On May 1st, Damien Jurado releases his 15th studio album, What’s New, Tomboy? Ahead of its release, he joins AD in the Dutch city of Nijmegen to share a new song and discuss how songs find him as opposed to the other way around, how he personally connects the Circle Jerks, Little Richard, and Space Ace, and the record he’d most like to see reissued.
Category: Damien Jurado
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Damien Jurado
Jurado’s latest, In The Shape of a Storm, finds him once again pulling elements out of the nostalgia slipstream. Though less science fiction and supernaturally informed than the records he made with the late, great Richard Swift, it’s no less evocative. Its songs often play out like half-remembered episodes of a forgotten sitcom, transmitted through the static and picked up by ever sensitive antennae.
For his first-ever Lagniappe Session, Damien selected a number of classic theme songs. What he uncovers in them he explains here, in his own words.
Damien Jurado: In The Shape of a Storm
On April 12, Mama Bird Recording Co. releases Damien Jurado’s 14th album, In the Shape of a Storm. Ahead of its official release, Aquarium Drunkard is pleased to share a full stream of the album, accompanied by AD’s own Jason P. Woodbury’s essay about the new album.
Damien Jurado :: Allocate
At the conclusion of the majestic Maraqopa trilogy, and four consecutive records with Richard Swift behind the boards, Damien Jurado returns to a previous form on his upcoming, self-produced […]
Damien Jurado :: Christmas Time Is Here (Vince Guaraldi)
Damien Jurado takes on Vince Guaraldi’s yuletide classic, “Christmas Time Is Here.” Culled from 90% of your social circle’s favorite Christmas album , it’s a brave choice met with spirited results. Damien Jurado :: Christmas Time Is Here Related: Do not […]
Damien Jurado :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
2016 was a good year for Damien Jurado fans. In addition to Sub Pop Records reissuing two of his sought after early albums, Rehearsals for Departure and Ghost of David , Jurado released the final album […]
Transmissions Podcast :: Damien Jurado / William Bell
Welcome to the fifth episode of AD’s re-booted Transmissions podcast , our recurring series of in-depth conversations and unexpected sounds. As we did with our last episode , we’re halving the show, speaking with two […]
Damien Jurado :: Qachina (via Visions of Us on the Land)
Damien Jurado’s next full-length, Visions of Us on the Land , hits March 18th via longtime label home Secretly Canadian. It’s Jurado’s 13th album, and marks the artists fourth collaboration with producer Richard Swift. As partnerships […]
AD Presents: Damien Jurado @ The Bootleg – May 18
If you have yet to check out Damien Jurado’s new LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son , you need to remedy that. And while you’re at it, download Other People’s Songs – his covers collaboration with frequent running […]
Damien Jurado :: Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
For most of his career, Damien Jurado’s records have been low key, sturdy things. There were stylistic outliers, sure — the crashing indie rock of 2002’s I Break Chairs and […]
Richard Swift & Damien Jurado :: Other People’s Songs Vol. 1
Damien Jurado and Richard Swift – Other People’s Songs Vol. 1: A free digital download featuring the pair covering nine of their favorite songs, ranging from Bill Fay and John Denver to Kraftwerk and Yes. […]
Damien Jurado :: Silver Timothy
This made the rounds earlier today: “Silver Timothy” – the first taste from the forthcoming Damien Jurado LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son , out next year via Secretly Canadian. Once again, Richard Swift produces. […]
AD Presents :: Damien Jurado @ The Bootleg, April 14
Saturday night (4/14) Aquarium Drunkard Presents Damien Jurado w/ Peter Wolf Crier at the Bootleg Theater in L.A. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers (you can also purchase […]
Richard Swift & Damien Jurado :: Other People’s Songs Vol. 1
Last week via Tumblr Damien Jurado and Richard Swift dropped Other People’s Songs Vol. 1 , a free, 9 track, digital download featuring the pair covering some of their favorite songs. The tracks range from Bill […]
AD Presents :: Damien Jurado, Spaceland, 9.9.08
Damien Jurado’s new album Caught In The Trees drops this Tuesday, September 9th, via the Secretly Canadian label. That evening, here in Los Angeles, AD is presenting the second night of his Fall tour at Spaceland . We have […]