I sort of stopped making individual posts about each radio show, because I get really tired of cross-posting so much stuff so many places. I've also had to really hustle to survive economically the past few months, but I made a page on the website for every episode of Sounds Coming Out of the Land… Continue reading Sounds Coming Out of the Land #5 & #6 in the Archive
Tag: Cleveland
Review of Burning Plastic Blues Band – Spiritual Latency on Resident Advisor
One of my music writing victories recently was convincing the editor of what is probably the most important outlet for coverage of electronic music online to let me review the latest tape from Noah Depew’s Burning Plastic Blues Band project, Spiritual Latency. It was the one year anniversary of Noah captivating me so tremendously with his Peculiar Refractions in the Fullness… Continue reading Review of Burning Plastic Blues Band – Spiritual Latency on Resident Advisor
Sounds Coming Out of the Land #4: Where the River Burned
The latest episode of Sounds Coming Out of the Land is available on the Echobox Mixcloud archive in case you missed it! I’ve also taken it upon myself to make it extremely easy for anyone to access all the shows—including the new episode ahead of the broadcast—in one place, by creating a page where you… Continue reading Sounds Coming Out of the Land #4: Where the River Burned
Sounds Coming Out of the Land #2: Heavy Music
Listen: I've mostly been hiding out in a sleepy part of New Jersey, because NYC is totally overwhelming to me, but in a few hours I'm going to be in Brooklyn to meet with a most prestigious Lake Erie Bass Monster and then run over to Cynthia Sley's house. If you keep up with the… Continue reading Sounds Coming Out of the Land #2: Heavy Music
Spring 2023//this is the chariot!!!!!
In truth, the first half of 2023 in mixtapes fit together to tell the story from the fall-winter transition to the winter-spring transition, a period in which I decided to move back home to Cleveland. Where the Winter 2023//forces at work tape was about returning to the age I was when I got into punk… Continue reading Spring 2023//this is the chariot!!!!!
Sounds Coming Out of the Land Radio Show
It's my honor and joy to announce that I was selected to have a monthly radio show on Echobox in Amsterdam. Since I'm gearing up to be working on this book about how Northeast Ohio modernized rock music for a good, long time, this is a way I can regularly share the work I am… Continue reading Sounds Coming Out of the Land Radio Show
Forces at Work: On the Road to the Land
I documented my first research trip to Northeast Ohio for the book I am writing in my latest Substack newsletter. If you subscribe for free, you'll get an email or two a month updating you on my life and work! I also sent in my book proposal and just finished my first review for Cleveland… Continue reading Forces at Work: On the Road to the Land
New Salem Witch Hunters Kept Garage Rock Regional and Obscure
I put the Land on the Bandcamp front page again, talking about the self-titled debut album by Cleveland garage rock institution, New Salem Witch Hunters. Crank that shit. Sorry, not sorry, WMMS!!!! It’s also about how it’s really challenging for bands to try to exist in Cleveland, which seems to be a central force in… Continue reading New Salem Witch Hunters Kept Garage Rock Regional and Obscure
The Cup, the Dream, and the Tin Can: Kicking Out Half a Century With David Thomas
Here it finally is! I worked on this for about two months, basically got paid nothing due to having to buy all the materials I needed to write it, and could only publish it by making it a positive portrayal of David Thomas, because praise moves units, whereas criticism only has an artistic and intellectual… Continue reading The Cup, the Dream, and the Tin Can: Kicking Out Half a Century With David Thomas
Kyle Kidd’s Soothsayer AOTD
It was my honor to be trusted with writing up this must-listen solo debut from Kyle Kidd on American Dreams Records, and it is my joy that Kyle feels so seen and honored by it. I'm glad all the time I spent dancing with the bubbles in the the bath to it paid off. Check out the album… Continue reading Kyle Kidd’s Soothsayer AOTD
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