Frank Zappa's Roxy & Elsewhere: Troubling Fills in the Air

Discussion on Frank Zappa’s 1974 album Roxy & Elsewhere, as well as some speculation on its influence.

Fall 2019 Preview: Light on Dark Corners

Discussion and previews on a few albums that have been in rotation:

Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch - Twin Peaks: Season 2 Soundtrack and More (2019)

The Knells – The Knells (2013)

Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974)

Sevish – Harmony Hacker (2017)

Bombay Groovy – Odysee (2019)

Tool – Fear Innoculum (2019)

Relevant Links:

Twin Peaks Then and Now: Autonomy and Association

The Knells: Earthen Riffs, Celestial Voices

Escaping the Undertow: Tool’s Lateralus

Holly Herndon's PROTO: Anxiety and Ecstasy

Review and discussion of Holly Herdon’s 2019 release PROTO.



Copyright restrictions required me to mute the song examples in this post.  Links to the songs are as follows:






There is, unfortunately, no readily available clip of Evening Shades (Live Training), but I would encourage you to seek it out - it might hold the key to the whole album.

Escaping the Undertow: Tool's "Lateralus"

Discussion and review of Tool’s 2001 album Lateralus

I discovered this album during the summer vacation that inspired this post

I consider this to be 2001’s Album of the Year

C418's "Excursions": Playing a Different Game

Review and discussion of Excursions by C418 (2018).

Sugarbomb's "Bully:" Pick On Someone Else

Review and discussion of Sugarbomb’s 2001 release Bully

This was a 2003 top ten album (in retrospect)

Keep an eye out for a review of Bully’s "sister" album Tsar.

Summer II Overview ep.2: Everyone Out of the Pool!

More previews of Summer listening, including

The Flaming Lips – The King’s Mouth: Music and Songs (2019)

Astronoid – Astronoid (2019)

Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caeser (2017)

The Bombay Royale – You Me Bullets Love (2012)

Julie Licata – resound/unsound (2019)

black midi – Schlagenheim (2019)

Relevant Links

Astronoid’s Air: The Craft of Dream-Thrash

Math Rock Part One: Rumah Sakit and Don Caballero