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She strikes a safe middle ground, acting awake and concerned without ever getting strident and militant.
Sonic Youth's 1988 album is a work of modern art that should featured at the Hirshorn Museum.
My music career, (if you’ll call it that), began in a hotel in the summer of 2000 in Sicily when I was 16.
Colombian band Plu Con Pla makes music for the world.
On Fiddle Music Vol. 2 by the New Haven, CT band.
Andrew Bernstein makes analog sound digital on An Exploded View of Time.
Reverence, respect, and attention at a rare rock club performance by Liz Harris.
I'll Tell You What isn't his best, but is still great.
An honest rendering of story through voice.
My 10 favorite Animal Collective songs.
This country needs a new song.
From 2001 to 2005 these six musicians were collectively known as Dawn Treader.
Pastor Shirley Caesar truly conveys the spirit.
The song that introduced the blues to the general public.
These are the Mancunians that thoroughly embody the aesthetic of the decade.
Some of the 1970s hippie bands were serious students of the sub-genres of country and featured virtuoso players.
The birth of a sprawling sonic tapestry.
Sister Sadie's new album is a contemporary bluegrass masterpiece.
The Beatles, reconsidered.
She sounds great at a biker bar or a children’s party.
There’s bitterness, regret, homesickness, resignation, and humor.
The first in a two part series from the man that never stops.
Performing "Sipper of Tea," a new tape collage.
Unavailable and bootlegged for years, now free for everyone via YouTube.
An adventurous sonic exploration of the voice, cello and analog electronics.
Mulched samples and electronics improvised live to tape in Takoma Park, 2017-18. Transcendent and grotesque. Crashed rhythms for crashed times.
Introduced by Andy Kaufman, the classic lineup of the Pretenders play two songs live in Hollywood.
The tape is running fast on this stellar performance.
The new epilepsy inducing Aphex Twin music video.
A great song from a forgotten band of the early eighties.