How Living Colour’s Smart, Tough Debut Album Emerged From Happenstance
May 3, 2023Guitarist Vernon Reid joined Something Else! to discuss Living Colour’s strikingly inventive debut ‘Vivid,’ which arrived 35 years ago today.
Nick Finzer’s Long Journey to ‘Dreams, Visions, Illusions’: Something Else! Interview
April 30, 2023Nick Finzer joined Preston Frazier to discuss ‘Dreams, Visions, Illusions,’ his sixth album as a band leader.
Chet Baker – ‘Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland’ (2023)
May 4, 2023‘Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland’ captures the trumpet icon Chet Baker playing in peak form in this long-lost treasure now finally released by Zev Feldman’s Jazz Detective label.
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Nick Finzer’s Long Journey to ‘Dreams, Visions, Illusions’: Something Else! Interview
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Dan Rosenboom – ‘Polarity’ (2023)
April 24, 2023
Dan Rosenboom – ‘Polarity’ (2023)
April 24, 2023Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas from an all-star quintet, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the no-compromises ‘Polarity.’
Kaze + Ikue Mori – ‘Crustal Movement’ (2023)
March 8, 2023Seven albums in, the Kaze concept shows no sign of going stale. Every time out they freshen that concept in ingenious ways and ‘Crustal Movement’ with Ikue Mori returning is their most audacious undertaking yet.
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Roscoe Mitchell + Kikanju Baku – ‘Evolutionary Events’ (2023)
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How Velvet Underground Created the DIY Movement With ‘White Light / White Heat’
January 31, 2023
How Living Colour’s Smart, Tough Debut Album Emerged From Happenstance
May 3, 2023Guitarist Vernon Reid joined Something Else! to discuss Living Colour’s strikingly inventive debut ‘Vivid,’ which arrived 35 years ago today.
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Adrian Belew – ‘Elevator’ (2023)
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Projekt Gemineye – ‘What Lies Beyond’ (2023)
April 23, 2023
Adrian Belew – ‘Elevator’ (2023)
April 25, 2023Adrian Belew has worked with Frank Zappa, the Talking Heads, the (wonderful!) Bears and, of course, with King Crimson – but this is his one-man show.
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Projekt Gemineye – ‘What Lies Beyond’ (2023)
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Steve Howe’s Tomorrow – ‘Permanent Dream’ (2023)
April 5, 2023
Metallica – ’72 Seasons’ (2023)
April 19, 2023Is ’72 Seasons’ the equal of any of Metallica’s first five records? No. Is it the best thing they’ve done since? In my opinion, absolutely.
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Blue Cheer Set a New Rock Standard With ‘Vincebus Eruptum’
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Zeal & Ardor, Whiskey Myers, Arch Enemy + Others: Fred Phillips’ Best of 2022
January 2, 2023
How Living Colour’s Smart, Tough Debut Album Emerged From Happenstance
May 3, 2023Guitarist Vernon Reid joined Something Else! to discuss Living Colour’s strikingly inventive debut ‘Vivid,’ which arrived 35 years ago today.
The Ageless Mystery and Otherworldly Charge of Jeff Buckley
April 17, 2023Somehow already gone more than 25 years, Jeff Buckley seemed to have been born with one foot already rooted in the beyond.
How Gram Parsons Cemented His Legend With Posthumous ‘Grievous Angel’
April 26, 2023Recorded 50 years ago, Gram Parsons’ ‘Grievous Angel’ was an artistic triumph even though it never climbed higher than No. 195 on Billboard’s album chart.
Rolling Stones – ‘GRRR Live!’ (2023)
March 30, 2023They were once the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. A new Rolling Stones live set definitively answers whether they still are.
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Ward Davis, March 3, 2023: Shows I’ll Never Forget
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Chick Corea – ‘The Montreux Years’ (2022)
February 14, 2023
David Preston, Rob Meany, Esthesis Quartet + Others: Five for the Road
April 16, 2023David Preston, Rob Meany and others are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.
Steve Lukather, “When I See You Again” from ‘Bridges’ (2023): One Track Mind
April 13, 2023Steve Lukather returns with a Toto-sounding single, just two years after ending his longest-ever dry spell as a solo artist.
Blue Largo – ‘Got to Believe’ (2022)
November 23, 2022Blue Largo’s ‘Got to Believe’ is an album of sheer soulful joy, as this tight San Diego ensemble rocks, rolls, rumbles and tumbles through 11 tunes.
Jose’ James – ‘On and On’ (2023)
February 27, 2023Jose James is taking yet another big career leap forward with ‘On and On,’ a searching exploration of the music of Erykah Badu.
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Doc City – ‘Welcome to Doc City: Deluxe Edition’ (2023)
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Martin Luther King Songs by Stevie Wonder, Queen + U2, Others: Gimme Five
January 16, 2023
Ivo Perelman – ‘Reed Rapture In Brooklyn’ (2023): Movies
April 4, 2023Ivo Perelman’s one-on-one improvisations with 12 distinct reedists ‘Reed Rapture In Brooklyn’ is the story of an ambitious project told through a box set of recordings now being told through a full-length documentary.
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Zack Snyder’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (2004): Reel to Real
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Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Let the Right One In’ (2008): Reel to Real
February 19, 2023
The Daily Doug: The Albums That Shaped My Career
July 15, 2022Composer, educator and vocal-group conductor Douglas Helvering, best known for his YouTube channel, The Daily Doug, discusses LPs that changed everything.
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Jimmy Haslip, jazz bassist: The Albums That Shaped My Career
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Jeff Lorber: The Albums That Shaped My Career
March 30, 2022
Why Bill Hicks’ Long-Ago Assaults on Stupidity Still Matter Today
May 1, 2023A truism of comedy is that jokes generally have short built-in life spans. Yet decades later, Bill Hicks remains almost inexhaustibly re-listenable.
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The Ageless Mystery and Otherworldly Charge of Jeff Buckley
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Wayne Shorter (1933-2023): An Appreciation
March 3, 2023
Steve Howe Made a Colorful, Quite Surprising Debut With Tomorrow
February 20, 2023Released 55 years ago this month, the self-titled debut by Yes stalwart Steve Howe’s old band Tomorrow is one of the best of its psychedelic kind.
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‘Memories of a White Magician’ and ‘Lady Macbeth’ by Jon Symon’s Warlock
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How an ‘Antique French Garage Band’ Nailed the Whole Soul Music Vibe
November 27, 2022
Five Must-Hear Deep Cuts from the Beatles’ ‘Past Masters’
March 7, 2023Songs that didn’t make the Beatles’ original U.K. albums and the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ LP were collected 35 years ago today on ‘Past Masters.’
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When the National Anthem Was Simply Terrible: Gimme Five
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Martin Luther King Songs by Stevie Wonder, Queen + U2, Others: Gimme Five
January 16, 2023
Playin’ the Changes With Tom Petty, Aerosmith + Cheap Trick: Shadows in Stereo
October 25, 2021Often over-looked albums by Tom Petty, Aerosmith and Cheap Trick are turning 40 next year. But why wait for a rock ‘n’ roll re-evaluation?
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MC5 – ‘High Time’ (1971): Shadows in Stereo
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AC/DC, Tom Petty, Neil Young + Others: Shadows in Stereo (Lockdown Edition)
February 24, 2021
