Queer Noise

Sam Galloway and I co-wrote an article entitled “Queer Noise: Sounding the Body of Historical Trauma,” which was including in Continue reading →

Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus

Originally published at SSG Music   Marion Lefebvre/Courtesy of the artist While in Paris during the summer of 2011, I Continue reading →

Suoni per il Popoli

This post collects two previews written for Cult MTL. In honor of their upcoming 20th anniversary, I’ll be publishing a Continue reading →

Sigur Rós ~ Heima and Hvarf/Heim

Originally published at The Silent Ballet Heima The music of Sigur Rós has a way of impressing melancholy and hopefulness Continue reading →

Old Bicycle Records ~ Sparkle in Grey, Nuno Moita/Matteo Uggeri, Stefano De Ponti, and Tape Crash # 6 & #7

This is a compendium gathering posts originally published at A CLOSER LISTEN Old Bicycle Records ceased operations in 2016 (with Continue reading →

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’   Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, Continue reading →

Back to the Lab

In “Get on the Mic” Geoff Harkness argues that “the studio is essential to the culture [of rap] in ways Continue reading →

François J. Bonnet (Kassel Jaeger) on Éliane Radigue, the GRM, and Quebec

Originally published at Cult MTL as “Montreal’s Acousmatic Music Festival is Here.” We spoke to composer Groupe de Recherches Musicales Continue reading →