Essays and interviews, mostly about music. Also a record label.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Minimalism
“Minimal” is one of those words that means so many different things in so many different contexts that you could argue it means nothing at all.
The latest Sunn O))) album is minimal in its instrumentation — it was made with just guitar an...
Links 'n' Stuff: May 8, 2026
Crime fiction vs. literary fiction, and more
CDs ARE HERE! The first two Burning Ambulance CDs of 2026 — Joel Futterman & William Parker’s Transcendent Universe and Ava Mendoza’s Alive Alone, Alive Together with Hamid Drake (shown above) —...
Five Albums You Need To Hear
a•pe•ri•od•ic (photo: Ryan Bourque)
One of the things I most enjoy doing in this newsletter is reviewing five new/newish albums on the first Tuesday of each month. (Last month’s roundup got bumped a week so we could report on Big Ears.) Th...
Links 'n' Stuff: May 1, 2026
Happy May Day! Buy some music!
It’s May Day — and Bandcamp Friday! Buy some music! We’ve just put 20 more Leo Records titles up on Bandcamp, including three new(ish) releases:
Behold The Large Unit
Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit (photographer & date unknown)
Legendary Scandinavian out-jazz drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, probably best known for his work in The Thing and many collaborations with Peter Brötzmann (including the Chicago Tente...
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Philip Freeman is the co-founder of the arts and culture site (and record label) Burning Ambulance.
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