The Wisdom & Whimsy of Waits: Golden Highlights from ‘Tom Waits on Tom Waits’ “Songs are really simple,” said Tom Waits. “You hold them in your hand. I can make one right now and finish it but because they’re so simple. It’s like bird-watching. You know, you’ve… Read More
‘I was so close to the sky. It was spiritual’: Sonny Rollins on jazz landmark The Bridge at 60 It’s one of the most romantic stories in music: the jazz star rejecting fame to practice on a New York bridge for two years. Now 91,… Read More
Luigi Russolo’s Cacophonous Futures By Peter Tracy What does the future sound like? In the early 20th century, one answer rang out from Luigi Russolo’s intonarumori — lever-operated machines designed to pop, sough, shriek, and shock. Peter Tracy explores the ambitions behind Italian Futurism’s experiments with noise… Read More
BBC Radiophonic Workshop Director: Roger Pomphrey. The BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop was set up in 1958, born out of a desire to create ‘new kinds of sounds’. The Alchemists of Sound looks at this creative group from… Read More
One of history’s best music lists – was made by a teenager named Snoopy in the summer of 1977. In the London music newspaper Black Echoes, he published his 125 favorite albums from the golden age of dub reggae. Forty-four years later, thanks to a… Read More
Jeffrey Ladd: a tour of my bookshelves. From his studio in Köln, Jeffrey Ladd takes us on a detailed tour of his wide-ranging, indiosyncratic, and constantly surprising book collection, discussing inventive use of images in punk posters, eccentric advertising materials, photobooks, and beyond. Read More
The Birth of Loop. A Short History of Looping Music by Michael Peters Looping Music today typically employs tape delay/feedback systems, digital delay devices, or computers to create repetitions of sounds. These repetitions can either remain limited to simple repeated phrases, or they… Read More
Damu The Fudgemunk: Earl Davis Hip Hop producer and DJ from Washington, D.C. and co-founder/owner of Redefinition Records Member of Y Society along with MC Insight. I love to listen to his creations, and I’m not alone.. In praise of: ‘The High… Read More
Inspired by her father’s release from prison, Annie Clark’s new album asks where to run when ‘the outlaw’s inside you’. She discusses his incarceration, the delusions of love – and why she remains as perverse as ever. by Laura Snapes… Read More
The MAC launches the virtual exhibition Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. MONTRÉAL, Feb. 15, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) reopened its doors, but still offers a digital programming! After the monumental success of the… Read More
