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Aquarium Drunkard - Los Angeles Based Music JournalAquarium Drunkard is an eclectic audio journal focused on daily reviews, interviews, features, podcasts and sessions. Digging globally, AD bridges contemporary sounds with psych, jazz, avant-garde, folk, garage, funk and beyond. For heads, by heads.Aquarium Drunkard - Los Angeles Based Music Journal Skip to content Aquarium Drunkard Toggle Menu Membership Membership About Contact Supply Search Twitter Instagram Facebook Threads Bluesky • • • Present Tense Dagmar Zuniga :: In Filth Your Mystery Is Kingdom / Far Smile Peasant In Yellow Music March 6, 2026 Present Tense Stereolab :: Emperor Tomato Ketchup at 30 March 9, 2026 Present Tense Ron Carter :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview March 2, 2026 On The Turntable Close Stereolab :: Emperor Tomato Ketchup Thirty years old this month, Stereolab’s 1996 breakthrough record Emperor Tomato Ketchup was equal parts transitional and revolutionary. Upon three decades of reflection, the retrofuturism bridgegap keenly foreshadowed the self-coined groop’s prolific trajectory, spanning all the way through last year’s comeback album Instant Holograms on Metal Film. Read More Spotify Apple Music Tidal Close Wet Tuna :: Vast The musical and psychic evolution of Matt “MV” Valentine traces a wide-ranging and gloriously unwieldy trajectory through sound and space for those intrepid enough to follow it. Spanning the earliest days of Tower Recordings, a bevy of solo albums, one of the most exhaustive and rewarding live recording archives you can dig into, and twenty-five years copiloting the fantastic voyage of MV&EE, Valentine has never stopped pushing the music outward and onward. And it doesn’t get any farther out than the freewheeling funkified flights of Wet Tuna. Read More Spotify Apple Music Close Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: We Are Together Again It would be a mistake to take the simplicity of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s songs at face value. Certainly, his tunes do have a pared down grace. And yet, listen closely and you’ll catch the embellishments, the flicker of saxophone, the soft cushion of strings, the flutter of flute, the smoke wreathes of communal singing. The center, as always, is Will Oldham, his tetchy, querulous voice, his warm way with melody, his startling, occasionally absurdist sprays of poetic imagery, but these songs are beautifully filled out by a cast of long-time friends and neighbors from the Louisville area. Read More Spotify Apple Music Tidal Close Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy :: African Skies Recorded in 1993 for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, African Skies received its first reissue earlier this year via the new Stones Throw imprint, Listening Position. On commission for Adler, the seven tracks find Cohran decades removed from his seminal works with Sun Ra and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble, but very much in the pocket both tonally and spiritually. A “multisensory, Afrocentric journey into the starlit sky,” the recordings originally served as the planetarium’s score to sweeping panoramic footage of the cosmos as seen from various telescopes positioned throughout the African continent. Read More Spotify Apple Music Tidal Close Dagmar Zuniga :: DaIn Filth Your Mystery Is Kingdom / Far Smile Peasant In Yellow Music One of the most striking records from 2025 finally gets its deserved vinyl release with AD93’s issuing of Dagmar Zuniga’s in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music. The pluricultural artist’s debut was also assembled in a pluricultural environment, across Norway and Greece and Georgia, and found a rapid, cult-like admiration within a certain Brooklyn scene of lo-fi and experimental art—featuring Zach Philips, its success would eventually lead Zuniga to tour with Mount Eerie. Read More Spotify Apple Music Tidal Close SOYUZ :: KROK Tracked live to tape at Sessa and Biel Basile’s São Paulo studio, Krok captures the Belarusian outfit in a moment of transition, stretching the sinewy tendrils of their earlier work into something more expansive and self-possessed. Where their previous LP steeped itself in the gentle saudade of Brazil’s Clube da Esquina, Krok pulls the lens back as the palette broadens and horizons turn transcontinental. Read More Spotify Apple Music Tidal Close Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock :: Two Improvisations More stunning Takoma