Originating in 2005 and based in Los Angeles, Aquarium Drunkard is an eclectic audio journal focused on daily reviews, interviews, features, podcasts and sessions. Digging globally, AD bridges contemporary sounds with psych, jazz, avant-garde, folk, garage, funk and beyond. For heads, by heads.

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Guest contributors: Robyn Hitchcock, Will Oldham, Dungen, Jim James, Hollow Hand, Jeff Tweedy, Khruangbin, Lower Dens, Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, Iceage, Phil Elverum, Psychic Temple, Sinkane, Mountain Goats, Mary Lattimore, Dirty Projectors, Patterson Hood, James Elkington, Will Sheff, Mark Kozelek, Allah-Las, Spooner Oldham, Jon Spencer, Kevin Morby, Damien Jurado, Devendra Banhart, Badge Époque Ensemble, Jack Name, Joan Shelley, John Vanderslice, Sessa, Real Estate, Yann Tiersen, Akron/Family, Steve Earle, David Nance, Julian Lynch, Sven Wunder, White Fence, Anton Newcombe, Erin Rae, Vetiver, Sunwatchers, Tim Hill, Gruff Rhys, Mega Bog, Nap Eyes, Mikal Cronin, Orions Belte, Kacy & Clayton, Tav Falco, Ilyas Ahmed, Ben Watt, The Sandwitches, Mountain Man, The Raccoonists, Black Lips, Hamilton Leithauser, Jon McKiel, Parquet Courts, Hiroshi Asada, Sarah Louise, Ty Segall, Gordon Gano, Josh Tillman, Cut Worms, The Antlers, Little Wings, Dave Harrington, Jason Isbell, Cactus Lee, Richard Swift, Anna St. Louis, The Handsome Family, Andrew Bird, Daniel Hutchens, Frida Hyvönen, Castanets, Drive-By Truckers, William Tyler, William Elliott Whitmore, Tortoise, Father John Misty, Kikagaku Moyo, Tim Bernardes, Chico Bernardes, Lucero, Horse Feathers, Rodriguez, Courtney Marie Andrews, Bowerbirds, Portugal The Man, Frankel, Sam Evian, Mission of Burma, Rosali, Cornelia Murr, Roadside Graves, Josh Rouse, Throw Me The Statue, The Whigs, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Fruit Bats, Healing Potpouri, James Jackson Toth, James Husband, Oneida, Bear In Heaven, RF Shannon, Japandroids, The Minus 5, Megafaun, King Tuff, White Hinterland, Wolf People, The Deadly Syndrome, Dean Wareham, Frog Eyes, Doug Paisley, Lotus Plaza, The Ruby Suns, The Jim Jones Revue, Chris Cohen, Sunset, Elf Power, Bobby Bare Jr., Ethan Miller, Blitzen Trapper, Ben Weaver, Michael Nau, The Autumn Defense, Robert Ellis, Hacienda, John Grant, Wooden Wand, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Molly Sarlé, Michael Rault, Skygreen Leopards, Mapache, Matthew E. White, The Amazing, Porcelain Raft, Tashaki Miyaki, Hand Habits, Daniel Romano, Chris Forsyth, Bonny Doon, Sonny & The Sunsets, Neal Francis, Bobby Bare Jr., Yohei 鹿野洋平, Of Montreal, Eric D. Johnson, The Districts, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, Jolie Holland, Nathan Salsberg, Blitzen Trapper, Benjamin Booker, Daniel Bachman, Ultimate Painting, Jennifer Castle, Alex Bleeker, Springtime Carnivore, Diane Coffee, Austin McCutchen, Marco Benevento, Jess Williamson, Ryley Walker, Gruff Rhys, Rickie Lee Jones, Tobacco City, Pachyman, Takuro Okada, Sagittaire, Maston, Lee Baggett, Kolumbo, Eli Winter, Alex Izenberg, Mike Pollize, Al Riggs, Andrew Bird, Johanna Samuels, Modern Nature, Hayden Thorpe, Wednesday, Monde UFO, Garcia Peoples, Elijah Wolf, Kit Sebastian, Glyders, Dark Canyon, Le Ren, Liam Kazar, Cochemea, Myriam Gendron, Carlos Niño & Friends, Yuma Abe, Sugar Candy Mountain, Alabaster dePlume, Sunny War, M. Ward and many more.


