June 7, 2016

Stuff Muzak, to put it briefly, is Decoder’s new collaborative column focused on hyperrealist music — a large umbrella covering a wide field. Though it may be boring hook, it seems fair in this situation to start relatively simply by asking: what is “hyperrealist music?”…
February 20, 2016

“On account of kicking around a few different feature show possibilities and slowly gathering up a decent-sized pile of new music to play, I’m a few weeks overdue on putting a new podcast show together. I can assure you, though, that I haven’t gone into complete hibernation mode, even though…
January 16, 2016
In anticipation of Monday, keep moving…
#1 – 1.11.2016 – Sean McCann put out an open call for singers via his Recital Program imprint, writing on the label’s website… “Open Call for women and men to lend their voice and join the Rose-Paste Chorale. These works will…
January 8, 2016

In a year filled with over-hyped rhetoric, it feels a little surreal to try and parcel up my take on the experience. Honestly though, I may have felt similarly last year, if the title of my year end posts signals anything. America’s long-winded election is in full-swing… a year+ long leer…
September 19, 2015

“Since the last podcast, things have changed over dramatically from Summer to Autumn here in Minnesota with some refreshingly cool and absolutely beautiful days of late. It’s my favorite time of year, so I welcome the change. It has also been refreshing spending the last couple of weeks assembling…
August 15, 2015

It looks like we’re exactly a month late with this tidbit, but I can’t help but start this week’s review with the Public Domain Review’s incredible exploration of imagined instruments: “Cat Pianos, Sound-Houses, and Other Imaginary Musical Instruments,” penned by…