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Tone Glow

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4 years

Jim O'Rourke talks Genesis, Z Channel, Derek Bailey, Christoph Heemann, buying weed for John Fahey, singing enka, his new album, and more in our newest interview-only issue. He also hand-picked 25 albums he thinks you should check out.

Tone Glow 014: Jim O'Rourke

An interview with the incomparable Jim O'Rourke

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Tone Glow is joining the call to @strikegermany and will not be covering this year’s @berlinale . The institution is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, in their destruction of Palestinian culture, and the murder of Palestinian journalists.

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"I empathize with devoutly religious people and even envy them a little bit. They’re giving all of the explainable parts of themselves to something unexplainable, and I want to be like that with something in my life." — @mavi4mayor @mtfyoungboy goes long w/ Charlotte rapper Mavi

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"At first, I was listening to Basic Channel and studying how they composed music. Most of the labels didn’t reply to me... they would tell me that they didn’t want to release my music." —Shinichi Atobe @misterminsoo talks with @shinichi_atobe in his first ever interview

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"We know enough about Detroit to know it needs help, but listening to techno and making it a worldwide enterprise has not done anything to put money back into the city." —DeForrest Brown, Jr. @dfnbrown1 talks techno, empathy, and his new book & albums.

Tone Glow 018: DeForrest Brown, Jr.

An interview with DeForrest Brown, Jr. + an accompanying mix, album downloads, and our writers panel on Nídia's 'Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes' and Arca's 'KiCK i'

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"To become [musically] multilingual is a natural process; *trying* to be multilingual—that goal is old." —Otomo Yoshihide @misterminsoo talks with @otomojamjam about his childhood, Masayuki Takayanagi, Far East Network (FEN), and more.

Tone Glow 091: Otomo Yoshihide

An interview with Otomo Yoshihide + our Writers Panel on Acheulean Forests & Trhä's 'Die Macht Der Feenflamme' and Chiho Oka & Aoi Tagami's 'The Best Concert Ever'

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The collective memorializing of MF DOOM has been heartening and celebratory, so to honor the inimitable rapper and producer, our writers wrote about some of the songs they love from him. Rest in power.

In Memoriam: MF DOOM

Our writers reflect on the inimitable rapper and producer

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Tone Glow is going on a temporary hiatus of sorts. All already-conducted interviews and written work will be published throughout the next months. Read the full statement at the site.

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"When I receive a commission from someone else, I am offered a world that I could not imagine on my own, and I create music as if I were playing in that world." —Yuka Kitamura @ashleybardhan talks with @_Yuka_Kitamura_ about FromSoftware and becoming an independent composer

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3 years

These were our favorite albums of 2021

Our Favorite Albums, 2021

Our favorite albums of the year, as voted on by Tone Glow's writers

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"I only make one kind of music. I don’t make anything else. I’m interested in sound—a particular order in it." —Phill Niblock @misterminsoo talks with Niblock about his childhood, his time in the army, filming Sun Ra and Arthur Russell, and more.

Tone Glow 082: Phill Niblock

An interview with Phill Niblock + our Writers Panel on Jyocho's 'Let's Promise to Be Happy' and soft tissue's 'hi leaves'

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"The idea of equating things that make you feel good with things that are not violent is a mistake. It’s better to assume everything is violent and start from there." —Terre Thaemlitz @misterminsoo goes long w/ Thaemlitz about Pride, visibility, & more.

Tone Glow 069: Terre Thaemlitz

An interview with Terre Thaemlitz + our writers panel on new albums from Dean Blunt, David Toop + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Callahan & Asha Sheshadri, and Mark Vernon

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2 years

From 454 to Ishmael Reed, Black Dresses to Laura Cocks, Olly Wilson to Toshiya Tsunoda, these were our favorite albums of 2022

Our Favorite Albums, 2022

Our favorite albums of the year, as voted on by Tone Glow's writers

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4 years

Spread across two issues, dig into our biggest feature yet: Our Favorite Non-Canonical Albums of 2000. From The Last Mr. Bigg to The Aislers Set, Shiina Ringo to Juana Molina, Reynols to Cymbals, these are 50 albums we love.

