On the eve of her birthday, a journey through some lesser-known songs of the inimitable Indigenous artist and activist’s Vanguard years. Nine albums of groundbreaking folk and country, with diversions into pioneering electronic […]
Category: Mixtapes
Music For The Deluge: A Sonic Meditation
A sonic meditation crafted during an exceptionally fierce 24 hour downpour in northeast Los Angeles. An imaginary hour and half instrumental score.
Unearthed, Vol. 4 :: Jerry Garcia & Friends at the Matrix, 1966-71
The array of sounds Garcia made at the Matrix is dizzying, from garage rock to jazz fusion to bluegrass to cosmic funk…and beyond. Download and enjoy.
Unearthed, Vol. 3 :: Ultrasonic
Unearthed returns with more bootleg gold from yesteryear. The latest collection gathers together some choice live performances broadcast over the WLIR-FM airwaves from Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, Long Island. In the early to mid 1970s, the studio hosted intimate concerts by visionary britfolkies, New Orleans night trippers, exploratory jazz-funksters, southern rock chooglers and many more.
Christmas Jambree :: A Vintage Jamaican Yuletide Mixtape
Yuletide sails into Jamaica each year on what the locals call the Christmas Breeze, a slightly crisper air that tends to waft through the island come December. There’s another seasonal […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: KPM – Be With Records Is The Selector
Following two years of intense work producing 11 KPM platters, we asked Be With founder, Rob Butler, to get creative with the cream of the catalog for this exclusive Aquarium Drunkard mix.
Cut live in one take, using all vinyl at Be With’s Manchester HQ.
Unearthed, Vol. 2 :: 1978 Blend
Welcome back to Unearthed , a series of thematic mixes that travel deep into dusty vintage zones to dig up bootleg gold. For the second time around, we’re going back […]
Mondo Boys :: Blood Moon Baby (A Halloween Mixtape)
The full moon rises and there’s a chill in the air. But why is it RED? A child’s scream in the distance? Surely, just the wind. A crow flies across […]
AD Presents: Heat Wave (Volume Two) – A Mixtape
If you keep up with the nocturnal doings of Los Angeles, you’re most likely aware of Heat Wave, the weekly pan-global party at Gold Diggers in east Hollywood, hosted by Daniel T. […]
Unearthed, Vol. 1 :: Sausalito Haze
Welcome to the first installment of Unearthed, a series of thematic mixes that travel deep into dusty vintage zones to dig up bootleg gold. First up is Sausalito Haze, a […]
AD Presents: Unwise Promises, Unwise Pleasures (A Mixtape)
Jake and Jamin Orrall are JEFF the Brotherhood . Flanked by the addition of some new hands, the group returned last week with Magick Sounds , an lp whose sonics push far beyond their previous […]
Abstract Truths: An Evolving Jazz Compendium – Volume Six
Volume Six of Abstract Truths, An Evolving Jazz Compendium . If unfamiliar with the series, please first read here per its genesis and intention. We return with Los Angeles selector Phil Cho, who can most readily be found in the […]
Industrial Estate Blues :: A Gwenifer Raymond Mixtape
On her debut lp You Never Were Much Of A Dancer , guitarist Gwenifer Raymond emerges as a new voice in the American Primitive lineage. Playing acoustic guitar and banjo, the Brighton-via-Cardiff musician’s compositions are steeped in blues […]
Enter the Saccharine :: Yacht & Beyond
The summer keeps dragging on, but luckily we’ve had these extremely smooth sounds keeping us floating at Aquarium Drunkard HQ. Sail on over to our Spotify page to spin this massive (330 […]
Bomboclat! Island Soak 8 :: Jamaican Vintage (A Mixtape)
It’s July, which means it’s time to check in with the third largest of the four Greater Antilles. Enter Bomboclat! Island Soak, Volume 8 – another batch of seasoned sides […]