My boss dropped a DVD on my desk yesterday as he was leaving asking if I wanted to borrow it. The cover was a macabre-looking painting of a monk holding a banjo.…

One year ago I interviewed William Fowler Collins for this website. We discussed his first album, Western Violence & Brief Sensuality, his home state of New Mexico, and his musical past. Since…

I know the feeling. When I get stressed, it often manifests itself physically through sleeplessness. I’ll awaken in the middle of the night and be totally unable to return to whatever fucked-up…

The loose German collective known as Baja has drawn numerous comparisons since its stunning 2006 debut Maps/Systemalheur (see: Swan Fungus’ Top 100 Albums Of 2007, whoops!), specifically to Gastr del Sol and…

It’s been far too long since the last Mono record. At least three years, right? What was that one called, anyway? I can see the artwork in my head, but I can’t…

This being an absolutely frigid week in Los Angeles, I think we should turn our focus to the warm, summer months. Specifically, I am thinking about the month of August. That is…

Hey, it’s Friday. Do you know what that means? I’m just beginning my work week, which is about the worst thought imaginable. Actually, that’s not true, as I think I recently compiled…

Jason Pierce and Spiritualized have been something of an anomaly over the course of their eighteen-year existence. Following the dissolution of Spacemen 3, Pierce assembled Spiritualized to expand upon his “electric blues”…

Ilya likes to make fun of me about the imaginary musical genre known as “Evan Rock,” which encompasses every band whose sound is steeped in unusual rock traditions. For the most part,…

This past February I found myself driving into Manhattan on what was easily the coldest night of the year. The National Weather Service had issued a winter weather advisory that afternoon, and…