Live At Fillmore West, 1970. Now in HD. Fabulous and spacey performance. 404
Cassettes are my favorite form of audio media. They cheap and plentiful in the thrift stores of my youth. Both mass produced and local DIY tapes wound up sunbaked in my hand-me-down minivan's tape deck. Endlessly [1] recordable and five screws away from experimentation, they invite home use, personalization, and tinkering. Cassettes don't take themselves seriously. They are best after being broken in with a dozen playthroughs and christened with a hasty Sharpie label.
Music as the Ultimate Currency of Cultural Exchange Lang Lang’s recent performance in Vienna is the perfect catalyst for a few thoughts and old music anecdotes I want to share today. Viewing music as the primary currency of cultural exchange is an idea that struck me decades ago. When we trade goods internationally, we rely on banknotes and coins. In the cultural realm, music has always been the natural choice. That is why concerts have consistently served as a proven vehicle for bringing…
Super selections and wonderful words by our favourite four-to-the-floor expert, The Insider. MARINA TRENCH / WATCHING BACK / SWEET STATE The world is a miserable place right now, so as much as we love a grotty techno workout, the sort of loved-up house Marina Trench makes is hitting extra hard. Fresh off a track for Razor-N-Tape earlier in the year, the French artist is back with more sonic balm that has a subtle nostalgic tug. ‘What I Do‘ has lazy, sun-damaged chords that remind us of early…
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 12th June 2026 The new record from Baltimore’s weirdest progressive thrashers Nuclear Tomb is called ‘Epoch Inhumane’, and it is out in a few weeks through Rotted Life Records. Now, I really enjoyed their debut record ‘Terror Labyrinthian’ in 2024, and I’m fascinated to see where they take their proggy, oddball thrash on this record. We’ve been needing some bands to step into the shoes of Coroner and Voivod, maybe Nuclear Tomb are the guys to do it? Let’s…
As Andy alluded to, the Makushita race didn’t end today. Asahifuji knocked off Omori on day 11, leaving Akua as the only 6-0 wrestler in the third division. Akua had his chance to claim the yusho today against 5-1 Mudoho but lost, bringing all the 6-1 rikishi back into contention. So we’ll have a big … Continue reading Makushita Playoff!
Lúgubres Devaneios De Abismos E SombrasOut 5th May on Haloran Records Portugal’s Grievance have long been a holdout of authentic second wave black metal most obviously cut from the cloth of – but never limited to – early Burzum. Here we see them pivot in a more depressive direction, but one digested through an idiosyncratic filter. Depressive in terms of contouring at least, the tempos have slowed since their last effort, the riffs adopting a droning if not defeatist demeanour, and the vocals…
Inspired by Star Shaped post. 10 bands I’ve seen live: Rage Against The Machine Faith No More Soundgarden Nine Inch Nails The 21st Century Doors Primus Parlour Magic Ty Segall Jeff Rosenstock Sufjan Stevens
This weekend is officially the unofficial start of summer. If you need a soundtrack, I've got you covered. Woodward — Organ-ized noise for the return of summer and society. The Balm — Tropical tunes with digital dimensions. Spangled — Blistering guitar-charged anthems for Independence Day. More summer mixtapes over at Green Bananas. ⚑ More posts on music: 22 May, 2026 Three summer mixtapes 05 Apr, 2026 Listen to “Dance of Delight” by Logan Hone 17 Mar, 2026 Mixtape Diaries, Vol. 5 27 Feb, 2026…
Berlin-based synthwave power couple NINA and Radio Wolf are back with an absolutely stunning new, guitar-driven single. “To See You” is one of those gorgeous, well made songs that hits you like a bolt of lightning and energizes the divine spark within yourself. I eschewed hyperbole years ago, and have been careful to not label everything as the best thing since sliced bread, air conditioning, and affordable synthesizers. That said, I really needed this song. Perhaps you might, too. It’s just…
Last week’s #newmusicfriday had a neat diptych: The Field released an album titled Now You Exist and Martyn released one titled Music for Existing. This week has something similar: Aja Monet put out her new record, The Color of Rain, and from Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño we get Rain Music. Reply by email
I did my deep dive into the many vocalists of Tokyo Shoegazer last month because, as of the day of the release of their latest album Remains, they hadn’t released so much as an advance track, never mind a promotional video, for me to hang a lazy post on. Turns out that clip was running […] The post Tokyo Shoegazer -『Missing』 appeared first on Space Echo.
