Welcome to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions; this week on the show, we’re joined by arvis Taveniere of Woods. You know his long running Woods band with Jeremy Earl of course—and Woodsist, their record label and Woodsist Festival, which returns September 23-24 upstate with Kevin Morby, Avey Tare, Cochemea, Tapers Choice, Ana Saint Louis, Natural Information Society, Kurt Vile, Scientist, DJ Aquarium Drunkard—that’s our own Justin Gage—plus many more. The band also just released a glowing new album, Perennial, which finds the band in a gentle, rambling mode.
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Yuzo Iwata :: Daylight Moon
“Waiting for the guitar to play” concludes a short written piece penned by musician Yuzo Iwata, a memory of observing a jam session outside Tokyo. This Daylight Moon insert is a perfectly suitable precursor to the album: a fascinating, whirlwind relic of the late guitarist. Spiraling, Velvets-inspired guitar textures float between seaside ambiance and complex riffs over gloomy soundscapes. The (mostly) instrumental record grips hold of you as a reminder of the essence of a true psychedelia in sound, rather than the buzzy ambiguity that the term seems to be placated in of late.
On the Duo Format (An Interview Series) :: Steve Gunn, Rick Brown, and Jim White (Pt.1)
Steve Gunn, Rick Brown (75 Dollar Bill) and drummer Jim White join Aquarium Drunkard to discuss the lasting appeal of the two-piece band in improv and experimental music.
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (1963)
Turning 60 this year, Coltrane and Hartman is essential listening not just for jazz aficionados, but hopeless romantics far and wide. The smokey mood of the record eclipses its genre, belonging more to an ethereal wavelength of nocturnal ambiance than musical categorization.
Yura Yura Teikoku :: Hollow Me
Prior to founding Zelone Records and becoming the emperor of mellow groove, Shintaro Sakamoto fronted Yura Yura Teikoku. A scrappy psych trio with humble origins in the Tokyo’s DIY underground, the band cut a unique trail guided by an eclecticism that pushed their sound ever further to new heights. Over two decades, 10 studio albums, a live record, and a slew of EP’s, the band eventually saw crossover success in Japan, signing to a major label and garnering a cult following abroad. However, as everything seemed to fall in place for in place for Yura Yura Teikoku, the band dissolved amicably in 2010, a decision rendering 2007’s masterful Hollow Me their de-facto swan song.
Marquee Friends: A Conversation With Matt O’Keefe (Baby Chuck)
For better or worse, there is something within us that won’t give up. For better, that is what Matt O’Keefe does with his music. We recently caught up with O’Keefe in his front yard to discuss three songs that will be released off his debut solo record, Warm Infinity.
Floating Action :: Reddingsbaadjie
Floating Action, the ongoing musical masterwork of North Carolina’s Seth Kauffman, defies easy categorization. Kauffman’s heady lo-fi synthesis of folk, surf, blues, funk, and other world (or otherworldly) influences, has yielded a rich back catalog, one worthy of far more attention than it typically garners. Dig in almost anywhere in his 16 years or so of releases and you’ll find sturdy gems that are diverse in genre and yet somehow unified by that Floating Action sound.
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 :: 2021 Year In Review
Here it is: our Year In Review 2021. Unranked and sprawling as always. A guide to the music that stuck with us throughout another strange year.
Bandcamping :: Autumn 2021
That’s right — another Bandcamp Friday hits on Nov. 5, 2021. A music lover’s feast, month after month, giving listeners a chance to put cash directly in artists’ and labels’ pockets. Like any good feast, the offerings can be occasionally overwhelming, so we’ve got a few recent recommendations if you’re in need, ranging from psych freakouts to pastoral jazz, from Egypt in the 70s to present-day New Jersey. Listen up, get down.
Nancy Sinatra :: Boots
Fifty-five years after the release of her career-defining debut, Boots, Light in the Attic present the second installment of their Nancy Sinatra Archival Series; a deluxe edition of the record featuring an interview with the singer, unreleased tracks and previously unseen photographs taken during the recording sessions.
The Goon Sax :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Three albums in, the band has made a bold, surprising statement in Mirror II, an album that showcases three very different songwriting sensibilities and significantly expands the scrappy, jittery aesthetic that the Goon Sax has presented up to now.
Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes/Wye Oak) and Tōth :: In Conversation
“It’s all human, baby, and we’re all just trying to figure it out.” Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes joins collaborator Alex Toth of Tōth for a conversation about creative health, meditation, and personal acceptance.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: October 2020 Broadcast
Originally aired October 18th, this edition of Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on Dublab features an episode of Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering in the first hour, followed by Range and Basin, Doom and Gloom From the Tomb, and Personal Sky.
Allan Wachs :: In Conversation With David Lerner of Trummors
In 2016, David Lerner of Trummors began an email correspondence with songwriter Allan Wachs. What follows is a reconstruction of a conversation they had earlier this summer, paired with selections from their long back-and-forth. Trummors’ latest, Dropout City, is available now wherever you get out-there tunes.