On his new record Closer to Stranger , Portland guitarist and singer Ilyas Ahmed picks up the threads that run through his numerous solo records and collaborations with Liz Harris of Grouper […]
Category: The AD Interview
Richard Lloyd :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Richard Lloyd didn’t set out to write a rock & roll memoir. While his debut book, Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB’s and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an […]
Catching Up With John Lurie
The world of music has seemed a much less colorful and interesting place in the years since John Lurie stopped recording. The former leader of NYC jazz ensemble The Lounge […]
Seun Kuti :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Having long ago stepped out from behind the shadow of his iconoclast father, Seun Kuti has kept the fierce independence and self-determination that are a hallmark of his family name, and kept […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Charlotte Gainsbourg is in no rush. Her latest, Rest, is only the singer and actresses’ fourth album in 20 years. Composed over a long, six-year stretch that found Gainsbourg moving […]
Damon Krukowski :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In his book The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World, Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi casts a widescreen lens on the digital landscape, […]
Dead Notes #15 :: The Mickey Hart Interview
In late 1967 at a Count Basie concert at the famed Fillmore Auditorium two brothers in the groove were introduced by a stranger who quickly disappeared into the technicolor ethers […]
Pauline Anna Strom :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
There is an ever-slight hint of a Southern accent in Pauline Anna Strom’s voice, a remnant of the place she left behind forty or so years ago when she moved to the Bay […]
Torres :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In the process of building her third album under the name Torres, Mackenzie Scott found herself drawn to hypnotic music — music that physically affected the body. Tellingly, traces of […]
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Drummer Jerry Granelli :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
For many listeners, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s music for 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas represents the best of the season, its sounds patient, relaxed, and warm. For drummer Jerry Granelli, it’s all […]
Circuit des Yeux :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Reaching for Indigo, the fifth lp by Haley Fohr’s Circuit des Yeux, begins with a cataclysmic break, a complete shift from one state of being into another. “Brainshift, came like […]
The Cosmic Comedy of Laraaji :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
As evidenced by our last conversation with composer and teacher Laraaji, the man has a magical way with words. While so often contemplative music is defined by its serenity and placidity –to […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Carolina Soul (Interview / Mixtape)
If you’re someone that’s into records, especially soul records, you’ve probably heard of Carolina Soul . The Durham, NC based vinyl retailer has developed a cult following around its semi-weekly eBay auctions. […]
Scott McCaughey :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
There is something of the recently deceased Harry Dean Stanton to Scott McCaughey . Just as Stanton was to pictures for decades, McCaughey is that cool, mysterious guy in music that shows […]
Catching Up With A. Savage :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Andrew Savage is in a pretty good mood. When the Parquet Courts co-frontman answers his phone, it’s Thursday night in New York, and he’s just finished packing a carton full of vinyl […]