Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Max Porter Three Feral Pieces (ep) (Independent / Bandcamp) Max Porter’s books are getting shorter – each release is smaller than the one previous, a master of opaque prose-poetry masquerading in novel-form. Now, how very novel, he turns his hand to songwriting, the British essayist, poet and writer served up […]
Those 2000 things you wrote don’t matter because of fifteen things you said. It’s not acceptable in 2021 to have digital breadcrumbs from a prior feast un-swept. The amateur cleaner will find them and charge you later, take what they can; their own shelves well hidden
Sixteen years old, driving the big blue Volvo real fucking fast down the hill and then WHAM! I hit a dog. It flew across the road in front of me and I clocked it front on. It tumbled down the road doing cartwheels – it was horrible. And then, almost more frightening, it soldiered up […]
Donato Dozzy The Tao (ep) Samurai Music Italian techno DJ and producer Donato Dozzy is a bit of a magician – he makes the club bangers that also can exist outside of those four walls and can live and breathe on your home stereo too. It’s a slick gift, subtle, intriguing. He’s been making music […]
This poem was written by me. This is your content warning. And it is my poem. I told you we could meet in the middle.
Wil Sargisson & Margot Pierard: Margot and Wil Time A Part Hygge, Te Awanga; HB Saturday, April 3 I first heard Margot Pierard and Wil Sargisson work together late last year at a house concert in Hawke’s Bay. I was blown away. Here, two world class talents took us on a journey through some of […]
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records made under lockdown restrictions. First up was the latest by Tindersticks and I played their cover […]
There’s a photo I took of Phil Judd walking up the hill to his little shed where he still makes the best noise. He’s a much older man now than when he made most of the music that still blows my mind. But I’m much older than when I first heard it, and every time […]
Tower of Power 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at The Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018 Artistry Music In 2018 one of the world’s great live bands, Tower of Power, hit their hometown stage to celebrate its 50th birthday. Now we get to hear that set of recordings. Taken from a […]
I’ve seen a lot of people with IT. And IT is something you don’t have. And by IT I am of course referring to Imposter Syndrome. What makes you good enough to think you might have IT? I was thinking I wasn’t much chop before you were even born, mate. Anyone gonna be going on […]
It was a weekday but back then they all blurred and I went downtown because that was easier than going up the hill, and I went into the bookstore that I’d just discovered, because it was one of the greatest things on earth. (And it still is). That’s where I found it. Run With The […]
Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham Hard Candy A-Tone Recordings, an imprint of Extreme Music Vinnie Colaiuta is a master session drummer – from Sting to Herbie Hancock via Frank Zappa and Joni Mitchell – there’s almost no chance you’ve never heard his work. He’s playing those sizzling hi-hats on the them tune to the TV […]