Tusk Is Better Than Rumours

guest writer: marshall gu on leo ornstein

a composer who walked away from fame in the 1920s--but kept composing for another sixty years

Nov 2, 2020 • 

Matthew

October 2020

so you wanna get into... aki onda

a guide to his radio and cassette works + collaborations

Oct 12, 2020 • 

Matthew

5

September 2020

so you wanna get into... zeena parkins

a primer featuring 12 of the harpist's albums plus an "odds and ends" recommendation

Sep 15, 2020 • 

Matthew

1

August 2020

guest writer: sam tornow on mark mothersbaugh

“We’re through being cool. Eliminate the ninnies and the twits.” - Devo

Aug 24, 2020 • 

Matthew

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so you wanna get into... éric la casa

"I am very active when I record and so am constantly listening to all sounds as part of a music in motion... a living music."

Aug 17, 2020 • 

Matthew

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label primer: five from superpang

plus a new series "odds and ends"

Aug 11, 2020 • 

Matthew

so you wanna get into... matmos

"It felt wrong to contribute to the mountain of spurious listicles that our online music culture now gorges upon" -Drew Daniel

Aug 4, 2020 • 

Matthew

1

July 2020

when and where: room 13, maida vale studios, 1958

"This programme is an experiment. An exploration. It's been put together with enormous enthusiasm and equipment designed for other purposes." -Donald…

Jul 28, 2020 • 

Matthew

so you wanna get into... kate carr

Plus a brief exposition of the "sound essay"

Jul 20, 2020 • 

Matthew

3

label primer: rrrecycled music

selections from rrron lessard's rrrecords' rrrecycled music series

Jul 13, 2020 • 

Matthew

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so you wanna get into... luke stewart

"[Improvisation is] the only approach to music that provides an opportunity for people to experience something the world has never heard."

Jul 6, 2020 • 

Matthew

3

June 2020

reading recs #3: horne, ghansah, sanneh, gaillot

"In case a weapon was not nearby, some musicians also developed a taste for boxing." -Gerald Horne on jazz

Jun 29, 2020 • 

Matthew