Author Archive
21 Aug 2026
Music Blurbs, Vol. 25
Totally Tubular Festival Enough time has passed that musical nostalgia – with its terms like “oldies” – now refers to the 1980s. The era of MTV, big hair, digital synthesizers, […]
20 Aug 2026
Hundred-word Reviews, August 2026 #3: Jazz
For this installment of my Hundred-word Reviews, I take a quick look at five archival jazz releases. Four of them are sourced from newly-discovered private tapes documenting performances at Chicago’s […]
19 Aug 2026
Hundred-word Reviews, August 2026 #2: More New Releases
Like it says above: more. All great. Jim Basnight – Under the Rock Aficionados of power pop may have first come into contact with the music of Jim Basnight when […]
18 Aug 2026
Hundred-word Reviews, August 2026 #1: New Releases
Time once again for some hundred-word reviews. As a reminder, if it gets covered here, it has my seal of approval; implicit in that is that it deserves a longer, […]
17 Aug 2026
A Chat with Roedelius
An edited version of this feature was first published in The Tonearm. Hans-Joachim Roedelius is a towering figure in music. A founding member of groundbreaking bands Kluster/Cluster and Harmonia, Berlin-born […]
14 Aug 2026
30 Days Out, August 2026 #2: Aché Tropical, Santiago y Los Gatos, Elder, Little Feat
Two local acts (three, actually) and two nationally-touring bands, the latter of which is taking a well-deserved victory lap. Those are among the highlights of live music in and around […]
13 Aug 2026
Billy Fuller’s Kosmische ‘Fragments’ (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… What other synthesizers did you use on these tracks? The main one is the one that we’ve always used in Beak> as well, which was one […]
12 Aug 2026
Billy Fuller’s Kosmische ‘Fragments’ (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Something you just said made me think about this. When I talk to artists, it often comes up that they consider sequencing to be nearly as […]
11 Aug 2026
Billy Fuller’s Kosmische ‘Fragments’ (Part 1 of 3)
A much shorter edit of this interview was first published in The Tonearm. Billy Fuller is a versatile bassist with a dazzling CV. He’s a founding member of modern-day experimental […]
10 Aug 2026
Take Five: Rick Wakeman’s A&M Years
Virtuoso keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman has been incredibly prolific. Since the release of his solo debut, 1973’s The Six Wives of King Henry VIII, the British musician has released […]