Peter Gregson ~ Quartets: One-Four

Quartets: One-Four is a dream come true for Peter Gregson, a long-time goal achieved.  From 2016-17, the cellist released a pair of string quartet EPs, but had always hoped to compile “a quartet of quartets.”  The new music added this year completes

Peter Gregson ~ Quartets: One-Four

Quartets: One-Four is a dream come true for Peter Gregson, a long-time goal achieved.  From 2016-17, the cellist released a pair of string quartet EPs, but had always hoped to compile “a quartet of quartets.”  The new music added this year completes

John Hayes ~ Beautifully Lost Mind

A perennial part of the human experience is trying to figure out an answer to a superficially simple question: “Who am I?” Philosophers and theologians have long wrestled with this problem and unfortunately—spoiler alert—you’re not going to find an answer

John Hayes ~ Beautifully Lost Mind

A perennial part of the human experience is trying to figure out an answer to a superficially simple question: “Who am I?” Philosophers and theologians have long wrestled with this problem and unfortunately—spoiler alert—you’re not going to find an answer

Gold Panda ~ The Work

Gold Panda‘s The Work exudes happiness.  The music is upbeat, there’s a giant sun on the cover, and early purchasers were able to bundle the CD version with a “Happy Toast” t-shirt.  And yet, this happiness was hard-earned; the title is an

Gold Panda ~ The Work

Gold Panda‘s The Work exudes happiness.  The music is upbeat, there’s a giant sun on the cover, and early purchasers were able to bundle the CD version with a “Happy Toast” t-shirt.  And yet, this happiness was hard-earned; the title is an

SP* Episode 26: LANE DISCIPLINE – with kranky [podcast]

Kranky co-founder Bruce Adams sits down to discuss his new book, You’re With Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music. (UTPress) Adams explains the unique conditions that put Chicago at the heart of the ‘90s indie rock scene,

SP* Episode 26: LANE DISCIPLINE – with kranky [podcast]

Kranky co-founder Bruce Adams sits down to discuss his new book, You’re With Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music. (UTPress) Adams explains the unique conditions that put Chicago at the heart of the ‘90s indie rock scene,

clorinde the errors of the human intellect

Clorinde ~ The Errors of the Human Intellect

Just how many errors have humankind made over the last decade? Clearly enough to inspire the surprising return of Clorinde, whose last release is a distant but deeply imprinted memory (proof: it placed in our Best Experimental Albums of the

clorinde the errors of the human intellect

Clorinde ~ The Errors of the Human Intellect

Just how many errors have humankind made over the last decade? Clearly enough to inspire the surprising return of Clorinde, whose last release is a distant but deeply imprinted memory (proof: it placed in our Best Experimental Albums of the

Ukrainian Field Notes XVI

Episode XVI sees us traveling to Kremenchuk, Odesa, Kiyv and Uzhhorod via Paris, and Hamburg. Along the way, we chat to Revshark about musical projects thwarted, we talk to Ereh Saw, the man with a “thousand specialties and not a

Ukrainian Field Notes XVI

Episode XVI sees us traveling to Kremenchuk, Odesa, Kiyv and Uzhhorod via Paris, and Hamburg. Along the way, we chat to Revshark about musical projects thwarted, we talk to Ereh Saw, the man with a “thousand specialties and not a

Best Art Books on Music

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, it may also be worth a thousand notes ~ or in the case of our cover photo, thousands of albums containing millions of notes.  The books below take us deep into

Best Art Books on Music

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, it may also be worth a thousand notes ~ or in the case of our cover photo, thousands of albums containing millions of notes.  The books below take us deep into

Best Children’s Books on Music

Children’s Books One of the joys of childhood is being read to sleep by a loved one: a parent, a grandparent, an older sibling.  But books aren’t just for sleep, and children’s books aren’t just for children.  In this article,

Best Children’s Books on Music

Children’s Books One of the joys of childhood is being read to sleep by a loved one: a parent, a grandparent, an older sibling.  But books aren’t just for sleep, and children’s books aren’t just for children.  In this article,