Interviews: Yoko Ono, John Cale, Seun Kuti, Archie Shepp, Spiritualized, Pere Ubu, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonathan Richman, Peter Buck, Kikagaku Moyo, Jim Jarmusch, Brian Wilson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Warren Ellis, Shintaro Sakamoto, Thurston Moore, Makoto Kubota, Sonic Youth, Robert Pollard, Jon Hassell, Lyle Lovett, Cate Le Bon, Michael Rother, Dwight Yoakam, Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Loudon Wainwright III, Panda Bear, John Dwyer, Tinariwen, Amen Dunes, Sharon Van Etten, Alan Vega, Mark Mothersbaugh, Adrian Sherwood, Kurt Vile, Tindersticks, Devendra Banhart, Jaimie Branch, Mdou Moctar, Michael Hurley, Damo Suzuki, Craig Leon, Michael Chapman, The Chills, Stephen Malkmus, Dave Davies, Tashi Dorji, Circuit des Yeux, Yann Tiersen, Joshua Abrams, Spiral Stairs, Juan Wauters, Ty Segall, Nick Lowe, Jeff Tweedy, Lee Ranaldo, Sven Wunder, Buzzcocks, Dean Ween, Mountain Goats, Hailu Mergia, Robyn Hitchcock, Protomartyr, Yo La Tengo, Teenage Fanclub, Lee Fields, Mickey Hart, David Crosby, Bitchin Bajas, Kid Congo Powers, Gillian Welch, Oren Ambarchi, Jeff Bridges, Pauline Anna Strom, Richard Thompson, Cochemea, Neko Case, Trî¤d, Grî¤s & Stenar, Craig Finn, Cass McCombs, Kings of Convenience, Sonic Boom, Jonathan Wilson, Howard Wales, Ronnie Spector, Van Dyke Parks, Bill MacKay, Tim Heidecker, Color Green, Tom Jones, Cindy Lee, Peter Prescott, Lola Kirke, H.C. McEntire, Glenn Kotche, Jah Wobble, Idris Ackamoor, Colin Newman (Wire), Rachel Grimes, Richard Lloyd (Television), Paul Major, Anohni, Tobin Sprout, Daniel Villarreal, Joseph Allred, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bill Fay, Charles Ditto, Jessica Pratt, Daniel Lanois, Morton Subotnick, Don Muro, Swans, Mike Watt, Phil Cook, Scott McCaughey, Lift To Experience, Wilco, Joan Shelley, Woods, Laraaji, Bedhead, Bill Vitt, Vic Chesnutt, Kris Kristofferson, The Raincoats, Peter Case, Orrin Evans, Margo Price, Jeff Parker, PAINT, Okkervil River, Jess Williamson, Mary Timony, Marc Ribot, Terry Allen, Henry Rollins, Shopping, Ryley Walker, James Elkington, Dirty Projectors, Cody Chesnutt, Lou Barlow, Sarah Davachi, Willis Earl Beal, No Age, Psychic Temple, Sleaford Mods, Michael Nau, Circuit des Yeux, Jody Stephens (Big Star), Torres, Tommy McLain, The Weather Station, Lambchop, Richard Buckner, The Olivia Tremor Control, Kevin Morby, Jim White, Silver Jews, Elyse Weinberg, John Mulaney, Matthew Sweet, The Clientele, Jay Bolotin, Mess Esque, Chris Robinson, The Hold Steady, Merle Haggard, Ned Lagin, Joshua Abrams, Moon Duo, Molly Lewis, Pink Mountaintops, Joanna Brouk, Centro-Matic, K. Leimer, Plush, Alejandro Escovedo, Sam Prekop, Arnold Dreyblatt, Hayden Pedigo, The National, Beth Orton, The Felice Brothers, Rain Phoenix, Scott Fagan, Shearwater, M. Ward, Parquet Courts, The Dream Syndicate, Sam Burton, Howe Gelb, Daniel Norgren, Real Estate, Los Lobos, Anton Newcombe, AA Bondy, Brendan Benson, Twin Peaks, The Low Anthem, Nathan Bowles, Jay Farrar, Steve Cropper, Shirley Collins, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Lance Bangs, The Mattson 2, Andrew Savage, Circulatory System, Ethan Miller, Condo Fucks, Jason Lytle, Akron/Family, William Bell, The Weather Station, The Moondoggies, Clinic, Stewart Copeland, Telekinesis, Megafaun, Phosphorescent, Charlie Louvin, Castanets, Cian Nugent, Dan Auerbach, Youth Lagoon, Benji Hughes, Cheap Trick, The Walkmen, Mikal Cronin, The Rosebuds, Bonny Doon, Horse Feathers, Mercyland, Blitzen Trapper, Kelly Hogan, The Clientele, Damien Jurado, DeVotchka, The Whigs, The Broken West, Bush Tetras, Car Seat Headrest, Pedro The Lion, Quintron, Calexico, Hayden, Eric Bachmann, Patterson Hood, Arcade Fire, Whitney, Beach House, Belle & Sebastian, Skygreen Leopards, Portastatic, Born Ruffians, Dave Schools, Twin Peaks, Animal Collective, The Antlers, Kelly Hogan, Foxygen, Mikael Jorgensen, Futurebirds, Lissie, Modern Nature, Wye Oak, The Love Language, Five Eight, Dale Murphy, Foxygen, Menomena, Corin Tucker, Destroyer, Superchunk, Beachwood Sparks, Lucinda Williams, Wooden Wand, Margo Guryan, Itasca, The Growlers, Father John Misty, Chris Cohen, Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, Chris Stamey, Angel Olsen, Camera Obscura, Bobby Whitlock, The Baptist Generals, Bonny Doon, Daughn Gibson, Kahil El’Zabar, Van Dyke Parks, Califone, Gary Numan, Nathan Salsberg, William Tyler, Mark Renner, Doug Paisley, Lonnie Holley, Peter Walker, Sleaford Mods, The Rock*A*Teens, Christopher Denny, Castanets, Dwight Twilley, The Wedding Present, John Lurie and many more.