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Bonus Tracks, Vol. 2: Bobby Hutcherson, The Byrds, Pentangle We’re back in the CD section, digging through those round shiny things to spotlight some of our favorite bonus tracks. This time around, check out some way-out early 70s jazz-funk, lost West Coast psych jams and spiraling folk rock trips. | t wilcox Bobby Hutcherson :: … Continue reading Bonus Tracks, Vol. 2: Bobby Hutcherson, The Byrds, Pentangle

Transmissions :: Sharon Van Etten This week on Transmissions, we’re talking past selves with Sharon Van Etten, who’s recently released an anniversary edition of her landmark 2012 album Tramp. Raw, personal, and born from personal upheaval, it’s a gleaming example of what makes her songcraft so resonant. Something kind of unexpected happened when Transmissions host Jason … Continue reading Transmissions :: Sharon Van Etten

Langendorf United :: Yeahno Yowouw Land The seeds for Langendorf United—a new quintet led by Swedish composer & saxophonist Lina Langendorf—took root in 2013 when she traveled to Addis Ababa, practicing Ethiopian scales and tonalities while studying the music of Mulatu Astatke, Getatchew Mekuria and Hailu Mergia. Ten years later, she emerges with Yeahno Yowouw … Continue reading Langendorf United :: Yeahno Yowouw Land

Neil Young :: Time Fades Away (Again) Just about 50 years ago, Neil Young & The Stray Gators were winding down an extensive arena tour of North America. It should have been a victorious occasion, with Neil’s blockbuster 1972 LP Harvest (and its smash singles “Heart of Gold” and “Old Man”) still topping the charts. … Continue reading Neil Young :: Time Fades Away (Again)

Habibi Funk: The Free Music (Part 1) The latest installment in the always-winning Habibi Funk series highlights Libyan composer & producer Najib Alhoush’s band, The Free Music. The tellingly titled “Part 1” collection compiles tracks off two 1976 albums from the band, who all in all recorded, and self-funded, ten lps. The premiere selection absolutely … Continue reading Habibi Funk: The Free Music (Part 1)

Wadada Leo Smith :: Fire Illuminations Late last year Wadada Leo Smith turned 81. The trumpeter and composer has been making records since the late 1960s when he was part of Chicago’s AACM, and he’s recorded for everyone from ECM to Tzadik, doing everything from solo trumpet records to string quartets.  But as he gets … Continue reading Wadada Leo Smith :: Fire Illuminations

Pink Floyd :: The Dark Side Of The Moon, Live 1972 / 73 Fifty years ago, fifty two minute bootleg fan compilation of Pink Floyd tour footage in support of Dark Side of The Moon, 1972-73. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by pledging your … Continue reading Pink Floyd :: The Dark Side Of The Moon, Live 1972 / 73

Transmissions :: The Zombies Today on the show—two British Invasion legends: Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zombies. The band formed in the early ‘60s in St Albans, and remarkably, they are still out on the road and making new music. The band’s new album is called Different Game, and it’s out on Cooking … Continue reading Transmissions :: The Zombies

Jesus People Music, Vol 2: The Reckoning On May 26, Aquarium Drunkard and Org Music present Jesus People Music Vol. 2. Culled from the BlackForrestry’s AD mixtapes of obscure ’60s and ’70s Jesus People psych, rock, folk, and country. In advance of this collection’s release, we’re presenting its liner notes, written by Jason P. Woodbury. No … Continue reading Jesus People Music, Vol 2: The Reckoning

Joel Vandroogenbroeck :: Far View With a career spanning six decades, Joel Vandroogenbroeck witnessed nearly the entire development of western pop music’s lesser-known backrooms—from the early days of jazz singers in smoky bars to soul crooners to kosmische-inflected Fusion and the rise of New Age soundscapes. Rising to recognition in the 21st century as sonically … Continue reading Joel Vandroogenbroeck :: Far View

The Lagniappe Sessions :: Tim Hill Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. The inaugural Lagniappe Session from songwriter Tim Hill arrives on the heels of his sophomore effort Giant, a cozy collection of songs rooted in the traditions of LA … Continue reading The Lagniappe Sessions :: Tim Hill

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: March 2023 Coming through the haze, it’s Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Up first, New Happy Gathering offers an overcast hour of South African jazz, Japanese surf guitar psych, Hungarian pop, and outsider Americana. Then Range and Basin drops in with spoken word sci-fi mysticism, jazz, funk, and live … Continue reading Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: March 2023

