Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Rochester

Freelance Writer at Freelance

apostate music journalist. free speech/due process/informed consent = NON-NEGOTIABLE. scientific dissent ≠ extremism. https://t.co/RTbxoSClbl

Articles

Is Wilco's 'A Ghost Is Born' Reissue the Perfect Box Set? " PopMatters

2 months ago | popmatters.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

A Ghost Is Born (Deluxe Edition) Nonesuch At one point during an extended group improvisation featured in the 20th-anniversary edition of Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born, bandleader Jeff Tweedy sings, “I wish I could fuck you like he thinks he does.” When Tweedy spits the words up, they drip with resentment and venom. It’s an unusually caustic moment that contrasts sharply against his body of work in general, but it’s especially jarring against the gentle tone of the original album.
Peter Forrest's Exciting Multiple Voices Were Incandescent

Feb 11, 2025 | popmatters.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

On the morning of 13 January 2025, news reports began circulating about an unidentified 64-year-old ambulette driver who’d been found dead in the back of his work vehicle in a quiet residential neighborhood in the Bronx. According to multiple New York City media outlets, the victim was discovered face-down in a pool of blood with “extensive trauma to his body”—wounds apparently incurred from having been beaten to death.
Fool me twice? The NFL is making fans pay a steep price for hope.

Jan 28, 2025 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

The Buffalo Bills have had their Super Bowl hopes crushed by the Kansas City Chiefs four out of the last five years. As refereeing across the NFL sinks to all new lows, a growing chorus of fans insists that the league is blatantly tampering with the outcomes of games. The situation has gotten so bad that even some Chiefs fans have voiced displeasure. How much more will viewers take before reaching a breaking point that hurts the league’s bottom line? I get into it in my latest video.
A musician slips away...

Jan 25, 2025 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Discover more from FeedbackDef (by SabyRK)apostate music journalist | I write about music, culture, sports, parenting, anxiety, and the madness of crowds | I also write fiction | free speech, informed consent + due process are NON-NEGOTIABLE | scientific dissent does NOT equal extremismOn the morning of January 13th, just over a week ago as I write this, a 64-year old ambulette driver was found dead in the back of his work vehicle at the end of a quiet residential street in The Bronx.
Stuff yourself with a heaping helping of Wilco.

Nov 25, 2024 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Nonesuch Records has just announced a deluxe 20th-anniversary edition of Wilco’s 2004 album A Ghost Is Born (the follow-up to the band’s much-publicized and widely-praised breakthrough effort Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). The 9-CD (or 9-LP/4-CD) set is due for release on February 7, 2025. I preview the new package and offer my thoughts on the original album in the clip above.
Will “True Blue” Be the Last We Hear From Jane’s Addiction?, PopMatters

Sep 27, 2024 | popmatters.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

As you read this, there’s a fairly good chance that Jane’s Addiction have already breathed their last breath as a creative entity going forward. At this point, it’s impossible to forecast how things will shake out, especially since they just released a new single — fittingly enough, titled “True Love” — last week.
What to do when your kid loves Taylor Swift? đ±

Aug 18, 2024 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

As Iâve mentioned previously, Taylor Swift gives me a serious case of the icks. Although sheâs hardly the only contemporary pop superstar who strikes me as oddly dissociated when she speaks (Iâve also addressed Ariana Grande), thereâs something particularly disturbing to me about Swift. My aversion, I should add, extends far beyond the realm of purely musical misgivings.
Expat Kentuckian Myles Cochran Releases Jazz-Americana Double-LP Opus 'You Are Here'

Jul 28, 2024 | allaboutjazz.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Cochran's varying choice of instrumentation and mood goes a long way towards conjuring upvivid images in the listener's head. Cochran creates his own brand of ambient Americana with hissecond album. Uncut Multi-instrumentalist/producer Myles Cochran releases his sprawling double-LP opus You Are Here today.
More encouragement: imposter syndrome is real

Jul 11, 2024 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Man with his head in his hands (1882) — Vincent Van GoghJust recently, an independent musician whose work I’ve long admired sent me a message about some good but “scary” news: an established artist he holds in very high esteem expressed interest in producing some of his songs. This is, of course, a wonderful stroke of good fortune — the kind of lucky break that just about every musician goes to bed fantasizing about. Sure, there’s the immediate hope getting a leg up professionally.
Ariana Grande's Dinner Date With Dahmer

Jun 29, 2024 | feedbackdef.substack.com | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Not your usual checkout-aisle fare: People Magazine post from June 28, 2024Years ago, I was listening to an interview where one of my favorite musicians, Igor Cavalera, brought up Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous serial killer who murdered 17 men. Dahmer, who dismembered and mutilated his victims, often also engaged in cannibalism and necrophilia with their bodies.