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SP* Episode 17: BEFORE THE INTERNET – with Geng PTP [podcast]

It’s been a tough year for New York. This episode we check in with Geng, the man behind one of our favorite labels, Purple Tape Pedigree, and see how these fine “purveyors of weaponized media and information” are handling the

SP* Episode 17: BEFORE THE INTERNET – with Geng PTP [podcast]

It’s been a tough year for New York. This episode we check in with Geng, the man behind one of our favorite labels, Purple Tape Pedigree, and see how these fine “purveyors of weaponized media and information” are handling the

Philippe Requena presents ‘Paysages, encore’ [mix]

We have another special guest mix from Philippe Requena. We have previous featured two mixes from him, Venant le jour and Water Be My Road Now. As on those mixes, Requena moves in a post-genre sonic world, drawing unexpected connections

Philippe Requena presents ‘Paysages, encore’ [mix]

We have another special guest mix from Philippe Requena. We have previous featured two mixes from him, Venant le jour and Water Be My Road Now. As on those mixes, Requena moves in a post-genre sonic world, drawing unexpected connections

ACL 2020: Sound Propositions

Hindsight is 2020. This will be the great irony of the 21st century. Yet it seems like the revisionism is already setting in. There’s no normal to go back to, and we can’t pretend to go on just as we

ACL 2020: Sound Propositions

Hindsight is 2020. This will be the great irony of the 21st century. Yet it seems like the revisionism is already setting in. There’s no normal to go back to, and we can’t pretend to go on just as we

*Press A* ~ Tasty 2020 Leftovers

The curse of listing our favorite releases of the year is that a few soundtracks always arrive too late for us to properly digest. Here are three albums that would have been worthy additions to our list of 2020’s best

*Press A* ~ Tasty 2020 Leftovers

The curse of listing our favorite releases of the year is that a few soundtracks always arrive too late for us to properly digest. Here are three albums that would have been worthy additions to our list of 2020’s best

SP* Episode 16: FREEDOM TO DESTROY – with Esther B. [podcast]

Esther Bourdages is an art critic, radio journalist, independent curator, and musician based in Montréal. She is an improviser of extraordinary sensitivity, bringing a playfulness to her tactile manipulation of vinyl records, sometimes outright mishandling them. This freedom to destroy

SP* Episode 16: FREEDOM TO DESTROY – with Esther B. [podcast]

Esther Bourdages is an art critic, radio journalist, independent curator, and musician based in Montréal. She is an improviser of extraordinary sensitivity, bringing a playfulness to her tactile manipulation of vinyl records, sometimes outright mishandling them. This freedom to destroy

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

We’re already one week into the new year (Can you believe 1/52 of 2021 is already over?) and early on it’s shaping up to be a solid year of music.  We’re hoping that as nations emerge from isolation, we’ll start

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

We’re already one week into the new year (Can you believe 1/52 of 2021 is already over?) and early on it’s shaping up to be a solid year of music.  We’re hoping that as nations emerge from isolation, we’ll start

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

What does winter sound like?  From solo piano to orchestra, the artists in our Modern Composition category turn color into music and vice versa.  The natural heirs to Satie, Debussy, Beethoven and more, these contemporary composers are always seeking new

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

What does winter sound like?  From solo piano to orchestra, the artists in our Modern Composition category turn color into music and vice versa.  The natural heirs to Satie, Debussy, Beethoven and more, these contemporary composers are always seeking new

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental

What happens when experimental musicians are locked inside for months on end?  Given the extra time in their sonic laboratories, some come up with even more creative experiments.  This winter, we’ll be hearing the results of lockdown as filtered through

2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental

What happens when experimental musicians are locked inside for months on end?  Given the extra time in their sonic laboratories, some come up with even more creative experiments.  This winter, we’ll be hearing the results of lockdown as filtered through