instrumental Archive
29 Nov 2021
EP Review: Limina – Hidden Spaces
Tyler Durham is best known for scoring film and games. His latest project is Limina, and Hidden Spaces is a 12-inch vinyl EP. Recorded over the course of May to […]
21 Nov 2021
Album Review: Chillingsworth Surfingham
Instrumental surf rock is a beloved sub-style in some quarters of the rock universe. And I proudly reside in one of those corners. Especially when it’s done with equal parts […]
14 Nov 2021
Album Review: Trifecta — Fragments
Here’s an easy trivia question for you: What do Craig Blundell, Adam Holzman asnd Nick Beggs have in common? It’s really a trick question, because the judges will allow any […]
06 Nov 2021
Album Review: Dave Liebman Expansions — Selflessness
Selflessness isn’t saxophonist Dave Liebman’s first tribute to John Coltrane, but as Lewis Porter’s liner notes explain, it’s the first of those in which he works with his current band […]
02 Nov 2021
Hundred Word Reviews for November 2021: Five New Jazz Releases
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve done a roundup of capsule reviews. It’s time. So here’s my take on five new releases, all in the jazz idiom. Chuck Owen and […]
28 Oct 2021
Starfarer: To the Synthwave ‘Multiverse’ and Beyond
Though he was already well-established as a metal guitarist, when Miguel Iniguez launched Starfarer in 2017, he was a total newcomer to the world of electronic music. Memories of 1980s […]
17 Oct 2021
Album Review: Dewa Budjana — Naurora
The potential downside of remote recording is that – when it’s not done well, which is often – it can robe the music of the feel of of spontaneity, the […]
29 Sep 2021
Rodrigo y Gabriela Take on Jazz, Metal and the Future
Though their music is rooted in acoustic flamenco guitar, Mexico City-based instrumental duo Rodrigo y Gabriela are open to – and draw from – the entirety of popular and traditional […]
27 Sep 2021
Mushroom: Don’t Sit This One Out
When critics try to describe Mushroom, they call upon labels like krautrock, free jazz, freakout, ambient and electronic. Launched in 1997 by drummer Pat Thomas, Mushroom is all of those […]
03 Sep 2021
Album Review: John McLaughlin — Liberation Time
A deeply spiritual artist, John McLaughlin makes music that moves the mind, body and spirit. There’s certainly plenty of technical precision in his music, but with in it beats a […]