Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Walker Farrell! We’re celebrating the start of spring with Walker’s new album, “Crocus,” out now on Ceremony of Seasons, and after talking about that, living through Hurricane Helene and its aftermath, and more, we get into the weeds with D Train, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, Joanna […]
Interviews
I recorded this conversation with Francesca in the context of our ongoing video art and music collaboration. Francesca has worked on videos for my collaborations with my brother Jordan Christoff through the Anarchist Mountains project and also with sound artist Joseph Sannicandro. I first met Francesca at a community art event in Montreal, I got […]
Interviews
Ali Murray’s project, The Lonely Bell, creates sonic drifts where time becomes illusory, and melodies stretch into oblivion. His latest album, Time Lost, leans further into that space. Restraint bears out immersive soundscapes where countless tiny aural moments coalesce into entire galaxies of sound. Glassine piano progressions form prismatic shapes. Horns remember everything. Synths become […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Tristan Allen! I genuinely adore Tristan and their work so, so much, and their new album (part 2 in a trilogy!), “Osni the Flare,” has taken that up a level. After talking about the album and the puppet show, we get into Zabelle Panosian (and the […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Walker Farrell! We’re celebrating the start of spring with Walker’s new album, “Crocus,” out now on Ceremony of Seasons, and after talking about that, living through Hurricane Helene and its aftermath, and more, we get into the weeds with D Train, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, Joanna […]
I recorded this conversation with Francesca in the context of our ongoing video art and music collaboration. Francesca has worked on videos for my collaborations with my brother Jordan Christoff through the Anarchist Mountains project and also with sound artist Joseph Sannicandro. I first met Francesca at a community art event in Montreal, I got […]
Ali Murray’s project, The Lonely Bell, creates sonic drifts where time becomes illusory, and melodies stretch into oblivion. His latest album, Time Lost, leans further into that space. Restraint bears out immersive soundscapes where countless tiny aural moments coalesce into entire galaxies of sound. Glassine piano progressions form prismatic shapes. Horns remember everything. Synths become […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Tristan Allen! I genuinely adore Tristan and their work so, so much, and their new album (part 2 in a trilogy!), “Osni the Flare,” has taken that up a level. After talking about the album and the puppet show, we get into Zabelle Panosian (and the […]
Eventual is the sound that remains. Long after the lights go out, after the din of a crowded room is nothing but a blurred memory, faint resonance lingers. Richard Chartier traces the emotive grace living in sonic remnants, revealing subtle intensities in what others might dismiss as emptiness. In his solo work, the background becomes […]
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 […]
Interviews
I recorded this conversation with Francesca in the context of our ongoing video art and music collaboration. Francesca has worked on videos for my collaborations with my brother Jordan Christoff through the Anarchist Mountains project and also with sound artist Joseph Sannicandro. I first met Francesca at a community art event in Montreal, I got […]
Interviews
Ali Murray’s project, The Lonely Bell, creates sonic drifts where time becomes illusory, and melodies stretch into oblivion. His latest album, Time Lost, leans further into that space. Restraint bears out immersive soundscapes where countless tiny aural moments coalesce into entire galaxies of sound. Glassine piano progressions form prismatic shapes. Horns remember everything. Synths become […]
Interviews
Eventual is the sound that remains. Long after the lights go out, after the din of a crowded room is nothing but a blurred memory, faint resonance lingers. Richard Chartier traces the emotive grace living in sonic remnants, revealing subtle intensities in what others might dismiss as emptiness. In his solo work, the background becomes […]
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 […]
