Sticky Jazz

Acclaimed electronic musician, producer, and composer Philippe Cohen Solal and Mike Lindsay, the Mercury Prize-winning co-founder, composer, and producer of UK acid folk band Tunng, have united for a remarkable new album inspired by the life and work of visionary American writer/artist Henry Darger.  This accidental discovery of the "American Vincent Van Gough" Henry Darger had a vision for the lo...

Re introducing herself into the music world with her own music after 10 years hiatus as a ghostwriter, Beverlee has a lot to say.  She has been making music for a long time, some extraordinary, a lot you probably have heard, just not with her name attached to it.  The new album coming out later this year features some varied subjects, and deepening introspection as to the different phases of life,...

A Canadian Dyslexic metaphysical anarchist agrarian songwriter, Ed Roman is an amazing musician, I rate up there as the Canadian Jimmy Buffett.  His album "Red Oman" a play on his own name, being dyslexic, tells a wonderful story of so many lives clashing together it is really a delight to listen to, and pick apart. He just released an album last year, and has more work coming, but his life is lik...

L'FREAQ is coming onto the scene with some new work. Imagine SWANS meets Massive Attack with the Art Direction of Nick Cave and Gavin Friday, just to make it freakier. Bullied as a teenager she has moved on to own it, and fly her Freaq Flag high, celebrating the serious Freaq she has going on under the surface, and she has no problem telling you that. Following up on her recent EP "Weird Awakening...

The "Marlon Brando of Punk" was the title Josie Cotton gave to Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L. the West Coast punk band that emerged in the early 80s. T.S.O.L. are a staple in the punk genre, and they dabbled in a bit of "horror film" records that were absolutely fantastic. Covering themes of Anarchism, bullying, and some topics you just need to listen to the music for. T.S.O.L. have a large catalog that...

Salt Lake City's Folk and Punk scens are very lively, and somewhere this bunch of screwball multi instrumentalist gurus decided to come together and make a fantastic sound. Leaving conventional wisdom, logic, and any ability to shave behind, Folk Hogan was born.  They have been making music and living the Salt Lake Art scene long enough to have seen and done it all, and still manage to be sober en...

In the 80s Jay Aston launched into the flamboyant eccelctic glam band "Gene Loves Jezebel" with his twin bother Michael Aston.  They broke into the music world with so many unconventional stories that his whole careear does not really fit any paradigm of an artist.  I have seen him many times over the last 30+ years as Gene Loves Jezebel was actually the first artist I ever saw perform live. Still...

Para Lia, Imagine New Model Army meets Fury In The Slaughterhouse, and Peter Hook's first solo venture from New Order called "Revenge" yeah, that is how this band sounds.  Originally from Falkenberg Germany, Para Lia is an indie rock duo, now based in Cottbus near Berlin. Influenced by the rhythms and tones of '90s alt-rock and the synth density of '80s darkwave, their own sound blends melodic gui...

She is a one woman army that blends the chaos and balance with a familiar vibe of industrial electronica sound. Her music is a fusion of smooth, cutting edge vocals, surreal guitars, hypnotizing beats and multiple electronic synth elements arising into dark arrangements that, combined with storytelling lyrics, respond to the paranoia of everyday reality. I Ya Toyah spent the majority of 2020 in he...

Groundbreaking Canadian female vocalist Whajne's debut album is an invigorating and bittersweet offering, demonstrating resilience and survival in the face of pain and heartbreak, blending elements of such artists as Alvvays, Snail Mail, Rilo Kiley and Real Estate. Here we find straight driving guitars and semi-gritty punk rock drums, topped off with vocals radiating a sunny surfer pop vibe... a l...

Bob Gruen is the greatest Rock & Roll photographer of all time. If you have seen the photos of John Lennon standing in front of the statue of liberty, or in his "New York" sleevless shirt, or, the iconic Led Zeppelin in front of the airplane, or Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols holding the hot dog, you have seen his work.  Bob Gruen was friends with everyone in music, just because of the opportuniti...

The band that wrote the song, and inspired "Sticky Jazz". Barry Andrews of Shriekback, one of my favourite musicians of all time.  Shriekback are a band that will sing about invisible rays, princesses being sold into slavery, and Jihad, in one song. They have been featured in movies by Michael Mann, in the "Pre Silence of the lambs" movie "Manhunter", and apparently even wall insulation in New Zel...

