Music

  • Musical Metal

    One of the pleasures of having moved to Durham is the spirit of musical camaraderie I’ve enjoyed here.  One current partner in sound is Justin Blatt, who plays viola and violin with the Cicadas.  Today he sent me a recording of him playing one of the many metal sculptures he makes in his shop.  If…

  • NC Shows and Thank You Midwest

      We had a lot of fun playing in Columbus Ohio, Chicago Illinois, and Bloomington Indiana last week.  Thanks to The Owl, The Big Room Bar, and Landlocked Music for hosting us.   If you are local to or visiting NC, there are some intermittent local shows coming up:  first a solo acoustic show at…

  • New Cassette Released Today!

    If you’re into hypnosis, you might like a minimal instrumental piece I just released on cassette and digital download from Unread Records this very day.  It’s a 45 minute long instrumental version of a song from my forthcoming record called We’ll Teach Them How to Privatize.  The cover of the cassette features degraded xeroxed pictures…

  • Top 40 Over 40.20: L. Subramaniam live

    Sometimes you just gotta trust a friend.  Every year Duke Performances has a concert series you can buy into at a package discount.  I pick up seats for the shows I wanna see before it all starts, and watch the dates roll forward and wash over me as the year unfolds.  At the suggestion of my…

  • Band that Rocked the Cradle

    You can see video of 7 songs from the debut set of the live line up of John Davis & The Cicadas here.  This show took place on August 3rd 2015 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC.  Our next show at the moment is booked for October 24th at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NYC.  I…

  • Live on Radio Tomorrow Night @ 8

    Brice Randall Bickford and I will be having a joint appearance on WXYC 89.3 FM in Chapel Hill tomorrow night, (August 2nd) from 8 – 9 pm.  We’ll both play 20 minute live solo sets and chat with the DJ for 20 more in advance of our double bill at Cat’s Cradle on Monday 8/3.…

  • The Core is Getting Soft.16: Quick Shelving

    I’ve been spending more time than I really wanted to figuring out how to translate incidental sounds from loops and samples on my forthcoming record to a live setting this week.  I haven’t played live in more years than I can shake a stick at, and the last time I did this with Folk Implosion…

  • DJ for a day

    Well, this should be interesting.  I’ve never done a radio show as a DJ before, but I’ll be giving it a spin – sorry – this Friday, July 10th, from 12-2 pm eastern time on WXDU Durham, which you can stream online at wxdu.org.  It’s a great station – usually.  I’m sure it’ll go back…

  • Cat’s Got my Tongue

    I’ll be playing my first show in many moons on August 3rd at the Cat’s Cradle Backroom in Carrboro, NC.  Brice Randall Bickford will be opening.  This will be a full band show with 6+ guests.  I’m especially looking forward to playing live with Peter Hughes, one of the first friends I made in this…

  • The Core Is Getting Soft.15: Crash Pad Course

    I’ve been spending the day loading my iPad up with samples and loops I used on my new record.  I’m getting a group of folks together to play some of these songs live locally and perhaps 1 or 2 places elsewhere this summer, and 2 of us are gonna practice tomorrow.  While live playing will…