I borrowed lyrics from Sister Sledge to get where I need to go with this one. The first time I found out about Sister Sledge was as a young girl. My sisters and I gleefully sang “We Are Family” while driving to the beach one sunny summer day. We were young and those were innocent…
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I had the opportunity to talk to ADULT. this week, and we made it into an interview. They recorded the album PERSUASION IS/AS/OF DECEPTION last summer in Detroit. Of course, they had no idea that a pandemic was right around the corner and would affect the entire world. The album is just now being released,…
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The best way to understand anything is through contrast and comparison. It applies to life, and it applies to music. You could say that’s why I played T. Rex next to Ty Segall, and the dreamy pop of Deserta alongside Curve. But I really felt like I learned something when playing James Blake directly next…
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From just about the very beginning, Ghostly and I have been friends. I’ve always liked Ghostly’s sound, but I’ve also liked their vision. First, it was Michael Segal‘s playful Boy Cat Bird artwork that got my attention (after moving from handwritten white labels to records with completed artwork, that is). Will Calcutt‘s photography has always…
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I also share the music of R. Elizabeth (artwork featured here) on the new Alternate Take. There’s Lusine, Jackie Wilson and a pre-Funkadelic Bootsy Collins project called House Guests. Let’s not forget the nearly lost collaboration between Grace Jones and A Certain Ratio, shared in all its scratch-track beauty. There are a ton of new…
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And that’s not all. We’ll also listen to Ludavic Alarie (an artist from Quebec on Blonde Redhead’s record label, with Simone as guest) and Tomita’s “The Planets.” We can’t leave out the Brazilian outfit Boogarins, Isasa from Spain, the collected sounds of Sir David Attenborough, plus a lot more. You’ll find the latest edition of…
Read more…The new radio show features otherworldly new music from His Name Is Alive and Windy & Carl
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