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March 4, 2026

Eli Johnson and the Phillip Glass Ensemble at Big Ears in Knoxville.

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Big Ears Founder Ashley Capps on Listening, Lineups and Knoxville

The curator and co-founder of Bonnaroo discusses collaboration, programming instincts and the culture of listening that shapes Big Ears. Ashley Capps has spent most of his career building […]

Big Ears Founder Ashley Capps on Listening, Lineups and Knoxville

Randall Roberts

March 4, 2026

The curator and co-founder of Bonnaroo discusses collaboration, programming instincts and the culture of listening that shapes Big Ears. Ashley Capps has spent most of his career building […]

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March 3, 2026

Point Winona Sound Library: West Coast Underground

This Friday, Elbow Grease and DISCOS XXX release a 20-track collaborative compilation detailing Los Angeles’ vibrant local undeground. The Los Angeles underground has opened its arms to many […]

Randall Roberts

March 2, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of a performance of Mantra by pianists Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky at Seraye Moshir during the Shiraz Arts Festival, September 2, 1972. Two grand pianos face each other on a raised stage set over a rectangular reflecting pool in a historic courtyard. A large audience fills the surrounding arcaded balconies and sits closely packed on the ground level, watching the evening concert beneath open sky.

From Persepolis to the Present: Iran’s Experimental Lineage

Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music is now available on Bandcamp as a pay-what-you-want download. When Italian curator Raffaele Pezzella began researching experimental music scenes for his label Unexplained Sounds Group, […]

Phil Cho

February 26, 2026

5 Selects: Crespi Drum Syndicate (Miami)

A mutant beat manifesto from Miami’s amphibious underbelly, Colada Talk is out March 6th via Cinammon Disc. Crespi Drum Syndicate is a duo comprised of Jonathan Trujillo (Jonny […]

ISC Team

February 25, 2026

John T. Gast draped over an upright piano like he's asleep.

5 Selects: John T. Gast Highlights Tracks from his Label, 5 GATE TEMPLE

Thursday: Don’t miss a 5 GATE TEMPLE showcase at Plaza Nightclub featuring Petrols, Kelman Duran, and John T. Gast. Founded in 2015, the label 5 GATE TEMPLE emerged from the […]

Phil Cho

February 24, 2026

Record Stores We Love: Sibylline Records (Pasadena)

Spiritual jazz, classic rock, African music, reggae, psych-folk, contemporary sounds and more at Sibylline Records! If you ever visited our pop-up record shop at ROW DTLA, you might […]

Randall Roberts

February 23, 2026

Watch Now: ‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ on ‘American Masters’

Try fitting a cathedral in a suitcase. That’s the quiet determination behind American Masters turning its lens on Sun Ra, an artist whose life and work feel so […]

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