Hank Shteamer
@DarkForcesSwing
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Writer/editor. Words on music, usually. Open to any work inquiries: [email protected]. Subscribe: https://t.co/0Wnszza3fo
NYC
Joined May 2009
PSA: If you're contacted by anyone on any social media claiming to be me, & promising coverage in exchange for $, this is (obviously!) a scam. Pls report, block, etc. Latest fraudulent account — actively trying to get it deactivated but could take a while
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Joe got a couple of old-ass VHS live recordings digitized and @DarkForcesSwing got them up on YT.
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On the upcoming return of progressive post-hardcore masters Dazzling Killmen, and why the band has kept me fascinated for 30 years and counting:
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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:
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Some thoughts on the intergenerational refuge of so-called screamo -- a.k.a., how did all these kids end up at the Saetia show?.
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RT @nytimesmusic: Jason Moran unpacks Duke Ellington’s greatness in a single song.
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Watch as the pianist distills the “joyful tragedy” of “Black and Tan Fantasy” into a stirring solo piece.
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Excited to see my name among the 2025 contenders for the @jjajazzawards' Robert Palmer–Helen Oakley Dance Award: 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.
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2025 Photo of the Year nomineesThese are the finalist
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RT @nytimesmusic: Billy Hart has one foot in jazz’s past and the other in its future.
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At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 albums is releasing another by his long-running quartet.
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A rundown of my favorite heavy albums (metal, punk, rock, etc.) of 2024:
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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:
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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.
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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:
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Read Hank Shteamer on The ’90s Chicago Underground
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An immense honor to speak to Sonny Rollins for this new interactive feature on “Harlem 1958,” a.k.a. “A Great Day in Harlem”:
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Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
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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:
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Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge.
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Left-field but defensible picks:. Crowbar.Deerhoof.Immolation.Shellac.Clutch.
greatest american band of the last 30 years? .?.
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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
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Original King Crimson members look back on writing "21st Century Schizoid Man," and contemporaries describe the song's fearsome impact.
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.
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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
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RT @Mark_Stryker: Drummer Roy Haynes, an innovator from day one, who sounded like the future into his '80s, has died at 99. I don't know w….
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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:
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Mick Harris, Bill Laswell and John Zorn’s new album, “Samsara” — their first in 30 years — arrives as Laswell battles health troubles that “opened up a new direction.”
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