Witness — The End Is At Hand: Volume four. Similar to volumes 1-3, this homemade collection rounds up super-obscure, often private press, outsider psychedelic guitar and folk music from the 60s and 70s…all with the […]
Category: Mixtapes
Christmas Jambree :: A Vintage Jamaican Yuletide Mixtape
Yuletide in Jamaica glides in each December on what the locals call the Christmas Breeze, a slightly crisper air that tends to waft through the island this time of year. The other seasonal harbinger is […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: The Autumn Defense/ A Mixtape
With their second lp, 2003’s Circles, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone united as the Autumn Defense to craft a set of winsome and sweet songs. For Stirratt, the album offered a detour from his role […]
Some Strange Rain :: Michael Nau / A Mixtape
On his new ep The Load, Michael Nau chases his latest album, Some Twist , with another shot. The songs are drawn from the same batch as that full-length, but fully worth their own attention. The […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Carolina Soul (Interview / Mixtape)
If you’re someone that’s into records, especially soul records, you’ve probably heard of Carolina Soul . The Durham, NC based vinyl retailer has developed a cult following around its semi-weekly eBay auctions. Email blasts with subject lines […]
Autumn: Way Out Weather (A Medley)
Woodsmoke, buffalo check and the crunch of broken pine needles underfoot — the tiny death that is Autumn. And not unlike its spiritual cousin, our Indian Summer mix, Way Out Weather is best played at night with […]
Gunn/Truscinski Duo: Tape Bag (A Mixtape)
On their new album Bay Head , guitarist Steve Gunn and drummer John Truscinski offer up a sound honed by years of collaboration. Its a record full of spectral blues, haunting drones, and noise. The individual […]
Peaking Lights: Head + Soup (A Mixtape)
Aquarium Drunkard presents Head + Soup, a 120 minute pan-global mî¶bius strip of sound spanning genre, tone, and era. Brewed by Peaking Lights, who self-released the double lp The Fifth State of Consciousness in June, the following is something akin to […]
Good Trip Peru, Vol II: A Mixtape
Good Trip Peru, Vol. II digs deeper into Peru’s psych-fried cumbia, huayno and chicha traditions, tracing a 90-minute path through reverb, organ and fuzz.
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Sinkane – A Sudanese Mixtape
Ahmed Gallab is Sinkane . The Sudanese-American multi-instrumentalist, who to date has released six genre bending albums of rhythmic poly-global funk, pop and electronica, returned earlier this year with Life & Livin’ It . That record, like much of his […]
Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed: David Bowie 1966-2016
Folk / glitter / spaceman / plastic soul / mainstream pop icon and beyond, David Bowie transcended – no matter the genre or medium. The following collage is comprised of an hour’s worth of oddities and […]
Stardust – Joni Mitchell 1982-2007
While there may not be quite as many highs as from her California days, there’s still much to be gleaned from Joni Mitchell’s often overlooked post- Mingus period. Even her more forgettable albums from the 1980s […]
Bomboclat! Island Soak 7 :: Jamaican Vintage (A Mixtape)
Island Soak Vol. 7 is back. Heavy on the rocksteady, twenty-three deep cuts highlighting the abundance of crooning talent and metronome-like rhythms that populated the era. Contact high approved
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Golden Retriever / A Mixtape
Built on a foundation of altered/mutated bass clarinet and synthesizer, the sound of Portland’s Golden Retriever evokes vast expanses. Though the core of the project remains Matt Carlson and Jonathan Sielaff, those expanses get even […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Good Trip Peru, Vol I – A Mixtape
Good Trip Peru, Vol. I: a mixtape tracing the roots of Música Peruana, from fuzzed-out Chicha and cumbia to Andean folk and tropical psychedelia.