Archive for December 23rd, 2020

Vinyl

Okuden (Mat Walerian, Matthew Shipp, William Parker + Hamid Drake) – ‘Every Dog Has Its Day But It Doesn’t Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter’ (2020)

Mat Walerian’s latest Okuden project is his most ambitious yet and when you understand the sweeping, cutting-edge careers of his sidemen, you see an artist whose ambitions matches theirs.

Dean Martin, Phil Spector, Johnny Mathis + Others: 2020's Seasonal Sounds

Dean Martin, Phil Spector, Johnny Mathis + Others: 2020’s Seasonal Sounds

A new favorite arrived from Calexico amid a sleigh full of reissues of holiday classics from Dean Martin, Phil Spector, Johnny Mathis and others.