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Weekly interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and filmmakers presented by Aquarium Drunkard.

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  • Feb 16, 2022 · 59 min

    Transmissions :: Molly Lewis

    This week on the show, we're joined by world renowned whistler Molly Lewis. Last year, she released a great EP called The Forgotten Edge via Jagjaguwar. With its exotica and spaghetti western motifs, the EP is a supremely playful and lovely listen. And Lewis is a...

  • Feb 9, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min

    Transmissions :: Laraaji

    "Transmissions is a lovely name; I think that's a very crucial name for this age." So says mystic musician our guest this week on the show. Sitting down with host , His Orangeness (AKA Edward Larry Gordon) discusses his new collaboration with NOUS...

  • Feb 2, 2022 · 58 min

    Transmissions :: Cate Le Bon

    Today on Transmissions: Cate Le Bon, who, for the last decade plus, has made some of our favorite modern records, as well as producing great work for other artists, like Deerhunter and John Grant, who joined us last year on the podcast to t their...

  • Jan 26, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min

    Transmissions :: Mitch Horowitz

    Welcome back to our weekly podcast Transmissions. Today on the show, occult scholar . He’s the author of a staggering number of metaphysical books and the tremendous historical project, Occult America, a deeply researched book that examines how...

  • Jan 21, 2022 · 1 hr 21 min

    Transmissions :: David Bazan

    Welcome to a bonus edition of Transmissions with David Bazan of Pedro The Lion joining host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss the release of the band's surprise album . Like 2019's Phoenix, the record focuses on Bazan's youth in Arizona. In this loose...

  • Jan 19, 2022 · 1 hr

    Transmissions :: Circuit des Yeux

    Our guest today is Haley Fohr, better known as Circuit des Yeux and Jackie Lynn. Her latest is called iO, and it’s a stunning work of art rock bravado. In our 2021 contributor Tyler Wilcox wrote: “On the new Circuit des Yeux album, Haley Fohr...

  • Nov 3, 2021 · 1 hr 16 min

    Transmissions :: Steve Berlin (Los Lobos)

    This week on Transmissions, the final episode of the season: Steve Berlin. Steve plays saxophone in Los Lobos, whose new album is called, Native Sons. It features Los Angeles-centric covers by the likes of WAR, The Beach Boys, Buffalo...

  • Oct 27, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    Transmissions :: Helado Negro

    This week on Transmissions, our weekly series of strange conversations: Roberto Carlos Lange of Helado Negro. His new album of electronic bliss pop, psychedelic ambient, and soulful love songs is called Lange joined host Jason P. Woodbury for a...

  • Oct 20, 2021 · 58 min

    Transmissions :: Scott Hirsch

    This week on Transmissions, our weekly series of strange conversations: Scott Hirsch. Perhaps you know his name from the credits of albums by or Alice Gerrard. Or perhaps you're into his solo records: the nocturnally grooving is the latest. He's...

  • Oct 6, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min

    Transmissions :: Damon and Naomi

    Hey, welcome back to Transmissions, we're so glad to have you here tuning in. Today on the show, I’m joined by two lifers of independent rock, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. Their latest is a tremendous album called A Sky Record. Reviewing the...

  • Sep 29, 2021 · 58 min

    Transmissions :: Neko Case

    This week on Transmissions: the magnificent Neko Case. She’s recently launched , a newsletter of nature writing. We don't need to tell you that Neko Case is a great writer—her work with the New Pornographers, Case/Lang/Veirs and her solo albums...

  • Sep 22, 2021 · 59 min

    Transmissions :: Alan Licht

    Today on Transmissions, author, artist, guitarist, and creator Alan Licht. He's the author of Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Musicians 1995-2020. It features some incredible talks with ANOHNI, Tony Conrad, Greg Tate, Yo La Tengo,...

  • Sep 15, 2021 · 57 min

    Transmissions :: Nick Lowe

    Today on the show, returning Transmissions guest Nick Lowe. 20 years ago, he released The Convincer, which many folks argue is his best album. It's reissued by Yep Roc Records this week. Following his rough and rowdy start at Stiff, his work...

  • Sep 8, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min

    Transmissions :: Chris Swanson (co-founder of Secretly Group)

    Welcome to Transmissions. Today on the show: Chris Swanson, co-founder of Secretly Group. This year marks 25 years of two of the flagship labels in the group, Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, and to celebrate they’ve got tons going on—including...

  • Sep 1, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min

    Transmissions :: Bela Koe-Krompecher

    Thanks for joining us on Transmissions. Our guest this week is Bela Koe-Krompecher, who’s written a terrific book called , about his time in the ‘80s rock & roll underground of Columbus, Ohio, and the tumultuous lives—and far too early...

  • Aug 25, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min

    Transmissions :: Jon Wurster

    This week on Transmissions, Jon Wurster, the drummer of , Bob Mould Band, and Superchunk and one-half of and Wurster, the long running radio comedy duo as featured on . In his wide-ranging talk with Jason Woodbury, he discusses growing up in...

  • Aug 18, 2021 · 57 min

    Transmissions :: Nathan Salsburg

    As a curator at the Alan Lomax Archive, Nathan Salsburg is no stranger to reaching deep into the past to bring forth music that speaks to us in the present moment. As a guitarist and songwriter, he's primarily focused on instrumental sounds, but on...

  • Aug 11, 2021 · 55 min

    Transmissions :: Rickie Lee Jones

    “Music shapes us and fundamentally changes us. Once we have listened we do not stop. We do not ever recover from music. We will return again and again to the radio, the record store, the bedroom where girls listen to records all day.” That’s a...

  • Aug 4, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    Transmissions :: John Leckie

    A sprawling talk with record maker John Leckie. As a tape operator at Abbey Road, he oversaw the All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band sessions and rolled tape on Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, Fela Kuti, and more. Soon he began producing...