Archive - MUSIC NERD

MUSIC NERD Springtime Roundup

Subjects covered: Jazz, Idles, Norah Jones, and Combo Chimbita

May 6 •

March 2024

I went to SXSW 2024: Here's what I heard

Recommended listening from this year's festival

Mar 20 •

Heading to Texas for SXSW 2024

Garage rock, modern cumbia, post-rock nihilism, reflections on fame and fortune, world-class barbecue: let's go

Mar 11 •

January 2024

Who should we interview next?

Quick question for all MUSIC NERD subscribers: Who should we interview next? Suggest a musician, band, music label exec, music writer, or anyone…

Jan 9 •

December 2023

The Piano Playah

Pianist Kiefer Shackelford combines serene melodies with programmed electronic beats.

Dec 8, 2023 •

November 2023

Time for a MUSIC NERD Listening Party

A playlist for late-Autumn

Nov 29, 2023 •

September 2023

Q&A with Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers

After 30+ years together, the NYC ska-soul band is still touring and putting out new music

Sep 1, 2023 •

August 2023

Was Myspace the best music site?

In “Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music,” Music Journalist Michael Tedder argues that the social hub tapped into something special that no other music…

Aug 4, 2023 •

June 2023

Q&A with "Body Count" book author Ben Apatoff

Music writer and author Ben Apatoff wrote about Body Count’s self-titled first album for Bloomsbury’s 33 ⅓ music series. The book officially drops in…

Jun 23, 2023 •

April 2023

MUSIC NERD 21: Notes from SXSW 2023

RZA, New Order, Killer Mike, Dilla, and new London jazz

Apr 5, 2023 •

January 2023

Longevity, Hip-Hop, vinyl, and colorful characters

Jan 31, 2023 •

November 2022

MUSIC NERD 19: November Noise

On authenticity, rock journalism, and musical activism

Nov 11, 2022 •

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