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Throughout the past year we've reviewed 49 albums in our Writers Panel, with averaged scores ranging from [1.38] to [8.00]. A couple times we've had up to 16 writers review a single album. Here are our highest rated releases of the year; only 7 got [7.50] or above.

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"When I was grieving, I tried to reach out to people to hear their stories… so I could forget my own. I tried to bury my own traumas, but it’s impossible: you have to confront them" —Apichatpong Weerasethakul @misterminsoo talks w/ @kickthemachine

Film Show 011: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

An interview with director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose new film 'Memoria' won the Jury Prize at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival

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"It’s critical to consider not just the sound but where that sound is going to lead me" —Maggi Payne Maggi Payne talks about her childhood, flutes, the “potential” found in the sounds of nature, and more in our latest issue. She also made us a mix!

Tone Glow 015: Maggi Payne

An interview with Maggi Payne + an accompanying mix, album downloads, and our writers panel on Pantayo's self-titled debut

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“People associate me with things like pastel colors or huge ribbons, and there were times I felt trapped by those images even though I was constantly evolving” —Kyary Pamyu Pamyu @sneeek talks to @pamyurin about her latest album, Candy Racer

Tune Glue 012: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

An interview with J-pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu / J-POPスターきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅインタビュー

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From Chuquimamani-Condori to Veeze, DJ Danifox to babyMINT, Matana Roberts to Guido Gamboa, these are our favorite albums of 2023

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"We have missed the best in so many people because they were either forced or decided to compromise. I’m doing everything I can *not* to compromise. I want to master myself in *this* lifetime." —Jlin @misterminsoo talks w/ Jlin about her new LP 'Akoma', Eartha Kitt, and more.

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"The mistakes you make on earlier records no longer embarrass you when you see them as part of a chain of evolution" —Graham Lambkin @misterminsoo talks with Graham Lambkin. Plus: A mix with unreleased songs + reviews of 35 albums from Lambkin's career.

Tone Glow 042: Graham Lambkin

An interview with Graham Lambkin + an exclusive mix + reviews of albums and singles from throughout his discography

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"If left to myself, the music I make would be thrown away after a week. But once someone else is involved, it has to continue" —Eiko Ishibashi @misterminsoo talks w/ @Eiko_Ishibashi about her childhood, playing in Panicsmile, her new albums, and more.

Tone Glow 032.8: Eiko Ishibashi

An interview with Eiko Ishibashi for a special midweek issue

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8 months

“There’s no need for competitivity, but a lot of guys have that with their wives and girlfriends, unfortunately.” —Laetitia Sadier @misterminsoo talks with Sadier about embracing femininity and her new solo album ‘Rooting For Love’, out Feb 23 via @dragcityrecords

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4 years

We close off our 2020 with a list of our favorite albums of the year. This issue is split into three parts. First: an anecdote & overview of the year by our editor @misterminsoo , our writers' top albums of the year, and the results of our readers' poll!

Tone Glow 046: Our Favorite Albums of 2020

Our favorite albums of the year, as voted on by Tone Glow's writers and readers

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4 years

From Peter Gabriel to Boyz II Men, Pizzicato Five to Joni Mitchell, Lisa Germano to Namie Amuro, these are the songs and albums we love to hear on the road. These are the stories we have of road trips and commutes, of family and friends. Let's ride.

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For a special issue, Tone Glow's writers selected 30 of our favorite albums from April to June. From KeiyaA to Cindy Lee, Sunwatchers to Speaker Music, Bergsonist to Bobby Barry, these were the albums that meant something to us the past three months.

Tone Glow 020: Our Favorite Albums, April-June 2020

Tone Glow's writers highlight 30 albums from the year's second quarter

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4 years

Our next 2 weeks are HUGE! This week has 5 interviews: Mon: Asha Sheshadri by @misterminsoo Tues: Sly Dunbar by @misterminsoo Wed: Foodman by @mbmelodies Thurs: Phew by @sneeek Sat: Philip Corner by @misterminsoo The following week: our biggest feature yet! Get excited 👀👀

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"Between the earth and the grave, to be entertained is a beautiful and great thing. If I can entertain somebody, I don’t think I have to move a mountain for them" —John Darnielle @misterminsoo talks w/ @mountain_goats about food, ensemble playing & more!

