ECM has altered the possibilities of listening. Founded in Munich in 1969 by Manfred Eicher, the Edition of Contemporary Music advanced the conviction that a recording studio could participate in the invention of music, its architecture becoming a second instrument whose strings were strung across the space between a note and its disappearance. From Mal Waldron’s Free at Last onward, the label cultivated an ethics of attention capacious enough to accommodate the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s…

So hear me out: Pinot Noir on an oddly cool October desert evening, cheesecake, and Depeche Mode. Yes? I say yes.

Today in 1965, at EMI Studios (now known as Abbey Road Studios), The Beatles recorded "Day Tripper." It has always been one of my favourite Beatles songs. John Lennon wrote the music and the majority of lyrics, with Paul McCartney contributing some of them. As to the topic of the song, in 1970 John Lennon described it as "a drug song," while in 2004 Paul McCartney said it was "about acid." "Day Tripper" is then a play on words. "Day tripper" is generally used of people who take day trips, short…

I finally got to see Sting live. Most artists of his vintage would tour with a bigger band and have other players cover much of their instrumental parts. Not Sting! Three-piece band, all the amazing bass playing was Sting’s, and I’m not sure how he has kept his voice so good. Much like Peter Gabriel on the latter point. Highly recommended if you have a chance to see the Sting 3.0 tour. How to read a painting. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click Start reading. Did you know…

It’s New Music Friday, and my queue on Record Club keeps growing…

My first Bartz album. My first Bartz album. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Looking to acquire some early Bartz on Milestone and this one is a great start. A live album recorded at the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore in 1969. The sound is sublime so it feels more like it’s a studio recording.The band is brilliant with Bartz on alto, Woody Shaw on trumpet,…

A song that you discovered in an unusual way. Ahhhh illegal music, downloading MP3s galore, Napster, Limewire, WinAmp. I had more music than I could ever listen too, most of it still on an old iPod. I download all sorts. Compilations made up by others were a favourite, 20 tracks, all random and it was in one of these that this track appeared. Most of those compilations weren’t great, in either artistic/musical talent, or even decent digital recordings. But this, this sonic treat that I only…

I can still remember buying my first BMX Bandits record, 1993's Kylie's Got A Crush On Us, from Impulse Records in Motherwell. I bought the 7-inch and CD single. I was already aware of the band through my religious reading of both the NME and Melody Maker every week. Also from homemade cassettes that would get passed around. The Bellshill Beat TV show was broadcast the same year, presented by Duglas and featuring the Bandits, Fanclub, Vaselines, Pastels, Superstar and The Soup Dragons. It was…

Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: October 2026It’s about that time … again! I’m back on the dublab airwaves this Sunday at 4pm PST with a fresh edition of Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard to help you relax and float downstream as the weekend comes to an end. This particular episode of RFAD is bittersweet, because my brother-in-internet-radio Chad Depasquale is taking a break after October; he’s got a kid on the way and will need all the spare time he can get. It’s been a blast sharing some space with…

[2009]And now for something completely different.Aquatic/tropical ambient gone wrong. Hazy and hypnotic. The ethereal surreal vibe insidiously gets threateningly cataclysmic. From the lo-fi ambient/psych-drone end of hypnagogia comes this slice of atmospheric weirdness. I still can't quite figure out why Ferraro was so compelling in his peak era 2006-2010. Endlessly fascinating.Mysterious.

For your Friday time waster, please enjoy this version of Daft Punk's song "Beyond" (from the album Random Access Memories), with a little help from Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)." (Youtube link here.)These two songs go together better than peanut butter and chocolate.Also, I want that logo on a tee shirt.

"Eddy Went to Spain" by Kate Jacobs Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's a song you discovered in an unusual way? Eddy Went to Spain by Kate Jacobs A couple of years before his death, Senator John McCain wrote an admiring obituary for an American communist who fought for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. This sent me down a rabbit hole and one of the things I discovered was this song about the great-uncle of this songwriter, who also…

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Another week in the books so let’s see what the world of metal has to offer this week. Hails! Carnation - death - BelgiumSépulcre - death - FranceLeadbelcher - death - IrelandMinefield - death - GermanyGlutton for Punishment - death - USADoomscroller - death - GermanyMorgue - death/grind - FranceMortify - death/grind - JapanFate Unburied - death/groove - ItalyMaster - death/thrash - USAWorm Altar - death/doom - USAShores of Null - melodeath - ItalyInsomnium - melodeath - FinlandIapetus -…

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Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 31st July 2026 The smothering, suffocating debut full length from French black/death/doom titans Viande, ‘L’abime dévore les âmes’, was an album I was very much absorbed by back in 2022 (just read my review of it), and so when the subsequent four years cough up another dread horror from the catacombs of the western Alps I couldn’t have been happier. ‘Monument aux morts’ is out now through Transcending Obscurity. Opener ‘Linceul immense’ is an incredible…

