Is Autechre a group still gathering new fans, and is a review really going to make someone curious enough to dive in with two hours of Exai? Or is this album selling to people like me, who buy Autechre music unheard You May Also Like: Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile – ContinuumRead More

Throw together a funky, faux-reggae pulse, some dancehall horns, a delectably angular Becker guitar solo and his light-hearted humor about a relationship based on desperation, and you have a “Hard Up Case.” You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Golden City” (1994): Steely Dan Sunday Walter Becker, “Three Sisters Shakin’” (circaRead More

Prog-rocker Steven Wilson has begun a tandem career as one of music’s most respected remixers — having worked on classic albums from King Crimson, Jethro Tull and XTC. You May Also Like: Why Emerson Lake and Palmer Almost Ran Aground on ‘Love Beach’ Emerson Lake and Palmer – ‘The Anthology:Read More

Charlie Haden has been stricken a second time by polio symptoms, focusing the legendary jazz bassist off the road. He’ll receive a Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday before the Grammys, but is unsure if he will be able to speak for long. You May Also Like: Why Keith Jarrett’s ReunionRead More

King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew mentions a promised solo effort, another tour with some fellow Crimson alums, and a “secret thing” to be announced later this year, in a new talk You May Also Like: Adrian Belew’s ‘Side One’ Was a Journey Through His Rich Musical History Adrian Belew PowerRead More

You might have expected, upon hearing that the Stick Men’s forthcoming project would be on a theme of whale watching, that there would follow these cerulean moments of oceanic calm. Instead, Deep hurtles out with a tensile force. You May Also Like: Tony Levin on King Crimson, Stick Men andRead More

Founded in 1979, Lyres not only spearheaded the 1960s garage rock revival of the following decade, but the Boston, Massachusetts combo also remained kingpins of the scene. You May Also Like: The Turtles – Present the Battle of the Bands (1968): Forgotten Series Jo Jo Gunne – So … Where’sRead More

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Lisa Germano’s spare fragility, her whispery confidentiality, would come off as too precious if she didn’t pay such great attention to the craftsmanship of her writing. Instead, her new album has enough trenchant, note-perfect images to fill a good-sized lit mag You May Also Like: Lisa Germano’s ‘Happiness’ Broke OutRead More