Category: Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard

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.

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.

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.

It’s time for Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. This month, resident DJ Chad DePasquale opens up with New Happy Gathering, an hour of psychedelic sunshine pop, gauzy summer folk, and experimental outsider blues. Next, Jason Woodbury’s Range and Basin offers private press synth hymns, fried jammers, and future soul. Then, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb with Tyler Wilcox with sunbaked solar summer jazz from the ’60s and ’70s. And to close Aquarium Drunkard animator Mark Neeley presents Patchwork Radiant, an hour of music spanning jazz, symphony pop, mellow heat and more. Airs on dublab, Sunday, June 18, from 4-8 Pacific.

Sifting through the sands of time. It’s time for Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. This month, resident DJ Chad DePasquale opens up with New Happy Gathering, featuring jazz-funk, art-rock, sound experiments, […]

Coming in hot like mercury. Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. Gentle drifts, upward shifts, and who knows what else in between. This month, resident DJ Chad Depasquale digs up a blend of funk, country, soul, and folk music—let yourself wander with New Happy Gathering. Next, Jason Woodbury’s desert sojourn Range and Basin after the end of the world. Then, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb with Tyler Wilcox. Some old stuff, some new stuff. All golden! And to close, a special mix from James Adams, a special presentation of Pretty Good Stuff: Bob Dylan in Japan. Airs on dublab, Sunday, April 16, from 4-8 Pacific.

Coming through the haze, it’s Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Up first, New Happy Gathering offers an overcast hour of South African jazz, Japanese surf guitar psych, Hungarian pop, and outsider Americana. Then Range and Basin drops in with spoken word sci-fi mysticism, jazz, funk, and live recordings. Then, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb brings a mid-’60s Blue Note extravaganza of moody post-hard-bop. And to close, SUSS brings us a special hour-plus broadcast of influences, icons, and outliers from the Ambient Country scene. Tune in Sunday, March 19 from 4-8 PM Pacific time via dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. This month, New Happy Gathering bundles a collection of new digs (current and archival) and heartfelt farewells to some recently lost legends. Then, Range and Basin offers a jazzy, soundscapey trip into the Sonoran Desert. To follow, Doom and Gloom sprawls out with an hour of neo-classical, library music, post-post-rock, retro-futurist situations, and recent jazz. To close, Sick Sad Motherslug with Ana Gavrilovska of Maggot Brain Magazine drifts out into cosmic expanses. Tune in Sunday, February 19 from 4—8 PM Pacific on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. This month, New Happy Gathering showcases an alternately upbeat and somber hour of jazz & dream pop, Range and Basin leans into long instrumentals and new age, and Doom and Gloom starts the year off right with an Honey Slides mix of dark all-electric Neil Young rarities. To close, Grey on Gray, an all-vinyl hour long slide to close out the last year and open up a new one. Fireside GORP-jazz, new age, and beyond. 1969-2022. Tune in Sunday, January 15 from 4—8 PM Pacific on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. Up first on our four-hour broadcast, The New Happy Gathering Holiday Party: An hour of samba, lounge, jazz, funk, soul & abstract music. Then Range and Basin, an hour of mostly instrumental tunes selected by Jason P. Woodbury. A “loner folk” excursion from Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb. To close the show out, Christmas Jambree: A Vintage Jamaican Yuletide Mixtape Selected by Dev Sherlock. Tune in Sunday, December 18 from 4—8 PM Pacific on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. Up first on our four-hour broadcast, Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, sliding into Jason P. Woodbury’s Range and Basin and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. To close the show out, a special airing of an episode from our weekly podcast: a chat with iconoclast, Jim Jarmusch. Tune in Sunday, November 20 from 4-8 PM PST on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. Up first on our four-hour broadcast, Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering, with chilly winds of gospel, country, soul & folk. Then, Jason P. Woodbury takes over with Range and Basin, synth folk, Spanish psych, jazz, and piano meditations. Then, Tyler Wilcox pops in Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, with an hour of Robyn Hitchcock deep cuts, demos, rarities, b-sides and live material spanning his entire career. And to close, Autumn Sweater, woodsmoke, buffalo check and the crunch of broken pine needles underfoot. Tune in Sunday, October 16 from 4-8 PM PST on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, every third Sunday on dublab. Up first on our four-hour broadcast, Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering, drifting between the seasons with folk, country, ambient & rock. Then, Jason P. Woodbury takes over with Range and Basin, with comic book free jazz, avant-western and ecstatic gospels. Then, Tyler Wilcox pops in Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, with a bunch of solo acoustic Takoma School situations—mostly new-ish stuff, but some dips into the past. Then to close, Tom Scharpling of The Best Show presents The Best Drunk Aquarium Show. Tune in Sunday, September 18 from 4-8 PM PST on dublab.

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard is floating in through the window every third Sunday on dublab. It’s late summer and we’re swimming in it. Up first on our four-hour broadcast, Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering, with torrid August tides of psychedelic rock, post-punk & DIY pop. Then, Jason P. Woodbury takes over with Range and Basin, dropping synth minimalism alongside sophisti-pop and spiritual epics. Then, Tyler Wilcox pops in Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, offering a selection of sweet new sounds from 2022. To close, Jarrod Annis with Ephemeral Frequencies, a hazy hour of dubbed out zoners. Tune in Sunday, August 21 from 4-8 PM PST on dublab.

Coming in clear and loud: Airing every third Sunday of the month, Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard returns for four hours of freeform tunes on dublab this week, on July 17 from 4-8 PM Pacific, with New Happy Gathering, Range and Basin, a Doom and Gloom from the Tomb Pavement deep dive, and an hour of country funk from Jocelyn Romo of Heaven and Earth Magic.