Wherever he ends up musically, from his work with Hiss Golden Messenger to sitting down with gospel legends the Blind Boys of Alabama , guitarist Phil Cook seems to be smiling. But it’s on his solo albums, […]
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Gillian Welch :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Few songwriters cut to the core like Gillian Welch. Along with her musical partner David Rawlings, Welch pens songs that feel at once timeless and rooted in the deepest American […]
Liam Hayes (of Plush) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Based on my limited interactions with the mysterious songwriter, Liam Hayes doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. That much is clear from his records, like 2002’s Fed and 2014’s Korp Sole Roller, […]
Ryley Walker :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Catch Ryley Walker one day, and he may be forecasting his future as a bald, ponytailed guitar shredder ; catch him another, and he’s sketching out a scene from the mid-2000s, scheming to pick […]
Catching Up With The Love Language
“I’m stoked, man. Back at work after so long.” This is Stuart McLamb of the Love Language , standing on an L.A. sidewalk having just emerged from a barber shop. It’s a relatively […]
Daniel Lanois :: Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois
On their new collaborative album, Daniel Lanois and electronic composer Aaron Funk, better known as Venetian Snares, make for an unexpected “Canadian team.” As a producer and solo artist, Lanois’s […]
Michael Rault :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Michael Rault’s new album, New Day Tonight, lends itself to repeated listens. It’s not just that the Canadian musician continues to build on his distinctively retro-but-not-old sound , but the complexity and […]
Sarah Louise :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On Deeper Woods, Sarah Louise wanders deep into the woods seeking a sense of awe. Over the course of the album’s seven songs, which blend Appalachian folk melodies with droning […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s fourth full-length, Sex & Food is both reflection and rumination on our times. Simultaneously grandiose and deeply contemplative, the record swirls with disparate sounds and themes – unified by a pessimism and […]
Marc Ribot :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On YRU Still Here, the third album from guitarist Marc Ribot, bassist Shahzad Ismaily, and drummer Ches Smith’s Ceramic Dog combo, absurdist rage is made explicitly political, and flamenco is transmuted into scathing punk funk. […]
Wye Oak :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, Wye Oak synthesizes the disparate strands that have run through its discography over the last decade into one solid form. Synthesizers […]
Dean Ween :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Here’s how I first encountered Ween. I’m in junior high and in the lunch line at the school cafeteria, shuffling my tray along that metal railing, as my buddy, who […]
Orrin Evans :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The movement of musicians into or out of a jazz ensemble isn’t the kind of news that draws much attention. They are so often juggling different projects and schedules that […]
Colin Newman (Wire) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
2018 looks to be a banner year for fans of the defiantly minimal Wire. Following 2017’s Silver/Lead, a record that marked the band’s 40th anniversary in the most inspiring way […]
Mark Renner :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
As a young man in Baltimore, Mark Renner created music that coupled the energy of punk and new wave with a sense of romantic longing. Recently, Brooklyn-based label RVNG Intl […]