Originating in 2005 and based in Los Angeles, Aquarium 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.
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Guest contributors: Robyn Hitchcock, Will Oldham, Dungen, Jim James, Hollow Hand, Jeff Tweedy, Khruangbin, Lower Dens, Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, Iceage, Psychic Temple, Sinkane, Mountain Goats, Mary Lattimore, Patterson Hood, James Elkington, Will Sheff, Mark Kozelek, Allah-Las, Spooner Oldham, Jon Spencer, Kevin Morby, Damien Jurado, Joan Shelley, John Vanderslice, Akron/Family, Steve Earle, Julian Lynch, White Fence, Anton Newcombe, Sunwatchers, Gruff Rhys, Mega Bog, Nap Eyes, Mikal Cronin, Kacy & Clayton, The Sandwitches, Mountain Man, The Raccoonists, Hamilton Leithauser, Parquet Courts, Sarah Louise, Gordon Gano, Josh Tillman, Cut Worms, The Antlers, Little Wings, Dave Harrington, Jason Isbell, Richard Swift, Anna St. Louis, The Handsome Family, Daniel Hutchens, Frida Hyvönen, Castanets, Drive-By Truckers, William Tyler, William Elliott Whitmore, Tortoise, Father John Misty, Kikagaku Moyo, Lucero, Horse Feathers, Rodriguez, Bowerbirds, Portugal The Man, Frankel, Sam Evian, Mission of Burma, Rosali, Cornelia Murr, Roadside Graves, Josh Rouse, Throw Me The Statue, The Whigs, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Fruit Bats, James Jackson Toth, James Husband, Bear In Heaven, RF Shannon, Japandroids, The Minus 5, Megafaun, King Tuff, White Hinterland, Wolf People, The Deadly Syndrome, Dean Wareham, Frog Eyes, Doug Paisley, Lotus Plaza, The Ruby Suns, The Jim Jones Revue, Chris Cohen, Sunset, Elf Power, Bobby Bare Jr., Ethan Miller, Blitzen Trapper, Ben Weaver, Michael Nau, The Autumn Defense, Robert Ellis, Hacienda, John Grant, Wooden Wand, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Michael Rault, Skygreen Leopards, Matthew E. White, The Amazing, Porcelain Raft, Tashaki Miyaki, Hand Habits, Daniel Romano, Chris Forsyth, Bonny Doon, Sonny & The Sunsets, Bobby Bare Jr., Of Montreal, Eric D. Johnson, Jolie Holland, Nathan Salsberg, Blitzen Trapper, Benjamin Booker, Daniel Bachman, Ultimate Painting, Jennifer Castle, Alex Bleeker, Springtime Carnivore, Diane Coffee, Jess Williamson, Ryley Walker, Gruff Rhys, Rickie Lee Jones and many more.
Interviews: Yoko Ono, John Cale, Seun Kuti, Pere Ubu, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Peter Buck, Kikagaku Moyo, Jim Jarmusch, Brian Wilson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Cate Le Bon, Michael Rother, Dwight Yoakam, Loudon Wainwright III, Tinariwen, Amen Dunes, Sharon Van Etten, Alan Vega, Adrian Sherwood, Kurt Vile, Mdou Moctar, Craig Leon, Michael Chapman, Stephen Malkmus, Dave Davies, Juan Wauters, Ty Segall, Nick Lowe, Jeff Tweedy, Buzzcocks, Dean Ween, Mountain Goats, Hailu Mergia, Robyn Hitchcock, Protomartyr, Yo La Tengo, Lee Fields, Mickey Hart, David Crosby, Gillian Welch, Jeff Bridges, Pauline Anna Strom, Richard Thompson, Cochemea, Neko Case, Trî¤d, Grî¤s & Stenar, Craig Finn, Cass McCombs, Jonathan Wilson, Howard Wales, Ronnie Spector, Bill MacKay, Tim Heidecker, Tom Jones, Peter Prescott, Lola Kirke, Glenn Kotche, Jah Wobble, Idris Ackamoor, Colin Newman (Wire), Richard Lloyd (Television), Paul Major, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bill Fay, Charles Ditto, Jessica Pratt, Daniel Lanois, Mike Watt, Phil Cook, Scott McCaughey, Lift To Experience, Joan Shelley, Woods, Laraaji, Bill Vitt, Vic Chesnutt, Kris Kristofferson, Orrin Evans, Margo Price, Okkervil River, Mary Timony, Marc Ribot, Terry Allen, Henry Rollins, Ryley Walker, James Elkington, Cody Chesnutt, Lou Barlow, Sarah Davachi, Willis Earl Beal, No Age, Psychic Temple, Michael Nau, Circuit des Yeux, Jody Stephens (Big Star), Torres, The Weather Station, Lambchop, Richard Buckner, The Olivia Tremor Control, Kevin Morby, Jim White, Silver Jews, Elyse Weinberg, John Mulaney, Matthew Sweet, The Clientele, Jay Bolotin, Chris Robinson, The Hold Steady, Merle Haggard, Moon Duo, Joanna Brouk, Centro-Matic, K. Leimer, Plush, Alejandro Escovedo, The National, Beth Orton, The Felice Brothers, Rain Phoenix, Scott Fagan, Shearwater, Parquet Courts, The Dream Syndicate, Howe Gelb, Daniel Norgren, Real Estate, Anton Newcombe, AA Bondy, Brendan Benson, Twin Peaks, The Low Anthem, Pere Ubu, Nathan Bowles, Jay Farrar, Shirley Collins, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, The Mattson 2, Andrew Savage, Circulatory System, Ethan Miller, Condo Fucks, Jason Lytle, Akron/Family, William Bell, The Weather Station, The Moondoggies, Telekinesis, Megafaun, Phosphorescent, Charlie Louvin, Castanets, Dan Auerbach, Benji Hughes, Cheap Trick, The Walkmen, Mikal Cronin, The Rosebuds, Horse Feathers, Mercyland, Blitzen Trapper, Kelly Hogan, Damien Jurado, DeVotchka, The Whigs, The Broken West, Car Seat Headrest, Pedro The Lion, Quintron, Calexico, Hayden, Eric Bachmann, Patterson Hood, Arcade Fire, Whitney, Beach House, Skygreen Leopards, Portastatic, Born Ruffians, Twin Peaks, Animal Collective, The Antlers, Kelly Hogan, Foxygen, Mikael Jorgensen, Futurebirds, Lissie, Wye Oak, The Love Language, Five Eight, Dale Murphy, Foxygen, Menomena, Corin Tucker, Destroyer, Superchunk, Beachwood Sparks, Lucinda Williams, Wooden Wand, Margo Guryan, Itasca, The Growlers, Father John Misty, Chris Cohen, Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, Chris Stamey, Angel Olsen, Camera Obscura, Bobby Whitlock, The Baptist Generals, Bonny Doon, Daughn Gibson, Van Dyke Parks, Califone, Gary Numan, William Tyler, Mark Renner, Doug Paisley, Peter Walker, The Rock*A*Teens, Christopher Denny, Castanets, Dwight Twilley, David Gedge (The Wedding Present), John Lurie and many more.