REVIEW: PAK – “NYJPN” January 20, 2015 Listening to PAK, composer Ron Anderson’s vehicle driving through ears a frenetic pastiche of jazz, funk and math-rock, can be transcendent. Writing about them,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Portland Cello Project – “To E.S.” January 16, 2015 Elliott Smith’s transubstantiation into a string ensemble is something wondrous (yet subtly shaded) to behold on Portland Cello Project’s LP tribute to the late… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Rachel Grimes (2014) December 22, 2014 Rachel Grimes knew how to play the piano before she learned to walk. “My dad and grandmother played, so I was always sitting beside… Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: Bill Callahan – “I Drive A Valence: The Collected Lyrics” December 15, 2014 Singer-songwriter Bill Callahan might be known more for his early lo-fi aesthetic and morose Minimalist middle period than the pensive Leonard Cohen-isms of his… Continue Reading
REVIEW: tētēma – “Geocidal” December 8, 2014 Sabina Maselli’s spirited avant-film experimentation is the perfect introduction to tētēma, the Anthony Pateras/Mike Patton duo debuting tomorrow on Ipecac. Both, it should be… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Captain Beefheart – “Sun Zoom Spark” Box Set December 3, 2014 Experiencing Captain Beefheart always has felt like a bit of an acid trip to me. Shape-shifting, mysterious and occasionally frenzied, Don van Vliet’s gravel-voiced… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Sea Island” November 21, 2014 I’m starting to become convinced that you haven’t heard a pulse dissolve or a measure replicate off-time quite right until you’ve heard Loscil, which,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Wet Lungs – “Vile Hobbies” EP November 19, 2014 God bless Gabe Serbian. While some members of San Diego grind-core legends The Locust are taking an indefinite break while the populace waits for… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bedhead – “Bedhead: 1992-1998” Boxed Set November 18, 2014 The single guitar note, all fragile and frosted glass, falls on the foot of the kick drum. And then, as the notes continue to… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues November 13, 2014 Singer-songwriter Will Oldham, that old Palace ring-leader turned “Prince,” just has released a new collection of emotive acoustics titled Singer’s Grave A Sea of… Continue Reading
