Matty McPherson

by Matty McPherson (@ghostplanetmatt) Even if he's understated by the moment, Mark Nelson is an elder statesman in the current realm of instrumental guitar music. I'm always interested in what the Labradfordian is moving towards. He gives reliably infrequent, yet humble, meditative interviews that reveal eclectic taste (turn of the century Abercrombie on ECM, contemporary reggae).

by Matty McPherson (@ghostplanetmatt) “Big Ears is going to be our first show by the looks of it!” That’s what David Grubbs is telling me about the live prospects of Squanderers, sipping an afternoon coffee, from his accommodations in Berlin, Germany. He is in the capital on a fellowship with the American Academy. A musicologist “really in the early stages” of writing a book on working collaboratively (mostly with visual artists).

by Matty McPherson (@ghostplanetmatt) Dummy has always been a psychedelic rock band worth watching. Literally. The synths they bring out perk up the gearheads; the blue screens n' lights inadvertently reward those who'll pay $10 for the 7% hop-bombs at the bar; the gentle workhorse nature that makes these walloping blasts of sound into an ecstatic happening. Oh and those loops n' transitions, they'll bring out the record collector in you as you try to figure whether it's ambient or komische.