“Alright,” nodded Benning. “It would taste the same though,” as she left. Then, “Alright, that’s enough. Bye.” He waved farewell to my phone and once I had stopped recording, lived up to the challenge of his own demanding filmmaking style, “Now you have to remember the rest.”
Announcement: Pop-Kultur 2018
As last year’s coverage proved to be a substantially good time, I am proud to announce that this August I will once again report back on my festival […]
An Interview with Nick Reinhart (of Tera Melos)
“The lyrics to ‘Trash Generator’ are somewhat about being bogged down by digital bullshit; the digital wasteland of your phone, computers, technology… I think it was probably a subconscious reaction to just the world now.”
Music: “Australia” and “Bad Nap”
I’ve got two new tracks up on bandcamp! The first is a cover of The Shins in the style of Grandaddy. The second is a 9-minute dark ambient […]
Berlinale 2018: ‘Season of the Devil’ by Lav Diaz
At last month’s Berlinale I managed to sit down with a pair of compelling filmmakers for a bit of conersation: Lav Diaz and James Benning. Though the Benning […]
5 Noteworthy Rock Albums of 2017
This year was a wild one for music, with plenty of unexpected comebacks and continuations. This post began as a list of some 20+ odd albums highlighted and […]
An Interview with Todd Rittmann (Dead Rider)
Dead Rider is back with their first album since 2014’s excellent Chills on Glass, the atmospheric hard-rocking Crew Licks. The band is fronted by Todd Rittmann, from whom their name […]
October Music Updates: ‘Fuzz’ and ‘Slym’
In a new video edited together by yours truly, you can watch Costello rip through their hard rocking psychedelic “Fuzz.” Check it out: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhFjxxCNynE&w=560&h=315] Costello has a […]
Festival Coverage: +MLP+ @ Pop-Kultur
This year marked the third edition of the ‘Pop-Kultur’ arts festival in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, bringing with it a host of local and touring musical […]
Music: ‘Spider’
I recently re-recorded a song from April and expanded on what was originally only a guitar-and-voice track. You can hear the result right here: [bandcamp width=350 height=442 track=1762499524 […]