The Smaller City

Audio

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:19:41 -0400

An evocative sample from neither Anvil nor Pulley, the new...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:39 -0400

An evocative sample from neither Anvil nor Pulley, the new @sopercussion disc out May 28. It’s an album length composition from composer Dan Trueman and I’m looking forward to hearing the whole thing. Look for it at the Cantaloupe Store, where it will be available in different packages:

A random used LP with a download code
Speaker driver used in the recording, with download code
A tether controller used in the realization of the piece, with download code and a link to custom playable software from Trueman (founder of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra)

So what’s not to groove on?

Has to be the perfect video for this music, a witty update on...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:00:38 -0400

Has to be the perfect video for this music, a witty update on hip, decrepit England of the 60s-70s. The disc is out April 30.

From one of the more engaging records of 2012

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:51:02 -0400

From one of the more engaging records of 2012

Want

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:28:45 -0400

Want

Monday: Ekmeles at Advent do Augenmusik

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:15:40 -0400

Monday: Ekmeles at Advent do Augenmusik: fileunder:

OMAR - The Man, the EP is out May 6 on Freestyle Records.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:20:26 -0400

OMAR - The Man, the EP is out May 6 on Freestyle Records.

April Appeal is going on at The Big City, because it’s...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:31 -0400

April Appeal is going on at The Big City, because it’s spring, it’s my birthday, and because it’s not free to me and valuable to you. Head over to the main site and toss a few coins via the donation or subscription buttons, or buy something you like through the Amazon links. Everything helps.

Have an ecumenical Good Friday, and hopefully a radically...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:47:45 -0400

Have an ecumenical Good Friday, and hopefully a radically secular Easter.

Turd in the punchbowl

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:32:05 -0400

I can’t be the only one to notice how no ‘critics’ have the nerve to point out how...

gacougnol: Sound Waves and their Sources (1933) (par...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:52:06 -0400

gacougnol:

Sound Waves and their Sources (1933) (par timegrinder)

Something For Everyone

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:40:27 -0400

Something For Everyone: A pope who is both a Jesuit and with possible links to Argentinean Fascism?...

Technical Notes

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:12:51 -0400

I’ve had a question about how to follow this blog on Tumblr, since there is no...

lincolncenter: Snow on the trees in the Barclays Grove at...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:28:45 -0500

lincolncenter:

Snow on the trees in the Barclays Grove at Lincoln Center

OR Books — Beautiful Trouble: Pocket Edition

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:01 -0500

OR Books — Beautiful Trouble: Pocket Edition: Are you a troublemaker, or aspire to be one? I highly...

What's it worth?

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:05:38 -0500

It’s a nice gesture that the Metropolitan Opera will cut some ticket prices, through the point...

Through next Thursday, download this free Brassland sampler as a...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:34 -0500

Through next Thursday, download this free Brassland sampler as a celebration of the label’s curation at the Adelaide Festival.

Sufjan Stevens sings into the vocoder. See him do this at BAM,...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:37:06 -0500

Sufjan Stevens sings into the vocoder. See him do this at BAM, March 12 - 14.

I know you’re loving this, and the Jerusalem Quartet has a...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:28:25 -0500

I know you’re loving this, and the Jerusalem Quartet has a fabulous, scintillating recording of Brahms Op. 51 with Op. 115 Clarinet Quintet, out April 9 on Harmonia Mundi. You help a brother out by pre-ordering through this Amazon link.

After Nemo

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:44:50 -0500

I really don’t need to be buried under anything else at the moment, although my little girl has been...