Transmissions
Weekly interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and filmmakers presented by Aquarium Drunkard.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Transmissions :: Ryan Walsh
Roll up/that's an invitation...Today on the show, we're joined by a return guest, Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills. He’s appeared here on the show previously to discuss his great Van Morrison book,…
01:04:10 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Transmissions :: Destroyer
Right from the top of LABYRINTHITIS, the 13th album from our guest today, new wave art rock master Dan Bejar of Destroyer, you get an example of what makes him such a compelling artist. “It’s in Your…
01:03:24 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Transmissions :: Beauty Pill
Our guests this week are Chad Clark and Erin Nelson of DC post-punk band Beauty Pill. Clark emerged from the DC/Dischord punk scene with his band Smart Went Crazy, and he worked on records by Fugazi…
01:09:49 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Transmissions :: Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth
Though Sonic Youth ended a decade ago, the band's archives have continued to surprise. The latest from the SY vault is In/Out/In (Three Lobed Recordings), a collection of instrumentals recorded duri…
01:10:28 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Transmissions :: Matthew E. White
"Anything that knocks ya out, hits you harder than you planned," sings Matthew E. White on "Genuine Hesitation," which opens K Bay, the third solo album from the Spacebomb founder. And it's a knock…
01:12:22 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Transmissions :: Clinic
This week on the show, we’re joined by Ade Blackburn of Clinic. The Liverpool-based duo of Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley released a great record last year called Fantasy Island, full of skittering d…
01:06:46 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
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,…
00:59:27 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Transmissions :: Laraaji
"Transmissions is a lovely name; I think that's a very crucial name for this age." So says mystic musician Laraaji, our guest this week on the show. Sitting down with host Jason P. Woodbury, His O…
01:04:56 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
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, wh…
00:58:42 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Transmissions :: Mitch Horowitz
Welcome back to our weekly podcast Transmissions. Today on the show, occult scholar Mitch Horowitz. He’s the author of a staggering number of metaphysical books and the tremendous historical project…
01:05:55 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
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 Havasu. Like 2019's Phoenix, the r…
01:21:18 |
Fri 21 Jan 2022
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 Year in Review contributor Tyler…
01:00:06 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
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 li…
01:16:02 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
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 cal…
01:10:20 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
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 William Tyler or Alice Gerrard. Or perhaps you're into …
00:58:22 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Transmissions :: Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders and Dire Wolves
This week on the Transmissions, Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders and Dire Wolves. For decades now, he's been a fixture in the psychedelic mutant underground. He's got a great new self-titled r…
01:07:46 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
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 tremen…
01:06:24 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Transmissions :: Neko Case
This week on Transmissions: the magnificent Neko Case. She’s recently launched Entering the Lung, a newsletter of nature writing. We don't need to tell you that Neko Case is a great writer—her work …
00:58:31 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
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…
00:59:30 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
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 h…
00:57:57 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
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