Features The story of Moondog: blind poet, Viking vagabond, genius composer by Luke Saunders New York City in the 1960s. A silent sentinel stands on the corner of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue, in midtown Manhattan. A totemic guardian who keeps a blind…
Features Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ by Josh Davies With Graceland, Paul Simon returned to form with a record that bridged genres, continents, and sensibilities, selling millions in the process. Following a series of personal and artistic failures, including…
Features A guide to getting into Thelonious Monk in 5 records by Luke Saunders Thelonious Monk was a pivotal figure in the evolution of jazz by using dissonance as an asset rather than a mistake. While often imitated, and thoroughly studied, none have come…
Features A guide to Asylum Records in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders In the psychedelic ’60s the Sunset Strip was soaked with LSD, counter culture rhetoric, and free loving ways. Iconoclasts of the movement will say it’s all a bunch of hogwash,…
News Passion Pit release new album, Kindred by Jen Ng American indie-electronic band Passion Pit have released their third studio album, Kindred. Kindred was written and produced by Passion Pit’s front-man Michael Angelakos and co-produced by longtime collaborators, Chris Zane, Alex Aldi and Benny Blanco. It was recorded in…
