Well, that was a shit sandwich of a year, but I’m doing all right, and feeling blessed that I came out intact. I’ve always expected that I’d...

An ultra-lazy roundup of what I liked in 2016. Caroline K— Now Wait for Last Year (Blackest Ever Black) Originally released in 1985, t...

I never did finish summarizing my 2015 in music, so here's a quick list. 1. Elder— Lore (Armageddon Shop) 2. Iron Maiden— The Boo...

For my second project, I chose the Music from Outer Space Noise Toaster . This Ray Wilson design is a little synth in a box; kind of a conde...

The second Thumbscrew album goes further out than their debut. The trio of Mary Halvorson (guitar), Michael Formanek (double bass) and Tom...

I was really into building model cars as a kid. My bedroom shelves were filled with 1/24 scale funny cars, dragsters and other exot...

Film in Music , formed in 2009 and led by cellist Peggy Lee, includes a formidable bunch of heavy hitters from the local jazz/improv/creat...