004: John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats)

An interview with musician John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats

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4 years

We're looking for new writers. Please look at our application process if interested. We are particularly interested in writers whose voices are under-represented in music criticism and strongly encourage non-cismen and non-white people to apply.

Tone Glow is looking for new writers

Apply by March 14th, 2021

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From Luc Ferrari to Labi Siffre, Olly Wilson to Jim O'Rourke, Idol Renaissance to Lucinda Williams, these are our favorite non-2020 discoveries of the year.

Tone Glow 043: Favorite Non-2020 Discoveries

Our writers talk about the non-2020 releases they discovered and loved this year

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4 years

There will be no issue of Tone Glow today or next week. Instead, consider donating and/or protesting. We have compiled an incomplete list of donation links and protests taking place within the next couple days.

No Tone Glow Today or Next Week: Please Do Your Part to Fight for Black Lives

Donation links and protest information inside

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3 years

"White supremacy, even for people who aren’t white, sometimes feels good. It’s the devil they know... there needs to be a real transition to see that it’s not really enabling us, but killing us." —George Lewis @misterminsoo talks w/ composer George Lewis

Tone Glow 067: George Lewis

An interview with George Lewis + our writers panel on Yan Jun & Zhu Wenbo's 'Twice' and Barbara Monk Feldman's 'Verses'

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"You know how some people say their songs are like children? I… don’t usually say that. My songs seem alien to me, and that’s why I can perform them repeatedly." @misterminsoo talks with Bill Callahan about his new live album Resuscitate!, the fiction he's reading, and more

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4 years

From Julius Eastman to Jon Hassell, Pretty Sneaky to Paolo Coteni, Hiperson to Gulch, these are our 30 favorite albums from the year's third quarter.

Tone Glow 033: Our Favorite Albums, July-September 2020

Tone Glow's writers highlight 30 albums from the year's third quarter

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"Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing. But the thing is... I still can’t help but make art anyway." —Lea Bertucci @misterminsoo talks with Lea Bertucci about her new album, working with director Fern Silva, mushroom hunting, & more!

Tone Glow 062: Lea Bertucci

An interview with Lea Bertucci + our writers panel on Andy Stott's 'Never the Right Time', Fossilized Wilderness's self-titled debut, and Modern Obscure Music's 'PRSNT' compilation

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"I’m up-front about being an internet musician... I’m trying to combine the culture I’ve grown up around with the culture I’ve come to know online." —Nondi_ @hd__angel_ talks with @TianaHRR about her latest album Flood City Trax ( @Planetmurecords ) & more

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"I'm always having a crisis in terms of my practice. I think a practice isn't healthy unless it has a plentiful supply of crises." —David Toop @TuskIsBetter talks w/ Toop about Edgar Allan Poe, field recordings, and the problem of time under capitalism.

Tone Glow 037: David Toop

An interview with David Toop + album downloads and our writers panel on Autechre's 'SIGN' and Oneohtrix Point Never's 'Magic Oneohtrix Point Never'

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"I call it 'developing a relationship with the instrument,' and [...] with technology, you’re never any place—you never get to first base" —Suzanne Ciani @misterminsoo talks w/ Suzanne Ciani about performing live, the ocean, Don Buchla, and more.

Tone Glow 051: Suzanne Ciani

An interview with Suzanne Ciani + our writers panel on George Lewis's 'The Recombinant Trilogy' and Xïola Yin's 'Self-Contained Illusion (The Peak)'

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"I had lost sense of myself all those 30-odd years when I wasn’t singing, and I just like the fact that I’m really back being me now." —Shirley Collins @JWilliger talks w/ @shirleyeCollins about Heart's Ease ( @Dominorecordco ), quarantine & Boris Johnson.

Tone Glow 022: Shirley Collins

An interview with folk legend Shirley Collins + album downloads and our writers panel on Asher Gamedze's 'Dialectic Soul' and Reizen's 'Works, 2020'

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"[Ruth Anderson] had something she lived by which she applied to both of us: We can do anything! And it was so empowering." Annea Lockwood speaks about her childhood, her music, Ruth Anderson and more in our latest issue. Photos by @juliadratel .

