Day: November 13, 2023

New England musician takes the reins on convincing second album In 2014, Lys Guillorn contributed the song “Turn the Page” to a local art project. The exhibit featured an old photo album found in a second-hand store in Paris, France, and Guillorn wrote a narrative creating a life from evocative photos of an unknown man. […]

Pond’s frontman bids adieu in outlandish fashion To publicize the Goldcard album, musician/songwriter Charlie Campbell devised an offbeat approach. He sat inside a large box in a Portland record store for several hours while the album played endlessly over the sound system. Fans could talk to him through a slot in the box or slip […]

A bedroom recording with a lonely heart Ryland Bouchard has been releasing quirky music since launching Swim Slowly Records in 2001. He started The Robot Ate Me as an outlet for his own experimental tendencies. True to the moniker, his debut album, They Ate Themselves, has an electronic base with additional sounds provided by the […]

A lost treasure, for now When New York-based On!Air!Library! called it quits in 2005, twin sisters Claudia and Alejandra (Alley) Deheza split off into separate projects. Alley launched School of Seven Bells with Benjamin Curtis, and Claudia connected with Scott Herren, aka Prefuse 73. Initially, both couples were romantic partners as well as musical partners. […]