Season 1 of Azathoth Blues is now complete. You can listen to all ten episodes on Spotify, YouTube, etc. I love how it turned out, and it’s wonderful that so many people are listening to it every day. Still, please help us spread the word! Also: we announced The Talos Principle 3. It’s the last one. A lot to say about that journey coming to an end, but we have time until next year. Updates regarding the Lands of Dream are incoming. I have been forced to pay attention to other issues for a…
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 1st May 2026 Originally published: https://thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/16-forgeries-vol-1-1972-1984/ A covers album can be one of two things: an easy cash-in record to fill time between studio releases or, if handled well and given the appropriate level of respect, a time honoured tradition of paying tribute to your forebears in this world of heavy metal. Californian sludge legends 16 have always seemed like a band much more in line with the latter, so I…
These following sound-studies highlights originally appeared in the May 20, 2026, issue of my Disquiet.com weekly email newsletter, This Week in Sound. This Week in Sound is the best way I’ve found to process material I come across. Reader support provides resources and encouragement. Most issues are free. An occasional annotated mixtape is for paid subscribers. Thanks. ▰ Keeping Tine: “In order to document bird songs, Mathews hiked through the thickets of the heavily forested White Mountains…
Neil Young - WTTW Studios, Chicago, Illinois, November 17, 1992Holy smokes, we are eight episodes deep into season two of All One Song, the Only Neil Young Podcast! Comes a time when time is flying. If you need to catch up, head over to Aquarium Drunkard or Talkhouse. Or don’t! Still a few more cool episodes coming up with a few more cool guests. Stay tuned, Shakey Freaks! On the latest All One Song, Jerry David DeCicca waxed poetic about Neil’s various 1992 solo tours, which saw the debuts of…
In the Newsletter this weekRant: Screaming down the tracksEvent: Passenger Package Webinar - 28 MayBullshit Meter: Baku - Tbilisi train to restart this monthGood week: Turku will get its tramAlso a good week: My newsletter host, Magic Pages, gets a new luxury trainVery bad week: Fehmarn tunnel to open for road traffic before trainsGood and bad week: Škoda's battery trainsElsewhere this week: More media about the Passenger PackagePhoto of the week: San Marino's trainCalendar: Tornio - Haparanda…
Kashmir is one of Led Zeppelin's most hypnotic songs, built on a strange guitar tuning, recorded in a remote country house, and lyrically inspired by a drive through the Sahara. Here's the full story.
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post a song that mentions another recording artist or artists. - Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen "Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, that's me and I want you only,. Don't turn me home again. I just can't face myself alone again." “In 1975, when I went into the studio to record ‘Born to Run,’ ” Bruce Springsteen once said, “I wanted to make a record with words like Bob Dylan, that…
Vitesse X Take a Picture Having loved the heavenly progressive pop of her 2023 single, Right Now, I’m excited to have another jam from Vitesse X to feed my ears. In the piece linked above, I mentioned how Right Now reminded me of the stuttering emotional electronics of BT. A group in a similar vein, who I haven’t thought about in years, are Swansea progressive breakbeat outfit Hybrid. Their orchestral breakbeat track Finished Symphony, and its accompanying album Wide Angle, sounded like the…
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60: Percent of UK adults estimated to be adversely affected by their sonic environments. 60: “The 60-60 rule asserts that you shouldn’t listen to music at a volume louder than 60% of maximum for more than 60 minutes at a time.” 70: The percent slower that sound moves on Mars than on Earth. Sources: UK (pipedown.org), 60-60 (zdnet.com), Mars (nature.com)
Earthquake Studio’s “Dub Harder Than Steel” was the work of TNT Roots and Winston Dread. This was the only info printed on the now sought after album’s home / hand made sleeve. Built on super limited, and largely Casio, kit, the grooves contained 10 minimal, moody, machined productions, where the low end was mixed as low as it could go without distorting. Slamming like slabs of industrial concrete. Raising, given the duo’s moniker, a suitably room-shaking grounation. Peppered with percussive,…
Colosseus In the end, electrification is the best way to slow climate change. Quote of the Day ”I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise.” * Noel Coward Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Crosby, Stills & Nash with James Taylor and Emmylou Harris | ”Teach Your Children” Link Long Read of the Day The Reality of AI and the Crisis of Meaning At the moment I’m spending a lot of time and energy on trying to find ways of talking about AI to people and groups who are…
Let me tell you the story of what was sounding in Buenos Aires’ FM radios almost exactly 40 years ago. “Oktubre”, by “Patricio Rey y los Redonditos de Ricota” released in its entirety in October 1986, is widely considered to be one of the greatest albums of Argentine rock of all time. During that year they released various singles off the album, among them one called “Ji Ji Ji”, a song which has become the signature song of the band in the decades that followed. As you can see on the cover, the…
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, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Caitlin Shetterly’s The Gulf of Lions is an enchanting novel of motherhood, family, and France. Booklist wrote of the book: “Shetterly writes with intimate, journal-like immediacy, threading humor and…
Ὅρκος ἐκλεκτῶνOut 30th April on Zombi Danz Records After five years of silence, Greece’s Caedes Cruenta return with an unprecedented document dump of material, spanning an hour and a half in length, a runtime only permissible after the extended period of silence they have subjected us to since the celebrated ‘Of Ritual Necrophagia and Mysterious Ghoul Cults’. More than any Greek act, Caedes Cruenta appear capable not only of revitalising the style championed in the genre’s halcyon days but of…
gonna rank from worst to best song ranking system 😇- need to have a looong conversation with whoever made this song 🥹- teared up a little 🥰- i love love love 😊- very good 🙂- good with some issues 🤔- i would let it play in the background ig.. 😪- not feeling it 😠- no this is bad. 😡- this is really bad. 🤬- play this around me and im taking a gun out. for both of us. gam3 bo1 😡 i could slap EVERYONE rn. heaven's cloud 🙂 i was quite indifferent to this song but my mama loves it. i really like the…
Not really feeling in the ‘weekly Boston-area events post’ mood, but I’m gonna push through. This thing is already a day late, and if I don’t do it right now, I won’t at all. Honestly, hearing that people actually read and value this thing is what keeps it coming, so that feedback is always appreciated. […]
