(From 2012. The Jet Lag programme, hosted by Yoon Nam, ceased airing last year after an inspired decade-long run on Atlanta’s 88.5 fm.) Over the past couple of years I’ve been irregularly highlighting some […]
Category: Mixtapes
Exactly What I Need: A Mixtape – Songs That Are Sacred, And Songs That Might As Well Be
In times like these, music is exactly what we need. The songs collected here span the divides that separate country from folk and rock; organized religions from new-age cults; and […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ben Watt — Deep Folk 6 / Mixtape
Ben Watt’s a lifer — one-half of electronic duo Everything But the Girl, a producer, DJ, and author. His latest record, Fever Dream , features collaborations with MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger and Marissa […]
Rollin’ Up The Rim: A Vintage Canadian Mixtape
Two sons of Tommy Douglas invite you on a spring trip across Canada. From lonesome provinces to cosmic territories, and everywhere in between. A place where private press unknowns stand […]
How Small We Are (A Mixtape)
Our ongoing collaboration with Zach Cowie, aka Turquoise Wisdom , returns with How Small We Are — A Mixtape. Tune in and turn on this Friday as Cowie guests on our SIRIUS show — channel […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Vetiver II — A Mixtape
Time. It flies. One year ago this week Andy Cabic (Vetiver) dropped this mixtape for us on the heels of his latest full-length…and today he returns with his trick bag in tow. Dig […]
Trish Keenan’s Mind Bending Motorway Mix
Shortly before her tragic and untimely death in January 2011, Broadcast’s Trish Keenan compiled an exploratory mix CD for a friend, and it immediately became a de facto tribute after hitting the […]
Sebastian Speaks: A Mixtape
Nashville guitar journeyman William Tyler is set to release Modern Country June 3rd via Merge Records. His fourth full-length, the record is self-described as “a love letter to what we’re losing in […]
Sidecar (Transmissions 1-16) — Podcast/Mixtapes
Freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles… Sidecar Transmissions : A polyglot bouillabaisse of black sand blues, green swamp fuzz and haunted radio wave detritus. Beginning in 2012, […]
All Roads Lead Back To Red: A Pedal Steel Mixtape / Tribute Vol 2
This mix picks up where All Roads Lead To Red: A Pedal Steel Mixtape / Tribute left off, delving deeper into the sessionography of the Velvet Hammer, Orville “O.J” “Red” Rhodes. While perhaps best known as Michael Nesmith’s musical foil on […]
Songs From The Water-Curtain Cave :: A Lunar New Year Chinese Pop Mixtape
From Mount Huaguo to your ears: a collection of Chinese-language pop pop songs from the 1960s and 1970s in celebration of the lunar new year. Earlier this week marked the […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Mirage — A Mixtape
Mirage: Our fourth collaboration with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. Perception is all about your vantage point….man. The following collection, Mirage, is a half-blind foray into a […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Transcendence — A Mixtape
Transcendence: Our third collaboration with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. Consider the following a vintage Friday night basement-party jammer. 70s era groove-makers, stoned soul bass rhythms and […]
Sing California: Buddy Emmons in Los Angeles, 1968-1974
2015 marked the passing of pedal steel guitar legend Buddy Emmons , a man described by one contemporary as the “Picasso or Michelangelo” of his instrument. Over the span of his nearly […]
Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape
Holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Trim your tree with Red Simpson and Mae West, then top it […]