Towa Bird, courtesy Thong Luc. Welcome to the weekly column at one time known as Radio Roman! Yes, I was even more egotistical until I let others do some of the work. Most weeks, the writer of this column will tell you there was a bounty of terrific songs.…

St. Lucia Looking back on my interviews over the past 12 months, the first thing that surprised me was just how busy I stayed: nearly 50 interviews of 10 minutes or longer, about a dozen more than 2015, which had seemed much busier. Interviewing artists is just one part…

Three-by-three-by-three: Morgan Kibby sees her current work as White Sea in three sets of triptychs. The 32-year-old, formerly a songwriter and keyboardist in M83, was left wanting with the process of writing, recording and releasing her debut solo album, 2014’s In Cold Blood. So rather than approach her music…

Morgan Kibby of White Sea. Courtesy. I was interviewing Jean-Philip of St. Lucia just yesterday, and brought up M83, whose early music is an influence on St. Lucia. I only mention that now because White Sea is the project of M83 keyboardist and vocalist Morgan Kibby. In “Prague,” she…

M83 performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on April 22, 2012. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Breaking the traditional rules of setlist arrangement, M83’s Anthony Gonzalez didn’t save his big hit for the end of the show at the Fillmore Sunday night. “Midnight City,” the crossover success on alternative and mainstream…