Rise of the Music-Making Machine

This essay by Darius Van Arman is available on Darius’ substack – HERE

The Struggle for Independence in the Modern Age

This essay was originally published on Stereogum.com on November 20, 2025 and reposted on Substack – HERE.  I’m very grateful to the Stereogum team for agreeing to share it with their readership. You can still access the original post HERE. Please consider subscribing to Stereogum.com. For many years, it has been a vital champion of… Continue reading The Struggle for Independence in the Modern Age

Remembering Our Friend David Berman

David Berman was a young man living in Charlottesville, VA in the mid-90s, at the dawn of Jagjaguwar, when Jag founder Darius Van Arman was managing the radio station and promoting shows in the basement of a local Japanese restaurant. The two became friends for all the obvious reasons. So when it came time to… Continue reading Remembering Our Friend David Berman