Tone Glow 008: Annea Lockwood

An interview with composer Annea Lockwood + album downloads and our writers panel on Irreversible Entanglements's 'Who Sent You?'

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4 years

Tone Glow will not have an issue tomorrow or this coming Monday. We urge you to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund. If you care about music then you sure as hell need to care about Black lives.

Joshua Minsoo Kim

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if you have the money and a conscience you have absolutely no reason not to donate. every little bit counts. who the fuck cares about music writing or whatever else right now.

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"I believe in chemistry. It would be weird if you could just play with anybody. There are a fuck ton of people in the world that I want nothing to do with" —Chris Corsano @wipeoutbeat talks w/ @billorcutt & Chris Corsano about their new album and more!

Tone Glow 049: Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt

An interview with drummer Chris Corsano and guitarist Bill Orcutt + our writers panel on Linus Hillborg's 'Magelungsverket' and Jane Arden & Jack Bond's 'Anti-Clock' soundtrack

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Thank you to everyone who made it out to the fourth Tone Glow show. All the artists killed it!! And the chat was also very lively and fun :+) See you at the next show 💗

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"I think it’s really helpful for people not to identify too strongly with one particular mode... it shouldn’t be like being ejected into outer space" —David Grubbs @misterminsoo talks w/ @blackfaurest about his collaborations, his poetry books, & more!

Tone Glow 065: David Grubbs

An interview with David Grubbs + our writers panel on Giant Claw's 'Mirror Guide', Kiri-uu's 'Creak-whoosh', and Jim O'Rourke's 'Too Compliment'

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"Making music for me is more fun when it’s spontaneous, when you’re not thinking about doing a certain style." —Juan Atkins @misterminsoo talks with the Godfather of Techno about growing up in Detroit, the artists who've influenced his music, and being avoidant of genre labels

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"The sound that we have is African, it’s metal, it’s all guts on the table [...] when you come to Duma you come to the fucking butchery" —Sam Karugu & Martin Khanja @misterminsoo talks with Duma about their latest album, the Kenyan metal scene, and more!

Tone Glow 025: Duma

An interview with Kenyan grindcore duo Duma and an accompanying mix + album downloads and our writers panel on Still House Plants's 'Fast Edit' and Duma's self-titled debut

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"Our life is not so long on this planet that we should waste people’s time writing Hallmark postcards." —Diamanda Galás @misterminsoo talks w/ the legendary singer-songwriter about the art that matters, experimenting on her body with lab equipment, and translating poetry to song

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"There’s a lot of conventions in classical music that I wish were otherwise... We could, I think, get complete satisfaction out of a much more compact presentation of Beethoven." —John Oswald @TuskIsBetter talks w/ Oswald about plunderphonics and more.

Tone Glow 081: John Oswald

An interview with John Oswald + our Writers Panel on Park Dong Ryul's 'Lost Time' and Park Jiha's 'The Gleam'

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"What I make now, the juke influence is there, but it isn’t necessarily the sonic elements. It’s the freedom—of being able to make the music you want" —Foodman @mbmelodies talks with Foodman ( @shokuhin_maturi ) about life in Nagoya, juke, and more!

Tone Glow 029.4: Foodman

An interview with Foodman for a special midweek issue

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"At a certain point you have to realize that there isn’t going to be a superhero that solves everything [...] And from that, you can build something new." —Alan Sparhawk @misterminsoo talks w/ Mimi Parker & Alan Sparhawk of @lowtheband

Tone Glow 077: Low

An interview with Low + our writers panel on Space Afrika's 'Honest Labour', RP Boo's 'Established!', and Amelia Cuni's 'Parampara festival 13.3.1992'

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"All the music I loved was music where it was about spirit and not ability." —Mark Clifford @morganneuro talks with @MarkSeefeel and Sarah Peacock of Seefeel ( @seefeel_signals ) about the band's history, approach to music, side projects, and more!

