I was going to try and write a proper review of Greil Marcus' new book The History of Rock N' Roll in Ten Songs for the blog. But I found myself having not a lot to say about it. Mostly, I thought Marcus' over the...
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If you think live music sucks, the problem is probably you.
Bjork speaks of sexism in music: Pitchfork: When it was originally misreported that Vulnicura was produced by Arca, instead of co-produced by you and Arca, it reminded me of the.
I'm not going to make any claims to a "Best of" list for 2014 because there are too many albums out there and my budget is too small to buy very many of them. But here are some 2014 albums I liked, in the order...
Someone decided to run John Cage's 4'33" through Autotune. Here are the results:
It's a bit hard to believe that Wussy was featured on CBS. But so they were, including an interview about how an acclaimed rock band can be acclaimed but make.
A good tale of a successful band that tours well, sells out shows, and comes up $11,000 in the hole for the tour. The whole "we don't need to buy our albums because the artists will make the money on tour" is nothing more than...
Since it is quiet here tonight, I might as well talk about music. I had the occasion to have a slightly extended weekend thanks to giving a midterm and thus.
I spent my Halloween evening in New Haven, seeing the legendary saxophonist Joe McPhee play with drummer Chris Corsano and cellist Daniel Levin at Firehouse 12. This was amazing and.
Last night, I went to see the great Jon Dee Graham at a bar in Newport, Rhode Island. I used to see Graham all the time when I lived in Austin. The gravelly-voiced songwriter is maybe the not greatest singer in the world but he...
No band in America makes people with decent taste want to punch themselves in the face like Florida Georgia Line, the Nickelback of country music. Exhibit A: Ebola causes you.
I was unaware of the Dizzy Gillespie for president campaign in 1964. His idea for Miles Davis as head of the CIA certainly would have made for a funkier agency.