After settling into the blissful haze that is Teen Dream, Aquarium Drunkard guest Raquel Nasser caught up with Victoria Legrand of Beach House in the few days between the band’s European and North American tours. Those of you doing Coachella can catch the band this Saturday on the Mojave stage at 4:25, and then wait [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Today, during the second hour of the show, we’re airing the Idaho Falls Aquarium Drunkard session, recorded at Red Rockets Glare studio in Los [...]
Will Oldham’s career has more or less been a series of collaborations. His name is most often been attached to the work, and more times than not, he’s the primary artistic driver behind the wheel. But he employs a shifting troupe of musicians whose influence is not lightly wielded. The result allows the consistency of [...]
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) This week we catch up with The Deadly Syndrome whose sophomore LP, Nolens Volens, was self-released by the band last month. After the jump, Deadly Syndrome’s William Etling and Jesse Hoy reflect [...]
Earlier this year L.A.’s Idaho Falls quietly released The Spark. For those paying attention it marked one of the strongest entries in contemporary canyon rock since the Broken West’s 2007 debut. Languid and coastal, the LP invokes sepia Topanga dreams, the Pacific, late nights and mornings after. I’ll be airing the session (below) during the [...]
For freaks like myself, the below pairing of Tom Waits guesting on Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour is like manna. The following five tracks find Waits calling in to Dylan’s show, commenting on various subjects, reveling in the everyday bizarre. Fantastic. Ripped and brought to the world via the fine folks at Carnival Saloon. [...]
Speaking of rockabilly Sci-Fi freakouts and left-of-center surf rock jams, try Gene & The Esquires’ “Space Race” on for size. Set the controls and ease back for blastoff. MP3: Gene & The Esquires :: Space Race ——————— + Download Space Race DRM free via eMusic’s 35 free MP3 no risk trial offer ____________________________________________________________________________________
I can count on one hand the number of contemporary ‘indie rock’ bands that 90 percent of my friends all agree upon. As Pavement most definitely fall in that circle, it’s no surprise that it seems like every other person I know in L.A. is making the drive to Pomona, Thursday night, for their Coachella [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Today, during the first hour of the show we’re airing Miles Kurosky’s Aquarium Drunkard session, recorded at Red Rockets Glare, as well as last [...]
While teaching my students about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” an idea came to me. Emerson stated that society doesn’t care for “realities and creators” but prefers “names and customs.” “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist,” he wrote. I asked my students if they thought Lady Gaga was a non-conformist. They roundly said [...]