School ragas from Joshua Massad and Dylan Aycock, whose self-titled 2020 cassette has been in constant rotation over the past few years. This one is the duo’s vinyl debut — and as the title tells us, we’re invited to luxuriate in two long improvs, both stretching well beyond the 15-minute mark. Read More Spotify Apple Music Close David Lee Jr. :: Evolution New Orleans — birthplace of the syncopated rhythm splinter known as the second-line. Cut to 1974. Drummer and composer David Lee Jr. quietly releases his lone solo LP, the Afro‑futurist Evolution, privately pressed to just 400 copies on his own Supernal Records imprint. A percussive spiritual meditation in motion, the record folds intricate polyrhythms into hypnotic, repetitive loops that sound as urgent and on-point today as they did half a century ago. Four hundred copies. Infinite resonance. Spotify Apple Music Tidal Stereolab :: Emperor Tomato Ketchup at 30 Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Thirty years old this month, Stereolab’s 1996 breakthrough record Emperor Tomato Ketchup was equal parts transitional and revolutionary. Upon three decades of reflection, the retrofuturism bridgegap keenly foreshadowed the self-coined groop’s prolific trajectory, spanning all the way through last year’s comeback album Instant Holograms on Metal Film. From borrowing basslines from Gil Scott-Heron to meditative three-word mantras, ETK represented a singular pop/experimental nexus virtually unheard of in its mid-nineties timing, casting a kaleidoscopic umbrella in its influence over endless genres and eras. David Lee Jr. :: Evolution Posted on March 9, 2026March 8, 2026 New Orleans — birthplace of the syncopated rhythm splinter known as the second-line. Cut to 1974. Drummer and composer David Lee Jr. quietly releases his lone solo LP, the Afro‑futurist Evolution, privately pressed to just 400 copies on his own Supernal Records imprint. A percussive spiritual meditation in motion, the record folds intricate polyrhythms into hypnotic, repetitive loops that sound as urgent and on-point today as they did half a century ago. Four hundred copies. Infinite resonance. Dagmar Zuniga :: In Filth Your Mystery Is Kingdom / Far Smile Peasant In Yellow Music Posted on March 6, 2026March 5, 2026 One of the most striking records from 2025 finally gets its deserved vinyl release with AD93’s issuing of Dagmar Zuniga’s in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music. The pluricultural artist’s debut was also assembled in a pluricultural environment, across Norway and Greece and Georgia, and found a rapid, cult-like admiration within a certain Brooklyn scene of lo-fi and experimental art—featuring Zach Philips, its success would eventually lead Zuniga to tour with Mount Eerie. Matt Valentine :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview Posted on March 5, 2026March 4, 2026 The latest Wet Tuna LP is called Vast — and you’d be hard-pressed to come up with a better title for this collection of strange and funky flights. It’s a wide-open, far-flung album, deeply textured and ridiculously detailed, but somehow spacious and inviting. A psychedelic micro-galaxy/macro-dose that teems with life and imagination. Close to a decade in, this is the fourth proper Wet Tuna offering (not counting an array of more “under-the-counter” situations), but the project is just another whistle-stop on the Matt Valentine express. Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: We Are Together Again Posted on March 5, 2026March 4, 2026 It would be a mistake to take the simplicity of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s songs at face value. Certainly, his tunes do have a pared down grace. And yet, listen closely and you’ll catch the embellishments, the flicker of saxophone, the soft cushion of strings, the flutter of flute, the smoke wreathes of communal singing. The center, as always, is Will Oldham, his tetchy, querulous voice, his warm way with melody, his startling, occasionally absurdist sprays of poetic imagery, but these songs are beautifully filled out by a cast of long-time friends and neighbors from the Louisville area. The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35) Posted on March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 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 JJ Cale :: Stay Around Posted on March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 If JJ Cale had been any more laid-back, gravity would’ve stopped trying. Understated, and rhythm-first, Cale’s distilled blend of regional