Beastie Boys Press Release 1986

Bringin’ the noise with my buddy, Henry. He wrote this!

Since I believe it's the best way to hear it, I enjoyed catching as much live music as I could in 2015. It helped that I worked in a jazz club most of the time. But also, it was a real privilege and treat to see some of my favorites, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, RUSH, Beach House, Booker T., etc twice.. Happy New Year Music Fans!!

Philip Bailey and Ramsey Lewis, Dakota Jazz Club 1/7/15 Charlie Parr, Dubliner Pub 1/11/15 White Boyfriend, Yoni Yum, LOTT, 7th Street Entry 1/16/15 Billy Idol and Steve Stevens, Turf Club 1/19/15 Atmosphere, J. Roddy Walston and the Trashmen, First Avenue 1/24/15 Bob Mould, First Avenue 1/30/15 Roniia, 7th Street Entry 1/30/15 Chris Robinson, Fine Line 2/3/15 Tower of Power, Dakota Jazz Club 2/4/15 Galactic and Monophonics, First Avenue 2/5/15 Mighty Mofos, X-Boys, Flamin’ Ohs & Michael Yonkers & DJ Danny Sigelman Turf Club 2/7/15 Sleater Kinney & Lizzo, First Avenue 2/14/15 Irma Thomas and Lee Fields, Dakota Jazz Club, 2/16/15 Kristin Diable, Turf Club 2/17/15 BloodNStuff, 7th Street Entry 2/18/15 The Flaming Lips, First Avenue 2/24/15 Moon Duo, 7th Street Entry 2/28/15 The Punch Brothers, First Avenue 3/1/15 Blind Shake, First Avenue 3/6/15 Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Dakota Jazz Club 3/8/15 Tweedy, First Avenue 3/8/15 Swervedriver, Turf Club 3/12/15 Of Montreal and Deerhoof, First Avenue 3/15/15 Tycho, First Avenue 3/22/15 Benjamin Booker, First Avenue 3/26/15 Kristin Diable, Turf Club 3/27/15 Otis Clay, Dakota Jazz Club, 3/28/15 Stevie Wonder, Target Center 3/29/15 International Novelty Gamelan, Icehouse 3/30/15 Rebirth Brass Band, Dakota Jazz Club 4/1/15 Chris Potter Quartet, Dakota Jazz Club 4/2/15 Happyness, Turf Club 4/6/15 Caribou, First Avenue 4/12/15 Bettye Lavette, Dakota Jazz Club 4/16/15 Paul Metzger, findfurnish 4/18/15 David Hidalgo and Marc Ribot, Cedar Cultural Center 4/18/15 Diarrhea Planet, Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, Eleganza!, Turf Club 4/23/15 Lord Huron & Leon Bridges, First Avenue 4/26/15 The Replacements, Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee 5/2/15 The English Beat, Dakota Jazz Club 5/5/15 Alejandro Escovedo & His Sensitive Boys, Dakota Jazz Club 5/7/15 The Waterboys, First Avenue 5/7/15 Tom Keifer & Lita Ford 5/9/15 Rush, Xcel Energy Center 5/12/15 Tame Impala, First Avenue 5/13/15 Awesome Snakes, Grumpy’s NE 5/16/15 Billy Joel & Gavin DeGraw, Target Center 5/16/15 Orgone, Bunkers 5/21/15 Metz & Fidlar, 7th Street Entry 5/22/15 Tickle Torture, Suzie, Southside Desire, Hardcore Crayons, Black Audience, Memory Lanes 5/23/15 L’Assassins, Deke Dickerson & the Trashmen, The Cactus Blossoms, Memory Lanes 5/24/15 Little Dragon, First Avenue 5/28/15 Temples, First Avenue 5/29/15 Lisa Fischer, Dakota Jazz Club 5/31/15 The Rollings Stones, TCF Stadium 6/3/15 The Meat Puppets, First Avenue 6/5/15 Rush, United Center in Chicago 6/12/15 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Turf Club 6/14/15 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, State Theatre 6/19/15 Bill Frisell Trio, Dakota Jazz Club 6/19/15 Modest Mouse, Babes in Toyland, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, JD McPherson, The Ghost of the Saber Tooth Tiger, Walker Art Center 6/21/15 Chastity Belt & Whatever Forever, Triple Rock 6/24/15 Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dakota Jazz Club 6/25/15 Chris Potter with Dave Holland, Lionel Loueke & Eric Harland, Mears Park 6/26/15 Dr John & the Nite Trippers, CHS Field 6/27/15 My Morning Jacket, Northrup Auditorium 6/27/15 Dr. Mambo’s Combo, Bunkers 6/28/15 Heartless Bastards and Craig Finn, First Avenue 6/29/15 Charles Lloyd, Dakota Jazz Club 6/30/15 Booker T. Jones, Dakota Jazz Club 7/3/15 Booker T. Jones, Dakota Jazz Club 7/4/15 Salt-N-Pepa, Minnesota Zoo 7/8/15 Wilco & Jason Isbell, Basilica Block Party 7/11/15 Eleganza!, 7th Street Entry 7/11/15 Ex Hex, Tweens, Pink Mink, Triple Rock 7/20/15 Kool Moe Dee & Roxanne Shante, North High School 7/25/15 Gary Louris and Friends, Loring Park 7/27/15 Strand Of Oaks, Turf Club 7/27/15 TV On the Radio and Roniia, First Avenue 7/30/15 Woody Allen, State Theatre 8/1/15 The Kills, First Avenue 8/3/15 Bombino, Cedar Cultural Center 8/4/15 Mötley Crüe & Alice Cooper, Xcel Energy Center 8/5/15 Social Distortion & Nikki Lane, First Avenue 8/7/15 Har Mar Superstar, Dillinger Four, The Blind Shake, & Retribution Gospel Choir at Pizza Lucé Block Party 8/8/15 Bettye Lavette, Dakota Jazz Club 8/24/15 Psychedelic Furs & The Church, State Theatre 8/25/15 Def Leppard, Styx & Tesla, Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 8/27/15 GRRRL PRTY, First Avenue 8/28/15 Sonny Knight & the Lakers, Minnesota State Fair International Bazaar 8/31/15 Reel Big Fish, Minnesota State Fair Leinie Lodge Bandshell 9/4/15 D’Angelo and the Vanguard, First Avenue 9/6/15 Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson & Sturgill Simpson 9/7/15 Lee “Scratch” Perry, Cedar Cultural Center 9/9/15 (the) Thurston MoOre Band, Triple Rock Social Club 9/10/15 Twisted Sister, Ace Frehley, Tom Keifer, Scrap Metal & L.A. Guns, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater 9/11/15 Father John Misty, Benjamin Booker, Shakey Graves, Laura Marling & Calexico, Canterbury Park 9/17/15 Beach House, First Avenue 9/22/15 Beach House, First Avenue 9/23/15 Jeffrey Osborne, Dakota Jazz Club 9/29/15 Vieux Farka Toure, Dakota Jazz Club 10/3/15 The Isley Brothers, Orpheum Theatre 10/3/15 Battles, First Avenue 10/3/15 Afro Cuban All-Stars, Dakota Jazz Club 10/4/15 Wold Alice, First Avenue 10/5/15 Kraftwerk, Northrup Auditorium 10/7/15 Ratt, Pickle Park 10/8/15 Bully, 7th Street Entry 10/12/15 DIIV, Turf Club 10/14/15 Peaches, First Avenue 10/15/15 The Sword & Kadavar, Mill City Nights 10/16/15 Nikki Hill, Dakota Jazz Club 10/22/15 Metalachi, Turf Club 10/24/15 Son Little, 7th Street Entry 11/3/15 Shakey Graves, First Avenue 11/4/15 Yo La Tengo, Pantages Theater 11/7/15 Low, First Avenue 11/11/15 Dexateens, Grumpy's NE 11/16/15 El Vy & Soren Juul, First Avenue 11/21/15 Odezsa, First Avenue 11/23/15 The Arcs, First Avenue 12/1/15 OOIOO, Walker Art Center 12/3/15 JD Souther & Nellie McKay, Dakota Jazz Club 12/6/15 Mötley Crüe & Alice Cooper, Target Center 12/8/15 Deerhunter, First Avenye 12/14/15 The Bad Plus, Dakota Jazz Club 12/25/15

