The Beach Boys :: We Gotta Groove – The Brother Studio Years aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/10/t... Here, after nearly half a century, is not just a presentation of some of the strongest, strangest music Brian Wilson would ever record, but a celebration of it.

Tony Joe White :: The Real Thang (Deluxe Edition) aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/10/t... White dropped this eight track album on Casablanca Records at the dawn of a new decade. Disco may have been in the ether, but this is swamp rock mutating in real time.

The Sha La Das :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/09/t...

Honey Slides VI :: Shakey Covers aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/09/h... Slip into the latest edition of our annual mix of rarities & oddities from the far-out reaches of the Shakeyverse.This year, we’ve taken the opportunity to shake things up with an hour’s worth of weird/wonderful Neil covers.

The Lagniappe Sessions :: The Nude Party aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/09/t... Ease back as the band pays tribute to '3‑Track Shack' era, North Carolina godhead Link Wray, the mutable, perennial gem that is Chuck Willis’s “C.C. Rider,” and the road-worn groove of “Six Days on the Road.”

Honey Slides VI :: Shakey Covers aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/09/h... Slip into the latest edition of our annual mix of rarities & oddities from the far-out reaches of the Shakeyverse.This year, we’ve taken the opportunity to shake things up with an hour’s worth of weird/wonderful Neil covers.

All timer. Love this record.

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...

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

This is a Top 5 record for me. Absolutely get a copy of it to have around if you can.

please enjoy this youtube channel i stumbled upon full of sick new age cassette rips

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Picked this one up today at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie and can confirm, it fuckin rules...

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.

There are those who love Ethiopian Knights and there are those who just haven’t heard it yet.

Ooh, this looks interesting

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

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...

A fantastic record from a fantastic duo.

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.

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.

Thank you ❤️

Pullman :: III aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/26/p... This 3rd LP from the ambient folk-blues supergroup explores the connection between memory and physical frailty, finding musical communion amid loss. It’s a quiet, emotionally charged gift...

Winged Wheel :: Desert So Green aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/26/w... Winged Wheel’s third LP shows off this imaginative and evolving approach with terrific results. Though certain elements remain in place, the dream team sextet seem intent on not making the same record twice.

The Glands - "Mayflower" youtu.be/sPmMDDlZdeY?...

The Lagniappe Sessions :: The Slaps aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/23/t... pre-Dark Side era Floyd with a lived-in, and woolly, cover of Obscured by Clouds’ “Wot’s… Uh the Deal”. AD Manna, indeed! And an amped up version of friend and touring partner hemlock’s “Under All The Kudzu” …

Herbie Hancock Septet: Live at the Boardinghouse January 16, 1973 aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/21/h... A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...

This was a proper country once.

Evelyne/Maseo :: Testpattern aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/22/e... Fusing elements of Japanese City Pop, French New Wave, and a touch of Kosmische Musik, Testpattern by Evelyne/Maseo is sonically sublime. Recorded in Maseo Hiruma’s home studio circa mid-80s ...

Herbie Hancock Septet: Live at the Boardinghouse January 16, 1973 aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/21/h... A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...

Barry Walker, Jr. :: Paleo Sol aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/21/b... Pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, Jr. puts the “cosmic” in “cosmic country” on this new solo album in songs that traverse drone, Americana and Reichian minimalism.

David Sylvian - "Ghosts" and Interview (480p Quality) youtu.be/ZGCB6Fyn58M?...

The Olympians :: Strawberry Kiwi aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/20/t... It’s been a whole decade since The Olympians, the orchestral funk and soul combo dropped their s/t debut, but 2026 sees the group’s long awaited return with In Search of a Revival, due out February 13th on Daptone.

Jana Horn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/20/j...

Shintaro Sakamoto’s 5th LP Yoo-hoo follows a continuation of the pop-centric sensibilities that only Sakamoto could usher into existence: lifting backdrops of surf guitar, Spector-like orchestration and funky exotica crafted for the dancefloor. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/19/s...

Shintaro Sakamoto’s 5th LP Yoo-hoo follows a continuation of the pop-centric sensibilities that only Sakamoto could usher into existence: lifting backdrops of surf guitar, Spector-like orchestration and funky exotica crafted for the dancefloor. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/19/s...

RIP the dude. My first exposure to any ECM was my dad playing Beneath An Evening Sky on one of his car pop tapes and it stuck with me forever

An absolute giant of the guitar who sadly seems to have faded from public view in recent years. R.I.P.