Geyster is having a love affair with vintage West Coast music and is taking us along for a long, pleasurable nearly two hour ride.

Here is a review of ‘Black Peplum’ by the Paris-based jazzcore trio Hippie Diktat.

‘Over The Honeymoon’ glows as much as it grooves.

Bands like France’s Reload are keeping the prog rock genre alive.

France is a mighty good place to go exploring for hidden treasure jazz artists, and within the current scene, Sophie Alour with her ‘Shaker’ CD is as good a place to start as anyone.

These three extended pieces take minimalism to exotic – and redemptive – places

In recent years, veteran sonic sculptor Richard Pinhas has found affinity with the king of Japanese noise music, Merzbow. You May Also Like: Richard Pinhas, Tatsuya Yoshida & Merzbow – Process & Reality (2016) Keiji Haino, Merzbow, Balazs Pandi – An Untroublesome Defencelessness (2016)

When I asked Chicken Diamond what’s the name of his upcoming record, he replied, “This is simply named: ‘My Name is Charles ‘Chicken’ Diamond’. Albert Ayler style.” You May Also Like: Chicken Diamond – Skeleton Coast (2018) Chicken Diamond – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (2016) Diamond Hands –Read More

Bryan Ferry’s witty combining of art-rock musical constructions, post-modern lyrical detachment and Sinatra-esque couture can be subsumed at times by his unfocused career choices. You May Also Like: Jason Lyon, jazz pianist: Something Else! Interview Bryan Adams Finally Established His Own Identity With ‘Cuts Like a Knife’

Forty years after first bursting into the avant-rock scene with his band Heldon, the music of guitarist/composer/philosopher Richard Pinhas remains as intriguing, mysterious and ahead of it time as it did then. And naturally, music that’s so far ahead can sound like something else altogether for the uninitiated. You MayRead More