Here in the west, it’s finally starting to feel like autumn. As the sunset comes earlier each evening, it’s been hard to get Joan Shelley’s beautiful Over and Even off the turntable. Deep […]
Category: The AD Interview
Catching Up With . . . Car Seat Headrest
Will Toledo, the 23-year-old songwriter behind Car Seat Headrest, is not sweating the release of Teens of Style , his Matador Records debut. He’s excited, sure, but these songs – culled from his […]
This Is Barbara Lynn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In 1962, a young left-handed guitarist from Texas named Barbara Lynn Ozen penned a song called “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.” More than 50 years later, the song continues to […]
Protomartyr :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
A funny thing happens toward the end of “Cowards Starve,” the second song on Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr’s third album, The Agent Intellect . Singer Joe Casey delivers a weird, cutting line, as […]
K. Leimer :: Savant
In the Pacific Northwest of the late ‘70s, electronic composer K. Leimer dedicated himself to enveloping, minimal soundscapes, but in the early ‘80s, he launched Savant, an ambitious studio project […]
Elyse Weinberg :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
There was some kind of magic at work in the frayed songs of Elyse Weinberg’s 1968 debut, Elyse. Part of the allure was its mystery. Who was Elyse? The answer to […]
Yo La Tengo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Yo La Tengo is unmistakable. Over the last 31 years, the Hoboken band has created a signature style, one that’s comprised of identifiable building blocks: Georgia Hubley’s hushed, husky voice and drumming, which […]
Ten Minutes With Willis Earl Beal
Willis Earl Beal is a musician, writer, and actor whose work captures the often uninvestigated corners of the psyche. His first album, Acoustimatic Sorcery, was released in 2012 and was comprised of recordings […]
Dwight Yoakam :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Dwight Yoakam’s been playing country so long he qualifies as a statesman, but Second Hand Heart , his fourteenth album, doesn’t sound like he’s settling into a mid-career lull. With jangly guitars, bracing […]
Rickie Lee Jones :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
With a career that stretches back to her 1979 self-titled debut, Rickie Lee Jones has been creating music that transcends the every day while wholly embracing every ounce of its […]
Jim O’Rourke :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Chances are Jim O’Rourke’s name is somewhere in your record collection. As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of the most important artists and bands of the last three decades: […]
The Birth of Rock And Roll :: Jim Linderman – The AD Interview
One of my favorite things about collecting old records is the ephemera. Dried and pressed flowers, photos, newspaper clips, love letters, stems. In most cases, I’ve kept each these artifacts […]
Bali High :: Soundtrack / Reissue
1981: With an initial bootleg soundtrack touting hits from The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, director Stephen Spaulding would later require an original score if he wished to […]
Brian Wilson :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Brian Wilson opens his new album No Pier Pressure with a quietly profound lyric: “Life goes on and on, like your favorite song.” Wilson has written many people’s favorite songs over the last […]
Ariel Kalma / Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe :: The AD Interview
Some creative unions take time and labor to coalesce. For Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Ariel Kalma, an artistic connection was established at lightning speed. A few conversations, a meet […]