Back in October I went to see Object Collection‘s revised staged adaptation of Robert Ashley’s Automatic Writing at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg. Here is my review for the DEC 22-JAN 23 issue of The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2023/12/music/Channeling-Robert-Ashley…
I reviewed Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society at Union Pool last month for the Brooklyn Rail I reviewed Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society at @UnionPool last month for the @TheBrooklynRail – https://t.co/97FmzMDsWq — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer) November 21,
I was lucky to catch Black Midi Monday night at Warsaw (“where pierogis meet punk”). A London-based quartet made up of 19 and 20-year olds, Black Midi has been around for all of two years. Last June they released their
Last night I had the unexpected luck of hearing the German electronic musician Jan Jelinek perform at the new Brooklyn venue Public Records. It was lucky because I only learned of the show, which later sold out, by stopping by
My review of the new oral history of Joy Division in the May issue of The Brooklyn Rail: I reviewed the new oral history of #postpunk legends @joydivision for @TheBrooklynRail #factoryrecords #manchester https://t.co/4VtU2ZYGcu — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer) May 14, 2019
My review of the international post-post-punk band Exploded View has been published in the Brooklyn Rail: Back in November I caught @ExplodedViewBnd at @RoughTradeNYC. Here is my review in @TheBrooklynRail – https://t.co/LqMbdznvXj — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer) January 4, 2019
I reviewed a new oral history of Swans for The Brooklyn Rail, check it out here! Check out my review of the new #Swans book by Nick Soulsby @NirvanaLegacy in the Sept. issue of @TheBrooklynRail https://t.co/Iqj0PLSVj3 — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer)
Earlier this spring I checked out @idlesband live @RoughTradeNYC Read my account in the June issue of @TheBrooklynRail https://t.co/DCEuivI8xo — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer) June 7, 2018
A beautiful performance of Craig Shepard‘s Trumpet Clouds for 14 trumpets last Thursday in Madison Square Park, presented at the opening of Erwin Redl’s light sculpture “WhiteOut.” The performance unfolded over the course of an hour, as the performers moved
My review of Sleaford Mods recent NYC appearance in the Brooklyn Rail: My review of @sleafordmods recent NYC appearance in @TheBrooklynRail 😜👽💣 https://t.co/dYSEZOY2mY — Dan Joseph (@dcomposer) May 4, 2017
My review of Austra’s late January appearance at Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: https://t.co/z7gelZzfjm Dan Joseph dances to the Synth Pop Politics of Austra in @TheBrooklynRail https://t.co/z7gelZzfjm — George Grella (@gtra1n) March 4, 2017
My review of The Legendary Pink Dots at Knitting Factory Brooklyn 9/30/16: Dan Joseph was there for The Return of the Legendary Pink Dots, in @TheBrooklynRail https://t.co/76KHVetb0I — George Grella (@gtra1n) December 7, 2016
My review of The Ex at WFMU's Monty Hall, in the Dec./Jan. issue of The Brooklyn Rail There's no band quite like The Ex, at Monty Hall, by Dan Joseph @TheBrooklynRail https://t.co/90UXe5PH8t — George Grella (@gtra1n) December 10, 2015
My review of Low live at Music Hall of Williamsburg: http://brooklynrail.org/t/11212 Dan Joseph on The Hypnotic Harmonies of Low https://t.co/Vr4bEgtLDQ — George Grella (@gtra1n) November 6, 2015
My review of WIRE's performance this past June at Music Hall of Williamsburg appears in the July/August issue of the Brooklyn Rail: Dan Joseph listens as Wire Nears Forty @TheBrooklynRail http://t.co/XZqQnZYibf — George Grella (@gtra1n) July 17, 2015
My life as a music person is punctuated by periodic grand epiphanies (grand on a personal level that is), where seemingly out of nowhere a set of connections are suddenly made that bring into focus a particular artist or musical
Tom Johnson was happy to be in New York last night. The occasion was his first performance at Experimental Intermedia since just before he left New York, in 1983, for Paris where he has lived ever since. His happiness was
Last night I attended a concert of new works by Travis Just performed by his ensemble, Object Collection at the Issue Project Room. Based in Brooklyn, Just is an experimental composer in the Cageian tradition known for mixed media music-theater