Originally released on CD-only, Electric Satie – Gymnopédie ’99 will be available on vinyl this Friday via In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi Selects. In the late ’80s and early […]
Interview
A new compilation of spiritual and home-recorded music from the 1970s to 1990s, unearthed by Zully Adler, shimmers with quiet intensity. We talk to him about Goaty Tapes, […]
Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt reflect on Metallic Life Review, recording live, and honoring Susan Alcorn. For nearly 30 years, Matmos — Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt — have […]
Mark Ernestus and Arthur speak on Open Ground, Hard Wax, and Ndagga Rhythm Force ahead of their upcoming sets in Los Angeles on June 8th. Wuppertal is a […]
A rare interview with cool jazz legend Chet Baker from a 1985 edition of Musician Magazine. Another night, another club: for Chet Baker it is the same story […]
From a defunct DIY venue to a modernist chapel, Dismal Niche has spent years staging the improbable — and making it feel necessary. It’s hard to foment a […]
A reel-to-reel in Mississippi, AM radio in Tennessee, and a new record, Time Indefinite, tuned to the quiet hiss between stations. Time Indefinite is William Tyler’s first solo album […]
An archival interview with organic music master Don Cherry from Musician Magazine in 1983. I went to Morocco in 1964. That was my first big adventure, the first […]
Manfred Eicher speaks to music journalist Zachary Moldof in New York City. Here’s an archival interview with the great Manfred Eicher, founder of Edition of Contemporary Music aka […]
Read an archival interview with The Roches shortly after they released Speak in 1989. The Roches’ cottage industry: making fun of pain. It reminds me of being a […]
Going deep with a self-taught electrical engineer and his wild gadgets and devices. “Bruce has been informing me that electronic music perhaps is the thing of the 70s,” […]
Wally Badarou talks Island Records, Compass Point All Stars, Sly & Robbie, Grace Jones, and more… The following interview was originally posted in 2009 on UK-based music magazine Test […]
Todd Rundgren on computers, Apple, interactive music, PatroNet, and more. Here’s another archival nugget from the Japanese music book Todd Rundgren – Born to Synthesize: “There Goes the […]
From Folkie to MIDI. Chris Maillard finds out how the hard bitten acoustic veteran has been bitten hard by the electronic bug. Chris Maillard finds John Martyn coming […]
Andrew Hale of Sade in conversation with Patrice Rushen for Test Pressing magazine. The following interview was originally posted on UK-based music magazine Test Pressing and is published […]
Steely Dan talk about their seventh album Gaucho in an extended interview with Musician Magazine in 1981. Those consummate troublemakers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, are finally cornered, […]
Scott Gilmore’s ‘Volume 01’ will be released on vinyl for the first time on November 15th. Multi-instrumentalist Scott Gilmore has been quietly developing his own musical language for […]
Good Neighbor’s fully recyclable PET vinyl pressings combine superior sound quality with sustainability. Tim Anderson and Scotty Coats remember the moment that proved they were onto something with […]
Steve Roach will perform an all night set on October 26th at the Lloyd Wright constructed Institute of Mentalphysics in Joshua Tree. A bonafide living legend, the desert-based […]
Writer Teo Blake Beauchamp sits down with the musician in Idyllwild to discuss his work, his practice and his history. Every word we speak is an affirmation. Laraaji […]
Tana Yonas live in conversation with Jazz is Dead’s Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. In 2011, Grammy Award winning trumpet player Nicholas Payne wrote, “Jazz died in […]
Rachel Opert speaks to Travis Klein, owner of beloved Bushwick record store Human Head. Human Head has been a staple for many for the past ten years. Tucked […]
Gelareh Khoie shares the story of thirtyninehotel, a legendary nightclub, art gallery, and performance space powered by Klipschorns from David Mancuso’s Prince Street loft parties. Love (Art & […]
In conversation with Small Medium Large, a new quintet from the burgeoning new West Coast jazz & improvised music scene. In 2018, LA-based jazz and post-rock guitarist Jeff […]
We’ve set up an Audio Note system in Hollywood and recently interviewed company founder Peter Qvortrup. Here’s Peter Qvortrup, founder of the respected British gear manufacturer Audio Note, […]
CDMX-based Colombian artist Daniel Rincón aka NAP takes us through the history of sound system culture in Mexico. In recent years, contemporary Latin club music has made its […]
