Brötzmann/Edwards/Noble — Soulfood Available
Famed German saxophonist and clarinetist Peter Brötzmann has had a long and storied career since he gave up his early involvement as…
avant garde
Nick Storring — Endless Conjecture
What is this album about? What is anything about? On his new tape, ENDLESS CONJECTURE, the Toronto-based electroacoustic composer and multi-instrumentalist NICK…
JERRY PAPER — “REAL. NOW. LOVE.”
It’s almost like Mac DeMarco sent a challenge out to the world: “Hey guys, who can be weirder than me?!”, and Brooklyn’s…
11 RECORDS YOU CAN GET NOW by Angela Sawyer
ANGELA SAWYER is simply the best. Better than all the rest. She runs the holy place known as WEIRDO RECORDS and performs…
COMBAT ASTRONOMY – TIME DISTORT NINE
Time Distort Nine, the newest album by Combat Astronomy, will very much demand the attention of any listener who wants a…
BODY/HEAD — COMING APART
Who would have thought that the 2013 debut full-length from the Kim Gordon/Bill Nace duo, Body/Head, would have eluded a Hassle review…
MATTHEW SHIPP + MICHAEL BISIO @ OUTPOST 186
Come to Cambridge’s Outpost 186 for a mid-week, virtuosic jazz performance that you simply do not want to miss! Rolling into town…
MOTH COCK – TWOFER TUESDAY
Moth Cock, the Kent, Ohio based electro-acoustic duo of Doug Gent and Pat Modungo, have been bringing their oblique, richly textured improvisations…
BRANDON SEABROOK – SYLPHID VITALIZERS
“An assault on the ears” is only one end (the loud, wild end) of the spectrum that BRANDON SEABROOK‘s music encompasses. Valleys of…
OPENSOUND: MEMORIAL CONCERT FOR LOU COHEN – FEATURING STEVE NORTON, PREGGY PEGGY + MANY...
Lou Cohen was a curious, dedicated spirit who’s work as a contemporary composer and enthusiastic co-director of Boston’s Opensound music series helped…
OFFICIAL HASSLE FEST 5 VIDS: KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN
KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN has been around the block, gone around again, wrapped the block in patch cords, and strangled the block until…
JUSTIN MARC LLOYD – “I’m Sorry For The Thoughts Assigned To My Name” &...
Here’s some freakin’ weirdness. The pure madness here makes me think in every good way of our own ARKM FOAM, as the…
