Blogs about Music

Joseph Branciforte pops up on my computer monitor as we begin our chat. He’s in an austere studio chamber, pristine and wooden, with racks of audio gear and a familiar Juno-60 behind him, all by …

New Orleans garage punk dude D. Sablu did make a quite positive impression already with a string of demos and tapes in 2020-2022. On his full-length debut via Yes We Cannibal though, his artistic vision …

Édith Piaf is France’s most celebrated and mythified singing star. Professor David Looseley takes a look at Edith’s past and shares how she continues to be a global icon today. Piaf Then 2023 was a …

This tour is massive, the excitement must be wild, what does it mean to you to be able to do this? It’s what we’re always waiting to get back to on our time off to …

Shortly after releasing that excellent new James Sullivan LP, Stardumb Records is back with another label sound-expanding record. City In A Room, the fourth album from Local Drags – the solo project of Lanny Durbin …

This was a fun chat with Mylar Melodies for his Why We Bleep podcast, about algorave, tidalcycles/strudel, live coding and patterns. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on youtube below !

This doesn’t need much of an introduction, I’ve written about it before but to get up to speed this was a comic strip appearing in issues of DC Thomson’s (TV) Tops comics in 1982. A …

Lady Blackbird teases her forthcoming second album, Slang Spirituals, with a super limited vinyl promo. Featuring 5 tracks, only 4 of which have been released to “the press”, it’s a diverse set that tantalises with …

Hello, it's Tom Robinson with my final BBC Introducing Mixtape before handing over to my friend and BBC colleague Emily Pilbeam from Monday 22 April 2024. This the second of two retrospective programmes showcasing a …

December brought episode number three, the last of the calendar year 2023. This edition of “The Almanac” first aired on Wednesday the 6th at 8pm Eastern over on Uncertain.FM, and got a replay the following …

WelcomeYesterday we played a show in Las Vegas. The mornings were always spectacular in Palm Springs and yesterday’s was no exception. It was clear and cool, and the tops of the palm trees had barely …

You may not know it butt this is what you knead. A peach of a video and a song that asks you to get off your backside and dance. If your plans have gone a …

CELEBRATE THE NEW DARK AGEBernard Herrmann - Gort/The Visor/The Telescope (1951)Bernie doing his thang with added theremin.Front 242 - Moldavia (1991)The sound design and the way sound is organised here is pretty impeccable. Also just …

I've made it a rule not to cover compilations, best of's, greatest hits, etc. as I'd rather introduce you to records released as discrete snapshots of a band or musician at a particular point in …

Sorry, but this is not going to be one of those analog vs. digital rants that goofball audiophile types like to indulge in at the drop of a hat. In fact I probably should have …

To coincide with the release of their latest album, Miracles Beyond, this week, Bulgarian-based supergroup Intelligent Music Project have released a new single and video. ‘Days Rollin’ features lead vocals from Toto’s Joseph Williams, alongside …

If, like me, you've been waiting years for the fifth and final volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography the announcement of the release of "Turn Every Page" can only be taken as a hopeful …

Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments, celebrating Toyah's birthday rocking out in the studio (with Simon Darlow, too!), premieres Saturday 18th at 19:00 CET!Happy birthday, Toyah! ...and tomorrow at 13:00 CET, Sunday Lunch revisited: Devil …

1: The podcast episode I mentioned recently is almost complete. (Disquietude looks like it’s coming back.) 2: This Week in Sound is about to get rolling again, following a pause for spring book-writing. (Though it …

That was another excellent Cyberdelia and I need to share these amazing prize statues that Jared made for the costume contest. Now you can store 160 gigabytes inside Johnny Mnemonic's head, just like in the …