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Protomartyr :: Hotel Usona
Protomartyr’s seventh album Hotel Usona (short for United States of North America) creates a fitting soundtrack as the country is pummeled by bad reviews. The…
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Lee Ranaldo :: Guitar-Centric Film Soundtracks
As a member of Sonic Youth, Drift, and his many other musical detours, Lee Ranaldo has treated the guitar as a pure sound source, creating dynamic new…
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The Aquarium Drunkard Guide to Across the Horizon
What, exactly, is Across the Horizon? It could be accurately described as a podcast, a radio show, an imprint or even a genre; it’s also resulted in a host of…
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Dungen :: Vidrig Vår
On the veteran Swedish outfit's most pared down and elegant affair, Vidrig Vår showcases Dungen still operating on a psychedelic wavelength not found…
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Asher White :: Love Aggregates
Asher White goes maximalist on Love Aggregates, building heavy doses of orchestral power pop from her bedroom. A fragmentary heartbreak album touching on…
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Those Were the Days of Miracle and Wonder :: Paul Simon’s Graceland at 40
Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland exists in this weird state, an album that eternally evokes 1986, but always sounds so different from other albums of its era…
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)
Broadcasting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays. Subterranean nocturnes…
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Love :: Four Sail
For many, Forever Changes is where the Love story ends. Whether viewed as a retooled evolution of the band or simply that of Arthur Lee, Four Sail is an…
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Transmissions :: Matt Baldwin
This week on the show, guitarist and psychotherapist Matt Baldwin, who is here to teach you How To Play Guitar. OK, not exactly. But Baldwin is the author of…
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Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts :: Second Song
At 80, Neil Young remains gloriously unfinished. Second Song, his latest with the Chrome Hearts, is a weathered, luminous meditation on memory, mortality…
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Índio da Cuíca :: Zing Zing
At 70, Brazilian percussionist Índio da Cuíca reinvented himself as one of the country’s strangest musical voices. His cuíca—usually a squeaky rhythmic…
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HUG :: HUG
Hug is music for the small hours, when the world comes in and out of focus, a record that drifts through the mind’s open windows, carrying with it the sublime…
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Maddy Prior & June Tabor’s Silly Sisters at 50
Maddy Prior and June Tabor’s Silly Sisters is a magical hinge album, a meeting of two transcendent voices and a jolly band of British folk masters. Recorded in…
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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: September 2026
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler…
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Bandcamping :: Autumn 2026
Are things feeling autumnal at long last? Not quite. But maybe this selection of recommended sounds, old and new, can help usher in the cooler, crisper season…
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Nigeria 80: The Explosive Sound World of 1980s Nigeria
The ’70s didn’t end. They just got more elastic. Strut’s Nigeria 80 catches Nigerian popular music in that beautiful, unruly stretch between Afrobeat’s…
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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Instrumentals (2016-2026)
Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions have been rolling along at a steady pace since 2011, bringing together a global lineup of artists to offer up cover…
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)
Broadcasting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays. A signal from the afterlife of…
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I Will Die In This Jean Jacket :: Hang From A Cloud
Minneapolis lifer Jim Blaha goes it alone on Hang From A Cloud, a raw, bedroom-recorded set of wistful garage-psych and punk songs that crackle with romantic…
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Transmissions :: James Austin Johnson
This week on the show, comedian James Austin Johnson joins us to dive into the music nerd obsessions of his new comedy special He'll Yeah. You've likely seen…
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Dollar Brand/Don Cherry/Carlos Ward :: The Third World-Underground
A live recording of three jazz masters in transitional phases of their careers, The Third World-Underground captures Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), Don…
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Wendy & Bonnie :: Genesis
Stunning psychedelic baroque pop meets Latin-influenced west coast jazz. The story of teenage sisters Wendy & Bonnie and their sublime 1969 record Genesis…
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Ghosts of American Psychonauts
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s live show can be any number of things—a solo acoustic ramble through covers and oddities and absurd stories, an electrified duo with…
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Nick Jonah Davis :: Rose Delta Rising
You might find yourself succumbing to shorthand hyperbole when trying to describe Rose Delta Rising, Nick Jonah Davis’ remarkable new album. Ry Cooder joining…
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Well Travelled :: Talk Talk’s Final Live Performances 40 Years On
With In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk, music writer Graeme Thomson charts one of the most mystical trajectories ever undertaken by a one-time…
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Crying Laughing :: Talking
Strange and turbulent times call for insistent new theme songs and rallying cries. On Talking, Baltimore’s Crying Laughing answer the call with necessary and…
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Mike D :: Thank You
Thank You, the first solo work from Mike D, ascribed to the appellation Mike D 5D. Though he hasn’t been too far from music, producing records for Portugal…
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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Maisy Owen
For her debut Lagniappe Session, Maisy Owen turns to four songwriters who share her gift for making difficult things sound beautiful. From Rosa Lee Carson’s…
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Secular Music Group :: Volume 3
Since emerging out of the wilds of Connecticut a few years back, SMG have released three LPs worth of rapturous sounds, each moment filled with pure melody…
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Christer Bothen/Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin :: Serpentine
The Ghosted trio haven't changed much over the course of three albums, turning out sleek, skeletal jazz with deft regularity. With the addition of Swedish…
