Listening
Ligeti's Requiem Mass »
A cosmic mindbend at the symphony
Sir Richard Bishop live »
Ferocious Middle Eastern sand music
Bluetech »
Richly melodic down-tempo for your in-ear trip
Alasdair Roberts »
Reveling in visionary and apocalyptic Brit folk
Papercuts »
The sad dream-pop of You Can Have What You Want
Manooghi Hi »
A strikingly original South Asian / West Coast rock band
Tobacco »
Dark analog pop from a nicotine enigma
Algerian Proto-Rai »
Smoking new collection of North Afro-pop from the 70s.
The Blithe Sons »
Drifting along with The Great Orthochromatic Wheel
Endtimes Metal, take two »
French death metal dudes Gojira shred The Way of All Flesh
Endtimes Metal, pt 1 »
Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God
Mahler on Gaia »
The drunken Taoist fairy land of "Das Lied von der Erde."
The Lumerians »
San Francisco psych-rock, live and on clear vinyl
The Melvins Live »
Groveling before the mighty riff.
Halflife iPod »
The joys of a broken iPod.
Heathen Metal »
Bindrune's super new split LP
Masaki Batoh and Helena Espvall »
Neofolk improv from two psych innovators
Das Rheingold »
Becoming a Wagner nut
Dennis Wilson »
Ballads and blooze from the most sun-bleached Beach Boy
Stebmo »
Groovy instrumental music from keyboardist Steve Moore
Aethenor Live »
Sunn O))) meets Ulver in deep space.
Tropical Alchemy »
An early-bird review of The Alchemist Manifesto.
Dubstep Podcast »
Rob Booth's delightful Electronic Explorations
Where it Starts Getting Sweepy »
A chat with PG Six, from the awesome new Yeti
The Entrance Band »
Ferocious psych trio, posted to the Arthur Music Blog
Ronin on the Prowl »
Nik Bärtsch's amazing “Zen-funk”
Northern Songs »
Putting the bard back into Norse mythology
Horses Brawl »
Punk-assed early music from East Anglia
Semper Dowland »
An overview of the sad-sack Renaissance singer-songwriter John Dowland.
Early Music »
A brief intro to my latest musical obsession.
Arena of the Gods »
An Arthur blog piece on the Zep reunion show.
Viking Metal Rules »
The Swedish band Amon Amarth live and hair-twirling.
Sir Richard Bishop »
An interview with one of America's great guitarists
Fantastique Symphony »
A headbanger's ball of Berlioz, by MTT and the SF Symphony
Led Zep's Mofoship »
The unedited Blender review of the latest compilation.
San Francisco Soundscapes »
A night of sound art at Recombinant Labs.
Slate piece on Eco-Metal »
A review of Wolves in the Throne Room's pagan eco-metal, live and on record.
Animal Collective »
The latest from these psychedwhatsit oddballs
High on Fire's latest »
My Blender review of the Oakland metal act's Death is This Communion
Nina Nastasia and Jim White's Chat »
A review of the album You Follow Me
Grotesque Animal »
My utter obsession with this song off the last Of Montreal record
Saharan Guitars »
New recordings by Saharan ensembles Tinariwen and Group Doueh
Pop goes the EMP Conference »
Reflections on music writing circa 2007
Black Moth Super Rainbow »
The mysteries of electro nostalgia
Slightly Sorry Too »
PG Six makes a rawk record.
Gurdjieff Superstar »
A review of the massive Oriental Suite CD and book set.
Godsongs »
Christian rock, from the Danielson Famile to Relient K.
One for the Ages »
A link to my huge Joanna Newsom profile and a review of her LA show.
Live Review: Bert Jansch »
The gentle giant of Britfolk returns with a tour and a great new disc.
Brightback Morning Light »
Fungus-infused Tupelo honey
Espers II »
The Philadelphia group's new ye olde classic.