Month: October 2023

Bandcamp built a unique music business: profitable and good for artists with a popular editorial arm. Now, half the employees at the Bay Area firm are losing their jobs, victims …

Read more “Rants // Preparing for Post-Bandcamp World”

Handing over the mic to artists/musicians who break down their new albums track by track/share the thought process behind the creation. Today we’ll hear from Poppy H, UK musician/producer whose …

Read more “Track-by-Track // Poppy H – Nothing is Perfect, Everything is Perfect”

Lately I couldn’t stop thinking about something – a trio of two sisters and a friend from Sweden that was produced by Alexander Bard (Army of Lovers). One album that …

Read more “Rants // The Incredible Phenomenon of Midi, Maxi & Efti”

New Music Survey Channel – Human Imagery / Getting lost in the new one from @surveychannel.bsky.social this morning. Drones and eerie snatches of vocals make for evocative listening – A  …

Read more “Dispatches from the Underground / Oct. 2023, Pt. 2”

Tonetta had it right – it’s all BS and I don’t mean Bluesky either. Not music/art, though – at least not in entirety. Let me explain. While I do believe …

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Tracklist Vumbi Dekula – Zanzibar, Kinshasa & Vällingby (Hive Mind / Sing a Song Fighter) Sally Anne Morgan – Dawn Circle (Thrill Jockey) JJJJJerome Ellis – Movement I (NNA Tapes) …

Read more “Radio Shows // Cosmic Church – Ep. 50”

Its a peculiar thing, the songs that you come to associate with a singular event in your life. I still recall hearing Good Vibrations and Under the Bridge shortly after …

Read more “Rants // Through a Maze of Grief with RHP and SWS”

Bandcamp Friday Whettman Chelmets haul New Music Nightosphere – Katabasis / Ay @nightospherekc would’ve absolutely laid The Bronze to waste – Big Voyage Brain Load – Mystery (via A. J. Kaufmann) …

Read more “Dispatches from the Underground / Oct. 2023, Pt. 1”