American Aquarium
From Raleigh
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Last show in the Netherlands: November 6, 2026 at De Oosterpoort, Groningen.
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Also known as: American Acquarium
American Aquarium named themselves after a line from a Wilco song, which tells you something about the kind of band they are: deeply literate, a little offbeat, and not especially concerned with playing it safe. Built around Raleigh, North Carolina singer and guitarist BJ Barham, they've spent close to two decades burning through alternative country and Americana with a rawness that draws comparisons to Drive By Truckers and early Rolling Stones. Their 2012 album Burn. Flicker. Die., produced by Jason Isbell, was originally meant to be their farewell record. Instead it became their breakthrough. Since then they've kept pushing. Lamentations from 2020, produced by Shooter Jennings, drew on the biblical Book of Lamentations as a lens on modern America. Their 2022 album Chicamacomico tackled grief and loss and was crowdfunded by fans in under 48 hours. Then came The Fear of Standing Still in 2024, again with Shooter Jennings, this time recorded live at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles and leaning into a harder rock sound. Barham's writing there takes on Southern identity, generational trauma, and reproductive rights.
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American Aquarium played 8 songs at De Oosterpoort on Saturday, 7 November 2026, opening with ‘Dollar General’ and closing with ‘History Repeats Itself’. (Setlist via setlist.fm)
- De Oosterpoort · Groningen