Maximillain Turnbull walks us through the library music, jazz fusion, and progressive sounds that inform the self-titled debut of his Badge Époque Ensemble, which is driven by flute, Rhodes, clavinet, and strutting grooves.
Category: Diversions
Diversions :: Nathan Salsburg / Beyond ‘Third’
Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. The first time I heard “Impossible Air,” the third track from Kentucky […]
Diversions :: Iceage / Beyond ‘Beyondless’
Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Last month saw the Danish post-punk quartet Iceage embark on “Opening Nights”, a […]
Khruangbin :: Beyond Con Todo El Mundo
The well from which Khruangbin drink is deep. And wide. While geographically based in Texas, sonically, the trio’s aesthetic is global. An atmospheric masala of funk and soul, strained through a lucent scrim of psych, the […]
Diversions :: Wand / The Various And Sundry Brew Behind Plum
Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Following the quick succession of a trio of albums beginning in 2014 […]
Monsters of Rock: A History of RocknRoll’s Boogeymen Mascots
Diversions , a recurring feature on AD, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. For this installment (Halloween appropriate) we catch up with Zig Zags ‘ Jed Maheu as […]
Diversions :: Holy Sons – Paying Tribute To The B-side
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Holy Sons, the nom-de-tune of Emil Amos, is set to release In The Garden via […]
Andy Shauf :: On the records behind The Party
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. He’s been at awhile now, but there is a reason you are […]
Diversions :: Bloodshot Records on the Cramps and Beyond
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Lux Interior died six years ago today, so it’s only fitting that […]
Diversions :: Luke Winslow-King (Delta Blues/NOLA Mix)
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Luke Winslow-King’s latest long-player, Everlasting Arms, hit shelves last month via label home, Bloodshot Records. Once […]
A Different Kind of Tension (Part 2): Mission Of Burma’s Roger Miller Details A Week in The Ukraine
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. As the guitarist for post punk legends Mission of Burma , Roger Miller has played […]
A Different Kind of Tension: Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller Details A Week In The Ukraine
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. As the guitarist for post punk legends Mission of Burma , Roger Miller has played […]
Lux Interior Swallowed A Microphone And Made Me Hate Ted Nugent Forever
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Boys and girls, the circus is coming to town…or in this case, […]
Diversions :: Chris Forsyth (Bootleg Mix)
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. 2013 isn’t quite done, but it’s safe to say that the most […]
Diversions :: William Tyler / Out West (A Tour Diary, Pt. 2 of 2)
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Below, part 2 of William Tyler ’s stream of consciousness reflections concerning his late-Summer […]