For most of the 1990s, Tsunami combined deft lyrics and charged music to create some of that decade’s most enduring work. Now, the group’s discography has been collected by Numero Group as the collection Loud Is As, and the band is heading back on the road with longtime friends Ida. I spoke with Tsunami co-founder Kristin Thomson about the group’s return, the process of assembling the new collection, and the questions of art and ethics that they navigated then and now.
In our morning reading: thoughts on Karen Russell’s new book, Torrey Peters and Andrea Long Chu in conversartion, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Brontez Purnell, thoughts on AI and creative writing, and more.
In our morning reading: thoughts on Augusto Moterroso’s fiction, new music from BASIC, and more.
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Fernando A. Flores’s new novel, twenty years of Two Dollar Radio, and more.
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In our morning reading: interviews with Haley Mlotek and Kurt Baumeister, thoughts on Circuit des Yeux’s new album, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on books by Kristen Arnett and Matthew Specktor, revisiting the music of Dub Syndicate, and more.
In our morning reading: thoughts on the writings of Laila Lalami, revisiting one of Wilco’s best albums, and more.