Like last year, I visited the 2018 edition of Berlin’s Pop-Kultur festival. My personal favorite discovery was far and away the Berlin-based prog-math-indie band Pranke (the German word […]
An Interview with Felix Rodriguez (of Open/Honest)
Under the moniker Open/Honest, Felix Rodriguez makes music which soothes the soul while unafraid to look at troublesome emotions, albeit wordlessly. The first EP to blossom out of […]
“The Conversation Goes Where It Goes”: An Interview with Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)
The first time I saw WHY? was on their tour supporting Mumps, etc. in 2012. It was the night before I left for Germany to do a year of […]
New Images: leaning to datamosh
I first tried datamoshing about 3 or 4 years ago. You can see the results of that test, blending a Haneke clip with Godard here. I was such a […]
A Conversation with James Benning
“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.”
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 […]
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 […]