Dwight Twilley doesn’t care much about terms like “power pop.” It’s not that he objects, he just doesn’t care about the tag. “The Beatles were pretty much the greatest power pop band […]
Category: The AD Interview
Every Sound Means Something: Wooden Wand Interviews Matt “MV” Valentine
I have already sung the praises of Matt “MV” Valentine elsewhere. For the Google-averse, I can sum it up by saying that MV’s music–both with and without his partner, co-conspirator […]
Catching Up With Twin Peaks :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Twin Peaks’ 2013 debut Sunken , issued by Aquarium Drunkard’s sister label Autumn Tone , was a tight, fuzzy blast of garage rock. It was a brief, but powerful, statement from a couple […]
Kevin Morby :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Late last year, after incessant touring among the ranks of his Alma mater acts Woods and The Babies, Kevin Morby released his solo debut – the stunning folk of Harlem River . On […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On August 27th Chicago-based label Drag City announced a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , by uploading a staged interview with Will Oldham, the cryptic force and songwriter behind the “Prince” Billy moniker, dubbed […]
Catching Up With Steve Gunn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
With 2013’s Time Off , guitarist Steve Gunn took a leap that often proves disastrous for guitar soli performers: he started singing. His albums had featured vocals before, but Time Off was […]
Lucinda Williams :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
This week marks the release of Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, the 11th studio album from Lucinda Williams. It’s a first in many ways – her first double […]
Christopher Denny :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Christopher Denny’s If The Roses Don’t Kill Us is the kind of record that sounds as if it’s always existed: a sturdy, twangy blend of southern soul, country, and folk . Denny’s voice — a reedy, high and lonesome […]
Castanets :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It’s been 10 years since Raymond Raposa’s Castanets released Cathedral, a powerful work of skeletal folk and dread. Since then the songwriter has been consistent — releasing a string of Castanets […]
Skygreen Leopards :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It’s been half a decade since we were treated to an LP from San Francisco’s Skygreen Leopards . Having taken some time earlier this year to collaborate with Ben Chasney (Six Organs […]
Mike Cooper :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The Rock*A*Teens :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“In that they were ‘arguably’ the best American rock ’n roll band of the ’90s, it is safe to say that the Rock*A*Teens were also the most underrated American rock […]
Peter Walker :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Guitarist Peter Walker spent decades off the grid, but reemerged in 2006, when he contributed recordings — alongside James Blackshaw, Jack Rose, Thurston Moore, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and others — to […]
Catching Up With Drive-By Truckers :: The AD Interview (Hood/Cooley)
There are certain musical landmarks often brought up in conjunction with Athens, Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, R.E.M. But on […]
Doug Paisley :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
This past January, Doug Paisley released his third full-length, Strong Feelings , via No Quarter Records. Regular collaborator Garth Hudson returns on the piano, along with Emmett Kelly, Robbie Grunwald and Mary […]