But Froom is also a musician in his own right, and earlier this year he released an album and an EP, both projects designed to help revisit and develop his sense of the studio. The Monkeytree EP features a handful of compositions put together with David Boucher, and the Ether full-length took Froom on a working tour of his synthesizers, exploring a past sense of the future. “There’s a layer of plastic over it,” Froom says, describing the alternate-timeline vision of what lay ahead […]
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Akron/Family :: Collected Recordings
It’s been six years since Akron/Family went on an indefinite hiatus. Following the release of 2007’s epic Love is Simple , founding member Ryan Vanderhoof quit amicably to live in a Buddhist […]
Iggy Pop :: Fire Girl (Demo)
Despite its status being Iggy Pop’s best selling album, the 1986 David Bowie produced Blah-Blah-Blah has not fared near as well in terms of posterity. Critically speaking, anyway. Big on […]
The Beach Boys :: 20/20 Sessions
In the final weeks of 2018, Beach Boys fans were treated to something unexpected: a rare copyright term limit, digital-only, release of three collections from their vaults. The emancipated material includes the Friends Sessions, the live performances that document Beach Boys On Tour. and I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions.
While all possess their individual highlights, it’s this final volume that particularly stands out. […]
Bobby Russell :: How You Gonna Stand It
Imagine Leonard Cohen covering this. Of the many songwriters to chart hit singles in the U.S. during the golden era of the Nashville Sound, perhaps none are as overlooked or […]
Jim & Cherie Schwall :: Wedding Present
In 1973, Jim Schwall (of the famed Chicago blues-based Siegel-Schwall Band) got married, and along with new bride Cherie recorded and privately pressed A Wedding Present From Cherie & Jim […]
Sly Stone :: The Casio Garage Demos
Society is intrigued with reclusive artists, the ones who achieve some measure of success only to seemingly shun the fame and notoriety that accompany it, quickly disappearing from public view. […]
Gérard Manset :: Animal On Est Mal
Painter, photographer, writer, musician: Parisian omnivore Gérard Manset is a man of many talents. Virtually unknown in America, the multi-instrumentalist is most renowned for his musical output in France. His […]
Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight :: July 17, 1967 / PPX Studio Session
July 17, 1967 – After making the decision to quit (after only seven dates) as the opening act for the Monkees on their U.S. tour, Jimi Hendrix got together with […]