Earlier this month marked the 10th anniversary of the departure of Lee Hazlewood from our plane, on August 4, 2007. In the decade since his passing, Hazlewood’s music has been […]
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Lee Hazlewood :: Cowboy In Sweden / Reissue
Hey Cowboy. In my experience listeners first encounter the orbit of Lee Hazelwood in one of two ways; either via his work with Nancy Sinatra, or by way of 1970’s Cowboy In Sweden – […]
Lee, Myself, & I: Inside The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood
Author Wyndham Wallace charmingly suggests in the beginning pages of his new memoir about his time with Lee Hazlewood that he felt he was “not even shit” on the legendary […]
Lee Hazlewood :: No Regrets
The psychedelic cowboy known as Lee Hazlewood was a force unlike any other: his deep baritone, his effortless cool, his expansive, boundary-pushing production and, perhaps most of all, his immense […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Trouble Is A Lonesome Town
For years, one of my rituals when hitting up record stores was a quick visit to the Lee Hazlewood section — alternately located, depending on the shop, in ‘country’, ‘rock’, […]
Gabor Szabo :: Some Velvet Morning (1968, Lee Hazlewood)
Culled from the 1968 Bacchanal LP, Gabor Szabo’s heady brew of jazz/psych/raga takes on Lee Hazlewood’s “Some Velvet Morning“. Both innovator and interpreter, Szabo’s instrumental interpretation stretches out rhythmically while retaining the […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Love and Other Crimes
Shortly after the release of the million-selling Nancy & Lee , Lee Hazlewood exercised his newfound clout with Reprise and headed to Paris to record a new solo album. Along for the […]
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra :: Jackson
Penned by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler, and made famous by Johnny Cash and June Carter (their take won a Grammy), “Jackson” hearkens back to the days of classic […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Saccharine Underground
Yesterday Stereogum posted a track off the upcoming Lee Hazelwood album Cake or Death . More importantly, for me, they shed the sad news of Lee Hazelwood . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered […]
All Hallows’ Aquarium Drunkard
What does an American Halloween in the year of our lord 2024 sound like? Everyone rings in the spooky season differently. Some people want some melancholy goth rock, others need novelty record exploitation trash. Some people want to draw the shades and build Berlin school synthesizer cathedrals in the air. And some just need to howl ‘Werewolves of London’ at the top of their lungs. It’s all good. We asked some of the contributors to tell us how they’re soundtracking All Hallows. What we got back comprises a monster playlist suitable for apple-bobbing, axe-sharpening and keeping the dark spirits happy.
Cara Beth Satalino :: Little Green
Following the release of 2019’s Gazing Globe, Outer Spaces eased into hiatus while Satalino and partner Chester Gwazda pursued some serious life changes. Changing states, physical ails, a global pandemic, and the resulting mental exhaustion gave birth to a series of stripped back acoustic tunes. Over the next few years those ideas gradually flourished into the ten songs that make up Little Green—a showcasing of Satalino’s artistic foundations, while laying her experience bare for the listener’s immersion.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2023 Year in Review
Looking back to look ahead. It’s our Year In Review 2023. As always, our list is unranked and unruly. Let it blurb.
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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Graves
Earlier this year, Graves (moniker of veteran singer-songwriter Greg Olin) released his best record yet in Gary Owens: I Have Some Thoughts, a country gem influenced by “a lineage of West Coast dreamers, surfers and skaters”. The California-based musician treats his inaugural Lagniappe Session with a similar country touch, the five eclectic tracks accompanied accompanied by pedal steel guitar, Wurlitzer piano and more.
Graves :: Gary Owens: I Have Some Thoughts
Now taking on the mysterious role of “Gary Owens” (the young lap steel guitar player on the LP cover), Graves is the moniker of veteran indie singer-songwriter Greg Olin. While spending many years collaborating with fellow Northern California outsider musicians like Lee Baggett and Little Wings, Graves has very quietly released a steady stream of solo material dating back to the early aughts; the music’s subdued folk touch accurately described as “a calmness that can’t be faked” the last cycle around.
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Dark Canyon
For his premiere Lagniappe Session, Mike Novak takes the cinematic reverberation of Dark Canyon and infuses it into the compositions of Lee Hazelwood – another musician who was no stranger to the spectral sounds of lonesome desert towns.