Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Wilcox leads things off with a selection of dusted late November vibes; DePasquale follows it up with an hour of psychedelic blues, gospel, and soul. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: October 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Chad kicks things off with a moody, drifting mix of avant-garde, ambient music, downtempo pop & soul. Wilcox follows it up with a selection of 2024 tracks that all feature Dirty Three drummer extraordinaire Jim White. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: September 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Wilcox kicks things off with an exploration of the Setting sound, drawing from the improv-based North Carolina group’s recent releases, plus some side-trips into the trio’s various other projects. Then, DePasquale shares a sweet mix of recent 2024 digs, both new + archival. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: August 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month kicks off with Wilcox’s mix of sunset laments and armchair boogies, followed by DePasquale’s selection of city pop, MPB, and jazz-funk. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: July 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month features DePasquale’s sweet mix of psychedelic rock, samba, MPB, and highlife, followed by Wilcox’s selection of rarities / demos / outtakes / faves by the legendary Linda Thompson. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: June 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, airing every third Sunday of the month. This month features Tyler Wilcox’s Doom & Gloom From The Tomb with a selection of semi-summery sounds new and old, followed by Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering with a mid-year halftime report of favorite 2024 digs. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: May 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, airing every third Sunday of the month. This month features Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering with a mix of dream-pop, industrial discord, and chamber music, and Tyler Wilcox’s Doom & Gloom From The Tomb with an early birthday tribute to Bob Dylan and his incredible Bootleg Series. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: April 2024
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard returns to the Dublab airwaves for another round of sound. New Happy Gathering kicks things off with an hour of folk, chamber atmospheres, and downtown jazz + Doom & Gloom From The Tomb will jam some new favorites from 2024 — motorik workouts, early morning ambient and dreamy drones. Sunday, 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: March 2024
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Chad offers up a misty portal into spring — orchestral pop, psychedelic folk & earthy jazz; then, Tyler delivers some Stereolab-ish situations, from solo efforts and side projects to similarly styled space age bachelor pad music. 4-6pm PT.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: February 2024
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard returns with a new installment of Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering — freak-out funk, moody pop & avant-folk, plus a few tributes to some recently departed heroes. Then, Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb offers up some moody, ambient jazziness, gathered (mostly) from late 2023 and early 2024. Sunday, 5-7pm Pacific Standard Time….
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: November 2023
It’s time for another installment of Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, four hours of sounds from AD selectors and friends. Up first, Chad DePasquale shares The New Happy Gathering Holiday Special: crunchy leaf folk, woolen country, and a palm wine-jazz cocktail. Then, Jason P. Woodbury concludes Range and Basin with a longform instrumental drift, encompassing digital soundtrack jazz, lunar epics, and synths. Then, Tyler Wilcox shares a special Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, featuring tunes heard in his CD-focused Bonus Tracks column. And to close, Gabriel Birnbaum shares a broadcast of his Foxy Digitalis Mix.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: October 15, 2023
The veil between worlds is practically see through, it’s Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. This month, Chad DePasquale drops in with New Happy Gathering, with a host of avant-autumn drone & spiritual jazz-soul numbers. Then, Jason P. Woodbury’s Range and Basin, featuring soul, jazz rock, synth epics, and vibes. Then Tyler Wilcox arrives with Doom & Gloom from the Tomb, featuring autumnal ambient sounds—mostly from 2023. And to close, Rob Jones of Be With Records shares Telemix, Vol 1.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab :: September 17, 2023
Frequencies in flux, it’s Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. This month, Chad DePasquale drops in with New Happy Gathering, featuring a blend of rustic sounds, lo-fi gospel, and electronic psych-pop. Then Jason P. Woodbury’s Range and Basin, featuring slo-mo rock & roll, surf-tinged pop, and spaced out psych. Then Tyler Wilcox arrives with Doom & Gloom from the Tomb, indulging the “tune in/zone out” region with about an hour’s worth of one of Wilcox’s favorite songs: “By This River” by Eno/Moebius/Roedelius. Hypnotic! To close, The Vacant Lots share a mix of songs that influenced the chrome plated retro-futurism of their album Interiors.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard: August 2023
Rolling in from the other side. Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, August 20th, 4-8 PM Pacific. This month, Chad DePasquale drops in with New Happy Gathering, featuring a patchwork of 2023 digs, both new and archival. Jason P. Woodbury’s Range and Basin comes forth with a Sun Ra and Sinéad O’Connor-inspired mix of remixes, dubs, and cosmic comfort blankets. Tyler Wilcox arrives with Doom & Gloom from the Tomb, featuring an hour’s worth of deep cuts/rarities/live jams/etc from The Band as a little tribute to the recently departed Robbie Robertson. And to close, a kosmiche lattice: New Horizons: American Visionary Music 1968-1986 presented by Tarotplane.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: July 16, 2023
Signals coming from somewhere beyond. It’s time for Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. This month, resident DJ Chad DePasquale opens up with New Happy Gathering, an hour of atmospheric samba, dusty psych-folk, and sinewy funk. Next, Jason Woodbury’s Range and Basin dedicates a whole show to Bill Frisell’s incredible “Egg Radio,” spanning live takes, covers, studio work and beyond. Then, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb with Tyler Wilcox shares an hour’s worth of bittersweet 2023 sounds. And to close, musician and writer Jeffrey Silverstein invites you to join him for an hour of slinky country and big sky sounds. Airs on dublab, Sunday, July 16, from 4-8 Pacific.