Interviews
Twenty-five years of late-night rehearsal space jams later and Family Underground (FU) are still chasing their sound: a primitive yet alien strain of free-drone that’s more than a little zonked. In the Copenhagen trio’s current formation, Nicolas Kauffmann cuts resonant paths into the lunar night (to quote their house label) with prepared and bowed guitar, […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Brett Naucke! Old heads unite! We get into his most recent album, “Ground Fault Matinee” (his punk record?!) before going down all kinds of rabbit holes with Joanna Newsom, Sade, The Misfits, “Blue” Bene Tyranny, Madonna, Alice Coltrane, Dire Straits, DJ Rashad, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and […]
The Capsule Garden
And so it’s March. You know, my horoscope for this year keeps promising good things, BIG things. And that’s great and all, but mostly I’m just BIG EXHAUSTED. Basically, it’s the same as ever. Anyway, there’s a new Field Studies out on The Jewel Garden today featuring Lee Evans, Floating House Ensemble, Stefan Christoff, and […]
Interviews
Karakoz lands with a heavy impact. From the opening moments, Mai Mai Mai’s sixth album pulls no punches, grief pressed into aural forms. Maya Al Khaldi’s voice delivers a traditional chant, weaving through spectral melancholy and emotive synth melodies underscoring stunning vocal work and intricate, heart-pounding percussion. The Rome-based artist spent six weeks between Bethlehem […]
Twenty-five years of late-night rehearsal space jams later and Family Underground (FU) are still chasing their sound: a primitive yet alien strain of free-drone that’s more than a little zonked. In the Copenhagen trio’s current formation, Nicolas Kauffmann cuts resonant paths into the lunar night (to quote their house label) with prepared and bowed guitar, […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Brett Naucke! Old heads unite! We get into his most recent album, “Ground Fault Matinee” (his punk record?!) before going down all kinds of rabbit holes with Joanna Newsom, Sade, The Misfits, “Blue” Bene Tyranny, Madonna, Alice Coltrane, Dire Straits, DJ Rashad, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and […]
And so it’s March. You know, my horoscope for this year keeps promising good things, BIG things. And that’s great and all, but mostly I’m just BIG EXHAUSTED. Basically, it’s the same as ever. Anyway, there’s a new Field Studies out on The Jewel Garden today featuring Lee Evans, Floating House Ensemble, Stefan Christoff, and […]
Karakoz lands with a heavy impact. From the opening moments, Mai Mai Mai’s sixth album pulls no punches, grief pressed into aural forms. Maya Al Khaldi’s voice delivers a traditional chant, weaving through spectral melancholy and emotive synth melodies underscoring stunning vocal work and intricate, heart-pounding percussion. The Rome-based artist spent six weeks between Bethlehem […]
Wilfrido Terrazas’ Trilogía del Dolor moves through strange terrain, a collision of soundworolds that melt together in ways that feel impossible to predict. The work explores pain without idealizing it, treating it instead as a foundation for transformation and acceptance. The work is scored for instrumental quartet, two vocalists, and a visual artist in live […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Molto Ohm! (aka Matteo Liberatore!) Matteo’s Molto Ohm project has been revelatory, showing such an incredible synthesis of his varying approaches and techniques. His latest record, “Reality Pills,” is somehow both infectious and off-putting, which, of course, makes me love it even more. We talk about […]
I’ve been away from my new home for the duration of February visiting the old country to see family and friends. I had been looking forward to this visit for a while, as it coincided with my birthday and afforded me the opportunity to connect with people I hadn’t seen for many months. The rain […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ben Seretan! What a joy this episode was to record. Ben’s the best. His new album, “Sunbeam of No Illusion,” with John Thayer is one of my early favorites so far this year. After talking about that, we get into all kinds of whimsy and fun […]
Isabel Pine’s Fables arrives as a series of meditative sonic essences, growing from small incantations into threads connecting to something larger, something unseen. Recorded in and around a remote cabin in British Columbia during the fall of 2024, these pieces carry melodic movements with the texture of wind. This collection of restrained unfoldings invite patience […]
Interviews
Twenty-five years of late-night rehearsal space jams later and Family Underground (FU) are still chasing their sound: a primitive yet alien strain of free-drone that’s more than a little zonked. In the Copenhagen trio’s current formation, Nicolas Kauffmann cuts resonant paths into the lunar night (to quote their house label) with prepared and bowed guitar, […]
Interviews
Karakoz lands with a heavy impact. From the opening moments, Mai Mai Mai’s sixth album pulls no punches, grief pressed into aural forms. Maya Al Khaldi’s voice delivers a traditional chant, weaving through spectral melancholy and emotive synth melodies underscoring stunning vocal work and intricate, heart-pounding percussion. The Rome-based artist spent six weeks between Bethlehem […]
Interviews
Wilfrido Terrazas’ Trilogía del Dolor moves through strange terrain, a collision of soundworolds that melt together in ways that feel impossible to predict. The work explores pain without idealizing it, treating it instead as a foundation for transformation and acceptance. The work is scored for instrumental quartet, two vocalists, and a visual artist in live […]
Interviews
Isabel Pine’s Fables arrives as a series of meditative sonic essences, growing from small incantations into threads connecting to something larger, something unseen. Recorded in and around a remote cabin in British Columbia during the fall of 2024, these pieces carry melodic movements with the texture of wind. This collection of restrained unfoldings invite patience […]
Interviews
I’ve been listening to Yamila’s Noor on repeat, and I keep returning to how the strings feel like they’re breathing alongside her voice and electronics. There’s a lushness here that surrounds something dense and deeply felt at the center. Echo Collective heightens what Yamila expresses in such a symbiotic way that small moments become enormous, […]