Tone Glow 070: Seefeel

An interview with British band Seefeel

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1 year

Alex Fields ( @alexcfields ) breaks down 20 avant-garde horror films, from Pere Portabella's "Cuadecuc Vampir" to Stephen Dwoskin's "Dyn Amo," Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt's "Ruins Rider" to Peter Tscherkassky's "Outer Space"

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"The main thing I learned about collaborating is to give more freedom to the people I’m playing with... it was about letting things go and experiencing their interpretation of the music." —Astrid Sonne @misterminsoo talks with Sonne about her new LP 'Great Doubt'

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"Something that people might forget is that not mastering certain parts of your craft propels you forward. The *wanting* to master something is so important that maybe it’s something you should never do." —Jonnine Standish @misterminsoo talks with @HTRK_

Tone Glow 079: HTRK

An interview with Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang of the Melbourne-based band HTRK

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4 years

“You get to a point where you just don’t do anything else for the rest of your life... A lot of traditional cultures make a high virtue out of that. That’s not my virtue.” —Philip Corner @misterminsoo talks w/ Fluxus artist Philip Corner in our new issue

Tone Glow 029.8: Philip Corner

An interview with Philip Corner for a special midweek issue

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“It takes people who are willing to give their own time with barely any pay to prop up a small segment of the culture." —Keith Rankin @jin_hyeongje talks w/ @keithrankin0_0 about anime message boards, Orange Milk Records, TMT, his newest album, and more!

Tone Glow 064: Keith Rankin

An interview with Keith Rankin + our writers panel on Fatima Al Qadiri's 'Medieval Femme', Phantom Limb's 'Imaginal Soundtracking 2: The Demon' comp, and DJ Sprinkles's 'Gayest Tits & Greyest Shits'

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“Rather than getting that feeling of finishing something, I’d rather work on the next thing” —Phew Ryo Miyauchi ( @sneeek ) talks with @originalphew about her creative process, her recent activities, and her new album Vertical KO (out on @Discipl36278031 ).

Tone Glow 029.6: Phew

An interview with Phew for a special midweek issue, presented in both English and Japanese // 今週の特別号・第四弾はPhewとの対談インタビュー (日本語訳あり)

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"I’m always only performing my own style." —Irmin Schmidt For a special mid-week issue, we have an interview with Irmin Schmidt, founding member of Can. @misterminsoo asks Schmidt about his childhood, his new live album on ( @MuteUK ), and more.

Tone Glow 021.5: Irmin Schmidt

An interview with Irmin Schmidt for a special midweek issue

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"The dream pop thing now is… it’s painted by numbers. You get a Fender Jaguar, you get a delay pedal, you get a chorus pedal, you get a reverb pedal, and then bury the vocals in reverb." —Rudy Tambala @misterminsoo goes long with A.R. Kane

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The Tone Glow's 2020 Readers' Poll is now live! Vote for your 10 favorite releases of the year and be entered into a raffle to win a free album bundle from 1 of 15 record labels we loved this year.

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"If we only care about people who can adapt and survive, what about the people who can’t? The more we can share, the more we survive" —Wukir Suryadi @misterminsoo talks w/ @Senyawa1 about their new album, its 44 record label release strategy, and more.

Tone Glow 052: Senyawa

An interview with Senyawa + our writers panel on Music From Memory's 'Heisei No Oto' compilation and Fred Frith & Ikue Mori's 'A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall'

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"I just liked being alone. My own little world is often good enough for me." —Fire-Toolz In our latest issue, Leah B. Levinson ( @littlest_b_ ) talks with @fire_toolz about her work, having a body, and Christopher Cross. Fire-Toolz also made us a mix!

Tone Glow 017: Fire-Toolz

An interview with Fire-Toolz + an accompanying mix, album downloads, and our writers panel on albums from Malvern Brume, Ashley Paul, Steve Gunn, and Harrga via Cafe OTO's new Takuroku imprint

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4 years

For a special issue, Tone Glow's writers selected 30 of our favorite songs of the year! From Carl Stone to Christian Mirande, 10k.Caash to Kate NV, Planet 1999 to Yungster Jack, these were the songs that lifted us up, excited us, made us happy for music.

