This October Henry Rollins adds yet another feather to an already impressive professional cap, that of photographer. The musician/writer/actor and DJ’s new photo-essay book, Occupants , spans eight years of the […]
Category: The AD Interview
Dale Murphy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
We’ve noted our love of baseball in the past , so when the former National League MVP Dale Murphy launched a blog recently and used one of his early posts to declare his fondness for Wilco (and some other great bands), […]
Mike Watt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Punk rock changed Mike Watt’s life, and then he kept changing. Along with guitarist D. Boon and drummer George Hurley, Watt was a member of the Minutemen, one of the earliest signees […]
The Rosebuds :: The AD Interview
The Rosebuds just released their fifth studio album, Loud Planes Fly Low ; their most inventive, inspired, and honest record to date. Following their fourth release, 2008’s Life Like, the relationship that inspired the group in […]
Centro-matic :: The AD Interview
In 2008 Centro-matic , along with their alter-ego South San Gabriel, released the sprawling double LP, Dual Hawks . In the Fall of last year the band released the Eyas EP along with a […]
Matt Sweeney :: The AD Interview
Their first collaboration on record since 2005’s Superwolf , Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham just released “I Must Be Blind” on 10″ vinyl with “Life In Muscle” on the flip. I ran into Sweeney last […]
The Radio Dept. :: The AD Interview
We caught up Martin Larsson of Swedish dream-pop band The Radio Dept. before their gig at The Troubadour last week. Along with the trio’s critically acclaimed third full-length, Clinging to a Scheme , this album cycle saw the […]
Cure For Pain: The Mark Sandman Story (The AD Interview)
Compared to his contemporaries, Morphine’s Mark Sandman came off like more of an out-of-place beat poet than the zeitgeist’s ‘slacker’ guitar sound of the day. With a presence tapped in to […]
Wheedle’s Groove :: The AD Interview
Filmmaker Jennifer Maas dedicated the last half of the decade chronicling the Seattle soul scene of the 1970s. Her efforts culminate in the new documentary Wheedle’s Groove . A project that began […]
Richard Buckner :: The AD Interview
Aquarium Drunkard favorite Richard Buckner is one of America’s greatest living singer-songwriters, but he’s been awfully quiet for a while now. We recently caught up with Buckner, prior to his show, in […]
Norman Blake (Jonny) :: The AD Interview
Norman Blake is a well-known name to people who love their power pop. As a founding member of Teenage Fanclub , he’s spent more than the 20 years creating a body of […]
Five Eight :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In their twenty-plus year career, Athens, GA’s Five Eight has amassed quite an impressive share of critical adoration and a loyal (and vocal) fan base. Despite a short stint opening for REM […]
Mercyland :: The AD Interview
Two decades after its original release Mercyland’s sole full-length album, No Feet On The Cowling, is finally seeing a proper reissue. Based in Athens, GA, comprised of David Barbe (vocals/bass), Andrew Donaldson (vocals/guitar) and Joel Suttles (drums), the seminal southern blast of post-punk that was Mercyland’s run lasted from 1985-1991. Below I catch up with founder, David Barbe, who has since gone on to produce a number of records likely found in your collection, act as 1/3 of Bob Mould’s Sugar and co-found Chase park Transduction studios. Barbe is now the director of the University of Georgia’s music business program. His thoughts on that, and much more, below.
Lucinda Williams :: The AD Interview
After more than three decades, there’s not a lot that hasn’t been said about Lucinda Williams’ music. A towering figure in the genre of alt-country and roots-rock, her albums, dating all the […]
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?
In the summer of 2007 the documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) saw a limited engagement (read: single viewing) at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. I was fortunate to be in attendance, and for the […]