A sorta prescient 1992 review of the Magnetic Fields

A 2002 review of an artist and record I love.

A 1995 look at the cross-over of Krishna consciousness and the American hardcore scene.

An in-depth look at Goa's classic trance scene: neo-tantra, electronic beats, and the psychedelic travelers unite.

A philosophical study of West African polyrhythm and its marriage to the machine in dub and jungle.

The complete version of a Wire profile of the Sun City Girls, America's pre-eminent freakazoid underground occult out-jazz rock triumvirate.

A short review of the proggy metal act Isis.

An essay on Lee "Scratch" Perry, Rastafarian dreams, and dub's fusion of music and machines.

A firsthand report on Goa, India's psychedelic trance techno scene, circa 1994.

First software turned the laptop into a musical instrument. Now who's in control: the machine or the musician?

A musical meditation on vibes, beats, and the mystic mix.

A review of The Secret Museum Of Mankind
Ethnic Music Classics: 1925 - 48 , Pat Conte's amazing CD compilation series of early "ethnic" 78s.

A review of Opeth and lesser black metal acts, later collected in De Capo Best Music Writing 2002

Stephin Merritt and the twined legacies of Wilde, Proust, and Phil Spector.

A meditation on the Dead and the book Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure by Carol Brightman.

An early review of Boards of Canada's overplayed classic Music has the Right to Children.

An overview of the Beach Boys' splendid and bizarre career on the occasion of Capitol's reissue of their catalog on CD.

An end-of-millennium look at mystical trends in the rock and pop music world.

A review of the spectral Japanese prog band Ghost.

An early exploration of the weird and wonderful world of Indian film music.

These reminiscences of an adolescent Zephead formed the seed crystal of my 2005 book on Led Zeppelin IV.

This visit with Canada's weirdest metaphysical heavy metal band was one of my earliest rock profiles for the Village Voice.