What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?
Here at AD, we [...]

Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface is a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard that that takes a look at particularly interesting cover art choices.
By 1993 Fugazi was three EPs and two LPs into their career as a band. Usually this is a watershed moment [...]

Speaking of the old Dischord scene…Fugazi, December 11, 1988 – Peel Session…
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MP3: Fugazi :: Waiting Room (Peel Session ‘88)
MP3: Fugazi :: Break In (Peel Session ‘88)
MP3: Fugazi :: Merchandise (Peel Session ‘88)
MP3: Fugazi :: Glueman (Peel Session ‘88)
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I recently re-watched (and re-listened to) the Fugazi documentary Instrument from 1999. Unlike the majority of Discord artists, Fugazi remain one band whose music, despite having been a fan for close to 17 years, never seems to lose its edge, nor my interest. I think this “staying power,” if you will, has to [...]