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 […]
Category: The AD Interview
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 […]
Will Oldham Interviews Masaki Batoh
Here I was given the great opportunity to interview Masaki Batoh . I became aware of some of Batoh’s work in the mid-1990’s when a relationship between Batoh’s band Ghost was begun with […]
Michael Angelo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Michael Angelo’s self-titled 1977 LP is an earnest fusion of post-Beatles psychedelia and “out there” lyrical incantations, but reflecting on its 2015 re-release by Anthology Recordings, the Kansas City songwriter would like […]
Parachutes Are For Deserters: An Interview With Simon Joyner
I’ll stand on Steve Earle’s coffee table in my Chuck Taylors and say that Simon Joyner is every bit the songwriter Townes Van Zant was. To me and many other appreciators […]
