Golden Years — Red Snapper Keeps On Swinging
Red Snapper's Ali Friend reflects on three decades of creative restlessness, working with David Harrow, and why live performance has become more precious than promotional tool.
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The Waterboys Channel America's Unruly Soul
Mike Scott's four-year obsession with Dennis Hopper has yielded a sprawling 25-track concept album that mirrors the actor's extraordinary life while chronicling America's countercultural transformations.
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Electric Relaxation — Cinephonic's Return to Turntable Jazz
Rather than sample other musicians, Cinephonic's Pierre Chrétien recorded his own jazz trio only to deconstruct and rebuild it. The resulting album, 'Refuge,' is a sonic diary that documents a search for stability amid life's unpredictability.
Professor Groove — Leon Anderson Takes the Lead
For drummer and composer Leon Anderson, the long-awaited 'Live at Snug Harbor' is a debut album that documents decades of performance, education, and preservation of jazz traditions.
One from the Heart — Jerry David Decicca Faces Mortality on 'Cardiac Country'
Recording with legendary pedal steel player B.J. Cole, DeCicca created an album that uncannily foretold his upcoming heart surgery. 'Cardiac Country' captures both the anxiety of facing mortality and the renewed appreciation for life that followed.
Focused Technology—The Deliberate Practice of Craig Mod
Discussing his latest work, 'Things Become Other Things,' the writer and photographer reveals how walking thousands of kilometers across Japan generates the mental space where his ideas develop.
Quatuor Bozzini at 25 — The Art of Collective Vision
Few contemporary chamber ensembles have maintained both the longevity and artistic integrity of Quatuor Bozzini. Based in Montreal since its founding in 1999, this string quartet has carved out a space through commitment to artistic exploration, democratic organization, and creative collaboration.
Postmodern MCs — What Makes a True Internet Rapper?
As the lines between mainstream and underground continue to dissolve online, artists carrying the "vibe of the internet" create music that reflects the web's original wild freedom rather than its corporatized present.
The Virtual Gardens of Tamiko Thiel
By blending her mechanical engineering background with her father's theories on spatial perception, digital artist Tamiko Thiel creates immersive digital environments that communicate emotional truths about displacement and ecological crisis.
Solar Feelings — The Vernon Spring Sheds Light on 'Under a Familiar Sun'
In a wide-ranging conversation, The Vernon Spring's Sam Beste discusses the mysterious process of sculpting silence, the political dimensions of truly seeing your children, and finding faith in humanity's goodness amid growing divisions.
The Beautiful Debris of Sam Sadigursky's 'The Solomon Diaries'
With clarinet and accordion, Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci transform the ghostly silence of Borscht Belt ruins into a meditation on memory and absence.
Chicago's Sons of Ra Turn Jazz Into Heavy Weather
'Standard Deviation' documents how three musicians learned to arrange around drones, interpret Carla Bley through hardcore tempos, and find lightness in their own gravity.
Electric Dreams Made Real — Tamiko Thiel on the Connection Machine
Before touchscreens dominated our technological imaginations, there was a mysterious black cube with pulsing lights that became the physical manifestation of artificial intelligence—and Thiel realized its visual story.
Scott Metzger Gets in the Telepathic Groove with LaMP
From his life-changing encounter with the Ramones to creating accessible instrumental music with longtime collaborators Ray Paczkowski and Russ Lawton, Metzger discusses how their new album 'One of Us' channels the raw, intuitive energy of three musicians.
Katarina Gryvul On Using 3D Sound to Preserve Memories
The Ukrainian composer discusses her new album 'SPOMYN,' the role of voice as a fingerprint of identity, and creating immersive sonic landscapes where each sound interacts like a character in its own small universe.
Wild Sonatas — Pianist Hunter Noack's Scenic Concert Hall
Drawing inspiration from Depression-era WPA outdoor concerts, Noack's "In a Landscape" series creates musical experiences where the natural world becomes part of the performance itself—a thousand-pound Steinway serving as both instrument and artistic statement among the great outdoors.
Tell Us Today — Steven Hall Remembers Arthur Russell
"The studio was like heaven for us." Decades after their collaboration, Steven Hall offers rare insights into Arthur Russell's creative process, his ban on vibrato, and their search for musical purity.
RuinsZu — The Precise Collision of Ruins and Zu
Italian bass, Japanese drums, and a rambunctious musical mindset brought together Zu and Tatsuya Yoshida for twenty-three electrifying European shows, culminating in their Jazzisdead Festival performance captured on a new live album.
