No Wave challenges categorizations and has evolved into a sound associated with musicians in New York. Brutus VIII, an alias for Jackson Katz, merges old New York avant-garde influences with modern sensibilities. He engages with the masculinity tied to the genre, presenting a caricature while still creating authentic music. His songs, like "Anger" and "Burn," portray vulnerability in exaggerated masculine forms. Katz’s new EP, Do It for the Money, attempts to evoke similar emotions but holds back from true agony due to its polished nature.
No Wave, circa 2025, is multiple things: genre, sound, aesthetic, buzzword for when a musician lives in New York and makes loud music.
In his most wrenching songs, like "Anger" and "Burn," he plays a fractured despot, less inflicting power than reckoning with what he's done.
It's uncomfortable, and not because it's oppressively loud, or dissonant, or arrhythmic-it builds a character, breaks him down, then forces you to watch.
Katz has perfected No Wave pastiche, which is...
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