Author: Brad Cohan

Indie Rock 

MidKnight, SST and Spot: The Oral History of Carducci Bros. 

December 28, 2024February 7, 2025 Brad Cohan 0 Comments fIREHOSE, Joe Carducci, Mark Carducci, MidKnight, Mike Watt, minutemen, ORG Music, The Carducci Bros., The Missingmen

Joe and Mark Carducci and Mike Watt on the long road to their eponymous debut

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Hard Rock Indie Rock Psychedelics Rock 

SLIFT: Space Is The Place

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2024, Dry Cleaning, France, Gang of Four, Ilion, Jesus Lizard, Love Battery, SLIFT, Sub Pop Records, Sun Ra

On Ilion, the French psych-rock shredders kick out the cosmic jams

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Indie Rock Rock 

Antietam Comes Alive, for 40 Years and Counting 

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Antietam, Carrot Top, Homestead Records, Josh Madell, Louisville, Matador Records, New York City, Tara Key, Tim Harris, Yo La Tengo

The NYC-via-Louisville indie rock institution is celebrating four decades with a new EP and shows  

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Blues Experimental Rock 

The Children… and the Long Road to A Sudden Craving

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Cop Shoot Cop, Gothic, Human Impact, Jim Coleman, Michael Wiener, New York City, Phil Puleo, Swans, The Children...

The gothic-blues-ambient supergroup talk their years-in-the-making second album

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jazz 

The “Vision” of William Parker

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2024, AUM Fidelity, Cereal Music, Charles Gayle, Cooper-Moore, Duke Ellington, Ellen Christi, Hamid Drake, Heart Trio, Louis Armstrong, Milford Graves, Patricia Nicholson, Vision Festival, William Parker

The bassist and composer goes deep on Vision Festival and his secondary role

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Garage Rock Rock 

Kid Congo: Always Looking for a New Kind of Kick 

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2024, In The Red Records, Kid Congo, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Kid Congo Powers, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, That Delicious Vice, The Cramps, The Gun Club

The legendary guitarist for The Cramps, The Gun Club and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds dishes about his latest record

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Indie Rock Rock 

Marcellus Hall Will Never Let You Down

March 11, 2024March 13, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Cat Power, Damon Smith, I Will Never Let You Down, Jon Spencer, Marcellus Hall, Mary Lou Lord, Matador Records, Mike Shapiro, New York City, One Track Mind, Pavement, Plastic Fork, Railroad Jerk, The New Yorker

The former Railroad Jerk frontman shines on his first solo album in a decade

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Anthony Pirog’s Steady Diet of Ambience

January 23, 2024February 19, 2024 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 2023, Andy Summers, Anthony Pirog, Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, John Frusciante, Otherly Love Records, The Messthetics, The Nepenthe Series Vol. 1, Wendy Eisenberg

The versatile guitarist gets ambient with Andy Summers, John Frusciante, Nels Cline and more on his terrific new record  

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Experimental Punk Rock 

The Mystery of mssv Solved

November 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Contemplating the Engine Room, fIREHOSE, Human Reaction, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, mssv, Stephen Hodges, The Minutemen

Mike Baggetta may pilot this ship with Mike Watt and Stephen Hodges, but it’s all tugboat and no ball-hog

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Alternative Rock Folk Industrial Rock 

Swans: Just Keep Swimming 

August 16, 2023February 19, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, Ben Frost, Christopher Pravdica, Dana Schechter, Kristof Hahn, Larry Mullins, Leaving Meaning, Michael Gira, Phil Puleo, Swans, The Beggar, Young God Records

On The Beggar, Michael Gira continues to reinvent his longtime outfit

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jazz 

East Axis Points to a Free-Improvisational Dream Team

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Allen Lowe, Brother/Mister Productions, Christian McBride, East Axis, ESP-DISK, Gerald Cleaver, Kevin Ray, Mack Avenue Records, Maria Schneider, Matthew Shipp, No Subject, Scott Robinson

Matthew Shipp, Scott Robinson, Kevin Ray and Gerald Cleaver debut on Christian McBride’s label with No Subject

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Art Pop Indie Rock Instrumental Rock 

How Talkdemonic Was Revived From Oblivion 

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments instrumental, Isaac Brock, Kevin O’Connor, Modest Mouse, Oregon, Portland, Talkdemonic, Unwound, Various Seasides

Art-pop dynamo Kevin O’Connor explains how he resurrected his one-man-band for Various Seasides

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner and Mike Watt Jam Econo Everywhen They Go

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, D Boon, Everywhen We Go, Henry Kaiser, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, Traveling Wilburys, Wall of Flowers

The post-genre OG’s are a power trio for the ages

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Indie Rock 

Sleepyhead Explore a New Kind of Alchemy 

December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky, New Alchemy, New York City, New York University, Rachael McNally, Sleepyhead, Yo La Tengo

The indie rock lifers pile on noise-free hooks on their sixth album

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Experimental Rock 

How Ivan Nahem Captures Cathartic, Yoga-centric Soundscapes

October 26, 2022November 11, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Crawling Through Grass, ex->tension, Ivan Nahem, Live Skull, Marc C, New York City, Norman Westberg, Ritual Tension, Swans, The Cucumbers, Yoga

The ex->tension mastermind, NYC noise-rock pioneer and one-time Swans drummer talks Crawling Through Grass

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