Black sand blues. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. This is transmission fourteen. Direct download, below. The first thirteen transmissions can be found and downloaded, here. Sidecar: Transmission / 14 Intro / Strung […]
Category: Mixtapes
Richard Swift Presents :: Playing Dumb – A Mixtape
“Hey, buddy. I saw you leaning on my car.” Hey kids, Richard Swift just sent this over – a new 54-minute mix for Aquarium Drunkard sourced from his personal 45 collection, laid down at National Freedom Studios in Cottage Grove, OR.
Range And Basin: Sonoran Roots, R&B, And Hard Rock 1966-1978
Range and Basin: another set of songs from the Grand Canyon State, or spiritually rooted there, a follow up to our Old Gold: Sonoran Country, Garage Blues, Pop, Soul and Avant-Garde from Arizona 1951-1971 mix from last year. Sunbaked soul, psych, country, garage, and folk, some culled from […]
AD Presents :: African Women Sing (A Mixtape)
African Women Sing: the fifth installment of our ongoing mixtape collaboration with Nick Barbery of the Portland, OR based, Ghost Capital. At 31 tracks, the following mix celebrates the rich and varied female driven music […]
Turquoise Wisdom: Angels In The Abstract / A Mixtape
Our compadre Zach Cowie, aka Turquoise Wisdom , returns to AD with some mellow sounds to begin 2014. Last year Cowie posted a tune every weekday from his record collection — all of which can be found […]
AD Presents: Scottie Diablo’s Timeless Trash, VOL 1 – A Mixtape
It’s been four years since we last caught up with Scottie Diablo. That was The Crap Out , a two part mix chronicling the burgeoning 90s underground garage rock circuit. Memphis…London…Detroit (and beyond). This is Timeless Trash, […]
Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape
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 it loose, he trims his […]
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 found and downloaded, here. Sidecar: Transmission / 13 Intro CAN […]
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 with Monster Rally , whose new LP […]
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 what you will; it’s the […]
Trick Or Treat, Volume 9 (A Vintage Halloween Mixtape)
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 outside, Cold Splinters, helmed by […]
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 record, Derek’s Daily 45 . See joined me […]
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 Way Streets2 Tiki Twist – […]
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 via iTunes and/or through the RSS, […]