blues, country, rockabilly, and shuffle stripped away the kink and left only the groove. If there was indeed a Tulsa sound, he was it. Playing less, feeling more. As such, a posthumous post-script from the Breeze might seem, if not suspect, unnecessary. And yet… the release of 2019’s Stay Around proves that sometimes an afterword can indeed swing, giving Cale a reason to linger a little longer Makoto Terashita meets Harold Land :: Topology Posted on March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Recorded in 1984, the unlikely pairing of young Japanese jazz pianist Makoto Terashita and veteran American saxophonist Harold Land was kept obscured for far too long. With its opus “Dragon Dance” originally showcased on the BBE label’s essential J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan four-part compilation series, Topology unearths the sensational full session. Like his run seventies Blue Note sessions with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, the unsung tenorist Land is a marvel as a collaborative partner, elevating this set of mostly original compositions by the younger, up-and-coming Makoto Terashita. Gil Scott-Heron and His Midnight Band :: Live, January 16, 1978 KALX‑FM Posted on March 3, 2026March 9, 2026 Laid down live at KALX‑FM radio at the University of California, Berkeley, Gil Scott-Heron’s January 1978 engagement with his Midnight Band has long circulated as a well-worn bootleg among enthusiasts. Clocking in at around seventy minutes, the recording captures Heron at his artistic zenith in the ’70s, working in vital tandem with Brian Jackson. As broadcasts go, it remains a vivid testament to his singular command of stage, band, and political pulse. Bill Frisell :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview Posted on March 2, 2026March 7, 2026 For Bill Frisell, music at its best feels dreamlike. It bends and manipulates time, contracting and expanding. On his latest, In My Dreams the guitarist is joined by longtime collaborators for a spectral set of tunes, including a sterling cover of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Isfahan.” He joins us to discuss the record, dreams, and Gary Larson’s The Far Side. Ron Carter :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview Posted on March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 In more than a half-century of activity, the legendary bassist has played with nearly everyone in jazz, from cult heroes to celebrated titans to forgotten mavericks. but longevity and dedication as a sideman, along with his stint in Miles Davis’ fabled Second Great Quintet, tend to obscure his many other major accomplishments. For his Aquarium Drunkard Interview, Carter talked about the inspiration behind his latest project and his hardscrabble and illustrious past, and went into his philosophical outlook and practical methods. Breaking down music as an art, a profession and a discipline, Carter shows that a life spent keeping time has not prevented him from existing in the present moment. Jean-Claude Vannier :: L’enfant Assassin des Mouches Posted on February 27, 2026March 9, 2026 Jean-Claude Vannier’s 1972 magnum opus endures. Arriving a year after his iconic collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg on Histoire de Melody Nelson, L’enfant Assassin des Mouches represents the full flowering of his idiosyncratic vision, expanding the possibilities of contemporary orchestral pop as the rulebook of conventional composition dissolves in its wake. Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 37 Posted on February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our irregular gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. In this month’s stack: melting some winter ice with Beth Lesser’s definitive ’80s Jamaican Dancehall coffee table tome, Larry Charles’ dangerous comedy memoir, the undersung dean of American pulp and grit-lit, Charles Willieford, Haruki Murakami’s anecdote-infused biographies of over fifty jazz musicians, and an uncategorizable work that Thurston Moore describes as “akin to a ‘lost’ recording by the Velvet Underground.” Load More The AD Interview Lagniappe Sessions Transmissions Podcast Mixtapes Email Newsletter AD Supply Membership   Search for: The AD Interview Lagniappe Sessions Transmissions Podcast Mixtapes Email Newsletter AD Supply Membership Twitter Instagram Facebook Threads Bluesky Aquarium Drunkard Membership Membership About Contact Supply Back to Topenusen-UShttps://aquariumdrunkard.com

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