Back in the late ’90s, Portland became an unlikely node in the global circuit of dub music. For those not in the know, dub is a derivation of reggae that came into prominence in Jamaica in the ...

Spoon’s Britt Daniel has always loved gadgets, held a soft spot for studio wizardry. And it’s these tendencies that have helped keep the Austin indie-rock outfit so intriguing and inventive over the ...

Puerto Rican born and Los Angeles based Pachy Garcia, better known as Pachyman, is a modern day student of the founders of dub reggae. As a longtime collector of vintage recording gear, Garcia spent ...

We continue our 2021 Summer Music Series with Boostive, a band based in the San Diego coastal community of Ocean Beach. A few things are clear after spending any amount of time with Boostive. First, ...

Look out, everyone; the indie rockers have discovered dub reggae again! Given the proliferation of high-potency weed, this was probably inevitable. Just a couple of weeks ago, Spoon got together with ...

Pachy Garcia, who goes by Pachyman on stage, helped lessen our pandemic dread in 2021 with the release of The Return of Pachyman. That record tipped its hat to the history of reggae, dancehall and dub ...

Asked about the revolutionary rhythms and songs created at his Black Ark studios in Kingston, Jamaica, reggae producer, dub innovator and studio icon Lee “Scratch” Perry described a cosmic process ...