Talkdemonic (Lisa Molinaro and Kevin O’Connor – shown above) is somewhat of a recent discovery for me, and after just hearing their music first, I was surprised to find out that all that music is made by only two people. Last night at Bowery Ballroom, I got to see how they did it. The use
After a somewhat convoluted series of events, I ended up at Glasslands for the official Stereogum CMJ showcase, just in time to see Cuckoo Chaos. The band has more new songs in their repertoire, more electronics, and more experimentalism up their cuckoo sleeves. They started out with some familiar songs, such as “Jesus Flag American
In this episode of BackStory, New Jersey’s “Delicate Steve” Marion tells us the story behind his song “Butterfly.” Here is how Butterfly happened. I sat down one day in the place where I make music and took out this small drum machine I bought at a salvation army and turned the speed of it all