2022: concerts of the year

James Holden & Wacław Zimpel at whisperfest, Antwerp I am sure James Holden would be very annoyed to be called “The Man”, but here we…

2022: albums of the year

John Luther Adams – Lines Made By Walking (JACK Quartet) For all that That Thing is over, it’s been a stressful year for a bunch…

2022: sets of the year

A short year for DJ sets, but some real stars Ben Ufo & Four Tet – Hessle Audio, April 2022 Pretty rarely, you hear a…

AYA at Nowadays

The future of music? Certainly one of them – the sort of “bass music” set that does justice to the form while making you want…

the bronx, bushwick, midtown

nyc, maine, rat, cat

Daphni (+ Four Tet)

Not only did Dan Snaith play Holden’s “The Idiot”, Kieran Hebden showed up for a 90 minute tag — what a thing

rrao

rrao on opening duties at Nowadays, casually moving tectonic plates from Point A to Point B. I am at 0/3 shazams and counting.

back in new york city

On Heinlein, 2022

“… very protean.  Heinlein was everything — like Walt Whitman” – Arthur C. Clarke I read a lot of Robert A. Heinlein growing up. I…