new release Archive
26 Apr 2018
Khruangbin: Fascinating in Any Language
Crafting a musical style upon a foundation of Thai funk might seem a bit high-concept, especially if you’re a band that makes your albums in a barn in rural Texas. […]
25 Apr 2018
Combo Chimbita: The (Tropical) Future is Now
New York City-based quartet Combo Chimbita plays its music in the present, but the band claims to live in the future. With an exotic and intriguing style of music the […]
23 Apr 2018
Album Review: Adi the Monk
In the current music marketplace – a world in which many of the barriers to entry have, for better and worse, been removed – it never hurts to have an […]
22 Apr 2018
Album Review: Ghostly Beard — Inward
Making the decision to maintain anonymity is a risky proposition for an artist. While doing so can create buzz, there’s the very real possibility of accusations of hype, potentially followed […]
21 Apr 2018
Album Review: Joan Torres’ All is Fused — Of the Musical
The golden age of jazz-rock fusion was a relatively brief period; arguably it began with Miles Davis’ In a Silent Way, released in 1969. The new form enjoyed a number […]
20 Apr 2018
Album Review: Anywhere — Anywhere II
Anywhere is an aggregation of indie/underground artists who collectively make a psychedelic folk sound. But Anywhere doesn’t sound like acid-folk, though: there’s a solid rock foundation to the group’s music. […]
18 Apr 2018
Album Review: An Evening with Ornette Coleman, Part 2
No one would ever accuse Ornette Coleman of making “easy listening” music. One of the acclaimed and innovative jazz musician’s few forays into what could loosely –very loosely – termed […]
17 Apr 2018
Album Reviews: Two Various-Artists RSD Releases
The Other Side of Sun, Part 2 Sun Records had seen its heyday come and go by the time Shelby Singleton bought the label in the late 1960s. But purchase […]
09 Apr 2018
Album Review: Jean-Michel Bernard Plays Lalo Schifrin
Viewers of American film and television in the late ’60s and early 1970s were weaned on a steady diet of jazz, though they might not have noticed it happening. Especially […]
08 Apr 2018
EP Review: Ferentz and the Felons – Hudson County
Back in my day, EP was the designation for an extended play 45rpm record. In this context” extended” meant that the record had more than the standard two songs. Usually […]