John Cage’s 95th
Mike Powell09.20.07
…birthday that is. Mike Powell attended a memorial for the legendary composer at NYC’s Kitchen this September 5th. While he forgot to bring us back any of Yoko’s flowers from the event, he did deliver us a nice reflection on it.
The Braffing of Daft Punk or…
Nick Sylvester08.19.07
Editing Nick’s piece, I had to ask him what "Braffed" meant. He replied in an email that "to be Braffed is a sideways reference to Garden State and Zach Braff and ‘The Shins will change your life’ line – any overly dramatic preordained significance given to a piece of art’s power to transcend." Alas, this piece is Sylvester’s response to some Braffing he read concerning a recent Daft Punk show.
CocoRosie: The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn, a review
Brandon Stosuy05.19.07
CocoRosie blends music boxes and creaky Victrolas, speak-and-spells and rainbows, a rooster’s cacaphony with hip-hop, track suits and moustaches with pill-box hats. They also have a new record, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, out on Touch and Go. Brandon Stosuy takes a break from heavy metal to review it here.
The New Big In Japan: Interview with Keith Rocka
Zoey Mondt03.28.06
Zoey Mondt talks to DJ Keith Rocka of Sea Otter about the MySpace music phenomenon, Bjork by proxy and living in L.A..
MUSIC: Interview with Mikey Heppner of Priestess
Richard Parks03.11.06
Richard Parks (normally a banjo and mandolin kind of man) talks to Mikey Heppner of the Canadian band Priestess about French mistranslations and the supposed cohesiveness of the Montreal scene, and is inspired to accompany his interview with some illustrations of classic hard rock poses. Photos by Parks as well.
Review: Rip It Up and Start Again
Trinie Dalton02.27.06
Trinie Dalton reviews Simon Reynolds’ Rip it Up and Start Again: PostPunk 1978-1984 and takes issue with the term "Post-" but ultimately finds that Reynolds’ phenominally detailed book rescues the term for the better.
The Psychedelic Bible
Trinie Dalton01.05.06
Trinie Dalton reviews Steven Krakow’s obsessive psychedelic music magazine Galactic Zoo Dossier.
The Rambler
Michael Louie11.17.05
This piece is coming a little late, but Mike Louie and I have been in transit, not unlike the members of the Bay Area supergroup Universe, aboard the goodship Rambler – with their utopian portable star music for the masses.
Nautical Almanac and the Baltimore Noise Scene
Tim Kabara10.13.05
Baltimore native Tim Kabara defends his town and the music that makes it stand out.
Interview: Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene
Jason McBride09.09.05
Jason McBride talks to Kevin Drew, one of the members of Broken Social Scene about Tolkien, Goonies, first sex and heroes.