Tone Glow 016: Our Favorite Songs, January-April 2020

Tone Glow's writers highlight 30 songs from the first four months of 2020

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"In every case, hearing somebody who can barely do what they’re doing manage to do it is cool." —Owen Gardner @vanessakayague talks with @HorseLords about their many years of friendship and creating music, their consequent shared language, and more.

Tone Glow 087: Horse Lords

An interview with Horse Lords + our Writers Panel on Horse Lords' 'Comradely Objects' and elite gymnastics' 'snow flakes 2022'

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"Yo La Tengo became my family in pretty much every way. It’s a beautiful experience. I don’t think that’s normal" —James McNew @misterminsoo talks with @dumpland about his childhood, his time in the band Christmas, learning from cover songs, & more.

Tone Glow 034.5: James McNew (Yo La Tengo)

An interview with James McNew of Yo La Tengo for a special midweek issue

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"The whole joy of doing stuff is process. If you get something out of that—brilliant. If people like that—well, that’s nice as well" —Sue Tompkins @crystalleww talks w/ @SueTompkins2018 of Life Without Buildings about joy, community, and finding freedom.

Tone Glow 050: Sue Tompkins (Life Without Buildings)

An interview with visual/performance artist and Life Without Buildings vocalist Sue Tompkins

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From Enji to Índio da Cuíca, Naoko Sakata to Healion, Sylvia Hallett to Tender Crust, these are our favorite albums of the year's second quarter.

Tone Glow 072: Our Favorite Albums, April-June 2021

Tone Glow's writers highlight 32 albums from the year's second quarter

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From Minnie Riperton to LFO, Tatsuro Yamashita to Van Dyke Parks, Max Roach to De La Soul, our writers highlight their song of the summer—from any year, about any summer. Join us. Photos by @me_g___

Tone Glow 023: Song of the Summer, 2020

Tone Glow's writers highlight their song of the summer

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4 years

As requested by our readers, Tone Glow has launched a Patreon for those who would like to set up a monthly donation. One-time donations can still be made via our Ko-Fi. Tone Glow will always remain free and ad-free. Thank you.

Tone Glow launches a Patreon

As requested by our readers

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"My hope is always that if I have an audience of 30 people, they see 30 different films." —James Benning @misterminsoo talks w/ the prolific director about growing up in Milwaukee, his organizing experiences, and various films from throughout his career.

Film Show 019: James Benning

An interview with filmmaker James Benning about growing up in Milwaukee, his organizing experiences, and various films from throughout his career

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"[Pipe organs] are like living beings... you need to tend to them in the same way you tend to a plant" —Sarah Davachi @jpreyes90 talks w/ @sarahdavachi about her new album 'Cantus, Descant', impermanence, cowboy culture, plants, and more.

Tone Glow 031: Sarah Davachi

An interview with Sarah Davachi + album downloads and our writers panel on Etrusca 3D's self-titled debut and Arurmukha's '14.11.90 (An Acoustic Psychogram)'

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"Initially, I was doing [field recordings] because I was learning that the environment I was living in had so many sounds I was missing out on" —KMRU @misterminsoo talks w/ @joseph_kamaru about his new LPs, the electronic music scene in Kenya, and more.

Tone Glow 026.5: KMRU

An interview with KMRU for a special mid-week issue

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"The work is both rooted and immediately accessible, available to anyone who may reach for its fruit." — @HappinessLeah Our Writers Panel two albums: Harry Gorski-Brown's "Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats" and Kim Gordon's "The Collective"

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TONE GLOW presents its first concert this Saturday, Nov 14th at 2pm central (3pm eastern, 8pm UK) via @ExSoSt . Featuring: • Sunik Kim ( @beatcultcha ) • Lucy Liyou ( @lucyliyou ) • Wendy Eisenberg ( @eisenbergsounds ) • Still House Plants MORE INFO:

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"One might say something works or doesn’t work. I don’t find that to be very art related. What’s at stake is to discover the identity of something that eludes your control" —Zach Phillips @Jude__Noel talks w/ @fievelisglauque about their new LP & more.

