I wrote about playing in Glenn Branca's 100-guitar Symphony No. 13, one of the most profoundly moving experiences of music I've ever had www.hearingthings.co/a-symphony-f...
A Symphony for 100 Electric Guitars
Playing Glenn Branca’s excruciatingly beautiful 'Hallucination City' at Lincoln Center was one of the deepest musical experiences of my life.
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For non musician music obsessives like me, these In Theory pieces by @cushac.bsky.social are so damn fun; personally, when the vocals come flooding in “Another Day”, I’m reminded of some of DJ Koze’s best work - another guy who fucks around in 7/8
Hearing Things@hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 4mo agoThrough his use of 7/8 time on his new record 'Now You Exist,' the Field's Axel Willner has found a new way to grasp at infinity
I went on tour with Frank Hurricane, a legend of DIY music and great American storyteller, who built a devoted fanbase show-by-show, without a manager or publicist. And the funniest dude I know. My profile, w guest spots from Ryan Davis and Guerilla Toss: www.hearingthings.co/the-last-fol...
The Last Folk Singer
On the road with Frank Hurricane, DIY hero and mystical troubadour of the American underbelly
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I could not believe the name I read when I opened this email from Hearing Things. I completely forgot about this album. It consumed me for years. Please read this interview from Andy.
Andy Cush@cushac.bsky.social · 8mo agoon occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives
on occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives
Dawn of Midi's Eternal Return
The legendary experimental band on the making of their opus, 'Dysnomia,' and coming back to its obsessive rhythms 13 years later.
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I wrote a little tribute to Bob Weir, through the lens of "Playing in the Band" www.gq.com/story/bob-we...
something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...
The Psychological Horror of Diana Ross' "Upside Down"
A close look at the mysterious underpinnings of a disco classic.
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it's January so I finally published my longstanding crank theory about an all-time disco classic
Hearing Things@hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 9mo agoDiana Ross' "Upside Down" is a dancefloor staple, a good-time classic—and the most haunting and effective exploration of the subconscious ever to hit No. 1 on the pop charts. Allow me to explain.
Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.
Andy Cush@cushac.bsky.social · 10mo agohere's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
here's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Strangers From the Universe
Read Andy Cush’s review of the album.
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A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
The Guitar-Bass Hybrid That Gives Tortoise Its Lonesome Sound
Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Douglas McCombs has made the cult-favorite Bass VI a staple of the post-rock legends’ palette.
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i'm trying to remember a line from an essay where the writer describes being a kid and lamenting that his friends who started bands took guitar-bass-drums as a given, that they didn't star glockenspiel-trumpet-cowbell bands, etc. thought it might be Lethem or Klosterman but can't find it. any ideas?
I had such a great time talking to the young GOAT Asher White about her brilliant new album and her days as a tweenage noise musician www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites...
Asher White's Short, Strange Trip
The young experimental pop auteur talks about her life in music so far, from her days as a tweenage noise musician, to the bad acid experience that pulled her toward songwriting, to her thrilling new ...
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🚨I interviewed Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka about Boris, Milton Nascimento, Weather Report, and the Smashing Pumpkins🚨 www.hearingthings.co/joshua-chuqu...
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka Breaks Down 6 Perfectly Produced Records
From Bolivian charangueada to Japanese heavy metal, these are the productions that inspire the visionary guitarist.
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Zohran Mamdani can lower housing costs by getting everyone who jets between New York and the South of France to leave the city for good
there's been a scandal brewing on nerdy guitar-centric corners of YouTube for the last couple of months about a guy who got caught copying other people's guitar solos and presenting them as his own. i wrote about that bizarre saga here www.hearingthings.co/the-great-in...
The Great Instagram Jazz Guitar Plagiarism Scandal
What Giacomo Turra shows us about the strange intersection of jazz and social media
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including my favorite smartphone/internet-free (really!) nyc dead freak on drums. saw him DJ 2 cassette tapes of "the other one" simultaneously for a true "anthem of the sun" effect at ye olde williamsburg dead night.
Andy Cush@cushac.bsky.social · last yr.I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...
Ham trucks in France: Are they real? defector.com/dave-mckenna...
Dave McKenna Insists They Have Ham Trucks In France | Defector
The topic in Defector’s internal chat on Friday was a ban, in the nation of France, on smoking in most outdoor spaces. How can the French—the French!—ban smoking? David Roth observed that “this feels…
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I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...
Three Days in Prison
On the road with one of America’s freakiest rock’n’roll bands.
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Hearing Things is now 100% worker owned. it's a big, exciting step, and it means we need the support of our readers more than ever. www.hearingthings.co/hearing-thin...
Hearing Things Is Now 100% Worker-Owned
A word from your fearless founders
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very grateful to be on the road playing rock n roll with my friends Paul Major, Doug Shaw, and Matt Lily, blasting the Stooges and Black Sabbath on late nite drives, passing the spliff around, getting stories from Paul about seeing Television in 77 and buying Led Zeppelin I at Kmart when it came out
"… perhaps it’s because new [artists] are thrust immediately into the homogenizing machines of the streaming platforms, taught to think of themselves not as oppositional outsiders but as aspirants on the same playing field as global celebrities." Tune In, Drop Out →
Tune In, Drop Out
The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.
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Really good piece here by @cushac.bsky.social on musicians and labels who are turning their backs on the streaming behemoths www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
Tune In, Drop Out
The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.
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