Turner Williams Jr. :: Briars On A Dewdrop In his self-reflective 1980 essay, “The Meaning of My Avant-Garde Hillbilly and Blues Music,” the celebrated experimental musician Henry Flynt describes his work as an attempt to do “for hillbilly music what Ornette Coleman did for jazz.” That is, to be sure, a tall claim. But Flynt … Continue reading Turner Williams Jr. :: Briars On A Dewdrop

Transmissions :: Andy Shauf Today on Transmissions, we’re joined by Saskatchewan-born songwriter Andy Shauf to discuss getting sober, God, and how these big topics relate to his latest album of introspective folk pop, Norm. Fans of his ‘70s-styled songcraft will still find lots to love here, but as we discuss, the production is deeply rooted … Continue reading Transmissions :: Andy Shauf

Yves Simon :: Au Pays Des Merveilles De Juliet It’s 1973 and with Au pays des merveilles de Juliet French singer-songwriter Yves Simon decides to change things up. Syncopated, the title track finds Simon’s sing-speak vocal floating above two and half minutes of folk-funk. Listen up, tout suite. Yves Simon :: Au Pays Des Merveilles … Continue reading Yves Simon :: Au Pays Des Merveilles De Juliet

Aquarium Drunkard :: SXSW 2023 We’re heading back to Austin this week, presenting not one, but two showcases. First up is Friday night’s AD x Gold Diggers shindig at Lucille (on Rainey Street) with Orions Belte, Fruit Bats, Bonny Doon, Pearl & The Oysters, Aoife Nessa Frances and The Golden Dregs. Still upright? If so, … Continue reading Aquarium Drunkard :: SXSW 2023

Floating Action :: I Knew I Felt It The return of Floating Action. “I Knew I Felt It” — the first taste from the forthcoming lp, Glacial Speed, due out in June. I Knew I Felt It by Floating Action Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and … Continue reading Floating Action :: I Knew I Felt It

First & Last: Japanese Private Press, Vol. 8 Hearken spring with a journey through quirky DIY pop and shimmering twee; perfect for these snow melting mornings. Welcome to the eighth installment of First & Last, a series of mixes providing a glimpse into the world of Japanese private press, or 自主盤, pronounced “jishuban”, which loosely … Continue reading First & Last: Japanese Private Press, Vol. 8

Gabriel da Rosa :: É O Que A Casa Oferece Gabriel da Rosa’s debut album, É o que a casa oferece, arrives at an auspicious time as Brazilian music is becoming more ubiquitous, cresting a wave of popularity that has been building over the better part of a century. The last 90 years have seen … Continue reading Gabriel da Rosa :: É O Que A Casa Oferece

The Pastels :: The Last Great Wilderness Over forty years have passed since the debut single from guitar pop legends the Pastels. The epitome of underground cult status, counterculture archivist Sam Knee summarized the band as “bridging the gap from post-punk into the new ’80s indie era” in his book A Scene In Between, a visual … Continue reading The Pastels :: The Last Great Wilderness

Bob Martin :: Seabrook We’ve long been enamored with the “rich drifter music” of Bob Martin’s Midwest Farm Disaster, a record that sits along Gene Clark’s White Light as an early ’70s gem of rustic lyricism and ragged melodies. So when word came of a brand new (and sadly, posthumous) album, produced by folk renegade Jerry … Continue reading Bob Martin :: Seabrook

Videodrome :: True Stories (1986) (Welcome to Videodrome. A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage and contemporary cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir, documentary and beyond.) It’s no coincidence that many films that seek to reflect the American condition happen to be set in Texas. The Lone star state … Continue reading Videodrome :: True Stories (1986)

Transmissions :: Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States of America) To quote album art master and AD visual guru D. Norsen: “Dorothy Moskowitz might not be a household name but was a musician on two of the headiest albums I know: 1967’s Vocal And Instrumental Ragas From South India on Folkways and 1968’s United States of … Continue reading Transmissions :: Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States of America)

Kate Fagan :: I Don’t Want To Be Too Cool In her essential new book Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983, author Jen B. Larson writes that new wave singer Kate Fagan “never wanted to fit in, but to find herself.” That much is clear listening to the new Captured Tracks compilation … Continue reading Kate Fagan :: I Don’t Want To Be Too Cool