Each December, Brian Reese at Big Rock Candy Mountain deals out a month’s worth of holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Keeping […]
Category: Mixtapes
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 13) — Podcast/Mixtape
Back from the dead. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. This is transmission thirteen. Direct download, below. The first twelve transmissions can be […]
AD Presents :: Monster Rally – Volume II (A Mixtape)
66 minutes and 4 seconds. Monster Rally – Volume II: A new collection of danceable funk, afro-soul, incredibly smooth hip hop, rainy dub, and multi-ethnic garage rock. Our second collaboration […]
Derek’s Daily 45 II: A Mixtape / Psych, Freakbeat, Garage – 1966-68
We’re back with Bay area crate digger, dj and musician, Derek See – the man behind the long-running ode to the 45 RPM record, Derek’s Daily 45 . Psychedelia, garage, freakbeat, acid rock – call it […]
Trick Or Treat, Volume 9 (A Vintage Halloween Mixtape)
Trick or treat. Another 32 vintage spookers from the Grey Haas spanning 1958-1977. Download/tracklisting after the jump. For more undead, last year’s Halloween mixtape is still available, here , as well […]
Aquarium Drunkard x Cold Splinters: Indian Summer – A Mixtape
Earlier this month Cold Splinters shared Indian Summer, a transitional/seasonal mix I put together for their ongoing Trail Mix series. As I’ve noted here in the past, if you like to get […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Derek’s Daily 45 – A Mixtape
Soul, freakbeat, garage, r&b, rock & roll…all are the focus of Bay area crate digger, dj and musician Derek See, the man behind the long-running ode to the 45 RPM […]
Chuck Berry On The Rocks – A Mixtape
Chuck Berry On The Rocks: A choice selection of sixties garage rock. Our long-time-coming collaboration with Gothenburg, Sweden DJ/record collector Peer Schouten . 1 We All Love Peanut Butter – The One […]
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 12) — Podcast/Mixtape
Astral blues. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. Haunted radio wave detritus. This is transmission twelve. Direct download, below. Subscribe to future transmissions […]
Old Gold: Sonoran Country, Garage Blues, Pop, Soul, and Avant-garde from Arizona 1951-1971
Old Gold: Sonoran Country, Garage Blues, Pop, Soul, and Avant-garde from Arizona, 1951-1971 Border hawks and radical sheriffs may unjustly define Arizona’s national profile, but there are powerful vibrations still […]
AD Presents: Chances With Wolves 2: Hotel Motel / A Mixtape
Our east coast compatriots, NYC’s Chances With Wolves return with their second serving for Aquarium Drunkard: Hotel Motel – A Mixtape. As always, it’s a heady/essential brew. The CWW squad is in L.A. […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital IV (A Mixtape)
Once again, we touch down in Portland, OR with the fourth installment of our Ghost Capital series. Helmed by Nick Barbery with an ear bent toward the obscure, esoteric and out-of-print, Ghost […]
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 11) — Podcast/Mixtape
Aquarium Drunkard: Sidecar (Transmission 10) — Podcast
Astral blues. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. Green swamp fuzz from the 1970s. Direct download, below. Subscribe to future transmissions via iTunes and/or […]
Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold (A Mixtape)
Turquoise Wisdom here with another installment of my Sad Seasons mixtape series for AD. This time around we’re thinking about winter. ps- I have officially joined the future and started […]