Sooo. Another trip around, eh? Sold Kingdom has had quite a year. In addition to a few lab experiments per usual, I put out an LP that at one point I had decided to shelve indefinitely (before I remembered that my art is a fundamental part of how I fight back). I finally played a... Continue Reading →
BIG NEWS! I’m honored as hell to be one of the featured “cryptids” in Cville’s takeover of HarriSYNTHburg at Sage Bird Cider Works in January! I’ve long admired the nostalgic 8-bit crunch, searing guitar shredding, and hardworking DIY ethos of the event’s fearless leader, Ivan Christo, who, outside of his synth project Jaguardini, is a... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday I returned to Book Club, C’ville’s music-venue-in-an-afterhours-bookstore, opening for some casually virtuosic student shoegazers and some peddlers of self-described “slutty goth-punk”. All of whom were very young and very talented. To be very honest, for the majority of the day preceding the show, I was wrestling with some kind of nondescript malaise and... Continue Reading →
Playing WTJU’s Third Rail to celebrate the release of my new album, Distraction Portraiture (see homepage for more info), was a privilege and a pleasure! Here is photographic proof. (Credit: Zoe Krylova) Here was the little display I made specially for the show, with the QR code leading to the new album on Bandcamp (plus... Continue Reading →
Folks, I am excited to announce that my third full-length album, Distraction Portraiture, will be out in a week! It was conceived of three or four years ago, and most of the writing was done last year. Here’s the short-form album teaser trailer Here's me talking about the concept Here's some coverage of the artist... Continue Reading →
Fortunately the silence in the SK camp this year has been for doing rather than ruminating, but it's past time for an update. Being WTJU Charlottesville's DJ Malpaso, host of Limerence Addiction, quickly turned into a robust (but, fortunately, intuitive) commitment. After a few months sharing my wee-hours time slot with a compatible alternate, said... Continue Reading →
In 2023 I realized that the concept of limerence, or involuntary fixation on/intoxication with the inaccessibility of another individual (as described by psychologist Dorothy Tennov) explained an embarrassingly substantial chunk of my life. Recognizing this went a long way to improving my overall well-being, as did realizing that susceptibility to this state usually stems from... Continue Reading →
2024 in a nutshell: I dedicated myself to filling the vacancies that created the desire that has traditionally gotten me in trouble, and fought tooth and nail to see the things that do not serve me as inherently unattractive. Progress is a series of small revelations, and it is not always linear. Highlights: I busted... Continue Reading →
A fundamental part of my music is anger. Even if it’s quiet anger, or pretty anger, or glittery anger… it’s still anger. I would not trade this in for anything; it’s at the core of my whole mission, and I’ll be honest: I very well might stop the mission if I ceased to be angry.... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 