2024: tracks of the year

Fewer bangers this year, but! Dougie & The Tone Drifters – Immigration Stumble [] Well, if you had told me that I would spend most…

2024: concerts of the year

Another “normal” year — until November at least — but let’s get into it. thinkdance/Jill Sigman – Re-Seeding @ Gibney Thinkdance, or at least this…

mutek 2024

Ten years after my run at Mutek in 2014, some highlights, in no real order: Colin Stetson on solo saxophone is pretty incredible — circular…

new cultural spaces for music

^^ that turn of phrase leaped into my mind when walking around Seattle. I went past Sonic Boom, and was struck by a possibly false…

2023: tracks of the year

Another big year, yes yes: Oklou – God’s Chariot (SH Remix) [Welt Discos] What’s such a big deal about a skippy garage-ish beat, a kind-of-an-organ…

2023:  albums of the year

A perhaps especially endless year for music, which is saying kind of a lot: James Holden – Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of…

2023: shows of the year

Maybe, say it softly, just a normal year for going out: some winners, some “meh”. Still a lot of people wanting to go hard after…

2023: sets of the year

James Holden – Bandcamp Weekly 640 Bad news, it’s another James Holden year, so you have to hear about everything single thing he’s done. Lucky…

2023: concerts of the year

Lucrecia Dalt @ National Sawdust I did not know what to expect going into this one – Dalt has made both sideways torchsongs and geological…

2021: shows of the year

We have, in point of fact, been here for years. But it was still good to be back Musclecars @ Mr Sunday A peak experience….