Rhymes Against Reality — R.U. Sirius and His Musical Mindfuckery
The counterculture icon and Mondo 2000 founder returns with a new album that hammers a "rusty 9-inch nail into the fontanelle of the 2025 zeitgeist" while blending punk, electronica, and digital skepticism into a chaotic reflection of our fragmented times.
Noah Preminger and the Saxophone as a Vehicle for Life
The Boston-area tenor saxophonist refuses to let jazz orthodoxy dictate his artistic path. His latest album, 'Ballads,' reveals how moving through different musical territories deepens what happens within the song.
Sifting Through Bluegrass Traditions with Max Wareham
Max Wareham's multidisciplinary background informs every note of his debut album 'DAGGOMIT!' The banjo player brings a historian's perspective while collaborating with bluegrass legends to create something reverent while refreshingly playful.
The Ghosts We Carry — Casey MQ's Haunted Edition
Casey's deluxe edition of 'Later That Day' explores isolation through minimalist arrangements and spectral themes. Now working from Los Angeles, he reflects on the imprints left by relationships and musical evolution.
Numbers into Notes — Daniel Pelton Reclaims Holocaust Tattoos Through Melody
Calgary saxophonist Daniel Pelton transforms concentration camp tattoos into musical progressions using historical instruments once owned by Holocaust victims, creating a powerful tribute that reclaims dehumanized numbers through artistic expression.
Rolling Bones — Sylvie Courvoisier, Mary Halvorson, and the Art of Risk
Courvoisier and Halvorson unveil 'Bone Bells,' their acclaimed third album, and demonstrate how musical risk yields remarkable rewards. Eight new compositions showcase technical prowess while revealing a partnership where composed frameworks serve as springboards rather than constraints.
Ken Schalk Smacks the Drums Like Nobody Else
The "Bruce Lee of Drumming" has spent decades perfecting his revolutionary "Ergo-drumming" philosophy, yet remains criminally underappreciated despite transforming metal, jazz, and hardcore through his work with Candiria and Fuel.
Dome Echoes — Sara Persico Captures Lebanon's Forgotten Architecture
A UNESCO World Heritage site built during Lebanon's optimistic 1960s but abandoned during civil war becomes the unlikely studio for 'Sphaîra,' an experimental sound artist's most ambitious work.
The Piano as Portal — Phillip Golub's Journey Through 22 Tones
How do you record music that can't be played on conventional instruments? For 'Loop 7,' Golub and Greyfade's Joseph Branciforte devised an ingenious solution involving a digital player piano and meticulous retuning to create the impossible.
The Strange Science of Breakcore
While Pythagoras sought mathematical perfection in music, breakcore artists like hkmori and sewerslvt embrace chaos. Their work reveals how this genre embodies both scientific rebellion and psychological expression.
Bomba Meets Bebop — The Afro-Puerto Rican Fusion of Alex ‘Apolo' Ayala
After a decade of musical soul-searching in New York, the Puerto Rican bassist found his voice by embracing his cultural roots and the jazz tradition. His sophomore album reveals an artist now "unapologetic" about his musical message.
Shifting Realities — Julius Smack's Starlight as a Dystopian Reverie
With a highly personal exploration of themes culminating in the album 'Starlight,' Julius Smack's multimedia approach reveals everyday technology as mundane yet otherworldly, mirroring our complex relationship with digital existence.
'Music Is My Church' — Six Missing's Ambient Refuge
With 'Gentle Breath,' TJ Dumser's ambient project turns improvisation into liturgy, crafting spaces where listeners can step "outside the stream" and find themselves within carefully constructed waveforms.
Making the Steamship Move — mssv's Perpetual Motion Machine
Mike Baggetta's power trio mssv has perfected a unique creative process, road-testing new material across dozens of consecutive shows before capturing it on their latest album, 'On and On.' The result is a musical trip that thrives on combustion, energy, and pressure.
Unexpected Visitations — Bit Cloudy's Homespun Electronica
'The Visitation Plays' captivates with its sublime combination of meticulous programming and organic flow. Thompson discusses how everyday moments influence an electronic mixture that both welcomes and disrupts expectations.
Sun-Mi Hong's Jazz Rhythm Builds a Nest of Belonging
South Korean drummer Sun-Mi Hong moved from her homeland to Amsterdam in search of artistic freedom. She found not just a vibrant jazz scene but a new identity as a performer and composer.