Hank Shteamer
@DarkForcesSwing
Writer/editor. Words on music, usually. Open to any work inquiries: [email protected]. Subscribe: https://darkforcesswing.substack.com/
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Joe got a couple of old-ass VHS live recordings digitized and @DarkForcesSwing got them up on YT
On the upcoming return of progressive post-hardcore masters Dazzling Killmen, and why the band has kept me fascinated for 30 years and counting: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/beauty-in-ru…
Many of my most enjoyable NYC live-music experiences in the past few years have one factor in common: Joe Farnsworth -- some thoughts and a new NYT profile: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/joe-farnswor…
Some thoughts on the intergenerational refuge of so-called screamo -- a.k.a., how did all these kids end up at the Saetia show? darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/saetia-is-fo…
Jason Moran unpacks Duke Ellington’s greatness in a single song. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Excited to see my name among the 2025 contenders for the @jjajazzawards' Robert Palmer–Helen Oakley Dance Award: jjajazzawards.org/2025-nominees-…. Many of the greatest in the field have won or been nominated in the past, & it's a real honor to be in the running
Billy Hart has one foot in jazz’s past and the other in its future. nytimes.com/2025/02/27/art…
My 10 favorite albums of 2024, all genres in play: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/best-of-2024…
A rundown of my favorite heavy albums (metal, punk, rock, etc.) of 2024: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/best-of-2024…
Part 1 of the customary DFSBP year-end round-up is live on Substack: an expanded version of my 2024 jazz top 10, including 20 more ranked titles plus a bunch of others recommended in the text: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/best-of-2024…
Amazing story here and typically outstanding writing from Chris -->
Before Merzbow… before Throbbing Gristle… before Metal Machine Music… there was ‘Chain Saw’ Talked to the legend Wayne Bell It Really Happened. It's Terrifying. It's Here
Had a blast surveying the '90s Chicago underground — from the Vandermark 5 to U.S. Maple, 8 Bold Souls, Shellac and, of course, the Chicago Underground outfit itself... — for Shfl: theshfl.com/guide/The-90s-…
An immense honor to speak to Sonny Rollins for this new interactive feature on “Harlem 1958,” a.k.a. “A Great Day in Harlem”: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains.
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
10 2024 jazz picks from among dozens of worthy titles. As usual, will survey some of the others in another forum before EOY, but for now, these all really spoke to me: nytimes.com/2024/12/04/art…
Left-field but defensible picks: Crowbar Deerhoof Immolation Shellac Clutch
RIP to one of the great lyricists and behind-the-scenes visionaries in rock. It was enlightening to talk to him a few years back about writing "Schizoid Man," designing that mythical light show and coming up with the coolest band name imaginable rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…
Peter Sinfield, King Crimson’s original roadie, lyricist, lights operator and live sound engineer passed away yesterday on the 14th of November 2024 aged 81. dgmlive.com/news/peter-sin…
Roy! Few drummers — or musicians, period — have ever sounded more energized by and engrossed in the conversational flow at the heart of jazz. A rush of fresh ideas in every performance. The apex of alertness, stylishness and sheer flair youtube.com/watch?app=desk…
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Chick Corea - Matrix
Drummer Roy Haynes, an innovator from day one, who sounded like the future into his '80s, has died at 99. I don't know what to say other than than it was a gift to share the planet with him. Here he is three months after I was born. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…
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This Friday marks the return of the original lineup of PainKiller, 30 years after their prior studio release. It was an honor to speak with John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Mick Harris about the trio’s history and their surprising, inspiring new chapter: nytimes.com/2024/11/11/art…
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