Seth Colter Walls has worked as a political correspondent in cities such as Beirut and Washington, though now he writes about books, movies and music — often with an affection for experimental forms. His criticism and reporting have appeared in Newsweek, the Village Voice, the Washington Post, and The Awl, among other places.
With Infernal Machines, Darcy James Argue seemed to come out of nowhere: … more »
Nadia Sirota is the violist of choice for the New York contemporary-class… more »
“I just chose to conveniently ignore what I would have to do with a… more »
Up until late last year, pianist Alexandre Tharaud’s biography was … more »
Mere months after Le Boeuf sur le toit, the young French pianist Alexandr… more »
This summer, I went to a bar in my neighborhood to see a show aimed at th… more »
Classical David Moore
Just what kind of R&B visionary is the ascendant star Miguel? While … more »
This is cocktail-hour music with a non-trivial progressive kick – a… more »
The story most often told about composer Pierre Boulez is the one about t… more »
Mary Halvorson has kept busy since stepping out as a bandleader toward th… more »
As the executive director of the New York City-based International Contem… more »
This soundtrack for Otto Preminger’s classic legal thriller isn… more »
As long as PT Anderson is making movies about uber-driven weirdos, Jonny … more »
One of the knocks against outta-left-field, Bach-loving piano phenom Simo… more »
Lisa Moore is one of modern music’s great interpreters; she’s… more »
Pianist Vijay Iyer had a breakout year in 2009, with his trio album Histo… more »
In 2011, trumpeter Dave Douglas released three short albums (by modern st… more »
Calling it: Craig Taborn is the most mysterious figure in contemporary ja… more »
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth. We… more »
Let’s take a moment to admire the service the Mode label has done f… more »
“ASLSP” stands for “As SLow aS Possible,” which c… more »
Late in life, Cage took to writing a large catalog of “number… more »
Ignore the (awful!) cover: This music is anything but safe and self-satis… more »
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »
