New from Riffs Journal Vol. 8, Issue 2

✨ I Swear I Heard This… Discord Brag ✨
by Ed McKeon

“@433 #IswearIheardthis exhibition. no, it was a gig… the floor was vibrating, the sound system was lit… the whole space was buzzing.”

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New from Riffs: Volume 8, Issue 2

Sharonne Specker’s “I Swear I Heard This… ping pong duet”

"It was a ping pong duet, I told them. They laughed. No really. I heard them, the ping pong balls. They were talking, singing a song."

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New from Riffs: I Swear I Heard This… Swear I Hear This Ghost. Like, For Real.

Saxophonist, promoter, and researcher, Lee Griffiths revisits Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath!

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Check out Riff's latest CFP: POP! Art School Reunions.

🗓️ Deadline: June 16, 2025
📩 Email submissions + bio to: [email protected]
🔗 Full CFP: riffsjournal.org/news-latest-cfp

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New from Riffs: Volume 8, Issue 2 — Check out Craig Hamilton’s “I Swear I Heard This…”

“I remember exactly where I was, and what I was doing. I was in the kitchen, washing up.”


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New in Riffs | OPEN 🎸

"Some Strings, Many Affordances: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Being an Electric Bass Guitarist" by Dominic Kingsford-Ross

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Check out Sam Riley’s “I Swear I Heard This… Noise Floor” in the new issue of Riffs.

“I kept hearing it. At first it was welcome. The harsh amplitudes of full sonic spectrum overloaded the speakers in the hall.”

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