Open Universe is a new offshoot of the respected library music house, Sonoton. This new enterprise is being curated by Jon Tye, ex of ambient techno pioneers MLO*, one half of Seahawks, and currently recording and performing solo as Ocean Moon. The imprint’s inaugural release finds Tye adopting this moniker and collaborating with Bristol-based musician Bethany Ley, herself assuming the alias Silver Ley. The sonic synergy showcased is so seamless that individual artistic contributions, who did…

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Denise Rose Hansen’s novel Blue Sunset is a lyrical debut both atmospheric and immersive. Kirkus wrote of the book: “Hansen’s controlled, poetic prose shines brighter and brighter as Maja’s…

. Arts in the Margins, Mardi Spaghetti and PME-ART presents the record release show for The Air Contains Honey Sings Quotes with an opening reading by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch Monday, November 9, 2026 Sala Rossa Doors 7:30 show 8:00 $20 advance, $20 at the door NOTAFLOF On November 9, 2026 at Sala Rossa, the very first album by The Air Contains Honey will be launched in style. The Air Contains Honey performs only once a year to make every show a special event. Taking an unconventional…

Classic Chet. Classic Chet. These five Chet albums on Prestige were among the first vintage originals that I acquired way back in 2010 or so. My first taste of some 1st pressings. From there it snowballed into buying original Lee Morgan titles on Blue Note etc.Chet was one of my absolute favorites in my early days of exploring jazz. He still is special to me. These five albums he did for Prestige were recorded during three days in August of 1965. Chet plays the flugelhorn exclusively on all the…

Yes yes I skipped another week. I've been busy! Jukka "J." Karjalainen is a legend of Finnish rock history and one of the country's most beloved singer/songwriters. He's been churning out albums since the start of the 1980s and has somehow managed to hold onto his cultural relevance every decade: there have been brief fallow periods, but it doesn't take long for him to suddenly release a song that completely takes over the nation, re-introduces his name to a brand new generation and which…

Television - “Little Johnny Jewel Parts 1 & 2” (live)I just finished Cool Machine, the final volume of Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy, and I can’t emphasize enough how much I’ve loved these books. Perfect NYC period detail from the 1950s through the 1980s, fantastic and complex characters, genre-specific thrills that never devolve into cheap, lurid zones … if you haven’t checked it out, you gotta. And as if Whitehead was writing just for me, Cool Machine features a beautiful digression on…

Donny catches up with Martina Fačková and Tommy Arnold, to discuss an exciting new offering coming to market. The post Martina Fačková x Studio Tommy appeared first on Hipsters of the Coast.

This week's Rockonteurs podcast was great. Adam and the Ants were a huge part of my musical journey as a kid. Prince Charming was the first proper album I ever owned, on cassette! I could listen to Marco Pirroni talk about those years all day long and I'm looking forward to reading his book. Here is that seminal first appearance on Top of the Pops in 1980 they discuss in the episode.

The Thursday Pressing Concerns! It’s got new albums from Sadurn, Pardoner, Fish Narc, and Exploding Flowers, all of which come out tomorrow (October 16th). Also, check out the Monday blog post (featuring Old Joy, Railcard, Summer Sleeves, and CuVa Bimö) if you missed that one. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another) post, or donate here. Sadurn –…

Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) There’s no pressure to do every project. The Junto is weekly so that you know it’s there, every Thursday through Monday, when your time and interest align. Tracks are added to…

Now, this following message affects the tiniest fraction of Junto members, but unfortunately I have to mention it prominently, so no one can experience what they might otherwise feel is a surprise. As I mentioned last week, there are rules on the Lines message board (aka llllllll.co) regarding AI usage, among other forms of participation. The Disquiet Junto community is a guest of the Lines message board, and I would like for us to remain guests in good standing. You don’t have to post to Lines…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 8th August 2006 2006 saw what was probably the peak of metalcore’s evolution and growth in popularity, but if you knew where to look you’d have seen the writing was on the wall with regards to its upcoming fall from grace. But there were bands who could withstand it, either by becoming bigger than the genre itself or by adapting. Some never belonged in there in the first place, and others strove to change it from within. The latter applied to Unearth, whose…

Austrian diggers extraordinaire Edition Hawara shift their focus away from their homeland, casting their net wider, globally, with a new offshoot imprint, Hawara International. The label’s first release finds them visiting Japan, and exploring Woorell Records’ “Sun Tan Club” series. During Japan’s `80s economic bubble, Woorell was one of many subsidiaries of electronics giant Yupiteru Industries, and this run of 4 LPs was part of a 1984 promotional partnership with Florida-based sun care…