The Catastrophist will satisfy fans’ long wait for new music by...
Tortoise has never been a group to rest on any laurels. Though certainly its members have recognizable styles of playing -- from the varied beats produced by...
From the Archives: David Bowie’s longest ever performance happened in Fort...
Back in October of 1997, I wrote about what will go down in history as David Bowie's longest ever live performance. I was following...
How David Bowie kicked off my writing career. RIP, Bowie
All of music has lost some of its luster today. David Bowie died at the age of 69. Suddenly, the album he released, just...
Reflecting on 2015, Part 3 – Best in Music
Here are Independent Ethos' picks for the 10 best albums we heard in 2015. They are presented in no particular order because it is...
Reflecting on 2015, Part 2: The best music documentaries
I took in a decent amount of music documentaries in 2015. Most were great. Only one was terrible. And the one that caps this list will probably win...
Broncho frontman talks about how he comes up with those catchy...
As the end of the year looms, 2015 has yet to conjure a song more infections than the one I wrote about in August 2014 by...
Childbirth’s Women’s Rights delivers sneering feminist punk with delight — An...
What would fourth wave feminism sound like if it were put to music? The answer came to me earlier this month when I heard Childbirth’s...
Kraftwerk perform electro classics to 3D images at Miami’s Olympia Theater...
There is no room for cynicism at a Kraftwerk performance. The quartet from Düsseldorf may not play “live,” but they sure put on a hell...
From the archives: David Bowie – 1. Outside – originally published...
It has been 20 years since I first reviewed David Bowie's 1. Outside, which first saw official release on Sept. 25, 1995 in the U.K....
From the Archives: Reliving Red House Painters live in 1997 in...
Full disclosure: Mark Kozelek blew off a scheduled interview to my face the night after this concert. Still, I don't take my taste for...