“We just wanted to touch the people who mask Indian. You know? The people who are sitting down sewing those suits, man. The people who are making that financial sacrifice every year to keep this […]
Category: The AD 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 its normal setlist of Beatles […]
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 some recurring themes,” songwriter Cass […]
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 The Worse Things Get, the […]
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 The Nightfly (note: Donald’s surname […]
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 by any measure but when […]
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, but it connects directly to […]
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 ten studio albums, there’s a […]
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 community of inspiring and talented […]
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 hued and haunted, it’s built […]
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 massive discography on Bandcamp, where he’s uploaded songs since […]
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 resonate with audiences: It was […]
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 a synth buzzes in the […]
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 involving a large cast of […]
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 the question was revealed to […]
