Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. This latest installment of the Lagniappe Sessions hits close to home — Steve Gunn taking on a […]
Category: Steve Gunn
AD Presents: Steve Gunn / The Living Room – September 29th
September 29th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an evening with Steve Gunn and special guest Nathan Bowles at The Living Room in Long Beach. Like the Amen Dunes show earlier this year, this is a house show with limited seating. Tickets […]
Steve Gunn :: Eyes On The Lines // Gunn-Truscinski Duo
We’ve used a lot of words to describe Steve Gunn’s unbroken streak of excellent records over the past few years, but I’m not sure if “fun” has been one of them. But that’s the word that keeps coming to mind […]
Catching Up With Steve Gunn :: Eyes on the Lines
The songs on Steve Gunn’s seventh album and Matador Records debut Eyes on the Lines don’t move straight ahead. Instead, they loop, swirl, and curl. But they do have a sense of purpose, and the driving language […]
Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers :: Seasonal Hire
Having released one of 2014’s finest albums just a few months back, you might think Steve Gunn would rest on his laurels just a bit. But the singer-songwriter-guitarist is keeping very busy this year, with […]
Catching Up With Steve Gunn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
With 2013’s Time Off , guitarist Steve Gunn took a leap that often proves disastrous for guitar soli performers: he started singing. His albums had featured vocals before, but Time Off was different. On it, Gunn embraced […]
Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper :: Cantos De Lisboa
As highlighted here recently, the recent crop of Mike Cooper reissues from Paradise of Bachelors are utterly essential. Fearlessly eclectic, masterful stuff. And judging from Cantos De Lisboa , Cooper’s brand-new collaborative LP with Steve Gunn, the man has lost none of his […]
AD Presents :: Steve Gunn/Kevin Morby @ Rough Trade 4/25 – Brooklyn, NY
We’re back in NYC. This Friday night, April 25th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Steve Gunn and Kevin Morby at Rough Trade in Brooklyn. Local outfit Prince Rupert’s Drops supports. We have several pairs of tickets for AD readers. To enter, leave . . . Only […]
Steve Gunn :: Time Off
As one of Kurt Vile’s deputized Violators, Steve Gunn has already had an eventful 2013, appearing on various late night TV shows and playing to the assembled hordes at major music festivals. But his crowning […]
Wooden Wand Interviews Steve Gunn
Among certain critics and cultural trainspotters, there exists a colloquialism — ‘gamechanger’ — to denote a brazen, unexpected creative leap by an already respected and established artist. The risk of potentially alienating a listenership that […]