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Alloapm
A duo of producers and DJs in Tokyo, Malc Yacob and Amelie Mirror Adnis, has recently begun to make music of its own under the moniker Alloapm, and it’s exciting stuff; it, along with the reputation...
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The Stephen Carmichael Playlist: A New Video
On his Youtube channel, Stephen Carmichael has posted a video of a new cover of Ke$ha’s “Die Young” that is also in part an homage to Cyndi Lauper, in part a mash-up featuring bits from her songs...
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A Concert at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Seth Josel, Raphael Vanoli, Ben...
Last Friday evening at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ here in Amsterdam, under the auspices of the Amsterdam Electric Guitar Heaven festival, and in co-operation with the Bimhuis and that very active...
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Daniel Rhode
Adam Cuthbért’s close friend and collaborator on the Sight/Sound festival, Daniel Rhode, is likewise a composer, and though he currently lives in Michigan while in the last phase of his university...
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Brian Petuch
Another young composer in the circle of the Sight/Sound festival is Brian Petuch, who, like Adam Cuthbért, lives and works in New York, though in this case the personal information available does not...
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“Bizarre Love Triangle” Again: A Second Playlist
Some months ago I compiled a Youtube playlist of a number of covers done of the song “Bizarre Love Triangle,” perhaps the most memorable – certainly one of the most moving – of the numbers recorded by...
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Jonnie Allen
A new discovery on Soundcloud is the Englishman Jonnie Allen; there is not a great amount of biographical information provided on his page there, nor on his Myspace page, though one does learn that he...
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The Give ’em Hell Boys
While compiling yesterday’s playlist, I came across a quite distinctive version of “Bizarre Love Triangle” – turned into a country tune! Naturally then I was curious to know more about the musicians...
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Three Pieces for the End of the Year: A Playlist
As we all get ready to leave 2012 behind (or for it to take its leave of us) it occurred to me that the event might call for a short, a very short playlist, and some tracks recently uploaded on...
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Through Rooms of Music: Heidi Locher and Frederick Paxton’s “Hotel Kalifornia”
The year coming to an end conduces to thoughts about transience – and about the zones wherein whatever comes and goes might abide for awhile. Pieces of music can provide the shelter, while music in...
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For an Evening Like This: “Heavy Metal Lover” (Lady Gaga)
Tonight bring all your friends because a group does it better … Yes, this evening it will be that time of the year once again. Now, apart from the intrinsic interest of much of what she does, many of...
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Balún
Angélica Negrón, who some months ago was written about here, is not only a contemporary classical composer, but an avid participant in independent pop music in New York, more particularly in the scenes...
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Buke and Gase
At a far remove musically from a band like Balún, but equally at home in Brooklyn (though they now spend at least part of their time in upstate New York, in the city of Hudson), is the duo Buke and...
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Knalpot
Last month I wrote about a concert held in Amsterdam in which, inter alia, the guitarist Raphael Vanoli and the DJ and drummer Gerri Jäger performed in different capacities; but the two, along with...
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Out for the Week
I shall be traveling for several days; posting should resume late next week. Happy listening in the meantime!
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Adam Cuthbért: Two New Compositions – One an Internet Collaboration with...
Towards the end of last year and at present, during the beginning of this one, Adam Cuthbért has been busy; in addition to his ongoing involvements with the Bang on a Can and the Sight/Sound festivals...
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T-Michael
Sometimes one comes across an image that is indeed more eloquent than any number of words (or even of notes?) could possibly be, and the convocation of beautiful people that just took place in...
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The Jasmine Thompson Playlist: “The Power of Love”
On her Youtube channel, Jasmine Thompson has uploaded a new cover, a bittersweet rendition of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “The Power of Love,” and I’ve added it to the playlist.
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René Baptist Huysmans’ EP: “Dawn of the Anthropocene”
With the new year there’s come a wave of releases of EPs, and among them a quite interesting one is René Baptist Huysmans’ Dawn of the Anthropocene, issued a few days ago by the small Greek label...
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Jennifer Left
A present-day blues singer and a songwriter across the Channel in Brighton who’s beginning to attract notice widely in the UK, is Jennifer Dalby, who goes by the nom d’artiste Jennifer Left; following...
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