Way back in 2008, Benji Hughes released a genuinely weird and supremely pleasurable record called A Love Extreme. It was, in all the best ways, an oddity. Released by New West, primarily […]
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Tortoise :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Sitting on a green room couch at the Teragram Ballroom in downtown Los Angeles, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer John Herndon nod in sync when it’s ventured that the band’s new […]
Jermaine Bossier / 79rs Gang :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Willie Thrasher :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It was a cold Christmas night when Inuit songwriter Willie Thrasher first found his musical path. He’d just finished a set with his band the Cordells, drumming at a Christmas dance, performing […]
Cass McCombs :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“Most of my albums are a simple collection of songs that have nothing to do with each other except that they were written around the same time and, perhaps, have […]
Neko Case :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“It’s exciting and kind of spooky!” Neko Case writes in the liner notes of Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule the new eight-album boxset collecting her entire discography, from her 1997 debut The Virginian to 2013’s […]
Scott Fagan :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
I found my copy of Scott Fagan’s lp South Atlantic Blues at a used record shop about 12 years ago. It looked too good to be true, sitting in front of […]
Anthology Recordings Surf Archive Series: Litmus / Glass Love
Aussie Andrew Kidman is — for lack of a better term — a renaissance man. Musician, painter, photographer, surfboard shaper, wave rider, filmmaker. That’s a lot of hats to wear […]
Laraaji :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The music of Laraaji is defined by its joy. Born Edward Larry Gordon, Laraaji’s music draws from many sources, including his studies of Eastern spiritualism, avant-garde minimalism, and Gamelan rhythms, […]
Patterson Hood :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Nearly two decades into their career, it makes sense that Drive-by Truckers would be releasing another live album, their first since 2000’s Alabama Ass Whuppin’ . Given that their catalog has grown to […]
Phil Cook :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On Southland Mission , Phil Cook has hit his stride. The record, which found him weeping upon listening back to demos alone in a cabin in Gailax, VA is a testament to the […]
Joan Shelley :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
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 […]
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 […]