Tone Glow 090: Fievel is Glauque

An interview with Fievel is Glauque + our Writers Panel on Nighte's 'Pin down the dust', Deng Boyu's 《Inertion》, and Joshua Bonnetta's 'Innse Gall'

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Coming soon: Tune Glue, an offshoot newsletter to Tone Glow (a sub-Substack, if you will) featuring interviews w/ artists who don't fit into Tone Glow. Issues will be irregular, and all issues will be posted on this account. Subscribe now!

Subscribe to Tune Glue

A newsletter featuring interviews with artists of all kinds. Click to read Tune Glue, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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"The club is the street where we know dance music, when we hear bounce, that's where we do it anywhere—whatever moves us, we dance" —Dawn Richard @crystalleww talks w/ @DawnRichard about her new album Second Line, dancing, electronic music, moms, & more!

Tune Glue 010: Dawn Richard

An interview with singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer Dawn Richard

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"When you get microphones in close, into places where you wouldn’t want to or be able to put your ears, then the world is revealed in a very different way" —Chris Watson @TuskIsBetter talks w/ @chrisrwatson about haunted landscapes, ocean sounds, & more!

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"Commercial venues are really hopeless [...] They work against everything I stand for" —Catherine Christer Hennix @misterminsoo talks with Hennix about her upcoming album on @BlankForms , the various artists she's collaborated with, and more!

Tone Glow 028: Catherine Christer Hennix

An interview with Catherine Christer Hennix + album downloads and our writers panel on Siavash Amini's 'A Mimesis Of Nothingness' and Vladislav Delay, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare's '500-Push-Up'

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"I was the man to hook it up—everybody knew who I was, and they knew they had a trick comin’. And the trick was… 'he got another new track.'" —RP Boo Corrigan Blanchfield ( @lebronjamesco ) talks with @RP_BOO_ about decades of Chicago footwork history.

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"To a large degree, I like to work by not knowing what’s going to happen." ��Julia Holter @misterminsoo talks with @JULIA_HOLTER about her songwriting practice and her new studio album 'Something in the Room She Moves' (out on March 22nd via @Dominorecordco ).

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4 years

From Marc Baron to Mike Cooper, Nakul Krishnamurthy to TYGAPAW, Somei Satoh to Hyph11e, these are our favorite albums of the year's fourth quarter ❤️

Tone Glow 044: Our Favorite Albums, October-December 2020

Tone Glow's writers highlight 25 albums from the year's fourth quarter

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Coming tomorrow: An interview with Graham Lambkin + an exclusive mix + at least 25 reviews of albums/singles from throughout his discography. In the meantime, for the NEXT Festival, Still House Plants and Graham Lambkin are performing live in 50 mins.

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For a special quarterly issue, Tone Glow presents 30 overlooked albums from the year's first three months, hand-picked by our very smart writers. It's time to dive in.

Tone Glow 010: Overlooked Albums of 2020 Q1

Tone Glow's writers highlight 30 albums from the first three months of 2020

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In our first dispatch of this year's @berlinale , we cover 15 films/installations by James Benning, Hong Sang-soo, Mary Helena Clark, Sanaz Sohrabi, Kevin Jerome Everson, Burak Çevik, and more.

Film Show 024: Berlinale 2023, Part One

Our first dispatch from this year's Berlinale, featuring 15 reviews of movies and installations by James Benning, Hong Sang-soo, Mary Helena Clark, Sanaz Sohrabi, Kevin Jerome Everson, and more

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"Clarity is definitely not a goal in my music... what I wanted from this album was for it to be as free as possible" —Lucrecia Dalt @misterminsoo talks w/ @LucreciaDalt about her family, her love for sewing, her new LP 'No era sólida' ( @rvngintl ) & more.

Tone Glow 030.5: Lucrecia Dalt

An interview with Lucrecia Dalt for a special midweek issue

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"Cats entered my life very late, and it was in moving to Forst in 1973 that I got in touch with them. Since then, I’ve been the number one fan of cats." —Michael Rother @misterminsoo talks with Rother about NEU!, Harmonia, his undying love for cats, and more.

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"We’re so obsessed with finding answers to things that we don’t realize the questions are actually far more important. We don’t need better answers, we need better questions." —The Hafler Trio @misterminsoo talks with Andrew McKenzie in our latest issue.

