On Lost Futures, Marisa Anderson and William Tyler arrive on the scene with resplendent “News About Heaven.” On the more ambient Understand, Tyler teams with pedal steeliest Luke Schneider to offer a brief sonic storybook.
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Transmissions :: A Conversation With Luke Schneider
Our guest this week on Transmissions is pedal steel player Luke Schneider. Best known as a sideman for Margo Price, he’s back with a New Age album, Altar of Harmony, released by the venerable Third Man Records. Schneider takes the pedal steel for a cosmic ride on his new album, conjuring up uncanny sounds that seem to bend the ear—and the heart.
Further Cosmic Pedal Steel Situations :: Winter 2024
The cosmic pedal steel scene continues to expand — and we’re here for it. Daniel Lanois, one of the godfathers of this movement, once called the pedal steel “my little church in a suitcase.” And if anything ties these various musicians together, it’s a certain kind of earthy spirituality, an openness to the myriad possibilities that the instrument offers. Check out a few recent favorites, via the following roundup, featuring Gary Peters, Rich Hinman, Luke Schneider and Dave Easley.
William Tyler & The Impossible Truth :: Area Code 601
Crash landing somewhere between the deep fried expanses of Amon Düül II and brawny riffs of Tres Hombres, “Area Code 601” presents guitarist William Tyler in a thrilling new mode: that of a feedback-drenched country prog rocker. Joined by backing band The Impossible Truth—bassist Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs, Dead Weather), drummer Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews), and Luke Schneider (Margo Price)—the song arrives alongside the announcement of a new live album, Secret Stratosphere, due out March 31st from Merge.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2022 Year in Review
Looking back to look ahead. It’s our Year In Review 2022. As always, our list is unranked and unruly. Let it blurb.
Chrome Universal: A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel
The eleventh installment of Tompkins Square’s routinely superb Imaginational Anthem series, Chrome Universal parts company with the 6 and 12-string territory and delves into some the ever-expanding sonic universe of pedal steel guitar. It’s a beautiful and complex instrument that’s seen a renaissance over the last few years, making its way out of the honky-tonk and charting a course toward a new light of day somewhere between earth and space.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard December 2021
Drifting outward and outward. Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab returns for its regular third Sunday broadcast on December 19 from 4-8 PM. We’ve got holiday groovers, Range and Basin and Doom and Gloom From the Tomb, and the International Anthem 2021/2022 Retrospective/Futurespective.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2020 Year In Review
Here it is, our Year in Review. As always, unranked and sprawling.
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Skyway Man
Last year, Skyway Man aka James Wallace doubled down on his cosmic leanings and released Seen Comin’ from A Mighty Eye. Recorded primarily with the Spacebomb house band, the album presented “exquisite psychedelic pop,” and was one of our favorites for 2017. Now his Skyness is back for a Lagniappe with local Nashville desperadoes, Teddy and the Rough Riders, in tow. This cover set’s more Sahm than Wilson.
William Tyler :: Whole New Dude / Lost Colony EP
Accept no substitutes! William Tyler’s Lost Colony EP is the only piece of music you need in your car this summer. Or any season, really. The wide-open, panoramic sonic vistas on the […]
William Tyler on Secret Stratosphere
Fresh off the release of the live album rock out Secret Stratosphere, William Tyler joins us to discuss his full band vision, discuss the last decade or so in film, and detail his fears about AI and the digital landscape.
Kyle Hamlett Duo :: Tape Diamonds
Homespun mysticism, where the plainest of elements combine into woozy revelation. Pedal steel, just by its nature, has an otherworldly vibe, but there’s a glow of alternate reality in the guitar picking, too, and a hint of the supernatural in the echo-sheathed vocals.
Hayden Pedigo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Guitarist Hayden Pedigo joins us to discuss his latest, Letting Go, a pristine and gentle collection of acoustic guitar songs—and why he’s determined to refuse the stuffiness often associated with his genre.
Cosmic Pedal Steel Situations :: Winter 2020
Pioneers like Daniel Lanois and Chas Smith paved the way in the 1980s, but the past several years have seen a very welcome pedal steel ambient scene emerging from the underground. Here are just a handful that have caught our ears from artists like Susan Alcorn, Barry Walker Jr., North Americans, Heather Leigh, and more.