Untold stories about the unheard music: Punk, hardcore, ’60s rock, psychedelia and beyond. Words in The Guardian, Narratively, Maggot Brain and elsewhere.
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When I wrote this post, five years ago, Portland was suffering through a week of the worst air quality on the planet. Today, as we emerge from another round of smoke, has anything changed?
On the 55th anniversary of Funkadelic’s epochal 3rd album, a firsthand account of the band’s tortured genius: Met by chance on a DC sidewalk, seen up close as he faded, and mourned just 2 years later.
Can you imagine a world in which a frankly kind of dumb toy inspires one of the greatest voices in rock? Sound Surrounds returns with the indelible voice of Sleater-Kinney.
Thirty-five years ago, Slint’s epochal album cracked a million stoic boys' hearts open. Today, we know more about the shadowy band, and somehow less.
The singer of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes and Obits was one of the great punk singers of his—of any—generation. Now, a book of his visual art shows he was much, much more.
In the early ‘90s, a serial defecationist terrorized a Washington, DC bookstore. Thirty years later, I was tasked with “interpreting” the events through a noir lens.
How do you recreate a Japanese-style kissa in Texas? Josh LaRue on sonics, selecting, and the eternal power of a communal listening experience.
Hungarians are celebrating what once seemed impossible: The removal of a deeply corrupt strongman. Voters voted; democracy worked. But don’t go thinking this is the start of a liberal wave….
Described as "addictive" and "essential," the Producing the Beatles podcast explores the Fabs' catalog with technical and emotional curiosity. Here's a conversation with its creator, Jason Kruppa.
In which I speak with musicians about their early experience of sound and how they shaped their ideas about music and creativity. Read if you like, but this can better be enjoyed as a podcast episode!
