On Kurt Vile’s guitar epic “Bassackwards,” a highlight from the Philadelphia singer/songwriter’s newly released seventh album Bottle It In, Vile sings about “chilling out/but with a very drifting mind.” That […]
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Sarah Davachi :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
You might not pick up on it by listening to the serene, enveloping sounds of composer Sarah Davachi’s Gave In Rest , but the record was born out of unsettled times. Written […]
Nathan Bowles :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“Elk River Blues” can be used as a road map to the solo music of Nathan Bowles. In 2012, as an end to his first album, A Bottle, A Buckeye, the song—written […]
(Catching Up With) Phosphorescent
As the cliche goes, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” But a lot of life and a lot of plans went into the making of C’es […]
Yoko Ono :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Yoko Ono is the definition of an essential follow. Over on Twitter , she’s a fount of wisdom and humor. Take this recent missive: “Art does many things to society, most […]
The Beths :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Just over a year ago, The Beths were a little-known pop-rock band with a promising EP to their name and a full-length album stuck in the sort of slo-mo creative process that […]
Kikagaku Moyo / 幾何学模様 :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Japan has a long and fascinating history with psychedelic music, and its breadth of style is something increasingly reflected in the work of bands like Kikagaku Moyo, who are set to release […]
One Eleven Heavy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On its debut album, Everything’s Better , rock & roll combo One Eleven Heavy weave together various threads of choogling psychedelia —some Dead here, some Neil Young there, more than a little NRBQ […]
Richard Thompson :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Time has not dulled Richard Thompson. On his new record 13 Rivers , the 69-year-old’s guitar sounds as barbed as ever, ringing with the same rawness that defines past masterpieces like Shoot […]
Jim Gavin (Lodge 49) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Magic lurks around the corners in AMC’s Lodge 49 , a late-summer blur of Pynchionian mystery, beach bum charm, and golden hour SoCal haze. Written and created by Jim Gavin, author of the […]
The Myrrors :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
If you’re listening for musical borders in Borderlands , the latest from Tucson, Arizona-based psychedelic unit the Myrrors, good luck. In the record’s collected extended jams and briefer numbers, whatever […]
Country Joe McDonald :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
49 years ago, on the second day of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Country Joe McDonald took to the stage to kill some time while Santana readied their set. […]
Michael Nau :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Michael Nau opens his new album, Michael Nau & the Mighty Thread, with a Wall of Sound ode to thinking you might know, but knowing you might not. “Now in […]
Will Sheff / The Rock*A*Teens :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The Rock*A*Teens were my favorite rock and roll band of the 1990s, a group that disguised heroic artistic ambitions behind a murky, mysterious, reverb-laden take on early rock and roll. I’ve heard […]
Carl Stone :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Listening to Carl Stone’s second compilation for the excellent archival label Unseen Worlds, it’s not uncommon to find yourself completely lost in a web of sounds. It’s not necessarily a […]