REVIEW: Tyranny of Dave – “Silence In Brooklyn” b/w “All This 4 U” October 13, 2017 The antique-garde is rearing its head again. After seven years of silence, Pinataland founder David Wechsler – whose bizarre orchestrette once emanated from near… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Suns” EP October 12, 2017 The songs are sparse exercises in stoicism at times, but – like most Loscil recordings, it seems – there’s a lot percolating beneath the… Continue Reading
PROFILE: King G and The J Krew October 10, 2017 Twenty five years ago today, the beat was born. It was the sound of young adults from Louisville – a sprawling collection of collaborators,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Patient/Breathers – “Extension” b/w “Colony Of Taste” October 5, 2017 Elephant 6, indeed. Athens, Ga. groups The Patient and Breathers do their respective idioms some justice on a too-short, split 7-inch single out last… Continue Reading
PROFILE: David Grubbs (2017) September 27, 2017 Five days ago, David Grubbs released one of the best records of his storied career and a real contender, especially in avant-indie circles, for Record of… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “Luciferian Towers” September 22, 2017 It’s starting to become the definition of stasis. Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a new LP, Luciferian Towers, the band’s sixth, today on Constellation… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Conduits” September 20, 2017 Experimental guitarist Aaron Myers-Brooks, on loan from Pittsburgh post-metal outfit Night Vapor, slants toward the “avant” in avant-jazz on Conduits, the third EP he has self-released in… Continue Reading
REVIEW: David Grubbs – “Creep Mission” September 19, 2017 It starts with the guitar and the guitar alone, amplified slightly but not distorted, its complicated figures as crystalline as frosted glass. It advances,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The National – “Sleep Well Beast” September 15, 2017 For the better part of the last two decades, The National has been providing me and others like me with the soundtrack for our… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Black Wine (2017) September 15, 2017 Black Wine is dead. Long live Black Wine! Everyone’s favorite New Jersey punk trio played its final show Aug. 13 at Brighton Bar in… Continue Reading
