Interviews
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s John Thayer! John’s been on an incredible run as of late, from his solo record, “Winds Gate,” to the collaboration with Ben Seratan, and now, a new album with his partner, Lea Thomas as Miyaxx. We get into all of that before sinking into King Tubby, […]
Songs of Our Lives
This week on Songs of Our Lives, Sarah Davachi returns! I am thrilled to have Sarah back on the show, especially in celebration of her stellar (and monolithic!) new 3LP, “The Will of Tongues.” It’s one of 2026’s most incredible releases. After we talk about it, we get into Bauhaus, Harmonium, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, […]
Interviews
Julio Lopez folds time and distance in on itself with Cloud Unknowing, their new album and booklet. These songs flow with a gentleness, always creating a soft landing, even as Lopez explores deep crevices and sharp edges in this music. This album is a vulnerable articulation of something buried in muscle and soil, and their […]
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
Bloody heatwave. Three months now and averaging 32°C/90°F and no rain. Well a few storms but nothing I can’t count on one hand. As I type it’s the end of the second week of August and I’m contemplating how much more heat I can take in a country devoid of air conditioning. I mean the […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s John Thayer! John’s been on an incredible run as of late, from his solo record, “Winds Gate,” to the collaboration with Ben Seratan, and now, a new album with his partner, Lea Thomas as Miyaxx. We get into all of that before sinking into King Tubby, […]
This week on Songs of Our Lives, Sarah Davachi returns! I am thrilled to have Sarah back on the show, especially in celebration of her stellar (and monolithic!) new 3LP, “The Will of Tongues.” It’s one of 2026’s most incredible releases. After we talk about it, we get into Bauhaus, Harmonium, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, […]
Julio Lopez folds time and distance in on itself with Cloud Unknowing, their new album and booklet. These songs flow with a gentleness, always creating a soft landing, even as Lopez explores deep crevices and sharp edges in this music. This album is a vulnerable articulation of something buried in muscle and soil, and their […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Mayssa Jallad! The Beirut-based artist is one of my absolute favorites. Not only do I love how she writes songs, but I come away from her work feeling as though I’ve learned something new. She’s incredible. We talk about her latest song, “Taamir (Bahriyyeh),” and then […]
I didn’t manage to get a Capsule Garden out in July, but it was such a busy month that I’m sure nobody noticed. Summer has been relentless, both in things happening and in temperatures rising. It’s brutal out there. Anyway, there’s been a lot of action on The Jewel Garden in that time, most recently […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Josh Mason! Josh and I go way, way back (his album, “Timecode Beach,” originally released on Digitalis remains one of my favorite things I helped put into the world), and over the years (decades!?), he has continued making music that simultaneously challenges and moves me. His […]
Beautiful, often elegiac soundworlds bloom in morning sunlight, tones flickering in the distance like a dancing mirage. Voices are more than words. Time is a collaborator. Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go is a breathtaking achievement from Michael Cloud Duguay and his crew. For music that holds so much weight in its flowing chord progressions and stoic […]
Interviews
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
Interviews
Julio Lopez folds time and distance in on itself with Cloud Unknowing, their new album and booklet. These songs flow with a gentleness, always creating a soft landing, even as Lopez explores deep crevices and sharp edges in this music. This album is a vulnerable articulation of something buried in muscle and soil, and their […]
Interviews
Beautiful, often elegiac soundworlds bloom in morning sunlight, tones flickering in the distance like a dancing mirage. Voices are more than words. Time is a collaborator. Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go is a breathtaking achievement from Michael Cloud Duguay and his crew. For music that holds so much weight in its flowing chord progressions and stoic […]
Interviews
Tesoros, the new album from Argentine composer Lumtz, began life as something else. Las cosas que llevo en mi mochila (“things carried in a backpack”) grew and shifted, as the stream near Bariloche where parts of the album were made does through the seasons. Reflecting on this, Lumtz crafts a journal of small, vulnerable moments […]
Interviews
Rose Keeler-Schaffeler spent years working under the name Keel Her, writing songs instrumentally first, adding vocals later. On her new album, under her own name, Universal Language, she reverses that order entirely. Made during pregnancy and her son’s first year, the record trusts her voice alone to hold its center (plus a few low-end harmonies […]
