Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler Wilcox’s Doom and Gloom from the Tomb and Chad DePasquale’s New Happy Gathering. This month, Wilcox kicks things off with an exploration of the Setting sound, drawing from the improv-based North Carolina group's recent releases, plus some side-trips into the trio's various other projects. Then, DePasquale shares a sweet mix of recent 2024 digs, both new + archival. Sunday, 4-6pm PT. The post Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: September ..read more

Fievel is Glauque is as pop as ever in their new single "As Above So Below," from Rong Weickness, their forthcoming album. The frenetic chord changes and Stereolab meets Tori Kudo meets Guillermo Klein aesthetic are still there, but now Ma Clement's honey-waxed high notes are allowed more space to shine, favored by the tight production and arrangement of the track. The post Fievel Is Glauque :: Rong Weicknes appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

On her second album under her Amelia Courthouse moniker, Leah Toth crafts a work of American hauntology. Wrought with church organ, field recordings, ambient hiss and a faded hymnal, the stark and lovely broken things is curiously permeated by religion's absences and presences. The post Amelia Courthouse :: Broken Things appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

Ahead of forthcoming record SHINBANGUMI, Ginger Root joins us to discuss the musical and visual world building that went into the endeavor. Drawing on new horizons as well as the pastiche of eighties City Pop and vintage soul, we explore a deep dive into the musician and filmmaker's meticulously crafted cinematic world. Plus, recording drums in a dusty karaoke bar and the importance of Glen Campbell covers. The post Ginger Root :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

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 The post The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35) appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

Released in 1956 by Royal Roost, Moonlight in Vermont shines the brightest when it allows itself to breathe — to play in the relaxed tempos of ballads, when Smith's technical precision can coalesce with his delicate touch. The post Johnny Smith feat. Stan Getz :: Moonlight In Vermont (1956) appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more

This week on Transmissions, the return of Leah Toth, aka Amelia Courthouse. She was last here on the podcast in its earlier, more feral incarnation—and by feral we mean "updated with elss regularity"—but back in 2018 she reviewed Shinya Fukumori Trio’s incredible ECM release For 2 Akis. We've wanted to have Leah back on ever since, and this now we've got a great excuse to do so: the release of her incredible new album under the Amelia Courthouse name, broken things. Blending Protestant solemnity with dream pop bliss with extended, meditative ambient music and skeletal folk, she’s created a wor ..read more

Phoenix songwriter Caleb Dailey's voice is a warm, enveloping thing. On his solo debut, 2022 LP Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings: Beside You Then, he applied it to a survey of country and western music, covering songs by Gordon Lightfoot, Waylon Jennings, Blaze Foley, Chip Moman, and more. But the album was far from an exercise in retro country—in these timeworn songs, Dailey finds a site for experimentation, ambient textures, and smoked out soundscapes. For his Lagniappe session, brings a similar sense of vision and mystery to selections by Skeeter Davis and NRBQ, Leroy Van Dyke, and Lucinda Will ..read more

1984's The Wind in the Heather finds Cromarty evolving from folk-blues purist to a cosmopolitan songcrafter fully aware of the environment in which he created. From the outset, the listener finds that Cromarty is still a powerhouse of the alternating thumbed bassline though he has picked up some new tricks. Incorporating flamenco style strumming, quick runs of clusterchorded breakdowns, and, importantly, that ever elusive idea of ‘space’ within the composition expand his sound beyond the decades-old template dictating the cornerstones of Guitar Soli. The post George Cromarty :: The W ..read more

Dorothy Carter began her musical career in the avant-garde and ended up an early music revivalist/popularizer. In between these two poles, she made two records that fittingly reside somewhere in the middle. For her first solo album, Troubadour, originally released in 1976 on her own label and now reissued by Drag City, she explored more traditional zones, evoking and interpreting gnostic hymns, ancient airs and cosmic carols with fidelity and freshness. The post Dorothy Carter :: Troubadour appeared first on Aquarium Drunkard ..read more