Join us at In Sheep’s Clothing HQ this Saturday to dive deeper into the world of X-Cetra. Back in 2003, a handful of tracks from a remarkably odd […]
Join us at In Sheep’s Clothing HQ this Saturday to dive deeper into the world of X-Cetra. Back in 2003, a handful of tracks from a remarkably odd […]
A 1975 copy of High Fidelity maps the world when vinyl and stereo equipment didn’t just occupy a room — it claimed it. In 1975, music didn’t just hang around […]
Haunted Hammond organ, rebajada versions, fictional salsa bands, and more from one of Colombia‘s most inventive and singular contemporary groups. In John Akomfrah’s 1996 Afrofuturist documentary The Last […]
One new collection draws from Wolfgang Seidel’s counter-history of the German underground, Krautrock Eruption. The other, Ambientale, is compiled by Charles Bals and explores ambient obscurities and digital […]
Argentinian selector and sound artist Barbarelle shares five favorites. Barberelle is no stranger to stages, and her work as a DJ has taken her around the world, captivating […]
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 […]
A 1975 copy of High Fidelity maps the world when vinyl and stereo equipment didn’t just occupy a room — it claimed it. In 1975, music didn’t just hang around […]
One new collection draws from Wolfgang Seidel’s counter-history of the German underground, Krautrock Eruption. The other, Ambientale, is compiled by Charles Bals and explores ambient obscurities and digital […]
An archival Musician Magazine profile examines Zorn’s early days in New York’s downtown scene. Note: This profile of John Zorn was originally published in Musician Magazine in 1985. Written by Peter Watrous under […]
Low view counts, high devotion: How a massive subreddit built a culture of beautiful global obscurity. The search for obscure music winds through thrift bins, foreign airwaves, half-erased […]
Horst Weidenmüller’s mix series didn’t just showcase DJs. It cemented their place in dance music history. The late Horst Weidenmüller, founder of DJ-Kicks and the driving force behind Berlin’s !K7 Records, […]
“New Music Drums to Raise Eyebrows and Move Hearts.” Archived from Musician Magazine. Imagine you’re taking a ‘new music’ blindfold test, and that today we’re talking drums. On […]
One new collection draws from Wolfgang Seidel’s counter-history of the German underground, Krautrock Eruption. The other, Ambientale, is compiled by Charles Bals and explores ambient obscurities and digital […]
New album from two cornerstones of Chicago’s experimental scene arrives ten years after their first collaborative release Ten years ago the Bitchin’ Bajas and Natural Information Society released Automaginary, […]
With lost tracks and a vinyl reissue, the cult LA band gets a well-earned revival. Bryan Ling takes us back… The music scene in Los Angeles circa the […]
Kwame Yeboah and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff’s band returns with a genre-blending new release. “I have a problem with choosing an instrument,” Ghanaian musician and producer Kwame Yeboah said in […]
His long journey was restless, unscripted and unbound. Michael Hurley died last week, more than 60 years after his remarkable debut album for Folkways, First Songs, hit the world. […]
Les Éditions Vermillon revives Western France’s obscure musical moments. Les Éditions Vermillon works more like a cultural salvage operation than a typical record label, driven by a desire […]