Tone Glow 035.5: The Hafler Trio

An interview with Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio for a special midweek issue

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5 months

Tone Glow's writers 35 releases they loved from throughout the first three months of 2024, from Loog to Lolina, Cindy Lee to Lil White Bitch, Anode/Cathode to Choi Joonyong/Devin DiSanto

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"At that time in your life, music has a lot to do with forming your identity, or at least you think it does." —Alan Licht Mike Lumsden talks w/ @LichtAlan about his long music career, from playing with Arthur Lee to playing with Boredoms in 77 Boa Drum.

Tone Glow 066: Alan Licht

An interview with Alan Licht + our writers panel on Black Midi's 'Cavalcade', Erika de Casier's 'Sensational', and Loraine James's 'Reflection'

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"Communication is not about how you talk, it’s about how you listen." —Alison Statton @misterminsoo talks with Alison Statton of Young Marble Giants about Colossal Youth, the importance of communication, and how she thinks about death every day.

Tone Glow 043.6: Alison Statton (Young Marble Giants)

An interview with Alison Statton for a special midweek issue. Plus: Statton shares 20 of her favorite albums.

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"There’s nothing deadlier to me than a pedantic 'we’re gonna teach you a lesson about this political truth' film. Or any kind of truth, really, as if you could speak of truth in the singular." —Deborah Stratman @misterminsoo goes long w/ Deborah Stratman

Film Show 023: Deborah Stratman

An interview with director Deborah Stratman about her filmography, including 'Last Things', which premiered at Sundance and screens at this year's Berlinale and True/False Film Fest

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Tone Glow endorses this statement by @RedCanarySong . We believe decriminalization of sex work is necessary for the safety/survival of sex workers, massage workers, sex trafficking survivors & others. To care about music is to care about our communities. Please donate if you can.

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@RedCanarySong

4 years

We appreciate the overwhelming support we have gotten overnight, and understand that many people are looking to us in this moment. Please read our response on the 8 lives lost in Atlanta. Chinese and Korean translations of this statement are available

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"You have to reconcile within yourself what you want out of this thing you call creativity. What is it that you want to get back? When are you satisfied?" —Kurt Wagner Leah B. Levinson talks w/ @lambchopisaband about their new LP, aging, marriage, & more

Tune Glue 011: Kurt Wagner (Lambchop)

An interview with singer-songwriter and Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner

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2 years

From Barn Sour to ASP Doze, Kunsu Shim to xaviersobased, Serwed to Mona Evie, these were the albums and songs we most enjoyed in this year's first quarter.

Tone Glow 084: Our Favorite Music, January-March 2022

Tone Glow's writers highlight the music they enjoyed during the year's first quarter

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"As artists, we all have the agency to simply step away from conversations we don’t want to be a part of" —Asha Sheshadri @misterminsoo talks with Asha Sheshadri about her upcoming album on @anomia , the way she approaches her art, and more.

Tone Glow 029: Asha Sheshadri

An interview with Asha Sheshadri + album downloads and our writers panel on Soundwalk Collective's 'Peradam' and Bill Nace & Graham Lambkin's 'The Dishwashers'

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Here are some updates on what to expect from Tone Glow this year. If you would like us to keep things going throughout 2021, please consider donating via Ko-Fi

Tone Glow in 2021: What to Expect

The tentative future of Tone Glow throughout 2021

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“When you’re not being honest about the things that you want, it can never really be love.” —Nilüfer Yanya @misterminsoo talks with @niluferyanya about visiting Barbados for the first time, collaborating with Will Archer, and her new LP ‘My Method Actor’ (out on @ninjatune )

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"A lot of the time I’m making music in opposition to how ugly or depressed my feelings are." —Jessy Lanza Jesse Locke ( @wipeoutbeat ) talks with @jessy_lanza about Hamilton, Ontario, her family history in the city’s rave scene, and the word “daddy."

Tone Glow 024.5: Jessy Lanza

An interview with Jessy Lanza for a special midweek issue

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"Apichatpong is very unique. He’s the director I know who cares the most about sound." —Koichi Shimizu @misterminsoo talks with the Japanese composer about working with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, organizing electronic music shows in Thailand, Japanese hardcore punk, and more.

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