Explore one of the most fascinating collections of dance music ephemera on view now at SF MOMA until August 18th. As vinyl collectors, we’re all well aware of […]
Jessica Pratt’s ‘Here In The Pitch’ is out today! Listen to our pick for album of the year… The Los Angeles musician Jessica Pratt spent three years composing […]
Andrew Lowell in conversation with Varia Instruments co-founder Simon Schär. Speaking with ISC from his workshop in Berne, Switzerland, Varia Instruments co-founder Simon Schär is beaming with energy. […]
A look into the young label behind the first-ever official reissues of Les Rallizes Dénudés and Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Surround. Temporal Drift is an independent record label launched by […]
Pre-Hispanic instruments meet synthesizers, drum machines, jazz, and progressive rock on Séance Centre & Smiling C’s latest cosmic meeting. Earlier this week, in perfect alignment with the solar […]
Tana Yonas in conversation with Western Acoustics’ founder Liam Porr. Hi-fi culture in the United States has long been an obsession of mature audiences with deep pockets and […]
To truly appreciate our conversation below with the brilliant Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas, you should get a sense of the artist’s approach to his instrument. The video at […]
Atmospheric bass, country & gospel music, Monterey, Grown at M Bar, inc., and more with Daniel Aged. Back in 2020, in the heart of the global pandemic, Los […]
The prolific Italian-born, UK-based drummer-composer talks beginnings, inspirations, and collaborations. The most featured drummer/artist on our 2023 end-of-year favorites list, Valentina Magaletti has over the years built a […]
An interview with Jacob Gorchov, whose label has released essential recordings by Yasuaki Shimizu, Woo, Mariah, and, most recently, Dorothy Carter. Over the past decade, the NYC-based label […]
Time is Away’s latest compilation Searchlight Moonboom is out tomorrow via Efficient Space. Time is Away is the London-based DJ / historian / artist duo Jack Rollo and Elaine […]
Swedish-Filipino-American artist Baba Stiltz talks growing up, Vacaville, and his favorite things to do in Los Angeles. I first met Baba Stiltz back in 2016 when he was […]
Enter the world of Planet Q, a “beautiful, secluded safe space” lovingly hand-crafted by artists Kyoko Takenaka and Tomoki Sanders. A little over a year ago, Pure Person […]
Join us for a dedicated listening session today 2-5pm at In Sheep’s Clothing NYC. As we continue our opening days at In Sheep’s Clothing NYC, we thought we’d […]
‘Point of Entry’ is a serenely beautiful “personal folk” album perfect for the small hours. Years before the recent ambient music boom, Scottish musician Jonny Nash and his […]
A breathtaking new vinyl version of John Coltrane’s ‘Coltrane’s Sound’ comes to the market. Over the past five years, a growing number of specialized labels or sublabels have […]
Oddly therapeutic, ambient club sounds from the mysterious Noriko aka Dream Dolphin. Definitely one of the best artist names we’ve ever heard, Dream Dolphin is the ambient and […]
Jack J and Suzanne Kraft will play Zebulon together on Saturday, July 1st. If you’ve been following the selections on this site, there’s a very good chance you’ve […]
Ally O’Neil chats with jazz legend Azar Lawrence. Los Angeles saxophone player Azar Lawrence is known for his work with McCoy Tyner and Miles Davis, but that just […]
Don’t miss Carl Craig, Moritz Von Oswald, King Britt, and DJ Holographic this Thursday at MOCA Geffen. Detroit techno visionary Carl Craig needs little introduction, but for our […]
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. A Chance For Peace. Soul And Soledad. The Universal Truth. Today marks the historic return of one of our all-time favorite independent […]
Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele follow the signal chain from Mancuso’s Loft parties to Klipsch and Hope, Arkansas. Love Injection is a monthly print-first music fanzine, record label, […]
Listening and analog culture meets a master of ceremonies and dance music at Dante’s HiFi. In the fall of ‘22, we flew to Miami, the Magic City, after […]
Heels & Souls are pressing Pilgrims of the Minds’ West Coast classic What’s Your Shrine? for the first time ever on vinyl. Turn the dial back to 1996. […]
The spacious North Park listening bar / lounge features four Klipschorns and two reel-to-reel tape machines. A few months ago, we took the Pacific Surfliner down the coast […]
Neapolitan duo Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina aka Nu Genea join us to discuss their latest album Bar Mediterraneo. In 1975, Napoli Centrale, a group founded by […]
