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Mixtape: Colossus
March 4, 2024
Mixtape No. 98 features Mdou Moctar, Kelly Moran, Gileah Taylor, Morgul Blade, Combo Chimbita, Buck Curran Dream journal: There's mail from Alynda Seggara on...
Mixtape: No Sleep
February 20, 2024
Mixtape no. 97 features Unwed Sailor, Still House Plants, Nox, Restorations, Claire Rousay, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jessica Pratt. In the [gulp] 26 years since...
Mixtape: Forest
February 7, 2024
Mixtape no. 96 features Daisy Rickman, Castle Rat, Locrian, Sensor Ghost, Six Organs of Admittance, Lord Spikeheart I am known to love lavish tea ceremonies...
Mixtape: Ramble
January 23, 2024
Mixtape No. 95 features Kim Gordon, R.A.P. Ferreira, Frances Chang, Mali Obomsawin, Linda Smith, TAMTAM, Magic Tuber Stringband, Thou. Toots Barger: world-...
Mixtape: Wilderness
January 9, 2024
Mixtape No. 94 features Accidente, Julia Holter, Nathalie Joachim, Anika Pyle, Peter Brötzmann I generally like to have a song to set the tempo for the New...
Mixtape: Snow
December 18, 2023
Mixtape no. 93 features Woo, Laura Cannell, Ronnie Martin, Nonconnah, The Innocence Mission, Terje Isungset Maybe, like me, you're having a tough time...
Mixtape: Jellyfish
December 1, 2023
Mixtape No. 92 features Björk, Krallice, Reyna Tropical, Chuquimamani-Condori, Kali Malone, Vestígio and Nabihah Iqbal. I thought I'd never make another, but...
Mixtape: Change
November 15, 2023
Mixtape No. 91 features Outer World, Sheer Mag, Ndox Electrique, 카코포니(cacophony), Kelly Moran, Keith Fullerton Whitman. Some podcast recommendations:...
Mixtape: Twisted
November 3, 2023
Mixtape No. 90 features Dawn Richard, Limbo District, Nabalayo, Wendy Eisenberg, Sunn O))) and Mary Halvorson. Do these weekly-ish mixtapes satisfy y'all's...
Mixtape: Each Day
October 18, 2023
Mixtape No. 89 features Angelica Garcia, Canary Room, The Veldt, Zalaam and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. I haven't been sleeping. The world is so much. But now...
Mixtape: Bending
October 3, 2023
A new look for the mixtapes! I've made waaay more than 88, but that's how many I count since I moved to BNDCMPR. Some favorite moments from Furnace Fest, in...
Mixtape: Unpopular
September 19, 2023
Doom riff opens lowly. I've missed Harvey Milk. The Athens, Ga., band has been out of action for more than a decade now, but its sludgy, deconstructed WTF ZZ...
Mixtape: Muzzle
September 12, 2023
View from a flotation device KT and I just celebrated 10 years of marriage. I'm amazed at how this decade has deepened our love in beautiful, weird and...
Mixtape: Stay
August 30, 2023
Dream journal: I'm on a street as it starts to crack open. Volcanic lava glows hazmat orange as it oozes through the asphalt. Everything and everyone is...
Mixtape: Sunset
August 16, 2023
Simply a photo of a church near our family's house at sunset. My neighborhood is quiet and unassuming, yet really knows when to turn on the charm. I hope...
Mixtape: Afloat
August 8, 2023
I can't fall asleep to music; my brain is too busy dissecting its melodies, textures and rhythms to fully rest, even if I find the music restful. As I've...
Mixtape: Awake
August 1, 2023
Where are the weirdos in normal spaces? The death of Paul Ruebens, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman, took me back to my childhood in the early...
Mixtape: Aurora
July 25, 2023
I proclaimed my love of sorghum syrup for Marissa's "ringing endorsements," so in the spirit of sharing, here are some more: I really like movies that won't...
Mixtape: Viking's Flames
June 20, 2023
Bands either got paid in cash or spaghetti — that was basically the deal when it came to church shows. When I first met Luxury, it was in a cafeteria...
Mixtape: Viking's Mysterium
May 30, 2023
If you're a good friend I haven't seen in a while who invites me to a thing, I will probably make it my business to go. So when Kim texted me on Saturday to...
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