Archive - Unknown Rhythms

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream Syndicate, Vol. 6

featuring John Lee Hooker, the San Lucas Band, and the Master Musicians of Jajouka

Apr 23 •

March 2024

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream House Syndicate, Vol. 5

featuring music from Gastr Del Sol, Sunik Kim and Valentina Magaletti

Mar 9 •

February 2024

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream Syndicate, vol. 4

featuring Jimmy Giuffre, Eric Dolphy and Cecil Taylor

Feb 17 •

January 2024

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream Syndicate, Vol. 3

featuring music from Roland Kayn, Tony Oxley and Phill Niblock

Jan 14 •

December 2023

My 100 favorite albums of 2023

Thanks for reading Unknown Rhythms! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Folks, it’s that time of the year - the time where…

Dec 2, 2023 •

November 2023

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream Syndicate, Vol. 2

featuring Jim O'Rourke, Talk Talk, Jay Glass Dubs & more

Nov 12, 2023 •

October 2023

Outside the Honky Tonk Dream Syndicate, Vol. 1

The past few months I’ve been caught up in a storm of dramatic life changes, and haven’t had much time to write. I’ve been trying to figure out ways to…

Oct 8, 2023 •

April 2023

Natural Information Society is Chicago Music History in Motion

photo by Ike Day A little less than two years ago, I found myself alone in New York City for a week. My school’s COVID reopening plan meant that I had…

Apr 27, 2023 •

Review: untitled flora by Kikù Hibino

The latest cassette from the Japanese-born, Chicago-based sound artist Kikù Hibino untitled flora takes its inspiration from Hibino’s grandmother, a…

Apr 13, 2023 •

March 2023

The Little Worlds of Lia Kohl

The Chicago-based composer and sound artist Lia Kohl is a mastermind of little sounds. Though she plays the cello, an instrument as grand as any in its…

Mar 26, 2023 •

December 2022

My 100 favorite albums of 2022

plus: some albums that weren't released this year that I nonetheless listened to a lot

Dec 21, 2022 •

An interview with Jim O'Rourke

I spent much of the summer this year working on an article for Bandcamp about Roland Kayn and the ongoing project releasing the late composer’s archival…

Dec 9, 2022 •

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