Brad Cohan
@thebradcohan.bsky.social
Music writer. Bylines: Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, TIDAL, The Wire, Chicago Reader, Treble, JazzTimes, DownBeat and more. Once called Lydia Lunch’s favorite music journalist.
New from me on @treblezine.bsky.social … I went deep with the great Parts & Labor who just returned with an incredible album on @ejrc.bsky.social , their first alb in 15 years … must have grip ! www.treblezine.com/parts-and-la...
Parts and Labor give a track-by-track breakdown of new album Set of All Sets, their first in 15 years - Treble
The DIY Brooklyn electro-punks dive into the details behind each of the songs on their new album
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What better way to celebrate the 4th with some awesome experimental music that I wrote about for @treblezine.bsky.social ?! Neptune, Point Line Plane, Kristina Warren, Rachel Beetz and more rad records! Dig www.treblezine.com/11-great-exp...
11 Great Experimental Albums from Spring 2026 - Treble
Point Line Plane, DoYeon Kim, Colin Hinton, Kramer, and more
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I miss Endless Boogie a ton but Prison’s jams hit that sweet spot too prisonjam.bandcamp.com/album/big-ri...
Big Rigs on the BQE, by Prison
3 track album
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Hey! I wrote some glowing words about the new album from Alan Braufman and his amazing band ft. Patricia Brennan, Luke Stewart and Chad Taylor … Jazz heads don’t sleep on this one !
Treble@treblezine.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlan Braufman's 'Anthem for Peace' further cements his status as an underground jazz legend @thebradcohan.bsky.social reviews www.treblezine.com/alan-braufma...
Reupping! I wrote this and had a blast chatting with Ipecac cofounder Greg Werckman!
Bandcamp@bandcamp.com · 2mo agoYou know Mike Patton. You know ISIS. But do you know Orthrelm? Check out our latest look at hidden gems in the Ipecac catalog, from avant-jazz and Japanoise to genre-defying experimental heavy music.
Check it out … I highlighted incredible records you may not have heard or already love in the sick Ipecac Recordings catalog PLUS I got to talk to label cofounder Greg Werckman for all his thoughts, stories and input ! Had so much fun doing this one 🙏❤️ @ipecac.com @bandcamp.com
Bandcamp@bandcamp.com · 3mo agoHidden Gems in the Ipecac Records Catalog. Sure you know Mike Patton and ISIS—but do you know Orthrelm?
Ok I’m a geese fan now bc the bassist is a tortured Mets fan like me gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
Geese's Dominic DiGesu, a lifelong Mets fan, on throwing the first pitch at Citi Field
Mr. Met has a new rock-star best friend.
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As promised I’m stoked to share my career spanning feature of the great Chicago indie OGs Eleventh Dream Day! I chatted with Rick and Janet about their entire output plus the Comedy Minus One label just reissued 1991’s Lived To Tell daily.bandcamp.com/features/ele...
Through Label Drama and Divorce, Eleventh Dream Day Endures
Rick Rizzo and Janet Beveridge Bean guide us through the Kentucky band's 40-year career.
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Amazing news: Eleventh Dream Day’s 2nd incredible album for Atlantic ‘Lived To Tell’ has been remastered and reissued by Comedy Minus One … stay tuned for a big EDD feature I wrote to be posted soon! Grip this seminal 90s record eleventhdreamday.bandcamp.com/album/lived-...
Lived To Tell, by Eleventh Dream Day
16 track album
eleventhdreamday.bandcamp.com
Contestant on jeopardy last night was into psych-rock and recommended 13th floor elevators to Ken Jennings
Man this Yow Orcutt Shelley Miller Beefheart cover is fire 🔥 orcuttshelleymiller.bandcamp.com/album/hot-head
Hot Head, by Orcutt Shelley Miller
2 track album
orcuttshelleymiller.bandcamp.com
I wrote this! Great record on @intlanthem.bsky.social
Treble@treblezine.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe full-range of dynamically powerful sounds Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl and Macie Stewart each meticulously craft is crystallized on the fittingly named BODY SOUND. @intlanthem.bsky.social @thebradcohan.bsky.social reviews www.treblezine.com/whitney-john...
shockingly good piece on the minutemen from the nyt. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...
D. Boon’s Death Shook Punk Rock. 40 Years Later, Minutemen Look Back.
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Flea has always had a D Boon sticker on his bass so he’s ok in my book ‘Punk is whatever we made it to be’
I love the dead but this is also the greatest song ever youtu.be/5x9p1RGza8U?...
Eleventh Dream Day - Bomb the Mars Hotel
YouTube video by aseriesoftubes66
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Happy heavenly 65th birthday to the greatest, Grant V. Hart youtu.be/aHycwajdzaY?...
Nova Mob - Admiral Of The Sea
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I wrote about the new Crooked Fingers record, first one in 15 years, for @treblezine.bsky.social and it’s so great … grip it on @mergerecords.bsky.social
Treble@treblezine.bsky.social · 5mo agoCrooked Fingers returns after 15 years with 'Swet Deth', an album that despite its name is an infectious and decidedly upbeat set of songs. @mergerecords.bsky.social @thebradcohan.bsky.social reviews www.treblezine.com/crooked-fing...
Flea is on the cover of the new downbeat that’s gonna piss off the ol bitter jazz heads ha
