A worldwide group meditation will occur at noon PST To say that 2025 is off to a shitty start would be an understatement. You don’t even need examples. […]
Avant-Garde
Avant-comedy with Gavin Bryars, Brian Eno, Michael Nyman, and the Portsmouth Sinfonia. As record collectors, we’re often digging through the bins for the best in music. Who performed […]
New music discoveries can be particularly potent while traveling. Case in point: I recently picked up a small stack of obscurities from Chee Shimizu’s revered Physical Store that […]
“Let’s say that this was already inside us, but we were busy doing pop,” Portuguese musician Carlos Maria Trindade said of making Mr. Wollogallu, his brilliant 1991 collaborative […]
File under: the collaboration when never knew we needed. Although all music is connected in a universal way, our favorite artists create singular worlds of sound so immediately […]
This is a post about New York musical collective the Sonic Arts Union, but it could be about the magical intricacies of virtually any earthen revelation. Push aside […]
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 […]
Join us Saturday at ISC HQ to celebrate Brin & Dustin’s album release on Leaving Records. Two of our favorite local electronic artists come together on Texture II, […]
Experimental trailblazers join Meredith Monk for a supercharged musical ride celebrating her 80th birth year. Easily one of the most influential vocalists of our time, Meredith Monk is a […]
There’s a new collection of previously unreleased Arthur Russell music out now… Last year marked the 30th anniversary of Arthur Russell’s passing, a melancholy milestone that served as […]
Past & present sounds from LA-based saxophone player Patrick Shiroishi. The Los Angeles saxophone player, improvisor, composer and inexhaustible creator-collaborator Patrick Shiroishi doesn’t seem to stay in the […]
Watch Peter Greenaway’s ‘Four American Composers’ featuring John Cage, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, and Robert Ashley. Few people could discuss listening like John Cage. One of the great […]
Improvisational Turntablism, Meta-Concert, Hypermobility, and more key performances from artist Christian Marclay. The visual and sound artist Christian Marclay is best known for The Clock, his 24-hour film […]
The experimental guitarist’s latest album Shebang! has arrived on Chicago-based independent label Drag City. To discover Oren Ambarchi’s discography is like coming upon a shimmering labyrinth in the […]
On June 1, 1973, a drunken Robert Wyatt fell out of a fourth-floor window and broke his spine. A founding member of British band Soft Machine, in a […]
Sights, sounds, and mathematics from Japan’s leading audiovisual artist Ryoji Ikeda. Since his arrival on the international stage in the mid-1990s via his early releases for Touch, +/-, sonic […]
Watch the seven-part surreal and transcendental TV opera by the American avant-garde giant. The complete seven acts of Robert Ashley’s celebrated visual work Perfect Lives have been uploaded […]
Before he died at 44 in 1998, the brilliant experimental player was a central figure in ‘80s and ‘90s New York avant-jazz scene. Next year will mark the […]
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 […]
With her recent signing to Nonesuch, the MacArthur-winning musician flexes her creative muscles. At this point the electric guitar has been around long enough that, stylistically, it sometimes […]
An overview of one of the greatest drummers you’ve (likely) never heard. Let’s talk about Susie Ibarra, perhaps the greatest percussionist you’ve never heard. Across three-plus decades, the […]
Watch the Lovely Music composer’s classic TV opera on February 11th at 2220 Arts + Archives. Here’s another great thing going down at the new 2220 Arts + […]
The innovative vocalist and composer will premiere a new piece at Mills College in Oakland. Vocalist, composer, choreographer, artist, and ECM favorite Meredith Monk has a new piece […]
Dive into a singular artist whose beautifully chaotic energy inspired us during the pandemic. Last year as the pandemic forced us all inside to isolate, the fantastic speaker […]
“Not exactly a sporting selection” from hero Chee Shimizu. For anyone looking for some musical inspiration today, here’s a perfect playlist from our friend Chee Shimizu. Selected for […]
A monumental documentary series by Lovely Music’s Robert Ashley featuring Terry Riley, David Behrman, Pauline Oliveros, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier and others. In 1975 Robert Ashley embarked on […]
A look into New York’s longest-running sound installation created by influential minimalist La Monte Young and multi-disciplinary artist Marian Zazeela. “The daddy of us all” is a direct […]
Rest in peace Milford Graves <3 Full Mantis is available to stream on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Milford-Graves-Full-Mantis/dp/B07NGRL22J
A rare look into the music and life of the Lovely Music Ltd. composer, musician, and teacher. Just For the Record: Conversations with and about “Blue” Gene Tyranny […]
Early electronics and computer music, new opera, experimental vocal albums: A guide to the influential Bay Area label dedicated to the American avant-garde. Since its founding in 1978, […]