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Rão Kyao :: Malpertuis
Rão Kyao's 1976 debut album Malpertuis can be seen as a direct offspring of Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended four decades of dictatorship and…
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Upper Wilds :: Mercury
Dan Friel is having a summer, what with the surprise resurgence of aughts noise mainstays Parts & Labor and now a fourth album from guitar-centric…
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Bill Orcutt :: Four Louies Live
Orcutt’s deconstruction of “Louie Louie” is a mash-up of Steve Reich’s 1970 minimalist milestones “Four Organs” with the rock staple. It finds a seam between…
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American Spring :: S/T (1972)
Constantly meandering in copyright turmoil that renders it inaccessible, 1972's lone eponymous record by American Spring (sisters Marilyn Wilson and Diane…
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Transmissions :: Sun Ra: Door of the Cosmos
Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions with Jason P. Woodbury. This week, we’ve got something extra special: a behind the scenes look at the…
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Melô do Embaixador: Brazilian Soul, Funk & Disco Covers 1968-2015
Forget the Beatles. Brazilians love covering the Fab Four in all the different styles (from bossa to Tropícalia and MPB), but some intrepid brasileiros prefer…
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The Drin :: I Lost My Way for Centuries
If you make it all the way through to track 21 (of 23), to “Sweet, Sweet Sickly Music”, you’ll hear a tortured guitar unspool against a beat obscured by fuzz…
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Nighttime :: Looking Glass
“I can see the future and I can tell you’re smiling,” sings Nighttime’s Eva Louise Goodman on “Mother of Invention,” a quiet confidence in her voice. It’s the…
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Black Duck with Elena Setién
The songs are loose-jointed and exploratory, built on repetitive motifs but more than willing to jettison them. A bass-line snakes around glittering piano…
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Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds :: Blue Hour (1961)
Blue Hour (1961) by Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds is a fleeting collaboration that’s perfectly captured by its title. Like the blue light that…
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Bondo :: Bondo
Bondo’s self-titled third album resurrects the glacial, improvisatory spirit of ’90s slowcore and post-rock, channeling Codeine, early Mogwai, and Tortoise…
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Jeffrey Silverstein :: Patchouli
Sometimes Jeffrey Silverstein uses words, delivering them in a low, Bill Callahan-esque drawl. Other times, he let’s the music do the talking. The most recent…
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)
Broadcasting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays. 34.1090° N, 118.2334° W The…
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Bitchin Bajas :: Isle Peaks
On Isle Peaks, Bitchin Bajas continue their long-running musical exploration of the unknown, turning three outtakes from the Inland See sessions into an…
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Videodrome :: Lucky Three (1997)
For fans of Elliott Smith, watching Lucky Three feels like visiting with an old friend that you haven’t seen in a while, all the while knowing that they’re…
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Fruit Bats :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
The Landfill sonically demonstrates Eric D. Johnson’s strength as a leader and commanding presence, accompanied by a full band for the first time in a few…
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National Park :: Outside
The brainchild of veteran Scottish musician John Hogarty (The Pastels, Telstar Ponies) from Glasgow's storied guitar-pop underground, outside marks the hybrid…
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Julia Holter :: Materia
Julia Holter revisits old ideas and pushes them forward on Materia, opening up and extending them in a liberated direction. The EP captures the sound of a…
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Chet Baker :: Daybreak (Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1979)
There is something uncanny about late-career Chet Baker. In Europe, the mythology receded, leaving room for something stranger: space, spontaneity, and 48…
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The Grateful Dead :: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66)
A curious — and fascinating — listening experience. In some ways, the band is almost unrecognizable. Tempos are decidedly fast paced, even on laments like “He…
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Shearwater :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
While his band Shearwater shares its name with a seabird, Jonathan Meiburg's latest album has us thinking about The Birds—the 1952 short story Daphne du…
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Transmissions :: Fred Thomas
Welcome back to Transmissions with Jason P. Woodbury. This week on the show, another talk that spun out of our Big Ears hang out, a conversation with a…
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Nina Winder-Lind :: Wild Love
On Wild Love, Nina Winder-Lind distills the elemental force of New Eves into an intimate, guitar-led set exploring artistic inheritance, self-discovery, and…
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Black Rock :: The Bar-Kays at Wattstax
Known for their Stax/Volt session work and backing the likes of Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding, catch a glimpse of this electric set of Memphis-based The…
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Akusmi :: Terra Incognita
On his second album as Akusmi, Pascal Bideau mostly jettisons the short interlocking patterns of his earlier work for a wealth of wider, more colorful and…
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Sofie Birch :: Bivabippabualukka
Sophie Birch’s Bivabippabualukka sounds like it was made somewhere beyond the reach of trends. Blending cassette-warped guitar, birdsong, synths, zither…
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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: August 2026
Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing every third Sunday of the month, RFAD on dublab features the pairing of Tyler…
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Allah-Las :: Sirenas
On their sixth record, Allah-Las embrace a fully instrumental template that oscillates with hypnotic, rhythmic textures and soft ambient currents. Wrapped in…
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Don Cherry & Okay Temiz :: Music for Turkish Theater 1970
In 1969 Istanbul, James Baldwin brought Don Cherry and Turkish percussionist Okay Temiz together to score Fortune and Men’s Eyes, a controversial play about…
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In Gowan Ring :: The Glinting Spade
Some records evoke another era, and then there are those that seem untouched by chronology. Originally released in 1999, The Glinting Spade is one of the…