Along with his duties as a Features Editor for PopMatters, Louis J. Battaglia has contributed writings on music, art, and culture for a number of publications and websites. Under his alter ego Needles Numark, Louis also hosts The Soundscape, a radio show/blog from Buffalo, NY, that focuses on experimental, ambient, drone, avant-garde, and electronic music/sound art from around the world and the local scene.
Features
Friday, December 17 2010
The Best Experimental Music of 2010
It's not that more experimental-type music was made in 2010. It's just that more of it was getting heard.
Reviews
Monday, July 21 2008
TV on the Radio
With TV on the Radio in town, blasting out new material alongside intense versions of “I Was a Lover” and “Wash the Day Away”, Buffalo, for a brief night, was the center of the universe.
Blogs
Wednesday, December 16 2009
Slipped Disc: Lotus Plaza - Floodlight Collective
Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Singles of 2009: Volcano Choir - "Island, IS"
We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year, but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark.