what my nephew and I do when we're bored. which is pretty much all the time.

Jewbilee 2014 in the 7th Street Entry. My man, Bobby Z. and his boys, Rivkinz. "A Little Help from My Friends".

No  Guest Energy "Quality Stage"

A "doom metal" jam I recently recorded. Help spread this one around. I'm way into it.

@故宫淘宝: 雍正的女神们动起来啦

October 28th is here! Along with the sunrise (or before it) comes my new album. It’s been 2 years of effort with the help of a lot of amazingly talented musicians and musical-minds! Please play on, and bring one home…

chriskoza.bandcamp.com/album/in-real-time

Pretty sweet find in my archives! Elvis Costello played a really great in-store at the Electric Fetus during my time there back in '02. This was during the time of his "When I was Cruel" release. Such a great set!

This is a sweet recording of the band Komeda when I was them at KCRW in 1996. I don't know that this exists anywhere else so I was pretty thrilled when I found this disc in a box recently. Hope you dig it!! 

Dee Snider on "Rockline" 1985 

this show "Marks of Genius" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is #amazeballs! Go, just go!!

"Cooking Vinyl" test run. 7.4.14

D+ and Dub Narcotic Sound System interview on Radio K. 1997.

features a very young Phil Elverum!

For A Few Dollars More

so coool!!!