Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches

Here , via Time Out New York , is my review of Frank Ocean's Channel Orange . This version of the piece, the same o...

A busy spell has kept me away from DFSBP for more than two weeks. Here's a top-heavy summary of what's been on my...

 In 2001, Gary Giddins wrote: "Let's be bold: The David S. Ware Quartet is the best small band in jazz today....

Last night, I caught an extraordinary set by the Darius Jones Quartet at Vision Festival 17 , which runs through Sunday at Ro...

In the midst of Deathfest insanity, there was no time to report that the death-metal community lost a beloved innovator a few days ago: ...

  I. Communion This past Monday afternoon, I returned from Maryland Deathfest X, a four-day metal showcase in downtown...

Many years ago, I first heard a particularly ineffective cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" , by the...