Aquarium Drunkard
banner
aquariumdrunkard.com
Aquarium Drunkard
@aquariumdrunkard.com
only the good shit
The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet :: Spring

aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/01/14/t...

Recorded in the late 1960s by Cape Town pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab and his group, Spring calls to mind Atlantic-era Coltrane at its breeziest...
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Cat Power :: What Would the Community Think at 30

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/06/c...

Cat Power's Matador debut captures the wild, raw, unfiltered power of Marshall’s art, an unpredictable electricity that runs through the songs, buzzing and fizzing and threatening explosion at any time.
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Bandcamping :: Winter 2026

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/04/b...

With the latest Bandcamp Friday hitting on Feb. 6, the time is right to melt the ice of winter 2026 with some fresh and far out sounds. Discover some recent/recommended tunes below.
Bandcamping :: Winter 2026 - Aquarium Drunkard
With the latest Bandcamp Friday hitting on Feb. 6, the time is right to melt the ice of winter 2026 with some fresh and far out sounds. Discover some recent/recommended tunes below. Shintaro Noguchi &...
aquariumdrunkard.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Wilder Maker :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/06/w...

Songwriter Gabriel Birnbaum’s latest with Wilder Maker leans into sophisto-pop shaded indie pop noir, careening from rootsy swagger into bursts of digital space jazz and ambient funk.
Wilder Maker :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview - Aquarium Drunkard
Songwriter Gabriel Birnbaum’s latest with Wilder Maker, 2025's The Streets Like Beds Still Warm, leans into sophisto-pop shaded indie pop noir, careening from rootsy swagger into bursts of digital spa...
aquariumdrunkard.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Silvia Tarozzi :: Lucciole

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/05/s...

Lucciole, the latest album from Italian violinist, composer, vocalist, and improviser Silvia Tarozzi, unfolds like a strange existential drama in surrealist form while blending chamber folk, classical, and the avant-garde.
February 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
Thrilled to see Eddie Harris in the feed lately.

If you’re gettin up to speed or just missed it the first time around, enjoy this megamix of his freakiest cuts I put together for AD last summer.
You’re Future’s In Space: Eddie Harris on Atlantic (A Mixtape)

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/04/y...

From the late 60s through the mid-70s, Eddie Harris indulged in a string of progressively freakier, beautifully executed records that smeared boundaries, blew minds and sold poorly.
February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Doopees :: Doopee Time

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/04/d...

An oddity on just about every front, 1995’s Doopee Time is a fictional universe crafted by Japanese composer and steelpan drum maestro Yann Tomita...
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Bandcamping :: Winter 2026

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/04/b...

With the latest Bandcamp Friday hitting on Feb. 6, the time is right to melt the ice of winter 2026 with some fresh and far out sounds. Discover some recent/recommended tunes below.
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
This is a Top 5 record for me. Absolutely get a copy of it to have around if you can.
Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/d...

After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
please enjoy this youtube channel i stumbled upon full of sick new age cassette rips
The Sagegazers
Documenting the lifetimes, timelines, and sounds of the Sagegazers in the post-Glimmerlight diaspora.
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Have You Heard About the World Coming to an End?

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/03/h...

A most welcome compilation of gospel choirs and harmony groups recorded between the late 1920s and mid 1950s. It’s marvelous stuff—raw and scruffy and spirited and cool.
Have You Heard About the World Coming to an End? - Aquarium Drunkard
Released just before Christmas by London’s Death is Not the End label, Have You Heard About the World Coming to an End? is a most welcome compilation of gospel choirs and harmony groups recorded betwe...
aquariumdrunkard.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Muriel Grossmann :: Plays the Music of McCoy Tyner and the Grateful Dead

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/03/m...

On a four-track double album, Austrian saxophonist Muriel Grossmann pays tribute to the music of two American visionaries: McCoy Tyner and Bob Weir.
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
The Clean :: Mister Pop

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/02/t...

...on the eve of a recently announced definitive book on the band and following the tragic passing of the late Hamish Kilgour, the now seventeen-year old record provides a deeply fascinating revisit.
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The Clean :: Mister Pop

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/02/t...

...on the eve of a recently announced definitive book on the band and following the tragic passing of the late Hamish Kilgour, the now seventeen-year old record provides a deeply fascinating revisit.
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
Picked this one up today at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie and can confirm, it fuckin rules...
Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/d...

After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
Gary Peacock/Ralph Towner :: Oracle

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/27/g...

Originally released in 1995, the recently reissued Oracle, a collaboration between bassist Gary Peacock and recently deceased guitarist Ralph Towner gives us a look at two legends in deep midcareer.
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
There are those who love Ethiopian Knights and there are those who just haven’t heard it yet.
Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/d...

After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
Ooh, this looks interesting
Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/d...

After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
AD curated the music portion of the Big Sky Film Festival next month

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/b...

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible. Speed Racer: The World of Vic Chesnutt. Little Feat: The Doc. Summer Tour. Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost. Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together. Benjamin Smoke
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/29/d...

After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Reposted by Aquarium Drunkard
A fantastic record from a fantastic duo.
Gary Peacock/Ralph Towner :: Oracle

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/27/g...

Originally released in 1995, the recently reissued Oracle, a collaboration between bassist Gary Peacock and recently deceased guitarist Ralph Towner gives us a look at two legends in deep midcareer.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra :: Vila

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/28/f...

..feels like both his most intimate and his most grandiose, as he tries to keep the idyllic minimalism of his style of acoustic guitar while striving for the expressive radiance of 1960s noir film scores.
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Gary Peacock/Ralph Towner :: Oracle

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/27/g...

Originally released in 1995, the recently reissued Oracle, a collaboration between bassist Gary Peacock and recently deceased guitarist Ralph Towner gives us a look at two legends in deep midcareer.
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM