Gentle Giant Interview: “We Took Our Music Seriously, But We Didn’t Take Ourselves Seriously”
Dereck Higgins has been listening to Gentle Giant since he was young. He remembers the records he bought, the bass lines he tried to learn and the comfort...
Tamio Shiraishi on Fushitsusha, Tokyo’s Minor and Playing Saxophone in New York Subway Stations
Shiraishi recalls his early performances with Keiji Haino, the unusual way he acquired his first saxophone, and why he prefers playing in deserted subway stations. Born in Japan...
Burnt Hills: ‘My Home, My Jam, My Concept’ | Jackson Wingate Interview
Jackson Wingate has been making music in and around Albany since the mid-1980s. He played in Hunger Artists and Hunters of Gracchus before becoming co-owner of ERL Records,...
Jaberdarwin Share ‘The Soft Collapse’ From Upcoming Debut Album
Jaberdarwin have shared ‘The Soft Collapse’, the title track from their debut album, out November 6 through Subsound Records. Jaberdarwin is a new name, although the four musicians...
Cyrus Faryar Interview | From Greensleeves to The Modern Folk Quartet
Cyrus Faryar’s story runs from Tehran and wartime England to Waikiki, the Modern Folk Quartet, Fred Neil, Monterey Pop and the Los Angeles music scene of the 1960s....
Milli & Bob Share ‘Brésil’ Video | ‘Alys Remixes Deluxe’ Announced
Québec electronic duo Milli & Bob have shared a new video for ‘Brésil’, as they announce ‘Alys Remixes Deluxe’, due digitally on November 6. There is a rather...
Allen Wyler on Neurosurgery, AI and the ‘Deadly Odds’ Series
Allen Wyler came to fiction after a long career in neurosurgery. He treated epilepsy, worked directly with the electrical activity of the brain, helped develop the neuroscience programme...
“Liverpool’s Loudest Band” | Caliban and the Early ’70s Heavy Underground
Caliban came together in Ormskirk in 1971, after Liverpool had moved beyond the first Merseybeat years and harder music was filling its clubs. Guitarist Keith Hubbard had already...
Savanna Ruth Shares ‘Queen’s Gambit’ | ‘The Baseball Diaries’ Out October 23
Chicago songwriter Savanna Ruth has shared ‘Queen’s Gambit’, another song from her forthcoming debut album ‘The Baseball Diaries’, out October 23 via Easy Does It Records. We last...
Sleepwalk Share New Single ‘Jan 22’
Chicago’s Sleepwalk have shared ‘Jan 22’, the second song from their forthcoming album ‘View From The Outside’, out November 13 via MNRK Heavy. We heard ‘Sandbox’ from Sleepwalk...