Being Fed without the Feed: Music News, Social Media, and a Call for a New Infrastructure
It finally happened. Right before the holidays, I cut the last cord connecting me to any major social media platform by deactivating my Instagram. I’ve been gradually severing my ties […]
January 21, 2026Furniture Music, Interior Decorating, and the Disappearance of Music’s Physical Presence
One of my little hobbies when I am out collecting at a bookstore or antique mall is picking up vintage books on interior decorating and design. I’ve long been fascinated […]
January 8, 2026The Uncanny as the Norm on Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Tranquilizer’
There are few musicians whose work beguiles me the way Oneohtrix Point Never’s does — it’s music that places me in suspended animation between the past and the present, hovering […]
December 12, 2025Brazenly Background: Steve Gunn’s ‘Music for Writers’ and the Radical Possibilities for Intentional Functional Music
Written while listening to John Renbourn’s The Lady and the Unicorn (1970) While skimming recent Wire reviews, I stumbled upon Steve Gunn’s new release, Music for Writers. I instantly gravitated […]
November 26, 2025Songs to Ignite: Eccentricity, Religious Music, and How We React to the Work of Sister Irene O’Connor
In a couple weeks, Freedom to Spend will reissue Fire of God’s Love, the offbeat, psych-religious release by Australian nun, Sister Irene O’Connor, available for the first time on vinyl […]
November 4, 2025The Cathedral Paradox: JJJJJerome Ellis and Sarah Davachi at Talk Low Festival 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Last time on the blog, I wrote about my experience hearing Chris Corsano at Cincinnati’s Talk Low Festival, the second annual experimental music festival in the city featuring local and […]
October 22, 2025Percussive Entropy: Chris Corsano at Talk Low Festival 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Talk Low Festival celebrated its second year as a premier experimental music festival in Cincinnati, drawing together the avant-garde from near and far. Before one of the performances I attended, […]
October 7, 2025A Sign of Things to Come: A Conversation with Cincinnati’s Rob Mohan
About a year ago, I met up with Cincinnati-based acoustic guitarist Rob Mohan for a chat. Mohan and I have crossed paths in the local scene at various points, and […]
October 2, 2025The Record Listening Muscle: Turning Discogs’ Dis/Connect Day Into Weeks, Months, and Years
Last week, Discogs announced an initiative called, “Dis/Connect,” a global day on October 18th that encourages distance from one’s digital devices, especially from music streaming, in order to embrace physical […]
September 22, 2025Save the Waves, Another Spotify Exodus, and Reflecting on Artist and Audience Resistance in the Music Industry
During my most recent browse of The Wire, Raymond Cummings’ review of the Save the Waves: People for Public Media compilation caught my eye. Save the Waves was released in […]
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