October 30, 2020
October 30, 2020
More a whispered legend in Japan than record store ghost story, the album recorded during that March 30th studio session ended up becoming one of most rare LPs in the history of Japanese jazz: Tohru Aizawa Quartet – Tachibana Vol. 1.
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October 6, 2020
October 6, 2020
The global pandemic has affected politics, economics, and human behavior in ways that will take years to fully realize, never mind the effect this paradigm shift will have on the world of music.
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September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020
Racial activism within music isn’t a modern phenomenon, it has been there since the artform’s inception. In the late 1800s, marginalized African-American communities invented the Blues largely as an expression of their subjugation.
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September 23, 2020
September 23, 2020
It was hot. You’d breathe in and feel the temperature. Then the smoke came and you couldn’t breathe at all for a week. Then the light changed and you knew all at once that it was over.
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August 30, 2020
August 30, 2020
The sparkling dawn of the new political day heralding Jamaican independence in 1962 was a setting sun by ’66. Those fading hopes also reflected ska’s slide in popularity.
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August 21, 2020
August 21, 2020
For me, the last few summers blend together. I’d struggle to pin down if the full moon party I played at was last year or three years ago, when I watched Purple Rain in the park, or exactly which year my bike got stolen. I can’t imagine that I’ll mistake 2020 for any other summer.
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July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
Listen to Resistor Mag on Spotify now.
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