Diary of Musical Thoughts

More often than not, shoegaze bands seem to emerge fully formed, at least compared to bands in other genres. For every rock band that releas...

M83's newest effort sounds even more like an album recorded and released in the 80's than "Saturdays = Youth" did, and I b...

I've been a black metal fan for about fifteen years. The previous sentence is technically the truth, but it isn't particularly accu...

This was my first time back at the Phoenix in over five years. Never has a place felt so completely familiar and yet also so oddly foreign....

"The Vainqueur:Elevations mix" (30 minutes) What's better than baking to the hyper-minimal sloshing of Vainqueur in the summer...

"Wins and WAR and Ambience" (56 minutes/86 minutes) I set out to make an ambient mix, and usually that means some quiet bits and a...

1991 was undoubtedly a transformative year in music, as the "alternative went mainstream" and swept away the music (and the bands)...

This is my second time seeing Bela Tar this year (the first time was at this show ) and it's more of the same but a little bit better, b...

I remember reading a review of "Starshaped" in one of the UK music weeklies in 1993. It accomplished what a review is supposed to...

Journalist Dan Sicko passed away earlier this week from a rare form of eye cancer. His book "Techno Rebels" was arguably the firs...