Bassist Erik Scott has left the planet. Former bassist with Flo & Eddie, Alice Cooper and Sonia Dada, he birthed a second career with atmospheric bass instrumentals. John Diliberto remembers.
The Big Ears Festival returns in 2020 with another overwhelmingly impressive roster of artists pushing the avant-garde fringes past, present future. John Diliberto takes a quick survey.
King Crimson, the long-lived progressive rock group, is still crushing it after 50 years. Led by founder guitarist Robert Fripp, the latest edition reinvigorated classic Krimson tracks.
Singer Bryan Ferry outlined his storied and influential career in song across nearly 2 hours of music this past Sunday at The Met in Philly, featuring solo works as well as Roxy Music discography.
Blake Mills’ new video for “Five” is a subtle, poignant, and eerie experiment in giving emotional weight to unusual hosts, such as insects, houseplants, and even fire.
Anna Meredith’s music video “Paramour” is an exciting visual journey- filmed in one single shot, using 1200 pieces of lego train tracks and a countless number of different instruments.
Marissa Nadler and Stephen Brodsky release a music video of “For the Sun”, the second track off their recent collaborative album of gothic moods, Droneflower.
Austrian pop duo Cari Cari host a galactic dance party in their “Summer Sun” video, embarking on a space journey in their vintage Porsche to perform for Martian fashionistas.
Sharon Van Etten took a brilliant electronic turn this year with the album, Remind Me Tomorrow, and now she has a video to match it with “No One’s Easy to Love.”
Temples bursts back onto the scene with a retro 60s style music video of their new rockin’ single “Hot Motion”.
