The Comet Is Coming Are Developing New Musical Genres
The Comet Is Coming’s sound is hard to define (psychedelic rave jazz?), landing them on confusing festival lineups. They couldn’t be happier about it.
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Roger Clark Miller Soundtracks Dreams with Composed Improvisations
Roger Clark Miller’s sonically fearless Eight Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar deserves to be considered more than just a Mission of Burma offshoot.
Laszlo Gardony Finds a New Way to Play Jazz in ‘Close Connection’
By combining progressive rock with Hungarian folk music on Close Connection, jazz pianist Laszlo Gardony finds yet a new way to play jazz.
Dave Douglas Extends His Superb 2022 String of Recordings
Trumpeter Dave Douglas already had one of the best jazz albums of 2022. Now he has three of the best with the two volumes of Songs of Ascent.
‘Scalping the Guru’ Highlights Guided By Voices EPs of the 1993-1994 Era
Scalping the Guru‘s 20 songs come from 1993-1994, just as Guided By Voices were about to release their landmark album Bee Thousand.
If ‘Shufflemania!’ Isn’t Robyn Hitchcock’s Best Album, It’s Certainly One of His Best
Concepts like “consistency” and “quality” are relative, but a new album from Robyn Hitchcock is always a good reminder of what’s truly “great”, and Shufflemania! is no exception.
The Cult Still Rock on ‘Under the Midnight Sun’
However the Cult cultivate their energy, Under the Midnight Sun sits below their most essential albums while looking down on their more awkward moments.
Can’s ‘Live in Cuxhaven 1976’ Still Packs a Punch
Live in Cuxhaven 1976 enjoys life as a short-but-sweet footnote in a mind-blowing campaign reminding that a live Can performance must have been incredible.
Jazz Bassist William Parker Puts His Musical Philosophy Into Action on ‘Universal Tonality’
William Parker’s Universal Tonality is a recording he has been holding in his back pocket for just about 20 years now, which is crazy because it’s so good.
The Bad Plus Are Exceptional As a Quartet on Their New Album
The Bad Plus makes a convincing case for the new lineup and puts the quartet’s vitality on full display and injects modern jazz with that same Bad Plus edge.
For CC Sorensen Home Is Where the Frog Jazz Is
CC Sorensen makes music you have never heard before on ‘Phantom Rooms’, where their “Frog Jazz” incorporates ambient, noise, avant-garde, and cyclical minimalism.
Nils Frahm’s ‘Music for Animals’ Is a Musical Waterfall of Monumental Proportions
Nils Frahm’s Music for Animals is for those who don’t mind taking ten minutes to let a chord come to full bloom as their patience leads to truly transcendent moments.
