Shuffles, Drones and Deep Sounds
I’ll start this edition with David, one of my favorite Tweeters. He leads the always solid Calling All Astronauts and tweets…a lot. But he’s always fun and/or […]
Books Are Music Too: Yo, George!
George Clinton has written his memoir and in doing so continues to do things his own creative way, starting with the title. Does he call […]
The Early Stages: Waiting Around
If the internet is a highway, as it’s often described, I often find myself standing by that road listening to the music that drives by; […]
Dreadzone: Get Ready For A Brainstorm
Do you know Dreadzone? If they somehow have slipped through the cracks for you, you are in for a treat. They evolved from the original […]
See/Hear: You and The Night and The Music (and The Police Scanner and The TV Show)
I recently ran across two music/media sources that I cannot recommend enough. The “You Are Listening To” website is really fairly simple to describe in one […]
Live Reports: Banda Magda, The Tallest Man On Earth, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
Recently the missus and I ventured out of Chez Trapezoid to catch some live music, and I’m happy to report we were three for three […]
Reading Room: Johnny Tales, plus Letters from Bournemouth
Pete Jones: musician, survivor, and man about town (I presume). Pete plays bass for the mighty Department S and is also the ex-bass player for […]
Books Are Music Too: Hip Hop Family Tree
Sometimes it just grabs you that something you are looking at is a real labor of love. I recently ran across two volumes of Ed […]
It’s a Small World: Makunouchi Bento and Kaneel
Long time Trapezoid favorite Makunouchi Bento is back. In one of their final acts of 2014, the Romanian duo of Felix Petrescu and Valentin Toma […]
The Flowers of Hell: The Art of Synaesthesia
Although they are new to me, The Flowers of Hell have been around for over a decade and have quite a discography. I’ll be honest with you; […]