Listening: 1. Siinai : A very ambitious band from Finland with an impressive first single called " Marathon ". 2. The Bodies Obtained : Electro-dream-wave-pop? Love it. Listen to: Life After Life 3. Hourglass Sea : Synth meets helium meets bass meet goodness. Listen to : Once In A Lifetime Reading: 1. Dirty Rain by Zhang Yueran 2. Two Poems by Mel Bosworth 3. Unspoken by Richard Osgood [...]

Episode 95: Drinking Firewater with J Mascis Edition * Electronic Audio Project "Tarpit" (Dinosaur Jr.) * Posttod "Ending" * Alicia Catt "On Lashes" (from the Feb issue of decomP ) * Django Django "Firewater" * Posttod "Ending" * Robert Lopez "Full Frontal Nudity" as read by Mel Bosworth * Brothertiger "Lovers"
Noah Wall is more than a musician. He seems to have set forth to make use of all the senses when creating his art. At least he seems to be lending his music to visually interesting and intense projects. Earlier this month he released a video project called Colormind . The project featured his track "Blue Station" and aimed to "use sound, shape, heat, and subliminal color to condense time and bind emotional response". You can check out the project here to see if he achieved his goal. The project attempts to condense [...]

Mander's new t-shirt design for Chicago's Nøthing Major .
Listening: 1. Dani House : Lo-fi pop from Fort Wayne. 2. Qualms: This duo brings the strange and twisted dream-pop. Listen to: Polarized ( mp3 ) 3. Whispertown : This LA band are releasing their new ep Parallel on March 20th. Listen to: Open The Other Eye Reading: 1. Butcher's Block by Thomas Demary 2. The Bruise by Zoe Dzunko 3. Sex Blue by Doug Milam 4. Fly [...]

Episode 94: The Cyrus Virus Edition Sauna " Glitter Party " Sian S. Rathore "In The Restaurant I Heard My Food Talking" Galapagoose "One Who Can't Move" Matt Mullins "Blood Sacrifce" Rego : R.E.M. MH : Surface Energy Galapagoose "One Who Can't Move" Greg Santos from Tweet Tweet Tweet Alan Wilkis ft. Lyrics Born & White Hinterland "Shadow"
Listening : 1. The Ex-Girlfriends Club : Kick-off the weekend with a little bit on nasty glam rock. Listen to: The Witch ( mp3 ) 2. Hustle Roses : Pounding dance-pop crafted in and oozing LA. 3. The New Limb : Catchy indie-pop from the new creative mecca of Silver Lake. Listen to: Refugees Reading : 1. How Furniture Feels by Fatimah Asghar 2. Home, Still by Kristen E. Nelson 3. Banana Bread by Barclay Shields [...]

Episode 93: The Renegade Scrapbooker Edition Conveyor : Mukraker Shaun Gannon : I Am Shaun Gannon Architeq : Into The Cosmos Elephant & Castle : En Memoria Capybara : Neighborhood Crime Gonjasufi : Nikels And Dimes Mike Decapite : excerpt from Creamsicle Blues

The beauty and magic of music is it's ability to help the listen refocus. After a hectic day music can guide you back to a peaceful or familiar place. Lately, I have been turning to the shifting compositions of the sound designer Justin Hopkins (aka RareBit ). His pieces are layers, textured, complex, still very listenable and enjoyable. Non Project recently released RareBit's debut EP The Destroyer EP. This collection is just a taste of what is to come later this year with Justin's full-length debut. At the age of 24, Hopkins seems to have a sense of sound [...]

Jeff Soto "Decay and Overgrowth", 18" x 18", acrylic on wood, 2011
Listening: 1. Night Genes : Eric Ingersoll is the creative force behind the genre-bending tunes. A slightly more upbeat version of The National. Listen to: Cyber Me ( mp3 ) 2. Liz Green : Beautiful chamber-pop from the UK. Her debut album, O. Devotion!, comes to the US in Feb. Listen to: Hey Joe ( mp3 ) 3. Said The Whale : Canadian indie pop with a fun, retro sound. Listen to : Heavy Ceiling ( mp3 ) Reading: [...]

Tweet Tweet Tweet by Greg Santos (Corrupt Press, December 4th, 2011) Can poetry be "meta"? A poem is crafted in a moment and build within a reality that belongs to the poet. The reality that Greg Santos works within he chooses to pull in others to create something new. It is not as if he is using their words or images, but it is more just referencing the name of Ellen Kennedy or Billy Collins to force the reader to recall those worlds. In his latest collection, Tweet Tweet Tweet, Santos also writes [...]

Look Into My Beautiful Eyes by Zansky , Giclée Print on paper and canvas
Listening: 1. Tiny Victories : Another great band out of NYC. Listen to: Lost Weekend ( mp3 ) 2. Badbadnotgood : Instrumental hip hop jazz from Toronto. 3. Leema Mountain : Do you want to feel good? Listen to: "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" ( mp3 ) Reading: 1. The Drunkard's Round Dance by Dana Dickerson 2. I Hoped it Meant What I Hoped by Alex Thornber 3. Miss In Polish by Franki Elliot 4. [...]

Jenny Brown "Untitled #6", 2011 Ink and found collage on antique paper approx. 5 x 7.5 inches
Listening: 1. Golden Caves : Another alias for James Jackson Toth, and more sleepy somber folk-pop. Listen to: Mod Bacteria 2. Ducky : Morgan Neiman is going to make some noise in 2012. Listen to: Killing Time ( mp3 ) 3. Vieo Abiungo : More brilliance from the Bay-Area Composer. Listen to: Why dogs mimic sirens Reading: 1. I Want To Die Like Heath Ledger by Corey Mesler 2. [...]

Episode 92: This Will Be Our Year * Memoryhouse : This Will Be Our Year (Zombies Cover) * RareBit : Emergency * Jim Goar reading from The Louisiana Purchase * SolarSolar : I Can't Find You from Pilot on Binary Entertainment on February 21 * RareBit: Emergency * Dream Brother : Pretty Eyes from 7" Digital Single through Afternoon Records * Tim Jones-Yelvington : Fiercen Up (Yuletide Edition)

Reed Danziger "A Continuous Probability", 2011 oil, graphite and mixed media on paper on panel 36 x 36 inches

Episode 91: 2011 in Review 11. M+A : Liko Lene Lisa 10. Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross : Blacks 9. Ford & Lopatin : Emergency Room 8. Alexander : Truth 7. J Mascis : Several Shades of Why 6. Cults : Go Outside 5. Oregon Bike Trails : High School Lover 4. Active Child : Playing House 3. Youth Lagoon : Montana 2. Lia Ices : Love Is Won (Pink Mountaintops [...]

Episode 90: I am Dreaming of an Orange Christmas * Candy Claws : Snow Face * Excerpt from "A Christmas Story" * Anna Vogelzang : Jingle Bells * Woods : Christmas Time is Here * Steve Roggenbuck : Christmas Lights * Roman Candle : It's Christmas. Go On and Say Hello * Geoff Geis : All I Want For Christmas is You * Class Actress : Silent Night * Typhoon : Merry Xmas Anyways * [...]