Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches

A rare organism, glimpsed twice over the weekend. Two working bands, each a sax-piano-bass-drums quartet led by an underrated veteran, i.e.,...

[Photo: Laal Shams] If all goes as planned, I will hear Sunn O))) live tonight at Brooklyn Masonic Temple . It will no doubt be a guitar/am...

[Photo: Gracia Villamil] On August 21, I sat down with Tyondai Braxton at an East Village dive bar to talk about his awesome new orchestral...

Sadly, the actor Henry Gibson passed away Monday. This obituary indicates that he was best known for his role on Laugh-In. Personally, I c...

Wish I had some profound reflections to offer on this rainy 9/11. But the best I can muster is a get-well-soon message for Phil Collins, who...

In a couple of hours, I'm headed west with Laal in search of the Boognish. I wish everyone a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I leave you wi...

And the improvised music world has lost another genius who sought to turn time into nothing : Mr. Joe Maneri passed away yesterday at the ag...

The Stone was sweltering tonight. I attended Fieldwork 's late set and the heat and the music aligned to induce a very heavenly sort of...

What an absolutely outstanding musician. And he sounded as good in recent years as he did on all those classic records. I feel fortunate tha...

[UDATE: From the Dept. of Pretzel Logic Linkage, here's a link to the Brooklyn Vegan photo post on Sunday's Keelhaul show, which it...