One of the most electrifying groups of the last 15 years, Japanese quintet Kikagaku Moyo decided to call it quits after a much-lauded world tour in 2022. Their shows were transcendent – the fusion of traditional Japanese musical conventions with modern-day psychedelia and a deep understanding […]
I’m so glad I heard this album just in time for fall. An excellent take on acoustic primitivism out of the UK, Gwenifer Raymond really puts the pedal to the metal here on her most recent record. Influenced by science fiction, folk horror, and her upbringing […]
I’m typically against making predictions about my favorite album of a given year when there’s still a good bit of time left, but I may just have to break my rule in this case. I simply cannot put this one down. Organic electronic, a supple, vibrant […]
Author’s note – I know Sparks just released a new album recently, and I will definitely be getting to that, but I listened to this one on my lunch break today and I had forgotten how much I adored it, so we’re talking about this one […]
It’s no secret that reunion/anniversary tours are super hot right now. If, like me, you were about 15 years old in 2005, your cup most likely runneth over these days – especially if you were, like me, unable to catch many of these artists when they […]
For our next journey into Zorn, we turn to the acoustic trio of Julian Lage, Gyan Riley (yes, the son of the legendary Terry Riley), and Bill Frisell. Three masters of improvisational interplay working with some of the most meditative music Zorn has released thus far. […]
I’m definitely a latecomer to the vaporwave party – I didn’t really become aware of the genre until the middle of 2020. Lockdown gave me plenty of time to explore new music, and I took advantage of that in a big way. As the days began […]
For our next entry in the colossal task of examining the work of Downtown composer John Zorn, we turn to a more recent record from the Chaos Magick quartet. Featuring the main Simulacrum trio (John Medeski on organ, Kenny Grohowski on drums, and Matt Hollenberg on […]
This is perhaps my most-anticipated album of the year. It’s been seven years since the stupefyingly cool Black Moth Super Rainbow released their last album. The wait, frustrating though it may have been, was absolutely worth it. A few singles were released in the months leading […]
Oh yeah. Just in time for summer, this is the record right here. The grooves, the atmosphere, the squishy guitar and keys, the blissed-out voice. It’s all right here, and it rules. Soft psychedelic Americana of the highest order. This record might not be reinventing the […]