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 […]
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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 […]
Bonny Doon :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Detroit’s Bonny Doon won’t kill you with kindness, nor will they burn much rubber on their musical journey. The foursome’s second full-length, Longwave , continues in the vein of forebears such as Berman/Malkmus […]
Amen Dunes :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Over and over again on Amen Dunes’ fifth album Freedom, songwriter Damon McMahon punctuates lyrics with the word “man.” “We play religious music/I don’t think you’d understand man.” “I really […]
Nap Eyes :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Over and over again on Nap Eyes’ third lp I’m Bad Now, songwriter Nigel Chapman owns himself. In album opener “Every Time the Feeling,” he’s a “space case,” a “loser […]
Hailu Mergia :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview (2018)
Hailu Mergia wants you to know: He was always ready to return the spotlight. He was just waiting for someone to ask. And now that they have — now that a series […]
Hans Chew :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Late last year, Hans Chew quietly released his fourth album, Open Sea . He’s known for his work with Endless Boogie , Jack Rose , Steve Gunn , Hiss Golden Messenger , and others, and the record caught our ears […]
Tim Heidecker :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
There’s a pretty good chance that the person you think of when you think of Tim Heidecker isn’t the real Tim Heidecker. Since emerging in the early 2000s with Adult Swim ‘s […]
Ilyas Ahmed :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
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 […]
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, […]