stage to kill some time while Santana readied their set. […]
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 533: Jean […]
Elephant Micah :: Genericana
The sound of synthesized waves opens and closes Genericana , the 13th album by Joseph O’Connell released under the Elephant Micah banner. It’s not difficult to imagine O’Connell camped out on some […]
Sabu Martinez :: Afro Temple (1973)
His final effort as a bandleader, Afro-Cuban conguero wizard Sabu Martinez cemented his legacy with 1973’s Afro Temple . Recorded in Sweden and released six years before his death, the album is […]
McCoy Tyner :: Makin’ Out (1974)
Via the pianist’s 1974 live album, Atlantis , this track is an absolute monster. Notably backed by co-conspirators, saxophonist Azar Lawrence, bassist Juini Booth, percussionist Guilherme Francothe and drummer Wilby Flethcer, […]
Tropical Valley 307 :: Meditation (In Tribute)
Here’s one we played on the radio show this past Wednesday that a number of you were asking about. I picked it up in Tokyo a few months back, via the Japanese compilation Tropical […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Jess Williamson (Second Session)
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Following the 2015 release of her debut […]
Michael Nau :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Michael Nau opens his new album, Michael Nau & the Mighty Thread, with a Wall of Sound ode to thinking you might know, but knowing you might not. “Now in […]
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 532: Jean […]
James Booker: The Lost Paramount Tapes / Los Angeles, August 15th
In 1973, New Orleans piano wunderkind James Booker cut a session after a gig while in Los Angeles. Which was promptly lost and, much later, found. You can read our piece on the session ( and its forthcoming […]
The Aquarium Drunkard Guide To ECM Records
Founded by Manfred Eicher in Germany in 1969, ECM Records (Editions of Contemporary Music) has spent nearly 50 years assembling one of the strongest catalogs in musical history. Marked by […]
Will Sheff / The Rock*A*Teens :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The Rock*A*Teens were my favorite rock and roll band of the 1990s, a group that disguised heroic artistic ambitions behind a murky, mysterious, reverb-laden take on early rock and roll. I’ve heard […]
Enter the Saccharine :: Yacht & Beyond
The summer keeps dragging on, but luckily we’ve had these extremely smooth sounds keeping us floating at Aquarium Drunkard HQ. Sail on over to our Spotify page to spin this massive (330 […]