The engulfing machine of Henri Chopin

The engulfing machine of Henri Chopin By Domenico Napolitano Translated by Joseph Sannicandro Originally published December 1, 2016 on zetaesse … More

Inverted Microphones: Giovanni Lami’s Tapeocracy

In the film Il Postino (1994), the titular Postman becomes inspired to express himself after encountering the Chilean poet Pablo … More

UnSound Propositions: Unsound 2018 ~ PRESENCE

https://acloserlisten.com/2018/09/22/unsound-propositions-previews-of-unsound-2018-presence/ https://acloserlisten.com/2018/11/08/a-closer-look-unsound-2018/ UnSound Propositions: Previews of Unsound 2018 ~ Presence In advance of PRESENCE, the 2018 edition of the renowned … More

Concrete Shelves

My friend Matteo Uggeri interviewed me for his blog CONCRETE SHELVES.  We talk about Italian music, Billy Joel, tapes, and … More

Interview: Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy)

Originally published on http://www.SSGmusic.com on February 10th, 2012 Back in September, Liturgy headlined Il Motore during POP Montreal’s opening night.  Even … More

Giuseppe Ielasi ~ Untitled, Bellows ~ Reelin’

Originally published by A CLOSER LISTEN Giuseppe Ielasi began producing music in the early ‘90s as a guitar player in … More

On Minoy

Originally published at A CLOSER LISTEN I wanted to be sure to share this recent broadcast of Everything is Real … More

The Other Side of the COIN COIN: Matana Roberts’ River Run Thee

We’ve been in Europe since the end of May, just now returning to our temporary home-base of Minneapolis, where working … More

Laibach Are More Untimely Than Ever

Laibach 1987 Laibach circa 1987 Originally published by Cult Mtl In the ’80s many bands flirted with fascist and totalitarian … More

Czech | Slovak Experimental Music [MIX by Jára Tarnovski]

In anticipation of a new mix of Czech and Slovak music compiled by Gurun Gurun’s Jára Tarnovski to be published … More

Meet Montreal volume musician Kyle Bobby Dunn

Canadian artist Kyle Bobby Dunn spent a few years doing the Brooklyn thing before returning to the Great White North.  … More

French Guitar Legend Richard Pinhas

The curators of the Victoriaville festival (FIMAV) haven’t pulled any punches this year, putting together what may be their most … More