Jul
11

Aquarium Drunkard Presents: DJ Soft Touch, A Mixtape

Forgive the potential redundancy.  For those of you who have yet to download this mixtape, don’t thank me. Salute DJ Soft Touch and Justin “Aquarium Drunkard” Gage, who have contracted to bring you and I an hour of back-breaking, belly-jiggling, BBQ-smoked, paisley scarved funk. Both esoteric summertime soul and the likes of James Brown, H.… Continue reading »

Jan
18

Dirty Gold – “California Sunrise”

Ignore the surfeit of shirtless surfer bro’s and instead note the auroral melody of “California Sunrise.” Released by Dirty Gold, a crew of California teenagers, this fits into nicely to today’s all-West Coast everything theme. The ever on-point guzzler of Aquariums is releasing the Roar EP this spring on his own Autumn Tone imprint. In… Continue reading »

Aug
05

Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Soul Sides, A Gospel/Funk Mixtape

When the Shaolin meets the Wu-Tang, the combination can be dangerous. Having spent enough time with both the Drinker of Aquariums and O-Dub, I can report that neither of them are any threat to society. In fact, they are two of the most affable gentlemen you will ever meet. But likability goes out the window… Continue reading »