Collectives are the new thing in music these days. Whether it’s Janelle Monae’s Wondaland, or the kids from BROCKHAMPTON, the new musical economies of scale dictate that more […]
PODCAST: Reg and Stone Talk Music #007 – The Chopped and Screwed Anita Baker Edition
This week: We review the new Everything is Recorded compilation with Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Giggs and Syd. We also check out the new(ish) Dizzee Rascal album, some new […]
New Music: Topaz Jones – Toothache
New Jersey’s Topaz Jones made some waves a couple years ago with the track Tropicana, a bouncy trap-hop gem that got him on the radar of Pitchfork and […]
PODCAST: Reg and Stone Talk Music #006 – Musical Grab Bag
SUBSCRIBE to Reg and Stone Talk Music on Apple Podcasts! So it’s a light week for music news, so we went through our iPhones and pulled out our […]
Reg and Stone Talk Music – Men Of The Woods Review, Grammy Redux, and MORE
So most of y’all don’t remember, but The Couch Sessions was deep in the podcast game way back in 2005 when we interviewed the likes of Sharon Jones […]
LIVE: On Jazz, Keyon Harrold, Black Lives Matter, and the Wayfaring Traveller
It’s fitting that Keyon Harrold’s Blue Note performance came on Sunday, September 24th. That was the day that dozens of NFL players protested not only injustice, but a […]
LIVE: Can A Old Soul Find Joy at the Meadows Festival in 2017?
Photos: Victoria Ford/Sneakshot Photography Note: This is a review of Days 2 and 3 of the Festival. So here is something that most people don’t know about me…I don’t […]
Dean Is Putting a New Spin on K-Pop
When one thinks of K-Pop, you’re most likely to envision a football-team sized cadre of identical scantily clad females, or more notably, the global hit “Gangnam Style.” However, […]
FOOD: We went to Village Voice Choice Eats and Ate All The Things
So in my preview of the annual Village Voice Choice Eats festival, I noted that we’ve covered the event (and it’s spinoffs) for three years. Our Food + […]
EVENT PREVIEW: Village Voice Choice Eats 2017
For the Couch Sessions crew, going to Village Voice’s Choice Eats is slowly becoming a rite of passage. 2017 will mark our third year officially covering the main […]