Philomath Zine :: Videodrome Edition

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New edition of Aquarium Drunkard's Philomath zine. Shipping out soon to our members of our Patreon community, the Spring 2023 issue is devoted entirely to selections from the monthly Videodrome column, all penned by Chicago native turned Los Angeleno Eric Hehr. Designed and printed by Cereal Box Studio, with artwork by Denis Boudart and editing by Josh Moro, we invite you to thrill to these rollicking and incisive essays about Scorpio Rising, Wild at Heart, Eyes Wide Shut, and much more revelatory film writing . . .

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Laraaji :: Segue To Infinity

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As the story goes, Laraaji was busking in NYC’s Washington Square Park, improvising on his self-designed amplified zither with his eyes closed. When he finished and looked into his open instrument case, there was a note from one Brian Eno offering to produce a record, ultimately resulting in 1980’s Ambient 3: Days of Radiance. While that album remains a touchstone, the closest we’ll get to knowing what Eno heard in the park that day is Segue to Infinity— a trove of Laraaji’s earliest recordings, revealing a fully realized musical universe in which the progenitor of . . .

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Bondo :: Print Selections

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LA four-piece Bondo released their first EP 77 in late 2021. A five-song set, it's a precise and exact document that wears its '90s post rock influence on its sleeve: elongated phrases, careful dynamics, grayscale tones, very intentional distortion settings. Think Unwound, Spiderland, Acetone. The group return this month with the release of their first full-length, Print Selections, out via Italian label Quindi Records . . .

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Dougie Poole :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Dougie Poole’s got a clear-eyed view of our modern moment and a country songwriter’s ability to sum it up in a perfect line. The songs on his 2020 album The Freelancer’s Blues concerned themselves with the ennui and indignity of urban 21st century work, life, and work-life – dead-end gig economy jobs, cross-country moves from one coast to another, and the yearning for a “Natural Touch” while cycling through futile first dates. Poole’s new album, The Rainbow Wheel Of Death, finds him doomscrolling even further, and just as before, he finds “troubles stacked . . .

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Stella Kola :: Stella Kola

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Western Massachusetts strikes again. Fronted by Beverly Ketch and Robert Thomas, Stella Kola is rounded out with support from members of John Andrew’s Yawns, Sunburned Hand of the Man, understated guitar hero Willie Lane, bliss ambassador Wednesday Knudsen, and a whole slew of Feeding Tube records alumni. The self-titled debut from the ensemble makes clear an intention to work themselves into a small, yet prolific scene that fully embraces the groundbreaking era of the British Isles electrified folk rapture at the close of the 1960s . . .

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Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights

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Given their mastery of the archival compilation record, it should be no surprise that Numero Group would eventually dive into exotica, releasing Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights in 2018. Exotica is a perfect pairing for Numero Group's statement of intent: a hyper-specific subset of music that quickly came in and out of vogue, reflecting a bygone era's style and cultural context. More so, due to its short lifespan as a commercially viable genre, much of exotica is largely uncharted, and in these uncharted waters of adrift songs, a label such as Numero Group sets its . . .

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Jeffrey Silverstein :: Cowboy Grass

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Emerging from a billowing cloud of smoke, a bramble of electric guitars growing from the soil beneath him: behold "Cowboy Grass," a new jammer from Jeffrey Silverstein. The first single from the forthcoming Western Sky Music, it adds a healthy dose of swagger to the familiar brew of JJ Cale-styled boogie, loner folk ambiance, and Silverstein's Berman-esque wordplay . . .

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Death Valley Girls :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Death Valley Girls' Islands in the Sky might look from the outside like a celestial new age outing, but it's something else and all together unexpected: an old fashioned rock & roll album boasting consciousness boosting effects. Today at AD, Bonnie Bloomgarden of the band joins us for a discussion about the radical aspects of creativity . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Celtic Guru :: Van Morrison In The 80s | Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast

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Part 4 of our Celtic Guru series. Released in 1984, Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast was recorded a year prior on the heels of Inarticulate Speech’s release. With the familiar cast of musicians that he had been using on tours and in the studio over the last few years, Van could construct a comfortable atmosphere that, while surely demanding, cultivated the appropriate balance of studio re-creation and spontaneous musical ideation . . .

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Transmissions :: Lou Reed Archive

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Today on Transmissions, a tremendous conversation with Jason Stern and Don Fleming of the Lou Reed Archive. From the contents of the archive to under-recognized albums from Reed's discography, this talk covers fascinating aspects of Lou's life, offers insight into his art, addresses controversies, and much more . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Courtney Marie Andrews

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The Lagniappe Sessions return in 2023 with Courtney Marie Andrews. Recorded last fall around the release of her Sam Evian produced LP, Loose Future, the following set finds Andrews taking on late-era Leonard Cohen, along with a low key rendering of the ubiquitous late 90s radio smash that was Shania Twain's "You're Still The One . . .

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Bonus Tracks, Vol. 1: Jerry Garcia, Gram Parsons, David Bowie

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The compact disc era brought with it endless reissues of old albums — and to entice us all into buying those old albums for the second, third or fourth time, they often included bonus tracks. Was there a fair amount of barrel scraping as the years went by? Oh yeah. But there were also plenty of completely awesome sounds that gave us fresh perspectives on classic LPs and artists. In this new, ongoing Aquarium Drunkard column, we’ll be diving back into our CD collections to highlight some of the very best bonus tracks . . .

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Jenny O. :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Singer/songwriter Jenny O joins Aquarium Drunkard for a searching talk about Spectra, growing up in rock, jazz and classical music, learning to work within her own unique parameters and she’s through writing love songs and wants to dedicate the rest of her life to communicating about the climate . . .

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Monde UFO :: Visions Of Fatima

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Awash in reverb and rippling bridges of synth, “Visions of Fatima” is the latest communiqué from cosmic LA weirdos monde ufo and the first taste off their forthcoming album, Vandalized Statue to Be Replaced With Shrine. The lounge-laced dose of ambient psych from the duo references the Marian apparitions witnessed by three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal in 1917 and proceeds to blend the sacred and the supernatural in their keenly overcast fashion . . .

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