Tony Archive

Every article, arranged from newest to oldest.

01Alternative musici don’t have enough time; new releasesNew Kiwanuka, Nosowska, EWA KOC, Fine, Sen Morimoto, Anderson .Paak and Nanga. Fontaines D.C. still waiting, university and everything else in between. I don’t have enough time. Fortunately, I still have plenty to spend it on.23 October 202612 min read02Alternative musicAfter the Song41 tracks and what remains to be done when the last chord fades.22 October 20267 min read03Alternative musicDoves - Black and White Town. The town that never noticed you leavingBlack and White Town sounds like escaping a town that never even noticed you were trying to leave. Doves turn monotony into momentum, and British greyness into a place you can miss even if you have never lived there.14 October 20266 min read04Alternative musicThe Verve, Part VI. Richard Ashcroft without a mapRichard Ashcroft enters The Chemical Brothers' machine without finished lyrics or a map of his own. The Test shows that sometimes he sounds most interesting when someone takes away his control.12 October 20265 min read05Alternative musicAin’t No Mountain High Enough and Tears Dry on Their OwnThe same musical foundation, two different stories of closeness. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell promise a meeting; Amy Winehouse searches for what comes after a separation.8 October 20264 min read06Alternative musicBalthazar. Blood, wine and one more nightThe night of 7 to 8 October 2026. I put Balthazar's Blood Like Wine on repeat. Returning to a song I wrote about in June, I hear it a little differently. One composition is enough for the entire night.8 October 20264 min read07Alternative musicCiche dni. Everything we did not sayOctober begins in silence. I return to Kaśka Sochacka's Ciche dni not to review a five-year-old record, but to hear everything in it that I could not hear back then.1 October 20266 min read08Electronic musicThe penultimate year with a three in frontThirty-eight. Next year, the last three; in two years, forty. LCD Soundsystem, All My Friends and an attempt to accept that time is bloody good at its job.30 September 20263 min read09ConcertsDaria ze Śląska in Łeba. A small cinema, a lot of lifeMy first Daria ze Śląska concert, the second in my new life. A small cinema in Łeba, different arrangements and people among whom I immediately felt at ease.29 September 20263 min read10Alternative musicArtur Rojek. Shame and Italian ice creamIt troubles me a little when Artur Rojek opens up to everyone. I sit down to write about his record and soon find myself talking about childhood, Ania Przybylska and envying a footballer. I should have expected it. Music has long helped me say things I would otherwise not know how to begin.23 September 20263 min read11Alternative musicPejzaż. Still warmPejzaż and the last day of summer. Gratitude for kindness and difficult lessons, things I still cannot forgive, and the warmth I want to keep.22 September 20264 min read12Alternative musicOFF 2027. Come for familiar faces, fall in love with strangersWarpaint after dark, Stereolab beside the ponds, Florence Adooni on a stage you cannot walk away from. An imagined OFF 2027: 36 concerts, the memory of past editions and Tony Muzyki’s musical wagers.22 September 202611 min read