new release Archive
14 Mar 2017
Sxip Shirey’s Avant Groove
Note: An edited version of this feature appeared previously in Brooklyn Paper. — bk Described as an “electro-acoustic” artist, Brooklyn-based Sxip Shirey is tough to pin down musically. Read about […]
13 Mar 2017
Album Review: The Jigsaw Seen — For the Discriminating Completist
File next to: Baby Lemonade, The Who, Fountains of Wayne Laboring just below the radar for more than a quarter century, Los Angeles-based The Jigsaw Seen have been releasing consistently […]
13 Mar 2017
Album Review: Dolcetti — Arriver
File next to: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Jimmy Herring Arriver is instrumental progressive/art rock of the most accessible variety. Dizzyingly fast guitar runs, turn-on-a-dime drums lines and thunderous yet agile […]
10 Mar 2017
Album Review: Mushroom — Psychedelic Soul on Wax
File next to: Brian Auger’s Trinity, Can, David Byrne The four cuts on Psychedelic Soul on Wax are as different from another as can be, but then Mushroom has always […]
10 Mar 2017
Album Review: Sxip Shirey — A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees
File next to: Amanda Palmer, Yoko Ono, Bad Things A quick written description of the music made by Brooklyn-based Sxip Shirey might leave the reader with the wrong impression: he […]
09 Mar 2017
Album Review: The Rolling Stones — Blue & Lonesome
File next to: Eric Clapton, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon Few people expected the Rolling Stones to make a very good (and quite possibly great) album in 2016. The year of […]
09 Mar 2017
Album Review: Field Trip — Horror Vacui
File next to: Flaming Lips, Beach House, Roxy Music Lush aural textures and inviting melodies are the hallmarks of the digital-only debut album from this NYC five-piece band. Gauzy production […]
28 Feb 2017
Album Review: Lincoln Barr — Trembling Frames
It would be misleading to characterize Trembling Frames as a subdued record. True, the most recent previous effort from Lincoln Barr was Pure Delight, a decidedly rock-oriented album from his […]
22 Feb 2017
Postmodern Jukebox: Breathing Old Life into New Classics
It’s one of those inspired ideas that leads listeners to wonder why someone hadn’t thought of it before: take modern-day hit songs, and recast them in the styles of yesteryear. […]
13 Feb 2017
New Albums from Larry, Tracey and Murali Coryell
There was a time in the late 1960s and early ’70s when it looked as if Larry Coryell would break out as the Next Big Thing. A fiendishly gifted guitarist […]