A look into one of our favorite new labels from Dublin, Ireland. In the last few years, a new wave of left-field artists has emerged from the lush […]
Ambient translations in dub, Japan in the ’80s, and future music with visionary bass player / producer Bill Laswell. A few months ago, news arrived that iconic bass […]
Derek Piotr speaks to Death is Not the End label boss Luke Owen. For the fourth edition of our Heroes Series, I sat down with my current partner-in-crime […]
ISC’s John Jones speaks to the “bubblin’ up” production trio from Chicago. At In Sheep’s Clothing, we’ve quickly become fans of the Chicago three-piece outfit Purelink. Their first […]
Derek Piotr continues his ‘Heroes’ interview series with Finnish audio sculptress Antye Greie-Ripatti aka AGF. I am delighted to introduce Antye Greie-Ripatti, aka poemproducer, aka AGF. Antye and […]
Tana Yonas speaks to the great Hailu Mergia before his June 24th performance at The Regent, Los Angeles. Haliu Mergia’s story started in an unassuming small village just […]
Nikole Guzman in conversation with visual artist, singer-songwriter, and Prince collaborator Ingrid Chavez. Ingrid Chavez has always been undefinable. Among many other things, she’s a poet, songwriter, singer, […]
Derek Piotr interviews Nathan Salsburg, musician and curator for the Alan Lomax Archive. I was overjoyed to invite Nathan Salsburg to participate in this series; Nathan and I […]
Derek Piotr interviews storm chaser / musician Hank Schyma aka Pecos Hank. For anyone with even a casual interest in extreme weather, Pecos Hank should be a household […]
The Mermaid’s Purse captures a brilliant group of uncategorizable musical explorers. Core member Wall Matthews recalls their work. To best introduce the work of the Entourage Music and […]
Pino, Blake, and Sam’s ‘Live at Sound City’ is out today via ISC Hi-Fi Selects. Generations apart, Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, and Sam Gendel are in many ways […]
Step into a world of North Carolina mountain singing with music archivist Derek Piotr. A series of recordings collected by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress in […]
John Jones chats with Lifted’s Andrew Field-Pickering (Max D) and Matt Papich. Lifted is an ever-shifting music ensemble anchored by their two founding members, Andrew Field-Pickering (Max D) […]
Music from the 12th Isle via Glasgow’s underground. Glasgow’s 12th Isle has been steadily releasing some of our favorite genre-bending electronic works since 2016. The label takes a […]
ISC sits down with Condesa Electronics founder Mehdi El-Aquil to talk mixers, how Condesa came to be, and the future of rotaries. Based in Adelaide, Australia, Condesa Electronics in […]
Andy Beta interviews Brazilian singer/composer Priscilla Ermel. “Dear Mr. Eno, I would like you to know about our work, we work with tapes and sounds of Nature.” So […]
New reissue label Naya Beat focuses on uncovering rarities and oddities from the subcontinent and South Asian diaspora. Co-founder Ragz shares five picks from his collection. Raghav Mani, […]
In conversation with Justin Gage, founder of the long-running, eclectic audio journal Aquarium Drunkard. For the past 15 years, Aquarium Drunkard has provided a home for music heads […]
Fish scales. Video Stores. Jazz. The multi-layered world of Munich-based label Squama Recordings. Martin Brugger is a producer and bass player for the modern jazz quintet Fazer. Max […]
Tana Yonas speaks to Blue Note’s Joe Harley on his history with jazz and the upcoming releases in their Tone Poet hi-fi series. Blue Note’s recent Tone Poet […]
Tana Yonas speaks to the Dark Entries label boss on Patrick Cowley and the importance of archiving. Music archivists and researchers often work in the shadows. For some, […]
Tana Yonas speaks to Discogs’ Aub Driver and Christopher Masagatani on the company’s history and how they are adapting amid a global pandemic. The vinyl community shifted with […]
Phil Cho speaks to the artist behind dublab’s new Quadraphonic Universally Accessible Resource Kit (QUARK). Kamran V builds bridges between technology and artistry. He’s a producer, sound artist, […]
Record Stories is a series dedicated to shining a light on the weird and wonderful stories, characters, and places behind the world of record collecting. Ryan Rousseau has […]
Introducing a new series dedicated to shining a light on the weird and wonderful stories, characters, and places behind the world of record collecting. For the first edition […]
Tom Cathcart operates Last Resort, a record label born from the NTS radio show of the same name out of London. In it’s 4 year span, the label […]
The dreamy UK label of friends tucking free music away in the crevices of the internet. Maybe it’s the profession, but as a music supervisor chasing down labels […]
