Articles by Roman Sokal
Peter Brotzmann
More Nipples
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
As part of the Unheard Music series, this release falls nothing short of a major important discovery in jazz music history. More Nipples is...
Can Soul Come from the Suburbs?
Or: Even The Beatles Came From Broken Homes
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's a beautiful day outside, but you wouldn't know because you're inside being protected by a central air unit. You just bought the latest...
The Residents
More Than What The Ear Hears Coming From The Eye
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"It's prevented us from doing any solo albums I suppose," responds Hardy Fox, a "talking head" for San Francisco's influentially avant-rene...
Sparklehorse
Ghosts in the Machine
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The antiquated telephonic connection could not have been any more idyllic. It was as if the voice of Mark Linkous was a ghost when speaking...
Tool
Stepping Out From the Shadows
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
To achieve a state of autonomy within a megalopolis such as Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the planet, is practically impossible...
SIANspheric Are Sounding Off
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"We've really been into minimalist composers like Steve Reich. We're totally inspired by his use of applying many layers of sound," explain...
Are you there <b>Godspeed</b>? It's me, Roman
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Franz Kafka once wrote a rather profound existential parable entitled "Before The Law." The short story involves a man who wishes access to...
Low Purposeful Details
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
"I've always liked records that have subliminal things going on, so it's fun to put them in our own stuff it gives something extra to the...
