Following the release of his new album LASTGLACIALMAXIMUM, the prolific Richard Skelton speaks to Luke Turner about the music that inspired his own work, from Thomas Tallis to Phuture, Nico to Sly & The Family Stone, The Stooges and Gorecki Richard…
Sunny Jain portraits by Ebru Yildiz Try counting the number of musical bands, projects and organisations Sunny Jain has been a part of and you'll quickly lose track. The Indian-American drummer has been a figure in New York's jazz and so-called…
We have limited free time to indulge our minds in art. Sometimes it can be an either/or proposition. Should I sit down with my best pince-nez and read a few chapters of Saul Bellow's ‘Seize the Day', or should I sit down with my best…
You may have heard of the black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks? Shaft? You damn right. From the day that Issac Hayes started collecting his awards for the Shaft soundtrack (two Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar), the…
News spread like wildfire across the music communities across social media about the unexpected passing of David Roback, the American guitarist who helped transform the college rock landscape in the 80s and 90s with groups like The Rain Parade…
Bluetooth speakers are a dime-a-dozen these days, but a true audio system that happens to include Bluetooth connectivity is something you don't see on the cheap very often. Today, Target put this SOLIS Stereo Vacuum Tube Audio System on mega sale…
For decades, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has generated some of the world's greatest innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups. MIT has built a strong research and engineering culture since its founding in 1861, producing dozens of Nobel…
No “legendary” rock band of the 1960s has proven more legendary than the Velvet Underground. The name alone (before it was abbreviated by fans into “the Velvets”) carried a special resonance, evoking Genet decadence…
Whether painting scenes of paradise, damnation, or somewhere in between, Hieronymus Bosch realized elaborately grotesque visions that fascinate us more than 500 years later. But no matter how long we gaze upon his work, especially his large-format…
2020's release schedule just got a whole lot more interesting, with news breaking of the release of the 'long-lost' debut album by Jazz Sabbath. The album, which features recordings of familiar songs like Faries Wear Boots, Iron Man and Children Of…
