The Dogmatics: Boston Garage Punk, Old Mates and ‘Nowheresville’
The Dogmatics sort of came together in Boston in the early ’80s. “We were just a bunch of guys who wanted to play loud,” they’ve said, recalling that...
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Sean Imboden on ‘Uncharted Realms’: “You Can Only See as Far as the Headlights”
“I never want the band to stay in its comfort zone, or in traditional jazz waters,” Sean Imboden says. “I always aspire to break new ground, leaving the...
The Deviants: Original Guitarist Sid Bishop Looks Back at the British Underground
The Deviants were part of the British underground counterculture before anyone had quite worked out what to call that strange, noisy, anti-mainstream thing. They came out of the...
Matthew Stevens on His Self-Titled Album: “This Is What I’m Choosing Now”
Matthew Stevens has spent much of his career inside other people’s music. He has played, toured and recorded with Esperanza Spalding, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Harvey Mason, Walter...
Skooshny’s ‘The Recordings 1971–1981’: The Overlooked Los Angeles Band Finally Collected in Full.
David Winogrond discusses Skooshny, Mark Breyer, Brevity, Athanor, Graced Lightning, Michael Penn, and 'The Recordings 1971–1981'. Skooshny were an early '70s Los Angeles trio that sadly received almost...
Flaming Star: Lost “Stoned Gnome Music” from the Syd Barrett–Inspired Underground
Flaming Star’s 'In the Piper’s Magical Kingdom' comes from the British underground counterculture of the early 1970s, a world of home recordings, fanzines and small networks of dedicated...
Emma Rawicz Brings the Expansive Sound of ‘Inkyra’ to Ronnie Scott’s
Emma Rawicz is one of the most exciting young voices in British jazz, a saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose rise has been driven by the ambition and originality...
Bob Bert Interview: From Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore to His First Solo Album ‘Beach Bongo Bloodbath’
Bob Bert, the drummer who helped put the voodoo thud into early Sonic Youth before battering car parts with Pussy Galore, finally has a solo album out today...
Laibach on Their New Album ‘MUSICK’: “The Old Factory Demanded Obedience. The New One Demands Permanent Engagement”
Laibach have always been hard to define, and that may be one reason they are still around today. Formed in Trbovlje in 1980, they arrived from an industrial...
Sugar Bomb Power Up Their Sound on ‘Eli Special’
Do you remember the early days of animation, with its chunky lines and bold colors? It feels like the darling daughter of the Jazz era, striking and extravagant....