[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfI3AehnirQ&w=500&h=305] Narrowing down the wealth of pop and rock albums from 2012 into a set of 10 favorites is an onerous chore that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. It is a fate worse than death; a grueling salvo of nepotism You May Also Like: The Smithereens CreatedRead More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZSLkaI47M0&w=500&h=305] In a time when it seems to pay off more to play it safe than it does to take creative chances, Ran Blake and Sara Serpa provide refreshing respite on Aurora. Their second album deals a new hand to some jazz favorites You May Also Like: Tim Berne,Read More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuNlDW35VH4&w=500&h=305] The Second Mechanism is, for all intents and purposes, the tale of a band reborn. The band is Diagonal, a UK progressive rock outfit. The rebirth came about as the result of some major line-up shuffling You May Also Like: Keith Richards on the ’80s argument that savedRead More
To hear the music of Sumi Tonooka as she plays on Now: Live at the Howland is to hear music stripped bare. The album presents two solo sets recorded on March 22, 2010 at the Howland Center in Beacon, New York. You May Also Like: Chicago, “It Better End Soon”Read More
A lot of the time, it can seem like jazz music is bound a sequence of strict rules — at the very least an anthology of things you shouldn’t and things you should do or people you should be and people you shouldn’t be. You May Also Like: Avishai Cohen’sRead More
A vibrant and exciting live album, the aptly titled Live by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet finds the Austrian singer in her element and backed by a spirited and colorful band. You May Also Like: Guido Spannocchi Quartet – ‘Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna’ (2023) Jack Hues and The QuartetRead More
A dazzling and cosmopolitan trip, Into the Air finds Jeff Coffin and his Mu’Tet in fine form indeed. You May Also Like: Cuong Vu 4-Tet, featuring Bill Frisell – ‘Change In the Air’ (2018) Chris Carver, “Ghost in the Machine” (2015): One Track Mind
A wave of bracing yet sometimes static sound, Broken Harbour’s The Geometry of Shadows picks up where the heft of his previous work Gramophone Transmissions left off. You May Also Like: Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson + Dave King – ‘Broken Shadows’ (2021) Zakk Wylde, “Sleeping Dogs” from BookRead More
Sludge metal titans Kylesa have presented their own gift for the holidays with From the Vaults, Vol. 1, a tantalizing record. The rarities and B-sides take hold immediately You May Also Like: I Want, Need, Love You: Garage-Beat Nuggets From the Festival Vaults (2016) The Lickerish Quartet, “Snollygoster Goon,” fromRead More
The seventh full length from Sacramento’s Deftones exemplifies the energetic blend of the atmospheric and the heavy over the course of 11 tracks. It features extensive riffing, haphazard tempo shifts and Chino Moreno’s emotionally full vocals You May Also Like: Gregg Belisle-Chi – ‘Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne’Read More
