DOPPLeR: Pourquoi Ce Disque?

photo: Antonin Borie

When French progressive noise rock trio DOPPLeR announced a show in their hometown Lyon in 2020 after a 10-year hiatus a ripple of excitement went through the underground scene that grew into a wave. It convinced the band to reform and hit the road again on a regular basis. Releasing new music however, took a bit longer, but with the self-deprecatingly titled Pourquoi Ce Disque? they have physical evidence that they are here to stay.

It is an album that will have mainstream lovers running to the emergency exits, with their ears covered - they must have missed the warning tag line "Ils font une musique que personne ne danse", but people with a working knowledge of bands like Tool and a penchant for shifting time signatures and songs that can incorporate full-on metal and pastoral interludes without missing a beat, are in for a treat.

Words about music (837): David Gilmour

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.

David Gilmour

Icarus Phoenix: Oh, the Joy of Life!

A chance meeting with someone who managed to get out of a cult inspired songer-songwriter Drew Danburry to write Oh, the Joy of Life! for his band Icarus Phoenix, taking a scalpel to all the false promises that keep religious fanatics in check. O, and the leader will fuck your sister. Nice constrast using upbeat, sunny side up music to expose the dark side. Evangelicals will hate it.

Stick Men: free download of 2026/04/03 Elkton Music Hall, Elkton, MD

Avant-prog improv trio Stick Men have posted a recording of their show @ Elkton Music Hall, Elkton, MD on April 3, 2026 on Bandcamp. Pay-what-you-want for this board mix made by F.O.H. engineer Robert Frazza, so it sounds rather splendid. As per usual there are plenty of King Crimson tunes - check their treatment of Red - carefully arranged for this power trio format, as well as some stuff from the upcoming new studio album. Dive into The Well to get an idea what they have in store.

Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Laurie Anderson perform five songs, including a slowed down cover of Dirty Blvd. by her late husband Lou Reed, for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. She played electronics and violin, with Martha Mooke (viola, electronics) and Doug Wieselman (guitar, clarinet).

Setlist:

1. Let X=X
2. The Letter
3. Dirty Blvd.
4. The Reason I Love the Stars (excerpt from "Another Day in America")
5. Dog Show"

» laurieanderson.com