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Ethan Miller — From the Dimension Next Door
The Odyssey Cult is less a band than a secret society of people whose obsession with art has gotten out of hand, and ‘Vol. 3’ is its communiqué.
Josh Mason, Better Punk Through Circuitry
The Florida sound artist walks through his greyfade debut ‘Kicking A Dark Horse,’ the punk shows that taught him to build things himself, and the modular practice that, 15 years in, no longer surprises him.
Amateur Hour — Takashi Murakami and the Uses of Failure
Bad filmmaking and Superflat theory turn out to be remarkably difficult to tell apart.
The Tape Remembers — Concepción Huerta’s Very Small Gestures
The Guanajuato-born photographer and sound artist on the Buchla 200’s own memory, the imagined celestial space she built for her signals to travel through, and a composition that took an afternoon to patch and several months to finish.
Melody, Mood, and Land — Wild Gods on ‘The Glorious Abysmal’
Recorded in five days and sung in Gàidhlig and English, ‘The Glorious Abysmal’ draws on the waulking songs of the Hebrides, Georg Cantor’s set theory, and the year Livingstone spent learning production alongside people leaving prison.

Latest from The Tonearm Podcast:

Azar Lawrence on Spiritual Jazz, Lineage, and the Funk
The saxophonist on McCoy Tyner, his friendship with Pharoah Sanders, and why he doesn’t observe the jazz lineage — he is it. Plus the album’s title story.
Josh Mason on Modular Synthesis and Nonlinear Composition
Sound artist Josh Mason on his Greyfade FOLIO release ‘Kicking A Dark Horse,’ a modular album and book built to be entered at any point.
Terri Lyne Carrington: Trip the Night Fantastic Interview
The four-time Grammy winner on the new Social Science album, trusting collaborators before they’ve earned it, and calling herself a frustrated drummer.
Chris Molanphy on the Hot 100, Poptimism, and Music Trends
The Hit Parade host on what better data revealed about hit songs, why country radio guards its gate, and his refusal to believe in guilty pleasures.
Danalogue: Teleportations, Synths & Hope | The Tonearm
Synthesist Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) on his solo debut Teleportations, vintage synths, sci-fi world-building, and imagination as hope.

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