The Neverlutionaries' self-titled debut LP album is an unfiltered expression of the heart that seamlessly straddles moods and genres. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist songwriter Christopher Harold Wells and bound by his distinctively soulful timbre, the eponymous eleven-song release featuring one bonus track tints hook-laden alternative rock with psychedelia, shoegaze-y jazz, and subtle fun...

Black Needle Noise is the current collaboration project of John Fryer. Featuring different musicans and vocalists for every track. John Fryer is the mastermind behind more music than you can imagine. His resume is the longest one I have ever seen. Having produced and or performed with Depeche Mode, Modern English, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Nine Inch Nails, WIRE, and that is just a few names...

Ron Wasserman is an L.A. based musician, who has been in the industry making music for televivision shows, video games, and his song "I will Love you" performed with "Fisher" is the first song to make a million dollars on an mp3 download.  He did the scores for "Hot in Cleveland" "The Power Rangers" and plenty of other shows and commercials. He is also able to say that the late Eddie Van Halen was...

Ty Herndon is a country singer who has been at it for going on 30 years. He has been spotlighted several times as being the first openly gay country singer. His career has been a rollercoaster to say the least. He is managing to survive, and has even played a few shows in the pandemic. He re worked his Christmas album "Re-Gifted" with Kristin Chenoweth with the song "Orphans of God" . I have known...

If Tom Waits and Siouxsie Sioux had a child, it would be Ryder Cooley of the Dustbowl Faeries.  Dust Bowl Faeries is a dark-carnival band from New York. Their eclectic repertoire of songs draws inspiration from circus, post-punk and Eastern European folk music. Accordion, singing saw, ukulele, lap-steel, guitar and percussion combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeries other-worldly sound. The band wa...

This week we are presenting the second of two segments of the McBroom Sisters, Durga and Lorelei. You have heard them, they have been with Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blue Pearl, Boy George, Rod Stewart, Billy Idol, and thelist goes on.  They just released an album called "Black Floyd" an album of some PinkFloyd covers, and some of their own songs, one of which was co written with the late "Le...

This week we are presenting the first of two segments of the McBroom Sisters, Durga and Lorelei. You have heard them, they have been with Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blue Pearl, Boy George, Rod Stewart, Billy Idol, and the list goes on. They just released an album called "Black Floyd" an album of some Pink Floyd covers, and some of their own songs, one of which was co written with the late "Le...

Hackedepicciotto Is the band that has mixed their last names, of Alexander Hacke, and Danielle De Picciotto. Danielle is an American visual artist and film maker, who is classically trained on violin.  Alexander is the bassist for the German Art Rock Industrial Punk band "Einstürzende Neubauten" (Collapsing New Buildings).  They make music you would enjoy as the soundtrack to the end of the world,...

Mary Fahl has been interpreting the sounds of the deities for us for close to 30 years. She was the voice for the 90's band "October Project" which was an outstanding group of musicians. She moved on to create some wonderful classical vocal work, but she honestly can do whatever she wants. Example, she found a song in 11th Century Spanish/Arabic and sang it. Her work was also in "Gods and Generals...

The best fremale fronted rock band out there, Lindy Gabriel and her apocalypse is loud, proud, intense and enough to send you out of your chair. She is a post Road Warrior apocalypse dominatrix who had to skip an interview cause she as out on a last minute puppy rescue. Having just released some new material "Systematic Chaos" you can enjoy the raw noise and possibly hope the world comes to an end...

This week I interviewed Boff Whalley the singer and guitarist for the "WE do all things how we want to" band Chumbawamba. I have known him as the "Other Mormon Anarchist" for 15 years. We cover his current musical work, history, and of course "Anarchist" politics. There is no end to loving their music, 18 or so albums (I really have no idea how many actually) they encourage you to steal their musi...

Ruby Mack, an incredible set of vocals, some wonderful queer women have some voices that will take you down right at the knees. We discuss Greek history, cultural norms, pronouns, and some great songs, the new single coming out this friday.   #RubyMack [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/rubymack?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVO4ps_-H4lJfttuX7zxy5FoFNNzbRq2iN56jK2uZIHKXum88_XvQy2xXUBcvm7AnzgXlcJDCC5SHCCMAd...

This week, I have Sharon Little, she has been making music for some time, and is kicking out two EPs back to back in the next few months. On October 23rd she will be releasing her version of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own" in a style you never imagined. She has toured with Chris Isaak, Robert Plant, Allison Krause (Who can even say they did that?). Her music has been featured on Sons of Anarchy, NCIS,...